IFP marks its fifteenth year with a festival that brings its Creativity × Culture ethos to life across film, music, design, writing, photography, advertising, podcasting, gaming, tech, food, and digital storytelling. The festival this year will take place at the Mehboob Studios on November 29th and 30th, with a line-up that cuts across genres, formats, and artistic voices.
The two-day-long festival will feature conversations, masterclasses, performances, and cultural experiences that reflect how creators think, collaborate, and express themselves today. Season 15 promises a vibrant mix of ideas, talent, and creative energy, all unfolding within one shared space.
This year, the festival has an incredible line-up with names like Siddhant Chaturvedi, Adarsh Gourav, Hansal Mehta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Robert B. Weide, Vasan Bala, Vijay Varma, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Abhishek Bachchan, Shoojit Sircar, Shahid Kapoor, Parvathy Thiruvothu, and Richa Chadha being announced.
This year, Abhishek Bachchan will also be part of the festival and shared his excitement about the same. He said, "Becoming Arjun is a session I am genuinely excited about. Arjun from I Want to Talk is a character who has stayed with me, and it will be great fun to sit with Shoojit Sircar and pull apart how we built him. IFP has always been a space where creators feel at home, and it's great to be part of that community this year."
Celebrity chef and actor Ranveer Brar also has a session, and talking about the same he said, "I've always been drawn to the stories behind things -- where they start, how they change, and the memories that shape them. Food of the Future Past lets me explore those layers almost like stepping into different roles, revisiting what we grew up with, left behind, and now want to return to. There's a quiet poetry in that journey."
Not only the actors, but the festival will also feature several new-age voices in a session moderated by Shamani Joshi, alongside Raja Kumari, Mae Thomas, Hariharan, Akshay Hariharan, Tarsame Mittal, and Dino James, with Agam Walia also announced.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Schulman, Alexander Payne, Mira Nair, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Tripathi, Javed Akhtar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Imran Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shabana Azmi, Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, and others have been part of this festival in the past.