23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 2018-IFFK - World Cinema -list of films

November 25, 2018, 6:00 am

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1 3 Faces / Se rokh Director : Jafar Panahi / 100 min / Iran /
2 A Family Tour / A Family Tour Director : Ying Liang / 107 min / Taiwan | Hong Kong | Singapore | Malaysia /
3 A Land Imagined / A Land Imagined Director : Siew Hua Yeo / 95 min / France | Netherlands | Singapore /
4 A Tramway in Jerusalem / A Tramway in Jerusalem Director : Amos Gitai / 94 min / Israel, France /
5 A Twelve Year Night / LA NOCHE DE 12 AÑOS Director : ÁLVARO BRECHNER / 122 min / Uruguay | Argentina | Spain / Spanish / 2018
6 AGA / Ága Director : Milko Lazarov / 96 min / Bulgaria | Germany | France /
7 All The Gods In The Sky / Tous les dieux du ciel Director : Quarxx / 110 min / France /
8 Alpha, The Right to Kill / Alpha, The Right to Kill Director : Brillante Ma Mendoza / 94 min / Philippines /
9 And Breathe Normally / Andið eðlilega Director : Isold Uggadottir / 100 min / Iceland | Sweden | Belgium / 2018
10 Ash is the Purest White / Jiang hu er nv Director : Zhangke Jia / 137 min / China | France | Japan /

