Gabriel Mascaro’s “ The Blue Trail ,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Berlinale, will open the 56th International Film Festival of India in Goa.

The Brazilian feature follows a 75-year-old woman whose journey through the Amazon becomes a manifesto on freedom and dignity.

The festival will close with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s “ A Useful Ghost ,” winner of the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize.

IFFI 2025 received a record 2,314 submissions from 127 countries. The program includes 13 world premieres, four international premieres and 46 Asian premieres, presenting more than 240 films from 81 countries.

The festival will screen 160 international titles, including over 80 award-winning films and 21 official Oscar-nominated works. Major titles on the slate include “It Was Ju

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