 Official logo | |
| Opening film | Deya Neya by Sunil Bannerjee |
|---|---|
| Location | Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Awards |
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| Hosted by | Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal |
| No. of films | 219 films from 39 countries |
| Festival date | Opening: 5 December 2023 Closing: 12 December 2023 |
| Website | kiff |
The 29th Kolkata International Film Festival will be held from 5–12 December 2023 at Netaji Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata. This year Spain and Australia are country of focus.[1] A 1963 romantic comedy Bengali film Deya Neya by Sunil Bannerjee will open the festival screening 219 films from 39 countries.[2]
Highlights of the year
KIFF’s title song
The title song of the festival, written by Srijato, composed by Indraadip Dasgupta and sung Arijit Singh is highlight of this year.
Paying tribute to legends
Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen, Indian actor Dev Anand, British feature-film, theatre and documentary director Lindsay Anderson, English actor, film director and producer Richard Attenborough, American actor Charlton Heston, Senegalese film director, producer and writer Ousmane Sembene, Indian playback singer Mukesh and Indian Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and film producer Shailendra all having birth centenary this year will be given special tribute in the festival.[3]
Bengali Panorama section
The section is a competitive section from this year and the winner's purse is ₹7.5 lakh.[4][5]
Paying homage through special tribute
Italian actress, model, photojournalist Gina Lollobrigida; Spanish film director, photographer Carlos Saura; English film critic and historian Derek Malcolm; Indian cinematographer Soumendu Roy and Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui, who all passed away in 2023 will be paid homage.[5]
PR and social media
A new category called 'PR and social media' is introduced to reach out to people interested in films across the globe.
Jury
International jury
International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
- Pavel Lungin, (Chairperson), Russian film director.
- Laurence Kardish, author of Reel Plastic Magic (1972), a textbook on American filmmaking, and has also been a playwright and filmmaker
- Tigmanshu Dhulia, Indian film dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, producer and casting director.
- Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
- Manijeh Hekmat, Iranian film director
Competition on Indian Language's Films
- Rüdiger Suchsland, German film journalist , film critic and director
- Amal Ayouch, Moroccan actress
- Mariam Al Ferjani, Tunisian actress, scriptwriter, director, and artist
Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
- Patrick F. Campos, associate professor at the University of the Philippines and Film Institute and a member of NETPAC.
- Madhurima Sinha, Indian writer and filmmaker
- Ilgar Guliyev, Azerbaijan film director
Bengali Panorama
- P. Sheshadri, Indian film director
- Dnyanesh Zoting, Indian director and writer
- Padmapriya Janakiraman, Indian actress
Competition on Indian Short Films
- Amaresh Chakraborti, retired professor of Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata
- Abhro Banerjee, film editor
- Paresh Kamdar, Indian director and editor
Competition on Indian Documentary Films
- R.V. Ramani, Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and teacher,
- Putul Mahmood, filmmaker, producer and teacher
- Malati Rao, Indian filmmaker
Official selection
Sections
Inaugural Film
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaugural Film | ||||
| 1963 | Deya Neya | Give and Take | Sunil Bannerjee | India |
Competition categories
International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
- Highlighted title indicates award winner
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gondola | Veit Helmer | Germany, Georgia | |
| 2023 | Kaleidoscope Now | Chalchitra Ekhon | Anjan Dutt | India |
| 2022 | A Letter from Helga | Svar við bréfi Helgu | Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir | Iceland, Netherlands, Estonia |
| 2022 | Filip | Michał Kwieciński | Poland | |
| 2023 | We Will Not Fade Away | Alisa Kovalenko | Ukraine, Poland, France | |
| 2022 | One Way | Carlos Daniel Malave | Venezuela | |
| 2023 | 60 Days | Ismail Doruk | Turkey | |
| 2022 | Children of Nobody | Erez Tadmor | Israel | |
| 2023 | Land of Our Mothers | Tierra de nuestras madres | Liz Lobato | Spain |
| 2023 | Clara | Sabin Dorohoi | Romania, Germany | |
| 2023 | Four Seasons | Maxim Shabalin | Russia | |
| 2023 | Scarlet Blue | Aurelia Mengin | France | |
| 2023 | Broken Borders | Soy lo que nunca fui | Rodrigo Alvarez Flores | Mexico |
Competition on Indian Language's Films
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Avni Ki Kismat | Shonet Anthony Barretto | |
| 2023 | Quiet Flows the Dead | Ozhuki Ozhuki Ozhuki | Sanjeev Sivan |
| 2023 | Blue Sunshine | Samyuktha Vijayan | |
| 2023 | Kherwal | Uttam Kamati | |
| 2023 | Joseph’s Son | Haobam Pabankumar | |
| 2023 | The Ascension | Onkara | Unni KR |
Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