11 At War / En guerre Director : Stéphane Brizé / 113 min / France /
12 August at Akiko’s / August at Akiko’s Director : Christopher Makoto Yogi / 75 min / USA /
13 Balangiga: Howling Wilderness / Balangiga: Howling Wilderness Director : Khavn / 120 min / Philippines /
14 Birds of passage / Pájaros de verano Director : Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra / 125 min / Colombia | Denmark | Mexico /
15 BlacKkKlansman / BlacKkKlansman Director : Spike Lee / 135 min / USA /
16 Border / Gräns Director : Ali Abbasi / 110 min / Sweden | Denmark /
17 Capernaum / Capharnaüm Director : Nadine Labaki / 123 min / Lebanon / Arabic / 2018
18 Climax / Climax Director : Gaspar Noe / 95 min / France /
19 Cold War / Zimna wojna Director : Pawel Pawlikowski / 88 min / Poland | France | UK /
20 Core of the world / Serdtse mira Director : Natalya Meshchaninova / 124 min / Russia | Lithuania | Ireland | France /
21 Crystal Swan / Khrustal Director : Darya Zhuk / 95 min / Belarus | USA | Germany | Russia /
22 Diane / Diane Director : Kent Jones / 95 min / USA /
23 Die Tomorrow / Die Tomorrow Director : Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit / 75 min / Thailand /
24 Dogman / Dogman Director : Matteo Garrone / 103 min / Italy | France /
25 Donbass / Donbass Director : Sergey Loznitsa / 110 min / Germany | Ukraine | France | Netherlands | Romania /
26 Dovlatov / Dovlatov Director : Aleksey German / 126 min / Russia | Poland | Serbia /
27 Dressage / Dressage Director : Pooya Badkoobeh / 95 min / Iran /
28 Foxtrot / Foxtrot Director : Samuel Maoz / 108 min / Israel | Switzerland | Germany | France / / 2017
29 Genesis / Genèse Director : Philippe Lesange / 129 min / Canada /
30 Girls Always Happy / Rou qing shi Director : Yang Mingming / 117 min / China /
31 High Life / High Life Director : Claire Denis / 110 min / Germany | France | UK | Poland | USA /
32 Horizon / Horizonti Director : Tinatin Kajrishvili / 105 min / Georgia, Sweden /
33 Hotel by the River / Hotel by the River Director : Sang-soo Hong / 96 min / South Korea /
34 House of My Fathers / House of My Fathers Director : Suba Sivakumaran / 100 min / Sri Lanka /
35 Human, Space, Time And Human / Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan Director : Kim Ki-duk / 122 min / South Korea /
36 I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians / Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari Director : Radu Jude / 140 min / Romania | Germany | Bulgaria | France | Czech Republic /
37 In the Aisles / In den Gängen Director : Thomas Stuber / 125 min / Germany /
38 Jumpman / Podbrosy Director : Ivan I. Tverdovskiy / 95 min / Russia | Lithuania | Ireland | France /
39 Knife + Heart / Un couteau dans le coeur Director : Yann Gonzalez / 110 min / France | Mexico | Switzerland /
40 Lemonade / Lemonade Director : Ioana Uricaru / 88 min / Romania | Canada | Germany | Sweden /
41 Manta Ray / Kraben rahu Director : Phuttiphong Aroonpheng / 105 min / Thailand | France | China /
42 Mary Magdaelene / Mary Magdaelene Director : Garth Davis / 120 min / UK | USA | Australia /
43 Maya / Maya Director : Mia Hansen-Løve / 107 min / France | Germany /
44 Memories Of My Body / Kucumbu tubuh indahku Director : Garin Nugroho / 105 min / Indonesian /
45 Midnight Runner / Der Läufer Director : Hannes Baumgartner / 92 min / Switzerland | France /
46 Namme / Namme Director : Zaza Khalvashi / 91 min / Georgia /
47 Non-Fiction / Doubles Vies Director : Olivier Assayas / 108 min / France /
48 One Step Behind the Seraphim / One Step Behind the Seraphim Director : Daniel Sandu / 150 min / Romania | Germany | Bulgaria | France | Czech Republic /
49 Our Time / Nuestro Tiempo Director : Carlos Reygadas Barguín / 173 min / Mexico | France | Germany | Denmark | Sweden / / 2018
50 Paris Square / Praça Paris Director : Lúcia Murat / 110 min / Portugal | Argentina | Brazil /
51 Pilgrimage / Peregrinação Director : João Botelho / 108 min / Portugal / / 2017
52 Pity / Pity Director : Babis Makridis / 97 min / Greece | Poland /
53 Rafiki / Rafiki Director : Wanuri Kahiu / 83 min / Kenya | South Africa | Germany | Netherlands | France | Norway | Lebanon /
54 Ray & Liz / Ray & Liz Director : Richard Billingham / 108 min / UK /
55 Rojo / Rojo Director : Benjamin Naishtat / 109 min / Argentina | Brazil | France | Netherlands | Germany /
56 Rona, Azim’s Mother / Rona, Madar-e Azim Director : Jamshid Mahmoudi / 89 min / Afghanistan | Iran /
57 Screwdriver / Mafak Director : Bassam Jarbawi / 108 min / Palestine, USA, Qatar /
58 Sew the Winter to My Skin / Sew the Winter to My Skin Director : Jahmil X.T. Qubeka / 118 min / South Africa | Germany /
59 Shoplifters / Manbiki kazoku Director : Hirokazu Koreeda / 121 min / Japan /
60 Sophia Antipolis / Sophia Antipolis Director : Virgil Vernier / 98 min / France /
61 Sorry Angel / Plaire, aimer et courir vite Director : Christophe Honoré / 132 min / France /
62 Suleiman Mountain / Sulayman too Director : Elizaveta Stishova / 101 min / Russia | Kyrgyzstan /
63 Summer Survivors / Summer Survivors Director : Marija Kavtaradze / 91 min / Lithuania /
64 Sunset / Napszállta Director : László Nemes / 142 min / Hungary | France /
65 Tel Aviv on Fire / Tel Aviv on Fire Director : Sameh Zoabi / 96 min / France | Israel | Belgium /
66 The Announcement / Anons Director : Mahmut Fazil Coskun / 94 min / Turkey | Bulgaria /
67 The Apparition / L’apparition Director : Xavier Giannoli / 144 min / France | Belgium | Jordan /
68 The Day I Lost My Shadow / Yom Adaatou Zouli Director : Soudade Kaadan / 94 min / Syria | France | Lebanon | Qatar /
69 The Gentle Indifference of the World / Laskovoe bezrazlichie mira Director : Adilkhan Yerzhanov; might go to Goa in non-competition / 100 min / Kazakhstan | France /
70 The Heiresses / Las herederas Director : Marcelo Martinessi / 98 min / Paraguay | Germany | Uruguay | Brazil | Norway | France /
71 The House that Jack Built / The House that Jack Built Director : Lars von Trier / 155 min / Denmark | France | Germany | Sweden /
72 The Image Book / Le livre d’image Director : Jean-Luc Godard / 84 min / Switzerland | France /
73 The Interpreter / Tlmocnik Director : Martin Sulík / 113 min / Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria /
74 The Load / Teret Director : Ognien Glavonić, debut / 98 min / Serbia | France | Croatia | Iran | Qatar /
75 The Man who bought the moon / L’uomo Che Comprò La Luna Director : Paolo Zucca / 105 min / Italy, Albania, Argentina /
76 The Manslayer. The Virgin. The Shadow / Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari Director : Sulev Keedus / 141 min / Estonia | Lithuania /
77 The Reports on Sarah and Saleem / The Reports on Sarah and Saleem Director : Muayad Alayan / 127 min / Palestine /
78 The River / Ozen Director : Emir Baigazin / 108 min / Kazakhstan | Poland | Norway /
79 The Sisters Brothers / The Sisters Brothers Director : Jacques Audiard / 121 min / France, Belgium, Romania, Spain /
80 The Third Wife / The Third Wife Director : Ash Mayfair / 96 min / Vietnam /
81 The Wild Pear Tree / Ahlat Agaci Director : Nuri Bilge Ceylan / 188 min / Turkey | Republic of Macedonia | France | Germany | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Sweden /
82 The World is Yours / Le Monde Est A Toi Director : Romain Gavras / 94 min / France /
83 Too Late to Die Young / Tarde Para Morir Joven Director : Dominga Sotomayor Castillo / 110 min / Chile | Brazil | Argentina | Netherlands | Qatar /
84 Transit / Transit Director : Christian Petzold / 101 min / Germany | France / / 2018
85 Vision / Vision Director : Naomi Kawase / 109 min / France | Japan /
86 Volcano / Vulkan Director : Roman Bondarchuk / 104 min / Germany, Ukraine /
87 Woman at War / Kona fer í stríð Director : Benedikt Erlingsson / 101 min / Iceland | France | Ukraine /
88 Working Woman / Isha Ovedet Director : Michal Aviad / 93 min / Israel /
89 Yomeddine / Yomeddine Director : A.B. Shawky / 97 min / Egypt | USA | Austria /
90 Yuli / Yuli Director : Icíar Bollaín / 104 min / Spain | Cuba | UK | Germany / / 2018

