Festival
Schedule

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Stage 1

Making Of A Modern Auteur

Vetrimaaran in conversation with Raunaq Mangottil

Vetrimaaran Vetrimaaran
Raunaq Mangottil Raunaq Mangottil
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stage 1

More Than a Star | On Nurturing The New Wave

Rana Daggubati in conversation with Swati Chopra

Rana Daggubati Rana Daggubati
Swati Chopra Swati Chopra
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stage 1

Many Lives of Huma Qureshi

Huma Qureshi in conversation with Mohar Basu

Huma Qureshi Huma Qureshi
Mohar Basu Mohar Basu
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Stage 1

Pustakalay Ft. The Audacity of Being (Presented by Indian Express Hindi)

Shefali Shah in conversation with Saurabh Dwivedi

Saurabh Dwivedi Saurabh Dwivedi
Shefali Shah Shefali Shah
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Stage 1

50 Hour Music Challenge Award Ceremony

Dabzee, Kanishk Seth, Kavita Seth, Khalid Ahamed, Nucleya, Uday Benegal

Dabzee Dabzee
Kanishk Seth Kanishk Seth
Kavita Seth Kavita Seth
Khalid Ahamed Khalid Ahamed
Nucleya Nucleya
Uday Benegal Uday Benegal
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Stage 2

Navrasa Sadhana 101

Guru G Venu, Manjiri Pupala with Kapila Venu

Guru G Venu Guru G Venu
Manjiri Pupala Manjiri Pupala
Kapila Venu Kapila Venu
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Stage 2

10 Keys to Planning Your First Pan India Tour (Powered by Jameson Connects)

Arjun Shah, Rahul Sinha, Sweta Ojha in conversation with Chirag Todi

Arjun Shah Arjun Shah
Rahul Sinha Rahul Sinha
Sweta Ojha Sweta Ojha
Chirag Todi Chirag Todi
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stage 2

Vlogging My Way Through India (Powered by Canon EOS R6V)

Soumesh Pandey

Soumesh Pandey Soumesh Pandey
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stage 2

Anurag Minus Verma Podcast Live

Sooni Taraporevala in conversation with Anurag Minus Verma

Sooni Taraporevala Sooni Taraporevala
Anurag Minus Verma Anurag Minus Verma
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stage 2

Debutant Directors on How They Made Their First Feature

Tribeny Rai, Rohan Kanwade, Ritwik Pareek, Theja Rio in conversation with Gayle Sequeira

Tribeny Rai Tribeny Rai
Rohan Kanawade Rohan Kanawade
Ritwik Pareek Ritwik Pareek
Theja Rio Theja Rio
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stage 2

Penning India's Deadly Underworld

Bilal Siddiqui X Hussain Zaidi

Bilal Siddiqi Bilal Siddiqi
Hussain Zaidi Hussain Zaidi
10:00 am - 11:00 am Stage 3

Virtual AMA with Craig Mazin

Craig Mazin in conversation with Patrick Graham

Craig Mazin Craig Mazin
Patrick Graham Patrick Graham
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Stage 3

50 Hour Photography Challenge Award Ceremony

Joseph Radhik, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Rid Burman, Vineet Vohra

Joseph Radhik Joseph Radhik
Sanna Irshad Mattoo Sanna Irshad Mattoo
Rid Burman Rid Burman
Vineet Vohra Vineet Vohra
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Stage 3

50 Hour Design Challenge Award Ceremony

Amrit Pal Singh, Mira F Malhotra, Muhammed Sajid, Omkar Patil, Shayak Sen

Mira F. Malhotra Mira F. Malhotra
Muhammed Sajid Muhammed Sajid
Omkar Patil Omkar Patil
Shayak Sen Shayak Sen
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stage 3

Killing Your Darlings

Satyanshu Singh

Satyanshu Singh Satyanshu Singh
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stage 3

Inside The Writers Room Ft. Made In India: A Titan Story

Kandarp Shroff, Karan Vyas, Niraj Dasa

Kandarp Shroff Kandarp Shroff
Karan Vyas Karan Vyas
Niraj Dasa Niraj Dasa
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Stage 3

Critics Vs. The World

Rahul Desai x Suchin Mehrotra

Rahul Desai Rahul Desai
Suchin Mehrotra Suchin Mehrotra
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Stage 3

Let There be Light with Dinesh Ahuja

Dinesh Ahuja

Dinesh Ahuja Dinesh Ahuja
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stage 3

Yuddh Aur Shanti | What Is Worth Fighting For?

Kamlesh Singh, Kuldeep Mishra, Asif Khan in conversation with Atul Tiwari

Kamlesh Kishore Singh Kamlesh Kishore Singh
Kuldeep Mishra Kuldeep Mishra
Asif Khan Asif Khan
Atul Kumar Tiwari Atul Kumar Tiwari
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Stage 2

Are Yappers the Next Opinion-Makers?

