The
51st
edition
of
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI
2020)
has
announced
its
International
Jury
with
eminent
filmmakers
from
across
the
world.
The
Jury
will
comprise
Pablo
Cesar
(Argentina)
as
Chairman,
Prasanna
Vithanage
(Sri
Lanka),
Abu
Bakr
Shawky
(Austria),
Priyadarshan
(India)
and
Ms.
Rubaiyat
Hossain
(Bangladesh).
Brief
on
the
eminent
Jury
members:
Pablo
Cesar
is
an
Argentine
filmmaker.
He
has
contributed
to
the
African
cinema
by
making
the
critically
acclaimed
films,
Equinox,
The
Garden
of
the
Roses,
Los
dioses
de
agua
and
Aphrodite,
The
Garden
of
the
Perfumes.
Prasanna
Vithanage
is
a
Sri
Lankan
filmmaker.
He
is
considered
as
one
of
the
pioneers
of
the
third
generation
of
the
Sri
Lankan
cinema.
He
has
directed
eight
feature
films
including
Death
on
a
Full
Moon
Day
(1997),
August
Sun
(2003),
Flowers
of
the
Sky
(2008)
and
With
You,
Without
You
(2012)
and
won
many
prestigious
national
and
international
awards
and
have
also
been
commercially
successful
in
Sri
Lanka.
In
his
early
theatre
work,
he
translated
and
produced
plays
by
international
writers,
adapted
works
of
world
literature
to
film.
He
has
battled
against
the
censorship
in
Sri
Lanka
and
worked
as
an
educator
of
cinema
who
has
conducted
many
Master
classes
in
the
subcontinent
for
young
filmmakers
and
enthusiasts.
Abu
Bakr
Shawkyor
"A.B." Shawky
is
an
Egyptian-Austrian
writer
and
director.
His
first
feature
film,
Yomeddine,
was
selected
to
participate
in
the
2018
Cannes
Film
Festival
and
will
screen
in
the
Main
Competition
section
and
compete
for
the
Palme
d'Or.
Rubaiyat
Hossain
is
a
Bangladeshi
film
director,
writer
and
producer.
She
is
notable
for
the
films
Meherjaan,
Under
Construction
and
Made
in
Bangladesh.
Priyadarshan
is
an
Indian
film
director,
screenwriter,
and
producer.
In
a
career
spanning
over
three
decades,
he
has
directed
more
than
95
films
in
various
Indian
languages,
predominantly
in
Malayalam
and
Hindi,
while
also
having
done
six
films
in
Tamil
and
two
in
Telugu.