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49th International Film Festival of India 2018-Directors of Indian Panorama feature films shares hardships in film making

November 25, 2018, 8:57 pm

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Two national film award winners who addressed the media in connection with 49^th International Film Festival of India had a lot to say on this topic. ‘Sinjar’ and ‘Nagarkirtan’ are two movies that came to IFFI with the glory of national film award. When Pampally, Director of ‘Sinjar’ and Riddhi Sen, lead actor of ‘Nagarkirtan’ poured their hearts out about their hard-made films, it became another proclamation about the power of true content. Pampally, who bagged the award for the Best Debut Director at the 65th National Film Awards, said that his story shows how international terrorism affects the life of an ordinary fisherman in Lakshadweep. “When terrorist attacks and conflicts happen around the world, we never thought how such incidents affect ordinary, uneducated people. This film tries to portray the hardships of such people”, he said. The distant location of Kavaratti Islands, the limited transportation facilities to mainland and the need for sanctions due to it being a union territory posed much difficulty in the production process, he added. He also explained the challenges he faced while doing a film in the local dialect of Jasari which lacks any script or grammar. “The script was first written in Malayalam and with the help of local youth, it was converted to the local spoken language. The actors were also given some training for pronouncing this dialect. These exercises turned it into a Himalayan task”, said Pampally. National Film award winner for Best Actor, Riddhi Sen said that playing the character of a transgender in ‘Nagarkirtan’ was a life changing experience for him. “The movie is about a transgender person who has a woman trapped inside a man’s body. The transformational part from a man to a transgender individual was very difficult. The hardest thing was to capture the physicality of a woman and to maintain the fine line”, he said. The film is a small effort to plunge into the darkness and help those people who are not accepted the way they are. He expressed hope that this film will change the attitude of at least one percent of society towards the third gender. Recalling the constraints faced by Director Kaushik Ganguly in making the movie, Riddhi Sen said that people in India continue to be afraid to produce a movie on third gender. The director approached many producers and finally Acropolis Films agreed to produce it. Riddhi Sen also dedicated the film to those transgender people in our country who are struggling every day, stuck in identity crisis. He further added that the success of the film is a tribute to the struggles of the transgender community.

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November 26, 2018, 6:53 pm

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Marking the 125^th birthanniversary of Mahatma Gandhi the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award is being given to a film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence. This is in collaboration with the International Film Festival of India. In the 49^th edition of the fest, 12 films are vying for the award which will be announced at the closing ceremony of the Festival on 28^th November. Out of the 12 films, two are Indian and the rest are foreign. The Indian films competing for the prestigious ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal are ‘Walking With the Wind’ and ‘Baaram’.The foreign films in the fray are Border, Capernaum, Dovlatov, Laugh or Die, Los Silencious, Rain of Homs, The Interpreter, The Mercy of the Jungle, The Rib and The Silent Revolution.