Akshat, Rumbutan, Prerna Subramanian, Saumya Sahni in Conversation with Jhansi

Rumbutan Rumbutan
Prerna Subramanian Prerna Subramanian
Saumya Sahni Saumya Sahni
Jhansi Rajgarhia Jhansi Rajgarhia
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Stage 3

Sampling Voices with Curtain Blue

Curtain Blue

Curtain Blue Curtain Blue
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Stage 1

How To Live Simply

Sonam Wangchuk in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury

Sonam Wangchuk Sonam Wangchuk
Shoma Chaudhury Shoma Chaudhury
10:00 am - 11:00 am Stage 1

Scroll Adda Ft. Heart Lamp

Banu Mushtaq in conversation with Shoaib Daniyal

Banu Mushtaq Banu Mushtaq
Shoaib Daniyal Shoaib Daniyal
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stage 1

On Playing Power Ft. AKKA

Keerthy Suresh, Radhika Apte, in conversation with Rohini Ramnathan

Rohini Ramanathan Rohini Ramanathan
Keerthy Suresh Keerthy Suresh
Radhika Apte Radhika Apte
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Stage 2

Popcorn Hour

Amol Parashar in conversation with Akanksha Pandey and Shantanu Anam

Amol Parashar Amol Parashar
Akanksha Pandey Akanksha Pandey
Shantanu Anam Shantanu Anam
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Stage 2

Everything I know about Photography (and a little about Life) (Powered by Oppo)

Jospeh Radhik

Joseph Radhik Joseph Radhik
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Stage 2

India Premiere: How to Not Have Sex + Virtual AMA with Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater, Sudharshan Narayanan, Anshulika Dubey, Aakash Prabhakar, Nishank Verma, Amrita Bagchi

Amrita Bagchi Amrita Bagchi
Nishank Verma Nishank Verma
Aakash Prabhakar Aakash Prabhakar
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stage 1

The Bajpayee Method (Presented by Bollywood Hungama)

Manoj Bajpayee in conversation with Rohit Khilnani

Rohit Khilnani Rohit Khilnani
Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stage 2

Nuclear Takes on How We Choose Our Leaders

Anish Gawande in conversation with Cyrus Broacha

Cyrus Broacha Cyrus Broacha
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Stage 1

Subverting Expectations In Cinema

Sujoy Ghosh in conversation with Mayank Shekhar

Sujoy Ghosh Sujoy Ghosh
Mayank Shekhar Mayank Shekhar
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Stage 1

Becoming Kanmani

Nithya Menen in conversation with Vishal Menon

Nithya Menen Nithya Menen
Vishal Menon Vishal Menon
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stage 1

On Craft, Creativity, & Writing Across Mediums

Juhi Chaturvedi x Varun Grover

Juhi Chaturvedi Juhi Chaturvedi
Varun Grover Varun Grover
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Stage 1

Showrunners on Crafting Captivating Cliffhangers

Karan Anshuman, Smita Singh, Ram Madhvani in conversation with Suchin Mehrotra

Karan Anshuman Karan Anshuman
Smita Singh Smita Singh
Suchin Mehrotra Suchin Mehrotra
Ram Madhavani Ram Madhavani
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Stage 1

50 Hour Filmmaking Challenge Award Ceremony

Anusha Rizvi, Karthik Subbaraj, Pushkar & Gayathri, Raam Reddy

Anusha Rizvi Anusha Rizvi
Karthik Subbaraj Karthik Subbaraj
Pushkar and Gayatri Pushkar and Gayatri
Raam Reddy Raam Reddy
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Stage 2

How Not To Audition

Saurabh Sachdeva

Saurabh Sachdeva Saurabh Sachdeva
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Stage 2

POST Is The New PRE

Shakun Batra

Shakun Batra Shakun Batra
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stage 2

Indie Musicians on Reclaiming The Roots

Aneesh Poojari, Banjaare, Swara Oza and Utpal Udit in conversation with David Britto

Aneesh Poojari Aneesh Poojari
Banjaare Banjaare
Swara Oza Swara Oza
Utpal Udit Utpal Udit
David Britto David Britto
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Stage 2

Cracking the Festival Circuit

Svetlana Naudiyal and Meenakshi Shedde in conversation with Nancy Nisa Beso

Svetlana Naudiyal Svetlana Naudiyal
Meenakshi Shedde Meenakshi Shedde
Nancy Nisa Beso Nancy Nisa Beso
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stage 2

What Makes a Good Ad? (Presented by Good Ads Matter)

Amit Sharma x Prakash Varma

Amit Sharma Amit Sharma
Prakash Varma Prakash Varma
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stage 2

