Well-known Filmmakers like Shoojit Sircar, Vikramaditya Motwane, Rajesh Mapuskar and Komal Nahta were part of the jury.

Versatile and award-winning filmmakers like Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nikhil Advani and Bejoy Nambiar served as the jury members.

The jury consisted of Indian cinema's Shyam Benegal and filmmakers Hansal Mehta, Omung Kumar and Umesh Shukla.

Apart from India, participation was seen from USA, UK, Germany, Singapore, Dubai, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Pakistan, Malaysia and other countries.

East India Comedy was represented by Sorabh Pant, Angad Singh and Azeem Banatwala, seen conversing with Raja Sen about importance of giving offence.

Nikhil Taneja from Y-Films along with Anupama Chopra, Nidhi Bisht and Sameer Saxena from The Viral Fever conversed about the anatomy of making and distributing a web-series, a rather new form of content for youngsters.

The evening also saw Sumeet Vyas, Nidhi Singh of Permanent Roommates fame, Naveen Kasturia, Maanvi Gagroo and Amol Parashar from The Viral Fever.

The festival saw the likes of Ashutosh Gowariker, Devdutt Pattanaik, Nikkhil Advani, Irshad Kamil, Prajakta Koli, Nidhi Bisht, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, Kunal Kapoor, Baradwaj Rangan, Kunal Kohli, Harsh Beniwal, Prahlad Kakkar, Siddharth Mahadevan, Vasan Bala and over 80 other speakers.

The eighth season saw participation from over 300 cities and 30 countries, with teams coming in from USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Dubai, Germany, China, France and more.

The festival saw presence of Alexander Payne, Ayushmann Khurana, Bhumi Pednekar, Kartik Aaryan, Vicky Kaushal, Ashwin Sanghi, Vidya Vox, Shankar Tucker, Bhuvan Bam, Prajakta Koli, Hansal Mehta, Ashwini Iyer Tiwary, Benny Dayal, Kunal Roy Kapoor, Anupama Chopra, Mithila Palkar, Dhruv Sehgal, Rajeev Masand, Vikramaditya Motwane, Bejoy Nambiar, Sona Mohapatra, Mallika Dua, Kaneez Surka, Ashish Chanchlani and over 70 more artists.

The festival saw presence of Naseeruddin Shah, Javed Akhtar, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhaskar, Ishaan Khatter, Radhika Madan, Jim Sarbh, Devdutt Pattanaik, Vikramaditya Motwane, Prajakta Koli, Zakir Khan, Abish Mathew, Ashish Shakya, Aparshakti Khurrana, Gulshan Devaiah, Anupama Chopra, Anand Gandhi, Kusha Kapila, Jordindian, Be Younick, Beer Biceps, Gaurav Taneja, Kaneez Surka, Gaurav Gera, Ritviz, Naezy Mikey McCleary, Ahsaas Channa, Anand Tiwari, Yahya Bootwala, Amandeep Singh, Kubbra Sait and over 80 more artists.

[citation needed] Signature, Myntra, Exide, Adobe, Nikon, DJI, Kingston and Gujarat Tourism were the principal sponsors of the season 9.

[16] Some of the people on IFP's stage in 2020 were Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Maiteryi Ramakrishnan, Bhumi Pednekar, Mira Nair, Shabana Azmi, Pankaj Tripathi, Adil Hussain, Kirti Kulhari, Gajraj Rao, Shweta Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Resul Pookutty, Mumbiker Nikhil, Beyounick, Rasika Dugal, Ratna Pathak Shah, Kabir Akhtar, Karthik Subbaraj, David Jones, Guneet Monga,[17] Madhu Trehan, Kusha Kapila, Mohd.

Zeeshan Ayyub, Dolly Singh, Sumeet Vyas, Amol Parashar, Maanvi Gagroo, Jaideep Ahlawat, Jim Sarbh, Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Priya Malik and over 140 artists on the stage.

The festival also saw workshops on cinematography, pre-production, music production, illustrations, doodling, sound design and many more by GoPro, Sennheiser, Spotify, Celtx, XP Pen, etc.

The 50 Hour Music Challenge in its second edition saw over 11,600 musicians from over 11 countries creating 1,087 tracks across Pop, Hip Hop, Folk Fusion, Electronic and Rock genres.