ICFT is involved in major film festivals all over the world but Goa is the masterpiece of all Film Festivals, said Georges Dupont, DG, International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) and jury member of the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal at IFFI. ICFT is trying hard to get into festivals like Cannes in order to get space for young film-makers he added. Dupont was addressing the media along with Eric Falt, Director of UNESCO and Regional Representative for India and neighbouring countries. Elaborating on the process of selection, Dupont said that criteria for selecting films to the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal Section are difficult because they have to meet UNESCO's themes of peace,  unity and international co-operation,  and movies come from different origins and cultures. “Film critics of international repute are involved in the selection process. Movies are shortlisted in India and taken to Paris for the jury to watch. Then they are distributed to all the members via the internet. The members do their homework as per their convenience and discuss their notes to arrive at a decision. The criteria for selection of movies for the Medal this year have been broadened. This year Silver Prize will be given as we are celebrating the 150^th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi”, he said.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) -Jury list

November 27, 2018, 1:44 am

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 Majid Majidi the renowned filmmaker from Iran will head the jury and decide the winners of Chakoram awards- Suvarna as well as Rajatha Chakoram-  at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) to be held here from December 7 to 13. The delegates may get a chance to view Majidi’s film Muhammed - The Messenger of God. There is a Censor threat against this film. He started his career in filmmaking with Explosion (Enfejar) (1981) - documentary short. Baduk (1992)was his debut feature film. Father(1996), Children of Heaven (1997), The Color of Paradise(1999), Baran (2001), the Song of Sparrows(2008) are his other known films. He made a Hindi film namely Beyond the Clouds completely shot in India.

Other members in the Jury are :

Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaran, best known for his movies like Aadukalam and Polladhavan. He won the National Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay. He started his career as an assistant to director Balu Mahendra in 1999.

 Marathi filmmaker Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is a director and producer, known for Deool (2011), Three of Us(2008) and Vihir (2009) and

 Filipino filmmaker Adolfo Alix Junior is known for films Donsol, Kadin (The Goat, 2006),Tambolista (Drumbeat, 2007),Manila (2009),Aurora (2009),Isda (Fable of the Fish) (2011),Kalayaan (Wildlife) (2012),Death March (2013) and Porno(2013)

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November 28, 2018, 5:50 am

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49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) concluded in Goa today, November 28, 2018, with a splendid closing rite at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium attended by ministers film personalities and dignitaries.

Donbass’ directed by Sergei Loznitsa has won the prestigious Golden Peacock award .The Golden Peacock Award carries a cash prize of Rs 4 million (Rs 40 lakhs) to be shared equally between the Producer and the Director, plaque and the citation.

Donbass tells the story of a hybrid war taking place in a region of Eastern Ukraine, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies perpetrated on a mass scale by separatist gangs. In Donbass, war is called peace and propaganda is uttered as truth. A journey through Donbass unfolds as a series of curious adventures. This is not just a tale of one region or a political system; it is about a world lost in post-truth and fake identities.

Donbass was selected as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Sergei Loznitsa won the ‘Un Certain Regard’ Award for Best Director.

Lijo Jose Pellissery conferred Best Director Award for Ee.Ma.Yau

Lijo Jose Pellissery won the Best Director Award for his 2018 Malayalam film ‘Ee.Ma.Yau’. The film is a stunning satire on death and how it affects human lives. Set in Chellanam, a coastal village in Kerala, the film shows the plight of a son who tries to arrange a worthy funeral for his father; he is however met with unpredictable obstacles and reactions from different quarters. The Best Director gets the Silver Peacock Award and a cash prize of Rs 1.5 million (Rs 15 lakhs).

He also won the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for Ee.Ma.Yau.

Chemban Vinod is the Best Actor

The Best Actor (Male) Award has gone to Chemban Vinod for his portrayal in Malayalam film Ee.Ma.Yau of ‘Eeshi’, a son who tries to arrange a worthy funeral for his father but is met with unpredictable obstacles and reactions from different quarters.

Anastasiia Pustovit gets Best Actor (Female) Award

The Best Actor (Female) Award has gone to Anastasiia Pustovit  for her portrayal of a ‘Larysa’, a teenage girl in the Ukrainian film ‘When the Trees Fall’.

Both Best Actor (Male) and Best Actor (Female) are honoured with the Silver Peacock Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 1 million (Rs 10 lakhs) each.

Special Jury Award for Milko Lazarov’s Aga

Milko Lazarov walked away with the Special Jury Award for his film ‘Aga’; the film focuses on the story of Sedna and Nanook, an elderly couple from Yakutia, and the particular challenges they face in the midst of a frigid landscape. The Special Jury Award carries a cash prize of Rs 1.5 million (Rs 15 lakhs), a Silver Peacock Award and a citation.

