The 8th Jagran Film Festival is organized in 16 cities of India namely, Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Dehradun, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhopal, Indore, Hisar, Ludhiana, Meerut, Raipur, and Mumbai.

The festival is an initiative of Jagran Prakashan Group, a publishing house listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, aimed at promoting the appreciation of the cinematic art beyond the major metropolitan cities of India to smaller towns.

The 8th Jagran Film Festival was held from July 1 to September 24, 2017.

The first edition of Jagran Film Festival[1] was held in the year 2010.

The following films were screened under the Homage section: The following prizes were awarded: [3][4]