25th Kolkata International Film Festival

25th Kolkata International Film Festival
25th Kolkata International Film Festival
Opening filmGoopy Gyne Bagha Byne
LocationKolkata
Founded1995
No. of films214 full-length films
152 short films and documentaries
Festival date8 Nov - 15 Nov 2019
LanguageInternational
Websitekiff.in

The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 8 to 15 November 2019.

Inauguration

Hosted by CM of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival was Inaugurated by Amitabh Bachchan followed by a grand inaugural ceremony on Netaji Indoor Stadium. other guests included names like Shah Rukh khan, Jaya Bachchan, Mahesh Bhatt, Rakhee Gulzar etc. The ceremony was also graced by international film personalities like German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, Sex Lies and Videotape actress Andie MacDowell and Slovak film director Dušan Hanák

The Focus Country this year was Germany with 42 films.[1]

Official Selections

Competition Categories

Asian Select (NETPAC Award)

Title Director Notes ref
Sraboner Dhara Abhijit Guha, Sudeshna Roy [2]
Devi Aur Hero Aditya Kripalani NETPAC Award for Best Film
Running To The Sky Mirlan Abdykalykov
Mystic Memoir Aparajita Ghosh
The End Will Be Spectacula Ersin Celik
Chandrabati Katha N. Rashed Chowdhury
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha Sahraa Karimi
Gitarista Jason Orfalas

Competition on Indian Documentary Films

Title Director Notes ref
ELEPHANTS DO REMEMBER Swati Pandey [2]
VISIONLESS Sanjiban Nath
THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN Moupia Mukherjee
HOUSEFULL AYAN CHAKRABORTI
THE MOTHERLAND Shibu Prusty
JANANI'S JULIET Pankaj Rishi Kumar
IDIOM OF RUG Dip Bhuyan
PANI PAATA PORATAM Aditi Maddali
ITI Nirabari Bandyopadhyay
SONGS FROM THE VALLEY ISHANI K DUTTA
SWIMMING THROUGH THE DARKNESS Supriyo Sen
WASTE BAND Supriyo Sen
ABRIDGED GAURAV PURI Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Documentary Film

Competition on Indian Language's Films

Title Director Notes ref
VEYILMARANGAL Dr.Biju [2]
RUN KALYANI Geetha J Special Jury Award
MAI GHAT CRIME NO 103- 2005 ANANTH MAHADEVAN 'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' for Best Film
LIHAAF Rahat Kazmi
GANGODAKA Shridhar Hegde
KARUP Deepesh T
MOOSO Deepankar Prakash
ATLAS VIKAS KALPANA DWIVEDI
NIRBAN Gautam Halder
DUBURI Krishnendu Dutta
PARCEL Indrasis Acharya 'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' Award for Best Director
NAMEPLATE Preet
DARK LIGHT Mayur Hardas
RAMAI Bal Bargale

Competition on Indian Short Films

Title Director Notes ref
MADHUBANI Emraanakbar Enamdar [2]
JONAKI Abhisek Ronnie Chakraborty
SEKOOL Stenzin Tankong
MRUGAJAL Onkar Diwadkar
SWAPNOGACHH - DREAM TREE Subhas Ghosh, Subhasish Christche
BOD JAAT Saurav Bhadra
PARESHAN GULLY KA BHAGWAN SIKANDAR Ishan Sharma
SISYPHUS Syed Aniruddha Kabir, Aneek Pilsima
FORWARD Kshitija Khandagale
TIMELESS FLUX Srisha Chakraborti
PANDIT USMAN Akram Hassan
PATHAROSA Hariharasudhan K
FURNITURE Nazmus Sakib Himel
KRANTODORSHI RITUPARNA DASDATTA
KAYANTAR Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti
UTHARAKADALASSU Indu VR
ONIBARJO Sudipto Shankar Roy
NADI Nitin Prakash Pednekar
CHAKRABYUHA Suryoday De
NISHCHIT- ANISHCHIT siddharth panwar
SUMMER RHAPSODY Shravan Katikaneni Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Short Film

