IFFI Goa 2025, 02

IFFI Goa 2025, 02

22 features and 5 docus shortlisted for international financing at WAVES

The 19th edition of India’s flagship film market—formerly known as Film Bazaar and now reimagined as WAVES Film Bazaar, is returning with a robust Co-Production Market for features and documentaries, including curated projects shortlisted for international financing and festival circulation. On the sidelines of the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), WAVES Film Bazaar will be held at the Marriott Resort in Goa, from November 20 to 24, 2025.

In the upcoming 19th edition, Waves Film Bazaar will present 22 feature projects that embody a pan-global narrative. The Co-Production Market features a compelling selection of projects from India, France, UK, Canada, USA, Russia, Philippines and Singapore. This diverse lineup includes stories in languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Manipuri, Tangkhul, Nepali, Malayalam, Haryanvi, English, Gujarati, Ladakhi, Konkani, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Russian, Sanskrit and Odia. Selected filmmakers will have the opportunity to pitch their projects to International and Indian producers, distributors, festival programmers, financiers, and sales agents during the Open Pitch session. The pitch lays the groundwork for further one to one meetings and explores potential future collaborations.

In addition, the Co-Production Market lineup in this edition will also have 5 Documentary films. The five remarkable documentary projects span across different genres including but not limited to Arts, Music and Culture, Environment, Sustainability, Education, Women’s Movement, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology, and Others.

This year’s Co-Production Market lineup presents a thoughtful balance between emerging voices and seasoned industry veterans, featuring acclaimed filmmakers and creators such as Kiran Rao, Vikramaditya Motwane, Shakun Batra, Devashish Makhija, Ira Dubey, Sarita Patil, Shaunak Sen and BAFTA award-winning Director, Ben Crichton among others.

Waves Film Bazaar also announced its partnership with the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF). The Co-Production Market Feature will include a project titled “Gloria” as part of the project cross-exchange initiative.

Three projects will be included as part of the Co-Production Market Feature under NFDC’s Handpicked Focused Projects. The projects featured in this section are “Shamed”, “Smash” and “Tiger in the Lion Den.”

Co-Production Market Feature Projects

Ulta (Madam) | India, France, Canada | Hindi

Director- Paromita Dhar, Producer- Hyash Tanmoy

Those Who Flew | India | Hindi, Urdu, Bengali

Director- Soumyak Kanti De Biswas, Producer- Ira Dubey

Khei-Hea (Night & Day) | India | Poula/Manipuri/Nepali/English

Director- Ashok Veilou, Producers- Shaunak Sur & Prateek Bagi and Alexander Leo Pou

The Manager | India | Malayalam

Director- Sandeep Sreelekha, Producers- Anuj Tyagi & Vipin Radhakrishnan.

What Remains Unsaid | India | Haryanvi, Hindi, English

Director - Kallol Mukherjee, Producers - Devashish Makhija, Harsh Grover and Aditya Grover

Kanda (No Onions) | India | Gujarati, Hindi

Director - Aarti Neharsh, Producers - Shakun Batra & Dimpy Agrawal

Kakthet (Idiot) | India, France | Ladakhi

Director - Stenzin Tankong, Producer - Ritu Sarin

A Death Foretold | India | Hindi

Director- Kislay, Producers - Tribeny Rai, Himanshu Kohli and Neha Malik

Tyres will be Deflated | India | Hindi

Director - Rohan Ranganathan, Producer - Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann

Mayapuri (City of Illusions) | India | Hindi

Director - Aranya Sahay, Producer - Mathivanan Rajendran

Puthenkacheri (Secretariat) | India, Canada | Malayalam

Director - Rajesh K, Producer- James Joseph Valiyakulathil, Ved Prakash Kataria

Sajdaa | India | Hindi

Director - Mohammad Gani, Producer – Sanjay Gulati

Teacher's Pet | India, USA | English

Director- Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy, Producers- Aishwarya Sonar, Shuchi Dwivedi, Vikramaditya Motwane.

7 to 7 | India | Gujarati, Hindi

Director - Nemil Shah, Producer - Nemil Shah & Rajesh Shah

Katachua (The Quill) |  India | Bengali, Hindi

Director - Sankhajit Biswas, Producer - Swaralipi Lipi

Shadow Hill: Of Spirits and Men | India | Konkani, English, Hindi

Director - Bosco Bhandarkar, Producer - Kiran Rao & Tanaji Dasgupta

Pushpavati (The Flowered One) | India | Kannada

Director - Manoj Kumar V, Producer - Nithin Krishnamurthy

Swarnapuchhri | India | Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri

Director - Ritwik Goswami, Producer -  Nidhi Salian

NFDC’s Handpicked Focused Projects

Shamed | India | Hindi, Punjabi, English

Director - Dikssha Jyoti Routray, Producer - Sarita Patil

SMASH | Russia, India | Russian, English, Hindi

Director - Maxim Kuznetsov, Producer - Ekatrina Golubeva-Poldi

Tiger in the Lion Den (Freedom friends)- India, United Kingdom | India, UK | English

Director - R Sarath, Producer - Jolly Lonappan

Partnership Project with the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF)

Gloria - Philippines, Singapore | English

Director - Alaric Tay, Producer - Derek Judge, Rex Lopez & Alaric Tay

Co-Production Market Documentary Projects

Colours of the Sea (Colours of the Sea)  | India | Malayalam

Director: Jeffin Thomas, Producer: Sanju Surendran

Devi (Goddess) | India | Odia

Director and Producer - Pranab Kumar Aich

Nupi Keithel (Women Market) | India | Manipuri

Director - Haobam Paban Kumar, Producers - Haobam Paban Kumar, Ajit Yumnam & Rajesh Puthanpurayil

Simhastha Kumbh (A Drop of Nectar) | India | Hindi, Sanskrit

Director and Producer- Amitabha Singh

The Maharaja and Me (The Maharaja and Me) | India, United Kingdom| English, Hindi

Director - Ben Crichton, Producers - Karl Hillbrick & Sue Graha