Alberto Monteras II receives ‘Best Debut Feature Film of a Director’ for Respeto

Alberto Monteras II received the Centenary award for ‘Best Debut Feature Film of a Director’ for his Filipino Movie ‘Respeto’. 'Walking with the Wind', directed by Praveen Morchhale, won The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal instituted by the International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication, Paris and UNESCO. The criteria for the Gandhi Medal reflect UNESCO’s fundamental mandate of building peace in the mind of men and women, particularly human rights, intercultural dialogue, promotion and safeguard of diversity of cultural expressions.

’Walking with the Wind’ tells the story of a 10 year old boy in Himalayan Terrain, who mistakenly breaks his friend’s school chair. His daily seven km long journey to school in mountainous terrain on a donkey, turns mammoth and challenging when he decides to bring the chair to his village.

‘Los Silencios’, the Portuguese, Spanish movie directed by Beatriz Seigner got the special mention under ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi medal category.

Salim Khan, the celebrated actor, story-screenplay-dialogue writer of Hindi films was honoured with the IFFI 2018 Special Award for his Lifetime Contribution to Cinema. The prestigious award consisting of a cash prize of Rs 1 million (Rs 10 lakhs), Certificate, Shawl and a Scroll has been conferred upon the master filmmaker for his outstanding contribution to cinema.

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December 3, 2018, 12:07 am

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POTPOURRI INDIA

Bulbul Can Sing

Director : Rima Das / 95 mins / India / Assamese / 2018

Chuskit

Director : Priya Ramasubban / 89 mins / India / Ladakhi / 2018

Sinjar

Director : Pampally /  115 mins / India / Jeseri / 2017

The Apparition / Mishing

Director : Bobby Sarma Baruah /  75 mins / India / Sherdukpan / 2018

The Quest / Aamrityu

Director : Arup Manna 77 / India / Assamese / 2018

The Sweet Requiem / Kyoyang Ngarmo

Director : Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam / 91 mins / USA, India / Tibetan / 2018

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Roma has been included in the World Cinema section of the IFFK. The director of 'Gravity' and 'Children of Men'  delved deep into his own past for the black-and-white drama, Roma, set in Mexico in the 1970s. Alfonso Cuarón has won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival 2018, for Roma his most personal film a Mexican Spanish and indigenous language (Mixteco).Roma a  black and white film, by Cuarón that features the point of view of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a domestic servant working for a middle-class family – a character based on the Cuarón’s family servant, Lobi. It is an intimate film of Cuarón’s youth in the hip Mexico City district of Colonia Roma which blends family history with the social and political Mexico of the early 1970s.It also won awards in Camerimage, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Hollywood Film Awards, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival etc. The Cast includes Yalitz Aparicio ,Martina de Tavira, Diego Cortina  Autrey.

   

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JURY-2018

INTERNATIONAL JURY

Majid Majidi

CHAIRPERSON

Majid Majidi, the internationally acclaimed Iranian director debuted in 1992 and continues to make significant films like 'Children of Heaven' (1997), 'Colour of Paradise' (1999). Tehran born Majidi started acting in amateur theatre groups at the age of 14. Later, he studied at the institute of Dramatic Art. Post Islamic Revolution, he acted in a large number of films. His acclaimed body of work includes 'Mohammed-The Messenger of God' and 'Baran'.

Vetrimaaran

A renowned Tamil film director, writer and producer, Vetrimaaran made his debut with critically acclaimed film ‘Polladavan’. He started his career as an assistant director. His second feature film, 'Aadukalam', received 6 National Film Awards including the best director and screenplay awards. With four National Film Awards to his credit, Vetrimaarana’s movie 'Visaaranai' was selected as India's official entry to Academy Awards in 2016. His latest film 'Vada Chennai' is the first part of a proposed trilogy.

Adolfo Alix jr

Adolfo Alix jr. is a Filipino Screenwriter and film director, born in Makati City. He is known for the films 'Donsol', 'Kadin', 'Manila', and 'Arora'. His first film, 'Donsol' was a finalist in the 2006 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival where it won Best Actress and Best Cinematography honors. Since his debut as a director, he has become one of the promising young Filipino filmmakers with his other films screened at various international film festivals. He won Film Development Foundation Award (Screenwriting) and Palm Beach International Film Festival Best Screenplay). He served as the member of Busan International Film Festival in 2013 and the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2014.

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Umesh Kulkarni

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is a renowned Marathi film director, born in Pune. He is known for the Marathi films 'Valu' (The Wild Bull), 'Vihir' (The Well), 'Deool' (The Temple) and 'Highway'. His film 'Deool' won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film. His notable short films won the National Film Award for the Best Non-feature film.

