Cinevesture International Film Festival is back in Chandigarh, will be held from March 20-23, 2025
Announces CinéV Market Projects, this year’s selection features 22 films, offering a diverse mix of genres, languages, and stories~
The selection includes projects by established names like Vikramaditya Motwane, Hansal Mehta, Honey Trehan, Richa Chadha, Jeo Baby, Manju Warrier and Prasanna Vithanage
Chandigarh : Cinevesture International Film Festival (CIFF) is back in Chandigarh. It announces the selection of 22 Market projects as part of CinéV-CHD which will take place from March 20-23, 2025, alongside the festival. CinéV-CHD marks the first in a series of planned film markets aimed at bridging the gap between filmmakers, investors, and distributors.
The carefully curated selection features an eclectic mix of films from creators who have made significant contributions to the Indian film industry. The projects span a diverse array of languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Gujarati, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada.
This year’s CineV in Chandigarh selection features 22 films, offering a diverse mix of genres, languages, and stories. The selection includes projects by established names like Vikramaditya Motwane, Hansal Mehta, Honey Trehan, Richa Chadha, Jeo Baby, Manju Warrier and Prasanna Vithanage. 12 out of 22 are women-oriented projects including films by Radhika Apte, Nandita Das, Shonali Bose, and Kani Kusruti. The lineup includes two projects based in Punjab, Honey Trehan’s The Blade Runner and Shashank Walia’s Hanere De Panchhi and a project by Punjabi filmmaker of Tabbar fame, Ajitpal Singh’s next feature Marx and Lenin.The line up includes 21 live-action features and an animation anthology Table for One produced by Little Things actor Dhruv Sehgal.
Founder & CEO, Cinevesture Nina Lath Gupta says, “Investing in a film and putting it out there in the market is akin to investing in a startup with a quick turnaround and exit strategy. We hope that this curation will mark the beginning of instilling investor confidence in the production of films as part of their diversification portfolios.”
CinéV Market has also partnered with the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) to introduce CinéV-IFFLA, a collaboration designed to integrate South Asian projects from Cinevesture into IFFLA’s Industry Days program. Scheduled for May 6-10, 2025, IFFLA’s Industry Days will provide opportunities for South Asian filmmakers to connect with Hollywood producers through pitch competitions, panels, masterclasses, and networking events.
Namrata Joshi, Curator Project Market says, “It was extremely heartening to find submissions growing exponentially from last year, both in number and quality. It has meant that we have been able to showcase a very rich platter of unique, compelling and engaging stories–from a mind-bending thriller to sweeping romance, from psychological drama to an animation series spun on food and an absurd comedy and a cross-border adventure. We even have two outstanding projects, meant for adults, where children are the real heroes. In a nutshell, lots to bet your money on.“
The confirmed list of celebrities:
– Boman Irani
– Raju Hirani
– Vikramaditya Motwane
– Suvidha Sahni
– Randeep Hooda
– Pratik Gandhi
– Sudhir Mishra
– Vishal Mishra
– Rasika Duggal
– Dibakar Banerjee
– Tigmanshu Dhulia
– Shonali Bose
-Mukesh Chhabra
– Shweta Tripathi
– Abhishek Banerjee
About CinéV Film Markets
CinéV is a series of market-driven platforms connecting investors with curated, pre-vetted film projects. It fosters cross-industry investment opportunities, bringing compelling stories to life with strong execution teams. The inaugural CinéV-CHD will take place at Hyatt Centric, Chandigarh, on March 20-23, 2025, alongside CIFF 2025. The next edition, CinéV-IFFLA, will follow in Los Angeles, May 2025.
Cinévesture International Film Festival (CIFF) is building a wider film culture in cities with an appetite for cinema viewing and for investing in the business and creative aspects of filmic content. Chandigarh, situated at the foothills of the Himalayas in Northern India, is India’s first planned city designed by the renowned architect, town planner and artist La Corbusier. Chandigarh’s inherent understanding of art and design has been a thriving springboard for the first and second editions of CIFF. CIFF’s first edition, held from March 27-31, 2024, was a great success with a footfall of over 1000 delegates. For more details about the first edition.
