Mansore's crime thriller, Act 1978, Sagar Puranik's Dollu, Ganesh Hegde's Neeli Hakki, and director Praveen Krupakar's Thaledanda will be among the other language films to be screened at this year's 52nd Indian International Film Festival to be held in Goa. 24 feature films and 20 non-feature films will be screened at the IFFI, which will be held between November 20 and 28. This international film festival is being organised by the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry, in partnership with the Government of Goa.

The Feature Film jury, headed by well-known Kannada filmmaker S V Rajendra Singh Babu, comprises twelve members including film bodies and professionals from the diverse Indian filmmaking fraternity. Semkhor (Dimasa) will be the opening Indian feature film, and Ved.. the Visionary, directed by Rajiv Prakash, will be the opening non-feature film.