Source:[11]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gods gift | Tenirberdi | Asel Zhuraeva | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2023 | Barren Waters | Nona Pani | Syeda Neegar Banu | Bangladesh |
| 2023 | Broken Dreams Stories from the Myanmar Coup | Tenirberdi | Ninefold Mosaic | Myanmar |
| 2023 | Walker | Joel Lamangan | Philippine | |
| 2023 | Nanda School of Tradition | Pranab Aich | India | |
| 2023 | No Winter Holidays | Rajan Kathet, Sunir Pandey | Nepal | |
Competition on Indian Short Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Beep | Mrinal Deka | |
| Pardon | Sahdev Gholap | |
| Letterbox | Suman Bhaduri, Suvadeep Sarkar | |
| My Father Is Afraid Of Water | Papa Ko Pani Se Dar Lagta Hai | Prateek Rajendra Srivastava |
| Alvida - The Last Goodbye | Dilu Maliackal | |
Competition on Indian Documentary Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger Army | Sourabhkanti Dutta | |
| Forged in Fire | Bindu Nair,Sayyam Khanna | |
| Someday | Vishal P. Chaliha | |
| Music of Rejuvenation | Nobo Jagoroner Gaan | Rohan Bhattacharya |
| LANGUR The Man Monkey | Haider khan | |
| Challenge | Ramen Borah | |
| Shrinking Of The Sturdy : Sabar Tales | Abhijit Chakraborty | |
Bengali Panorama
Source:[12]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mind Flies | Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | |
| 2023 | Autumn Flies | Bijoyar Pore | Abhijit Sri Das |
| 2023 | Widows of the wild | Bonbibi | Rajdeep Ghosh |
| 2023 | Asampurno | Amartya Sinha | |
| 2023 | Invisible Chord | Matripaksha | Rajesh Roy |
| 2023 | We shall come back | Abar Ashibo Firey | Debapratim Dasgupta |
| 2023 | Awnath | Anisul | |
Non-Competition Categories
Best of Contemporary Australian Cinema
| Year | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Shayda | Noora Niasari |
| 2021 | The Dry | Robert Connolly |
| 2021 | My Name Is Gulpilil | Molly Reynolds |
| 2023 | Limbo | Ivan Sen |
| 2023 | Sweet As | Jub Clerc |
| 2023 | The Survival of Kindness | Rolf de Heer |
Centenary tribute
- International
| Year | English title | Director | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Heston | |||
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | United States |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | United States |
| Charlton Heston | |||
| Year | English title | Original title | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Attenborough | |||
| 1982 | Gandhi | United Kingdom, India | |
| Lindsay Anderson | |||
| 1968 | If.... | United Kingdom | |
| Ousmane Sembene | |||
| 1963 | Borom Sarret | Charretier | Senegal |
- Indian
| Year | English title | Original title | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrinal Sen | |||
| 1972 | Calcutta 71 | Bengali | |
| 1980 | Akaler Shandhaney | আকালের সন্ধানে | Bengali |
| 1983 | The Case is Closed | Kharij | Bengali |
| 1977 | The Marginal Ones | Oka Oori Katha | Telugu |
| 1969 | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi | |
| 1971 | Interview | Bengali | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dev Anand | |||
| 1951 | Sazaa | Fali Mistry | |
| 1970 | Johny Mera Naam | Vijay Anand | |
| 1967 | Jewel Thief | Vijay Anand | |
| 1949 | Jeet | Mohan Sinha | |
| 1965 | Guide | Vijay Anand | |
| 1956 | C.I.D. | Raj Khosla | |
| 1951 | Baazi | Guru Dutt | |
| Mukesh (singer) and Shailendra (lyricist) | |||
| 1966 | Teesri Kasam | Basu Bhattacharya | |
Cinema International
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Dreams | Ena Sendijarević | Netherlands, Sweden | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom | |
| Concrete Utopia | 콘크리트 유토피아 | Um Tae-hwa | South Korea |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United States, United Kingdom, Poland | |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany |
| Cobweb | 거미집 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| Sleep | 잠 | Jason Yu | South Korea |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan, Germany | |
| Fallen Leaves (film) | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert | Margarethe von Trotta | Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg | |
| Lost in the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Germany |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| Club Zero | Jessica Hausner | Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, United Kingdom | |
| A Brighter Tomorrow | Il sol dell'avvenire | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France |
| The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium | |
| Critical Zone | Mantagheye bohrani | Ali Ahmadzadeh | Iran, Germany |
| Behind the Mountains | Oura el jbel | Mohamed Ben Attia | Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Explanation for Everything | Magyarázat mindenre | Gabor Reisz | Hungary, Slovakia |
| Essential Truths of the Lake | Lav Diaz | Philippines, France, Singapore, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom | |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania, Luxembourg, France,Croatia |
| The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| The Monk and the Gun | Pawo Choyning Dorji | Bhutan, France, United States, Taiwan | |