Sumathy Sivamohan

Sivamohan Sumathy is an award winning filmmaker, performer, dramatist, poet and academic. Born and brought up in the times of war and conflict, her work maps the tortous contours of dissent, violence, the power of women and marginal communities. Her three short films, 'Piralayam' ( Upheaval), 'Oranges and Sing', 'Mother', 'Sing', represent and explore individual and collective psyches of women in a time of war and conflict and have been shown at international venues, including the International Film Festival of the island of Groix, France. The debut feature 'Ingirunthu' ( Here and Now) an epic of the minority community of tea plantation workers has been shown at many international festivals.

FIPRESCI JURY

Meghachandra Kongbam

A founding member of Manipur Film Journalists and Critics Association and a government employee for 37 years, Meghachandra Kongbam became a noted film writer with his articles published in The Hindu, the weekly NE Sun and the journal of the FFSI. Currently the President of Film Society of Manipur and a member of FIPRESCI-India, he received the Best Film Critic Award at the
National Film Awards 2015.

Meena Karnik

A journalist by profession and a film critic by passion, Meena Karnik has been a jury member and selection committee member for festivals like Asian film festival, Delhi Osians and Bengaluru International Film Festival. She is the co-editor of award winning Marathi magazine Akshar Diwali. She also wrote a book on photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha titled ‘Gautam’, and translated few books from English to Marathi.

Premchand P

Premchand is an active member of FIPRESCI since 2001 with a career in film journalism and activism in film society movement. Currently working as the Assistant Editor of the leading newspaper Mathrubhmi he was in charge of the film page of the daily and film magazine Chitrabhumi for a considerable period. He has compiled his film based articles and has three titles to his credit

NETPAC JURY

Sunit Tandon

CHAIRPERSON

Currently the director of India Habitat Centre, Sunit Tandon is a renowned anchor who worked in Indian national television and radio. A theatre and western music critic, he was the former DG of IIMC, NFDC and Doordarshan. He was also the director of festivals for IFFI 2017, but was forced to leave.

Namrata Rao

A SRFTI graduate and an acclaimed film editor, Namrata Rao works mainly in Hindi cinema. She won the ‘Best Editing’ award at the National Film Award and at the Filmfare Awards for her work in Sujoy Ghosh directorial ‘Kahaani’. She is known for acting and editing in the highly regarded experimental film ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ which also won her Filmfare award.

Sudhir Tandon

With over 41 years of experience in cinema and media, Sudhir Tandon is an Associate Director of The Inner Path Festival of Buddhist Art, Film & Philosophy, a curator for festivals and an evaluator of documentaries by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust. He served on the selection committees of IFFI and was among the juries of Indian Television News Awards. He is a recipient of Miller Award for the Best Social Action Programme. Magazine Docking as an editor in charge of film criticism.

JURY FFSI K R MOHANAN ENDOWMENT

Kumar Shahani

CHAIRPERSON

Kumar Shahani is a noted Indian film director and screenwriter best known for his films Maya Darpan (1972), Khayal Gatha (1989) and Kasba (1990). Maya Darpan, his debut feature film, is considered to be the first formalist film in Indian cinema.

Meenakshi Shedde

A journalist by profession, Meenakshi Shedde is a film writer, critic and been around for over 23 years in various facets of both Indian and world cinema as critic and jury member. Her career as a jury member involves The FIPRESCI International Critics’ Jury of the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, Asian Film Award Jury, Hong Kong Film Festival and the National Jury for the Indian Panorama of the IFFI. She is also a National Award winner for Best Film Critic in 1998.

C S Venkiteswaran

A film critic, associate professor, documentary filmmaker and writer, C S Venkiteswaran is a bilingual writer both in English and Malayalam, known for conceiving cinema both socially and artistically. A recipient of National Film Award for Best Film Critic, He published a book on filmmaker K R Mohanan titled ‘Samanthara Yathrakal – K R Mohanante Cinema’. He is the Artistic Director of the Signs film festival for short films and documentaries. He was also a jury member at the 60th National Film Awards.

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23rd International Film Festival of Kerala-IFFK 2018 -My Choice

December 4, 2018, 4:56 am

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You can watch a maximum of  20-25 films. May select after referring to the festival book/or handbook /net. There are many good films in this fest programme basket.