The Actor At Work (Presented by DSM)

Pratik Gandhi in conversation with Ratna Pathak Shah

Pratik Gandhi Pratik Gandhi
Ratna Pathak Shah Ratna Pathak Shah
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Stage 3

Let's Go Analog

Varun Gupta

Varun Gupta Varun Gupta
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Stage 3

50 Hour Writing Challenge Award Ceremony

Abhay Koranne, Karan Anshuman, Prayaag Akbar, Rashmi Bansal, Sumit Roy, Tara Khandelwal

Abhay Koranne Abhay Koranne
Chiki Sarkar Chiki Sarkar
Karan Anshuman Karan Anshuman
Prayaag Akbar Prayaag Akbar
Rashmi Bansal Rashmi Bansal
Sumit Roy Sumit Roy
Tara Khandelwal Tara Khandelwal
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stage 3

Improve Your Improv Game

Saad Khan

Saad Khan Saad Khan
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stage 3

Making Of A Meaty Micro-Drama

Tanmaya Shekhar & Molshri

Tanmaya Shekhar Tanmaya Shekhar
Molshri Molshri
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Stage 3

Building an IP with AI Ft. Prakash Bharati

Anurag Tiwari

Anurag Tiwari Anurag Tiwari
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stage 3

Art After The Algoritham & AI

Raghava KK

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Stage 3

Between Two Worlds

Appupen x Sarnath Banerjee

George Mathen (Appupen) George Mathen (Appupen)
Sarnath Banerjee Sarnath Banerjee
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stage 1

On Making Her Mark

Mrunal Thakur in conversation with Shravan Shah

Mrunal Thakur Mrunal Thakur
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stage 2

The Art of Editing on the Go (Powered by Adobe Premiere on mobile)

Maroof Culman

Maroof Culmen Maroof Culmen
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Enchanted Matter ft Suresh Eriyat

Suresh Eriyat

Suresh Eriyat Suresh Eriyat
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stage 1

Deconstructing the Leading Lady

Sobhita Dhulipala

Sobhita Dhulipala Sobhita Dhulipala

*Schedule is subject to change without prior notice due to unavoidable circumstances of speakers & organizers.

Kindly refer to the updated schedule on the festival day for latest sessions.

*Schedule is subject to change without prior notice due to unavoidable circumstances of speakers & organizers.

Kindly refer to the updated schedule on the festival day for latest sessions.

What is the festival all about?
IFP is a multi-staged creativity & culture festival that happens across two days with more than 180+ prominent creators from Films & OTT, Digital, Literature & Writing, Music, Design & Art, Storytelling, Audio & Podcasting, Photography, Tech & Gaming, Comedy, Culture, Advertising and Performing arts who will participate in various Conversations, Panels, Workshops, Masterclasses, Live Performances, and AMAs.

 

Are there any hidden charges?
No, only GST will be levied on the tickets as per the government’s rules and regulations.

 

When and where is the festival happening?
The festival is scheduled to take place on-ground in  Mumbai on December 6th & 7th, 2025.

 

Is the festival accessible for People of Determination?
Yes, IFP is an all-inclusive and accessible festival. We will be tying up with an accessibility management agency to ensure the same.

 

Can I attend all the sessions?
Yes, you will have access to all the sessions taking place across all 2 days. However Stage entry and seating will be on a first come first serve basis.

 

Where can I buy tickets?
The tickets are available on all the major Ticketing Platforms and on IFP’s Website. Click here to buy the tickets.

 

Will there be an award ceremony for the challenges?
Yes, the winners of all the challenges of IFP will be awarded during the festival. Kindly check the schedule regarding the same.

 

What will be the timings of the festival?
The first session on October 12 & 13, 2024 (i.e. Saturday and Sunday) will start at 10am and the last session will end at 9pm.

 

I’m a member of the media? How do I make arrangements for a media pass?
You can  fill-up the form with relevant details and request for media invite.

 

Wow, there are lots of artists taking sessions! Will I get to personally interact with them?
There is no guarantee, however, you could plan for the questions you would want to ask in the event and if you are lucky, you will get an opportunity to ask them.

 

Will there be food at the venue?
Yes, there will be a food zone at the festival. 

 

Will there be parking at the venue?
No, there will be no parking available at the venue.

 

Is there any age limit/rule?
No. The festival is open to all ages.

 

How do I become a Sponsor?
Please mail us at ritam@ifp.world

 

What is your ticket policy?
Tickets are purchased online through our (platform) and on-ground on festival days. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

 

What are some of the general measures that ensure safety in all forms at the festival?
Harassment, abuse , stalking, threatening or defaming/ violating any rights (right to privacy and publicity) is not allowed and will be taken seriously. Attendees are not allowed to carry any harmful substances, weapons or arms of any kind.