MUMBAI: The curtains of the 10th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will go up on 12 January at City Pride, Kothrud in Pune.

The eight-day festival, jointly organised by the Pune Film Foundation and Government of Maharashtra, will screen 200 films from 40 countries.

Films in various categories will compete for cash awards. While the World Competition section will have 14 films, the Marathi Competition section will have seven and the Whistling Woods International Student Competition section will consist of 18 films.

Also, different sections will highlight global cinema, retrospectives, contenporary Indian cinema, Marathi cinema, documentaries and tributes.

This year the special ‘Country Focus’ section will screen 47 films from Germany.

As per a tradition of PIFF, the SD Burman award for creative music and sound is given to a person who has made a significant contribution in the field of music.