Border

El Angel

Night Accident

POISONOUS  Roses

Tale of the sea

The Bed

The Graveless

The Red Phallus

The Silence

Debt

3 faces

A Family tour

A tramway in Jerusalem

 AGA

Ash is the purest white

At war

Border

Climax

Cold War

Dogman

Donbass

Dovlatov

Dressage

Horizon

Human,Space,Time and Human(Kim Ki –duk-not as expected)

Paris Square

Shoplifters

Sulaiman Mountain

The Day I lost my shadow

The Heiresses

Mantaray

The house that Jack built (select if you can view a horror film by veteran Lars von Trier)

The image book (film by Godard  but optional-viewers having full knowledge of Godard and his films can see-for others it may not be interesting)

The interpreter

The Third Wife

The wild Pear Tree

Woman at War

Yomeddine

Roma

Rojo

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December 5, 2018, 7:39 am

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Sergei Loznitsa’s  ghastly new social-realist portmanteau film about the civil war in eastern Ukraine."In the eastern region of Donbass, a hybrid war blends open armed conflict, crimes and looting perpetrated by separatist gangs. In Donbas, war is called peace, propaganda is erected in truth and hate claims to be love. A journey through the Donbass is a series of crazy adventures in which the grotesque and the tragic mingle like life and death. This is not a tale about a region, a country or a political system but about a world lost in the after-truth and false identities. This concerns each of us."

"Another cri de coeur by Sergei Lonznitsa, set in the eastern region of Ukraine, reveals the degradation of civil society in the post-truth era "- Variety

This film won the best director prize in Un Certain Regards -Cannes Film Festival and Suvarna Mayooram-the golden peacock award for the best film- in recently concluded 49th IFFI 2018.

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23rd International Film Festival of Kerala -IFFK 2018- IFFK celebrates INGMAR BERGMAN centenary year with a special section of his six films.

December 6, 2018, 12:48 am

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 Most renowned Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman at 100. The master  craftsman who revolutionised cinema  and brought new levels of psychological realism  to moving images but his work too often lazily dismissed as depressing and overloaded with symbolism

"Ingmar Bergman’s place at the heart of the world cinema canon is assured and yet he is often regarded as more of a duty than a pleasure. His films are as full of joy and lust for life as they are with probing psychological fragility and agonising over the meaning of existence"-joe sommerlad

CELEBRATING INGMAR BERGMAN

Autumn Sonata / Høstsonaten

Director  Ingmar Bergman / Sweden, West Germany/1978/Colour/99’/Swedish, Norwegian, English

Cries & Whispers / Viskningar och rop

Director : Ingmar Bergman / Sweden/1972/Colour/91’/Swedish

Fanny & Alexander / Fanny och Alexander

Director Ingmar Bergman  / Sweden, West Germany, France/1982/Colour/188’/Swedish, German

Persona

Director: Ingmar Bergman / Sweden/1966/Black and White/84’/Swedish

Scenes from a Marraige / Scener fra et ekteskap

Director  Ingmar Bergman / Sweden/1973/Colour/281’/Swedish

Searching for Ingmar Bergman / Ingmar Bergman – Vermächtnis eines Jahrhundertgenies

Director: Margarethe von Trotta / Germany, France/2018/Colour/99’/German, Swedish, English, French

Smiles of a Summer Night / Sommarnattens leende

Director : Ingmar Bergman  / Sweden/1955/Black and White/108’/Swedish

Summer Interlude / Sommarlek

Director Ingmar Bergman / Sweden/1951/Black and White/96’/Swedish

Summer with Monika / Sommaren med MonikaDirector Ingmar Bergman/ Sweden/1953/Black and White/96’/S

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December 6, 2018, 8:41 am

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23rd edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala -IFFK 2008- will be inaugurated by Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala tomorrow, the 7th of December at 6 P.M. A.K.Balan Minister for Culture will preside over the function, Buddhadeb Dasgupta being the Chief Guest and Nandita Das, the guest of honour. Kadakampally Surendran will release the festival handbook by handing over a copy to V.K.Prassanth, the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The daily bulletin of the fest will be released by K.Muraleedharan M.L.A.   Lifetime achievement award will be presented to Iranian filmmaker and Jury Chairman of the current edition of the festival,  Majid Majidi,  Spanish film  Everybody Knows directed by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will be the opening film.

 

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December 13, 2018, 6:28 pm

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23rd INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF KERALA -AWARDS DECLARED IN THE CLOSING CEREMONY.

The Dark Room, Ee. Maa. Yove, Taking the Horse to eat Jalebis winners of Chakoram Awards.
Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan presented the Chakoram awards to the winners in the presence of Jury Chairman Majid Majidi, other Jury members, Minister for Cultural Affairs, .A.K.Balan and other dignitaries.

