48th International Film Festival of India
The 48th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 28 November 2017 in Goa. "Celebrating the Future of Cinema" was set as the festival's theme and registrations were opened in early October 2017.
Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who was appointed head of the jury of the Indian panorama section, resigned from the position on 14 November after alleging that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, that co-organizes the festival, dropped two films S Durga and Nude from screening in the Indian Panorama section, despite being chosen by the jury and without consulting them. Two other members Apurva Asrani and Gyan Correa quit the jury the following day.
Winners
- Best Film: Golden Peacock Award: BPM by Robin Campillo
- Best Director: Vivian Qu for Angels Wear White
- Best Debut Film of a Director: Kiro Russo for Dark Skull
- Best Male Actor: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart for BPM
- Best Female Actor: Parvathy for Take Off
- ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Kshitij Kumar for A Horizon
- Special Jury Award: Mahesh Narayanan for Take Off
Special Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Atom Egoyan
- Indian Film Personality of the Year: Amitabh Bachchan
Juries-mentor
Indian Panorama
Feature films
- Suresh Heblikar, filmmaker and actor
- Rahul Rawail, film director
- Satarupa Sanyal, film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist
- Gopi Desai, film director and actress
- Nishikant Kamat, filmmaker
- Merlvin Mukhim, actor and film producer
- Nikkhil Advani, Film producer, director and screenwriter
- Hari Viswanath, film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sachin Chatte, film critic
- Ruchi Narain, film director and screenwriter
Non-feature films
- Sudhir Mishra, film director and screenwriter; President
- Tuhinabha Majumdar, film director and film writer
- Shankhajeet De, filmmaker
- Mithunchandra Chaudhari, film director
- Shiny Jacob Benjamin, film producer, film director and writer
- Tinni Mitra, film editor
- K. G. Suresh, journalist and columnist
Official selections
Special screenings
Opening film
- Beyond the Clouds
Closing film
- Thinking of Him
BRICS
| English title | Original title | Director | Production country |
| Panfilov's 28 Men | 28 панфиловцев / 28 panfilovtsev | Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa | Russia |
| Ayanda | Ayanda | Sara Blecher | South Africa |
| The Second Mother | Que Horas Ela Volta? / When is she coming back? | Anna Muylaert | Brazil |
| Nise: O Coração da Loucura | Roberto Berliner | Brazil | |
| Where Has the Time Gone? | Em que tempo vivemos? | Walter Salles, Aleksey Fedorchenko, Madhur Bhandarkar, Jia Zhangke, Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| Soul Mate | Qi Yue Yu An Sheng | Derek Tsang | China |
| Turtle | Kaasav | Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar | India |
Bond Retrospective
Nine James Bond films were chosen to be featured to celebrate "over 50 years of James Bond's legacy".- Dr. No
- Goldfinger
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- Octopussy
- Licence to Kill
- GoldenEye
- The World Is Not Enough
- Skyfall
Committees
Steering Committee
A Steering Committee was set up composed of noted entertainment industry professionals:- Jahnu Barua, convener
- Shoojit Sircar
- Shaji N. Karun
- Anand Gandhi
- Piyush Pandey
- Prasoon Joshi
- Siddharth Roy Kapur
- Vani Tripathi Tikoo
- Meren Imchen
- Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
- Bharat Bala
- Director, National Film Development Corporation of India
Film Preview Committee
- Vivek Agnihotri, filmmaker; convener
- Nitesh Tiwari, filmmaker
- Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, filmmaker
- Bhaskar Hazarika, filmmaker
- Gautami Tadimalla, actress
- Hrishitaa Bhatt, actress
- Pallavi Joshi, actress
- Khalid Mohamed, film critic
- Saibal Chatterjee, film critic
- Bhawana Somaaya, film critic and writer