Friday, February 13, 2026
Opening Ceremony, Lifetime Achievement Award & Screenings
Red Carpet Opening Ceremony
Colourful Rajasthani Cultural Performance.
Presenting to Late Shri
DHARMENDRA
He-Man of Indian Cinema (8 December 1935 – 24 November 2025)
A Visionary Keynote
By Hanu Roj, Founder-JIFF NDFF GCC
Establishing Global Headquarters in India
Announcement & Screenings
- Announcement for the top film screenings on February 13 & 14, 2026,
- followed by special screenings in the presence of directors and the star cast.
- Top-Rated Films: Official Screenings at JIFF–NDFF–GCC 2026.
Film Screenings Schedule: Audi-1, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
| T Nu. | Film Name | Director/s | Produced By | Submission Category/s | Country of Origin | Duration | Language |
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Nakook (Out Of Tune) | Vahid Mazraeh | White Dream Pictures | Short Fiction / 2025 | Iran | 00:15:00 | Persian |
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Chakri (Pinwheel) | Piyush Bhoot & Abol Wankhade | Piyush Bhoot | Short Fiction / 2025 | India | 00:29:59 | Marathi |
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Bet | Svetoslav Ovcharov | Svetla Tsotsorkova | Feature Fiction / 2025 | Bulgaria | 01:45:00 | Bulgarian |
Film Screenings Schedule: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre-IIC, New Delhi
| T Nu. | Film Name | Director/s | Produced By | Country of Origin | Duration | Language |
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Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani | V. Shantaram | Rajkamal Kalamandir (Production company) | India / 1946 | 02:04:00 | Hindi |
| T Nu. | Film Name | Director/s | Produced By | Submission Categorie/s | Country of Origin | Duration | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Soorma | Shaad Ali | Sony Pictures Networks Productions, C.S. Films (Production company) | Feature Fiction / 2018 | India | 02:11:00 | Hindi |
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Screenings, Awards & Boutique Dialogues
Main Stage (Audi-1), Bharat Mandapam
Top-Awarded Films
Official Screenings at JIFF–NDFF–GCC 2026.
JIFF | NDFF | GCC Award Ceremony
Honouring Stories That Move Hearts, Minds, and the World.
Film Screenings Schedule: Audi-1, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
| T Nu. | Film Name | Director/s | Produced By | Submission Category/s | Country of Origin | Duration | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Water | Chetan Hansraj | Ektaa Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor | Short Fiction / AI / 2025 | India | 00:10:10 | Hindi, Rajasthani |
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The Last Ride | Vijesh Rajan & Yashoda Parthasarthy | Anurag Kashyap, Ranjan Singh & Vishesh Agrawal | Short Fiction / 2025 | India | 00:23:00 | Hindi |
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Bhanu | Ayananshu Banerjee | Magick Illusion Entertainment | Feature Fiction / 2024 | India | 02:13:30 | Bengali |
| T Nu. | Film Name | Director/s | Produced By | Submission Category/s | Country of Origin | Duration | Language |
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Sarpanch Sahab | Shahid Khan | Sonali Sood | Web Series/2025 | India | 00:28:46 | Hindi |
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Kadal Kanni (The Mermaid) | Dinesh Selvaraj | Kannan R | Feature Fiction / 2025 | India | 02:00:00 | Tamil |
| T Nu. | Film Name | Director/s | Produced By | Submission Category/s | Country of Origin | Duration | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Adi Shakti | Bitupon Kashyap | Indrani Baruah & Mina Mahanta | Feature Fiction / 2026 | India | 01:50:00 | Assamese |
Meeting Room F (Level-1), Bharat Mandapam
Game-Changing Boutique Dialogues
Exclusive & Curated Conversations Driving the Next Wave of Cinema
AI & Cinema: Diverse Applications Including Animation
(Artificial Intelligence in Storytelling, Production and Distribution)
Keynote Session by:
Dr. Alwin Anuse, Associate Professor, FTII Pune (AI experts), George Sommer (AI expert, Germany), Ashwin Goyal (IIT graduate and AI expert), Dr. Vibhuti Pandey (Animation expert) & Chetan Hansraj (AI expert).
An Open Discussion: Open to All Nominated Filmmakers Beyond Theatres & OTT: Where Does Cinema Go Next?
(Theatres • OTT • Emerging Platforms • AI — The Road Ahead)
Keynote Session by:
Sanjay Chatar (Distributor, India), Zainab Malik (Pakistan), Manu Sobral (Brazil), Kenji Sonoda (Japan), Har-Co (Japan), Rossella De Venuto (Italy), Caroline Tabah (Canada), Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí (Colombia), Stanley Soh (Singapore), Alireza Nouri (Iran), Hassan Nazer (United Kingdom), Ana Patricia Angulo & Paco Castillo (Panama) & Allyson D. Brown (Liberia).
International Co-Production Meet: Open to All Nominated Filmmakers
(Co-Production Projects, Global Partnerships, Multi-Nation Releases & Funding – The ₹1,000 Crore Creative Mission at GCC.)
Bring the Script and Go for Shoot: The Game-Changing Dialogue
(Global Film Shoot Facilities Worldwide: How?)
Keynote Session by:
Christophe Jalil Nordman (France), Jaroslaw Gogolin (United Kingdom), Hisako Kobayashi (Japan), Kum-Kum Bhavnani (United States), Lev Prudkin (United Kingdom), Svetoslav Ovcharov (Bulgaria), Sarra Abidi (Tunisia), Senthil Kumaran Shanmugam (India), Rose Gill (United States), George Sommer (Germany), Pamela Jaye Smith (United States) & Tony Rogers (Australia).
Voice of Filmmakers: Shaping Cinema Through Policy, Practice and Strategy.
Meeting Room – C (Level-1), Bharat Mandapam
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Global Networking Dialogue & Exclusive Event
Cinema of the Next 10 Years
AI, Technology & the Changing Creative Landscape.
