The 19th edition of India’s flagship film market—formerly known as Film Bazaar and now reimagined as WAVES Film Bazaar, is returning with a robust Co-Production Market for features and documentaries, including curated projects shortlisted for international financing and festival circulation.

According to an official government statement yesterday, 22 feature projects and five documentaries have been shortlisted for international financing and festival circulation.

Earlier, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had said that for the 2025 edition, Waves Film Bazaar will award a total of $20,000 in cash grants to three winning projects from the Co-Production Market.

WAVES Film Bazaar will be held in Goa from November 20 to 24 on the sidelines of the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

The Co-Production Market, according to yesterday’s statement, features a compelling selection of projects from India, France, the UK, Canada, USA, Russia, Philippines and Singapore. The diverse line-up includes stories in various languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Manipuri, Tangkhul, Nepali, Malayalam, Haryanvi, English, Gujarati, Ladakhi, Konkani, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Russian, Sanskrit and Odia.

Selected filmmakers will have the opportunity to pitch their projects to international and Indian producers, distributors, festival programmers, financiers, and sales agents during the Open Pitch session. The pitch lays the groundwork for further one to one meetings and explores potential future collaborations.

In addition, the Co-Production Market line-up in this edition will also have five documentary films, spanning different genres including, but not limited to, arts, music and culture, environment, sustainability, education, women’s movement,  gender and sexuality and anthropology.

This year’s lineup also presents a thoughtful balance between emerging voices and seasoned industry veterans, featuring acclaimed filmmakers and creators such as Kiran Rao, Vikramaditya Motwane, Shakun Batra, Devashish Makhija, Ira Dubey, Sarita Patil, Shaunak Sen and BAFTA award-winning Director Ben Crichton, among others.

Waves Film Bazaar also announced its partnership with the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), which holds events and conferences in places like Hong Kong and Singapore. The Co-Production Market feature will include a project titled ‘Gloria’ as part of the project cross-exchange initiative.

Three projects will be included as part of the Co-Production Market Feature under NFDC’s Handpicked Focused Projects. The projects featured in this section are ‘Shamed’, ‘Smash’ and ‘Tiger in the Lion Den’.

Detailed brief about the 22 features and five documentaries selected for 19th WAVES Film Bazaar Co-production Market can be accessed here.

Held annually alongside IFFI, the film bazaar has become the meeting ground where Indian storytellers, global producers, festival curators, technology partners and investors converge to shape the films of tomorrow. This year’s bazaar strengthens its global footprint with a significantly expanded and more dynamic marketplace.