<span style="color: #222222;">Renowned actress and Member of Parliament Hema Malini received the Indian Film Personality of the year award at the ceremony.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The King of all the World' directed by Carlos Saura is the Opening Film. This is also the film's international premiere. As many as 55 films across the world will be showcased at the festival under the World Panorama Section. The International Film Competition will be adjudged by an international jury with Chairperson Iranian filmmaker Rakhsh?n Banietemad. The Iranian filmmaker was also felicitated at the opening ceremony.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />'' There are 44 films under Indian Panorama from 18 different languages of the country including 'Dimasa' language.<br />'' Addressing the gathering, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said, IFFI is embracing new technology and keeping with the pace, giving platforms to artists and Film industry to engage with them. He said, for the first time, they are recognising and mentoring promising young talents through '75 Young Creative Minds of Tomorrow'. The Minister flagged off the 75 creative minds competition.  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan said, India aims to become an attractive destination for Film Making. Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Apurva Chandra said, 52nd edition of IFFI shows that they have stood up to the challenges posed by the COVID pandemic. He said, this time there have been 624 entries of Films from 96 countries; compared to last year when the festival saw the entries from 69 countries.</span><br />''