The 51st International Film Festival of India announces the selection of Indian Panorama films for the year 2020.
A lone Telugu feature film titled ‘Gatham’, directed by Kiran Kondamadugula has been selected for screening along with the other selected films to be showcased on the big screen for all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films, during the 8 days film festival in Goa, from January 16-24, 2021.
Selected from a wide pool of 183 contemporary Indian Films, the collection of films reflects the vibrancy and diversity of Indian film Industry. The eminent Jury Panels, both feature and non-feature exercise their individual expertise and contribute evenly to the consensus that leads to selection of Indian Panorama films.
The Indian Panorama Feature Film Jury, comprising of twelve members, headed by acclaimed Filmmaker, Screenwriter, and Producer, John Mathew Matthan has selected 20 Feature films. Jury’s choice for the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2020 is the film is SAAND KI AANKH (Hindi) directed by Tushar Hiranandani.
Three Mainstream films are also selected under Indian Panorama Section of 51st International Film Festival of India, 2020 by an Internal Committee of DFF based on the recommendations of Film Federation of India (FFI) and PRODUCER’S GUILD.
The jury has selected the following films including 23 feature films and 20 non-feature films for screening in the film festival.
List of 23 Feature Films selected in the Indian Panorama 2020 is as follows:
| Sl no. | Title of the film | Language | Director |
| Bridge | Assamese | Kripal Kalita | |
| Avijatrik | Bengali | Subhrajit Mitra | |
| Brahma Jane Gopon Kommoti | Bengali | Aritra Mukherjee | |
| A Dog And His Man | Chattisgarhi | Siddharth Tripathy | |
| Up Up & Up | English | Govind Nihalani | |
| Aavartan | Hindi | Durba Sahay | |
| Saand Ki Aankh | Hindi | Tushar Hiranandani | |
| Pinki Elli? | Kannada | Prithvi Konanur | |
| Safe | Malayalam | Pradeep Kalipurayath | |
| Trance | Malayalam | Anwar Rasheed | |
| Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha | Malayalam | Nissam Basheer | |
| Thahira | Malayalam | Siddk Paravoor | |
| Eigi Kona | Manipuri | Bobby Wahengbam | |
| June | Marathi | Vaibhav Khisti And Suhrud Godbole | |
| Prawaas | Marathi | Shashank Udapurkar | |
| Karkhanisanchi Waari | Marathi | Mangesh Joshi | |
| Kalira Atita | Oriya | Nila Madhab Panda | |
| Namo | Sanskrit | Vijeesh Mani | |
| Thaen | Tamil | Ganesh Vinayakan | |
| Gatham | Telugu | Kiran Kondamadugula | |
| Mainstream Cinema selection | |||
| Asuran | Tamil | Vetri Maaran | |
| Kappela | Malayalam | Muhammed Musthafa | |
| Chhichhore | Hindi | Nitesh Tiwary |
List of Non – Feature Films
| S. No. | Film Name | Director | Language |
| 1. | 100 Years Of Chrysotom – A Biographical Film | Blessy Ipe Thomas | English |
| 2. | Ahimsa- Gandhi: The Power Of The Powerless | Ramesh Sharma | English |
| 3. | Catdog | Ashmita Guha Neogi | Hindi |
| 4. | Drama Queens | Sohini Dasgupta | English |
| 5. | Green Blackberries | Prithvirag Das Gupta | Nepali |
| 6. | Highways Of Life | Maibam Amarjeet Singh | Manipuri |
| 7. | Holy Rights | Farha Khatun | Hindi |
| 8. | In Our World | Sreedhar Bs (Shred Shreedhar) | English |
| 9. | Investing Life | Vaishali Vasant Kendale | English |
| 10. | Jaadoo | Shoorveer Tyagi | Hindi |
| 11. | Jhat Aayi Basant | Pramati Anand | Pahari/Hindi |
| 12. | Justice Delayed But Delivered | Kamakhya Narayan Singh | Hindi |
| 13. | Khisa | Raj Pritam More | Marathi |
| 14. | Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole | Sharan Venugopal | Malayalam |
| 15. | Paanchika | Ankit Kothari | Gujarati |
| 16. | Pandhara Chivda | Himanshu Singh | Marathi |
| 17. | Radha | Bimal Poddar | Bengali |
| 18. | Shantabai | Pratiik Gupta | Hindi |
| 19. | Still Alive | Onkar Diwadkar | Marathi |
| 20. | The 14th February & Beyond | Utpal Kalal | English |