Suvarna Chakoram for Best Film (Rs Fifteen Lakhs)
The Dark Room (Otagh-e-Tarik) by Rouhollah Hejazi

Rajata Chakoram for Best Director (Rs Four lakhs)
Lijo Jose Pellissery for Ee. Maa. Yove

Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director (Rs Three Lakhs)
Anamika Haksar for Taking the Horse to eat Jalebis (Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon)

Special Jury Mention – Film – The Silence (Los Silencios) by Beatriz Seigner

Special Jury Mention – Cinematographer – Saumyanand Sahi for Taking the Horse to eat Jalebis (Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon) by Anamika Haksar

K R Mohanan Award for Best Film
Manohar and I (Ami O Manohar) by Amitabha Chatterjee
Special Jury Mention – Bilathikuzhal by Vinu Kolichal

NETPAC
Award for Best Asian film in Competition
Ee. Maa. Yove by Lijo Jose Pellissery

FIPRESCI
Award for Best Malayalam Film
Sudani from Nigeria by Zakariya

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Kadammanitta Award presented to Sugathakumari

March 31, 2019, 8:54 pm

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Kadammanitta Award constituted in fond memory of late poet and social activist Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, by Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan foundation, was presented to poet Sugathakumari in a simple function at her residence. Adoor Gopalakrishnan and M.A.Baby presented the memento and a cash prize of Rs 55,555=. A. Meera Sahib presided over the function in which poet V.Madhusoodhanan Nair, Dr.B.Iqbal, Sarijiniamma, Wife of renowned poet ONV, Santhamma  Kadammanitt Ramakrishnan, Geetha Krishnan, Prof.V.N.Murali, M.R.Gopinathan,, Dr.V.G.Vijayakumar, V.K.Purushothaman Pillai participated.

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12th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK),2019

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 12th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala  (IDSFFK),2019 is programmed from 21st to 26th June 2019.The venue would be at Thiruvananthapuram as usual. Entries are invited in the following categories: Long Documentary, Short Documentary, Short Fiction, Campus Film, Animation & Music Video. Films produced between 1st May 2018 and 30th April 2019 (both days inclusive) are eligible for applying. For further details visit https://vp.eventival.eu/idsffk/idsffk2019. Deadline for submission is 10th May 2019, 5.00pm.

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April 18, 2019, 11:31 pm

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'Last Supper, Italian Cenacolo, one of the most famous artworks in the world, painted by Leonardo da Vinci probably between 1495 and 1498 for the Dominican monastery Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It depicts the dramatic scene described in several closely connected moments in the Gospels, including Matthew 26:21–28, in which Jesus declares that one of the Apostles will betray him and later institutes the Eucharist. According to Leonardo’s belief that posture, gesture, and expression should manifest the “notions of the mind,” each one of the 12 disciples reacts in a manner that Leonardo considered fit for that man’s personality. The result is a complex study of varied human emotion, rendered in a deceptively simple composition.’
..................................................................................................”After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”

25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.

So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.”

Maundy Thursday

April 18, 2019, 11:34 pm

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Maundy Thursday
Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 
“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

72nd Festival de Cannes -Alejandro González Iñárritu-President of the Jury

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Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu is to be President of the Jury of the 72nd Festival de Cannes, taking place in May 2019.

“Cannes is a festival that has been important to me since the beginning of my career, he has declared. I am humbled and thrilled to return this year with the immense honor of presiding over the Jury. Cinema runs through the veins of the planet and this festival has been its heart. We on the jury will have the privilege to witness the new and excellent work of fellow filmmakers from all over the planet. This is a true delight and a responsibility, that we will assume with passion and devotion.” For their part, Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, are delighted that the filmmaker has accepted their invitation: “It is very rare for Alejandro G. Iñárritu to agree to take part in a jury, and this is the first time that the Festival de Cannes Jury is to be chaired by a Mexican artist. Cannes embraces all types of cinema, and through the presence of the Babel 's director, it is Mexican cinema that the Festival will be celebrating.” “Not only is he a daring filmmaker and a director who is full of surprises, Alejandro is also a man of conviction, an artist of his time. We are always happy to welcome him on the Croisette and, in 2017, have been particularly proud to present "Carne y Arena" (Virtually present, Physically invisible) into the Official Selection, a virtual reality installation that addressed the question of migrants with great strength and humanity.” Alejandro G. Iñárritu succeeds Cate Blanchett, Jury President of the 71st Festival de Cannes, whose jury awarded the Palme d’or to Shoplifters  by Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu.  The Festival de Cannes 2019 will take place from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 25 May.