The list of speakers this year include Madhur Bhandarkar, Prahlad Kakkar, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Dibaker Banerjee, Rajat Barjatya of Rajshree Media Ltd., documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, K Hariharan – Dir. of LV Prasad of Film & Television Academy, regional filmmakers Bipin Nadkarni (Marathi) and Ringo (Bengali), film critic Rajeev Masand (CNN-IBN), Luke Kenny (‘Rock On’ actor and ex-VJ) who will be screening his directorial debut ’13th Floor’, Dr Sunil Patil-CEO – PVR Digital, India, VK Prakash – digital filmmaker based in Bengaluru, Arnab Chaudhri – director of animation movie ‘Arjun’ slated to release in mid-2009 and Gitanjali Rao- animation filmmaker (‘Printed Rainbow’) and illustrator.
The festival will also hold seminars on issues related to digital entertainment such as films as catalysts for social change, gaming boom, animation, business of VFX in India, digital going regional and the digital theatre revolution.