75 Creative Minds Of Tomorrow returns at IFFI

Ahead of the 54th International Film Festival of India, the third edition of the festival’s talent development program ‘75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow’ returned with new participants selected from across the country.
They have been selected in categories such as direction, acting, cinematography, editing, scriptwriting, playback singing, music composition, costume and makeup, art design, and animation, as well as visual effects.

SESSIONS BEING ORGANISED FOR THE ‘75 CREATIVE MINDS’
 OMG director Umesh Shukla will present a case study on screenwriting and directing, and veteran scriptwriter
Charudutt Acharya, who has worked extensively in television, OTT, and film, will mentor the evolution of scripts from traditional platforms to new technology.
 NFDC has organised a virtual masterclass with Florian Weghorn, Program Manager at Berlinale Talents, who will provide mentoring on utilising ‘Film Festivals as a Launchpad for New Talent.’
 In a masterclass on animation, award-winning creator Charuvi Agrawal will share her ideas about telling India’s
stories through the use of animation and visual effects.
 A guided tour of Film Bazaar will be organised for participants to understand the business of cinema.
 A CMOT talent camp is being organised to enable participants to network with representatives from production houses, AVGC companies, and studios, among others. During this recruitment drive, participants will pitch their ideas.
There were two levels of juries – a selection jury and a grand jury to pick the final 75 out of hundreds of entries GRAND JURY
 Shreya Ghoshal (Playback Singing)
 A Sreekar Prasad (Editing)
 Manoj Joshi (Acting)
 Veera Kapur (Costume and Make-Up)
 Umesh Shukla (Direction)
 Priya Seth (Cinematography)
 Saraswathi Vani Balgam (Animation, VFX, AR-VR)
 Saleel Kulkarni (Music Composition)
 Sabu Cyril (Art Direction)
 Aseem Arora (Scriptwriting)
SELECTION JURY
 Manoj Singh Tiger (Acting)
 Nidhi Hegde (Acting)
 Abhishek Jain (Direction)
 Manish Sharma (Direction)
 Charudutt Acharya (Scriptwriting)
 Deepak Kingrani (Scriptwriting)
 Charuvi Agrawal (Animation, VFX, AR-VR)
 Deepak Singh (Animation, VFX, AR-VR)
 Naveen Nooli (Editing)
 Suresh Pai (Editing)
 Dharam Gulati (Cinematography)
 Subhransu Das (Cinematography)
 Nachiket Barve (Costume and Make-Up)
 Bishakh Jyoti (Playback Singing)
 Anmol Bhave (Music Composition)
 Sabyasachi Bose (Art Direction)