JioCinema, a leading streaming service, is all set to launch India’s biggest digital film festival starting September 29, the company said yesterday.

The JioCinema Film Festival will bring together a cinematic celebration woven around the theme ‘Kala, Kalakaar aur Anokhi Kahaniyaan’ (Art, Artiste and Unique Stories) , through 20 remarkable films across 20 days, the streamer said in a press release.

These captivating and award-winning stories will bring together a distinguished repertoire of artists such as Nawazuddin Siddique, Naseeruddin Shah, Ira Dubey, Supriya Pathak, Sheeba Chaddha, Amit Sadh, Satish Kaushik, Rajat Kapoor and Adah Sharma, amongst others.

A celebration of India’s rich storytelling, JioCinema Film Fest includes a robust line-up of films such as ‘The Comedian’ that will throw light on an aging comedic actor in the Indian film industry who has no laughter left in his life and ‘Birha’ (The Journey Back Home), a winner at multiple international film festivals that describes the heart-wrenching story of a family that tears apart due to the unjustified ambitions of a young child.

Other films in the line-up include ‘Ghuspaith: Between Borders’, which is inspired by the life and tragic death of renowned Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui; ‘Rat in the Kitchen’, a neo-noir thriller that’s a story of a man going through loneliness and witnessing surreal experiences while being home alone; ‘Bebaak’, a film about a woman’s identity crisis as a Muslim woman in India.

Set in an Indian town under curfew, ‘The Daughter’ is a film about a young woman who sets out in search of a man who can help her carry out an act that will test her limits.

In addition to these, the film festival boasts of some exceptional stories that include ‘Ring Mili Kya’, ‘Munna Ka Bachpan’, ‘Laar’, ‘Mein Mehmood’, ‘Gangster Ganga’, ‘Armaand’ and ‘Maachis Ki Dibiya’, amongst others.