International Competition

Title Director Notes ref
CAT STICKS Ronny Sen [2]
SUD YOD Ashima Aiyer
OMAR VE BIZ MARYNA ER GORBACH
LA IMAGEN DEL TIEMPO Jeissy Trompiz
Women Run With The Wolves Amir Athar Soheili
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom Pawo Choyning Dorji
SHPIA E AGES Lendita Zeqiraj Special Jury Award
ISTORIA LIZY Alexander Zhovna
MYSLENNIY VOLK Valeriya Gai Germanika
KIRSCHBLUETEN & DAEMONEN Doris Doerrie
One Man Dies a Million Times Jessica Oreck
THE PAINTED BIRD Vaclav Marhoul Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director
LA LLORONA Jayro Bustamante Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film
MAADATHY Leena Manimekalai
MINDANAO Brillante Ma. Mendoza

Non-Competition Categories

50 years Celebration-RESTORED CLASSICS

Title Director Notes ref
GOOPY GYNE BAGHA BYNE Satyajit Ray [3]
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID George Roy Hill
MIDNIGHT COWBOY John Schlesinger
EASY RIDER Dennis Hopper
THE WILD BUNCH Sam Peckinpah
TRUE GRIT Henry Hathaway
TOPAZ Alfred Hitchcock
THE ITALIAN JOB Peter Collinson

Alexander Kluge (Focus: Germany)

Title Director Notes ref
Yesterday Girl Alexander Kluge [3]
The Power of Feelings [de] Alexander Kluge
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time Alexander Kluge
Germany in Autumn Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupe,
Circus Comes to the City Alexander Kluge
Artist in the Room Alexander Kluge
On the Knife's Edge Alexander Kluge
Happy Lamento Alexander Kluge

Bengali Panorama

Title Director Notes ref
BORUNBABUR BONDHU ANIK DATTA [3]
BAKI ITIHAS Tushar Ballov
TOBUO NANDINI Subrata Sen
MONALISA Satyajit Dutta
PRAAN Sankar Debnath
DIN RATRIR GOLPO Prosenjit choudhury

Cinema International

Title Director Notes ref
A Son Mehdi Barsaoui [3]
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
BACURAU JULIANO DORNELLES, Kleber Mendonca Filho
Beanpole KANTEMIR BALAGOV
WHITE LIE Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
CAT IN THE WALL Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
SIBYL Justine Triet
Battered Husband Ralston Gonzales Jover
PARWARESHGAH Shahrbanoo Sadat
LES MISERABLES Ladj Ly
AN EASY GIRL Rebecca Zlotowski
ENDE DER SAISON Elmar Imanov
SYSTEMSPRENGER Nora Fingscheidt
LIU YU TIAN Feng Zu
DERE E HAPUR Florenc Papas
LIBERTE Albert Serra
ADAM Maryam Touzani
PELIKANBLUT Katrin Gebbe
VERDICT Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
INSTINCT Halina Reijn
RESIN Daniel Joseph Borgman
GUERILLA Gyorgy Mor Karpati
POLSESTRA Damjan Kozole
LINA DE LIMA Maria Paz Gonzalez
UN DIVAN A TUNIS Manele Labidi
ROAM ROME MEIN Tannishtha Chatterjee
ALPHA Nasir Uddin Yousuff
PERDRIX Erwan Le Duc
CANCION SIN NOMBRE Melina León

Winners

Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film : LA LLORONA - Jayro Bustamante

Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director : THE PAINTED BIRD - Vaclav Marhoul

'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' for Best Film : MAI GHAT CRIME NO 103- 2005 - ANANTH MAHADEVAN

'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' Award for Best Director : Parcel - Indrasis Acharya

NETPAC Award for Best Film : Devi Aur Hero - Aditya Kripalani Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Documentary Film : ABRIDGED - Gaurav Puri

Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Short Film : SUMMER RHAPSODY - Shravan Katikaneni

References

  1. ^ "Everything you need to know about the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 2019 - Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 2019 - Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 5 July 2020.