The 4 day virtual festival diversified to also include conversations about game development, photography, technology, advertising and performing arts.

Spread across 4 stages, festival saw some of the culture shaping artists on stage including Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Emraan Hashmi, R Madhavan, Vir Das, Shoojit Sircar, Vikram Motwane, Prateek Kuhad, Ritviz, Bhuvan Bam, Anuja Chauhan, Amish Tripathi, Emma Donoghue, Tom Perrotta, Asif Kapadia, Ranveer Allahbadia, Saloni Gaur, Sayani Gupta, Ankur Tewari, Anuv Jain, Ayush Mehra, Brodha V, Dar Gai, Guneet Monga, Hanif Kureshi, Kausar Munir, Shalmali Kholgade, Swanand Kirkire, Lifafa, MC Altaf, Prateek vats, Seema Pahwa and over 150 others.

The festival was sponsored by Vivo, Signature, DSP Mutual Fund, Fujifilm, Intel, DishTV, Sennheiser, MUBI and Punjab Tourism and saw support from partners like Ableton, Audient, First Draft, FL Studio, Pantone, Filmfare, TVF and many more.

The 2 day festival expanded to culture space with inclusion of politics and gaming, and saw people like Tom Schulman, Shashi Tharoor, Javed Akhtar, Vijay Varma, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Rohit Saraf, R Balki, Gauri Shinde, Prajakta Koli, Ankur Warikoo, Dr. Siddharth Warrier, Anand Gandhi, Kabir Khan, Makarand Deshpande, Leeza Mangaldas, Sonam Nair, Yashraj Mukhate, Richie Mehta, Raj Shamani and over 150 others.

The festival was sponsored by Mountain Dew, DSP Mutual Fund, Intel, Boat, QuillBot, Sennheiser, Croma & MP Tourism.

The two day festival saw creators like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Imran Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Konkona Sen Sharma, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Vikramaditya Motwane, Kunal Kemmu, Pratik Gandhi, Anna Ben, Vir Das, Rohan Joshi, Raghav Juyal, Nimrat Kaur, Sheeba Chadha, Shefali Shah, Sonakshi Sinha, Arivu, Hanumankind, Prabhdeep, Vishnu Kaushal amongst 172 personalities who climbed the stage.

[citation needed] A key highlight of the season was the attendance of renowned Hollywood actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who made his first visit to India to participate as a speaker.

The event featured engaging and insightful sessions from prominent personalities, including Naseeruddin Shah, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Ram Madhvani, Prasoon Pandey, Taapsee Pannu, Kabir Khan, Shoojit Sircar, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kartik Aaryan, Sharvari, Ranveer Brar, Rob, Devdutt Pattanaik, Vikas Swarup, Chaitanya Tamhane, Mansi Ugale, Mayank Shekhar, Sasha Jairam, Avanti Nagral, and Yashraj, among others.

In collaboration with Intel, IFP achieved a Guinness World Record for "The most number of AI-generated images uploaded to a bespoke website in one hour.

"[citation needed] The 14th season was supported by major sponsors, including Intel, ITC Bingo, Royal Stag, Jameson, and Sennheiser.

The lab included mentors like Anupama Chopra, Varun Duggirala, Mantra, Chhavi Sachdev, Kedar Nimkar, Mayank Shekhar, Joshua Thomas and many more.

Digital Illustration - Imagine a New year party in 3000s Digital Doodle - Doodle the spirit of your town, village or city UI/UX - A Recipe App Fan Art - Re-create any iconic pop-culture moment in the last decade of your favourite public figure Digital Illustration - Re-create your Happy Place with you in it Brand Book - Create a brand for your favourite Creators Clothing line UI/UX - A disaster management app that helps you cope up with any ongoing disaster, based on your location it prepares you and gives you a checklist to do if you get stuck in a disaster.

Fan Art - A Portrait of a Famous Personality using Typography Digital Illustration - Celebrating 'Love for Indian Cinema Brand Book - A Brand Book for a Device that Translates what Animals are Saying into Human Language UI Design - Elderly Care Support App AI Art - Exploring the world inside a Child’s Dreams Doodle - Moments of Friendship Introduced in 2017, the challenge has been participated by over 11,000 writers in last 6 years.

Mini Series - The Sun Rose in the West Previously known as 7 Day Storytelling challenge, it was brought to light in 2018 with spoken word as its only category.