| Green Border | Zielona granica | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium |
| Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy, Belgium | |
| Daaaaaali! | Quentin Dupieux | France | |
| The Palace | Roman Polanski | Italy, Switzerland, Poland, France | |
| For Night Will Come | En attendant la nuit | Celine Rouzet | France, Belgium |
| Red Island | L'Île rouge | Robin Campillo | France, Belgium |
| Homecoming | Catherine Corsini | France | |
| Through The Night | Quitter la nuit | Delphine Girard | Belgium |
| MMXX | Cristi Puiu | Romania | |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Phạm Thiên Ân | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
| MORO | Brillante Mendoza | Philipines | |
| Mira | Мира | Dmitry Kiselyov | Russian |
Films on Environment
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antarctica Calling | Voyage au pôle Sud | Luc Jacquet | Fernch |
| All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | India, United Kingdom, United States | |
Focus Country: Spain
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Matria | Álvaro Gago | |
| Strange Way of Life | Extraña forma de vida | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren |
Focus on Australian Horror
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Wolf Creek | Greg McLean | |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir | |
Game On
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Shabaash Mithu | Srijit Mukherji | |
| 2023 | Ghoomer | R. Balki | |
| 2022 | Jersey | Gowtam Naidu Tinnanuri | |
Homage
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gina Lollobrigida | |||
| A Dog's Life | Vita da cani | Mario Monicelli, Steno | Italy |
| Stornellata Romana | Pietro Francisci | Italy | |
| O Sole Mio | Pietro Francisci | Italy | |
| Na sera e maggio | Pietro Francisci | Italy | |
| Soumendu Roy (cinematographer) | |||
| Distant Thunder | অশনি সংকেত | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Year | English title | Original title | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Saura | |||
| 1990 | ¡Ay Carmela! | Spain | |
| J Beyond Flamenco | Spain | ||
| Dariush Mehrjui | |||
| 2020 | A Minor | La minor | Iran |
Kurdish Cinema: In Search of Identity
Seven films by the directors of the Kurdish origin will be presented at the festival in a package.[13]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Swallow | Die Schwalbe | Mano Khalil | Switzerland |
| 2017 | Zagros | Sahim Omar Kalifa | Belgium | |
Pavel Lungin
| Year | English title | Original title | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tsar! | Царь | Russia |
| 1990 | Taxi Blues | Такси-блюз | Soviet Union |
Restored Classics
| Year | English title | Original title | Director | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Enter The Dragon | Robert Clouse | Hong Kong, United States | |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | William Friedkin | United States | |
Retrospective: Bruce Beresford
| Year | English title | Original title | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | Australia | |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | United States | |
| 1991 | Black Robe | Canada, Australia | |
| 1990 | Mister Johnson | United States | |
| 1999 | Double Jeopardy | United States | |
| 2016 | Mr. Church | United States | |
Short & Documentary Panorama
| English title | Original title | Director | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Saga Of A Couplet | Jugoleshu | Palash Das | India |
Special Screening
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Junks & Dolls | ASHGHAL HA VA AROUSAK HA | Manijeh Hekmat | India |
Unheard India: Rare Language Films
| English title | Original title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Thief | Peta Dochcho | Sounak Kar | |
References
- ↑ Ruman Ganguly (16 November 2023). "KIFF 2023 to be a starry celebration of cinema". Times of India. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ "219 movies to be screened in Kolkata International Film Festival". The Week. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ↑ "29th Kolkata International Film Festival to pay tribute to Mrinal Sen and Dev Anand". Times of India. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ↑ "KIFF Young directors to vie for honour in Bengali Panorama section". The Week. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- 1 2 Priyanka Dasgupta (30 November 2023). "Uttam-Starrer 'Deya Neya' To Kick Off Kol Film Festival". Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ↑ "International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images". Kolkata International Film Festival. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ Agnivo Niyogi (23 November 2023). "Kolkata International Film Festival 2023: Anjan Dutt's Chalchitra Ekhon only Indian film selected for international competition section". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ↑ "Malayalam feature film 'Ozhuki Ozhuki Ozhuki' makes Kolkata film fest". New Indian Express. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "Manipur Film Joseph's Son To Compete In 29th KIFF". Times of India. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "Onkara' to compete at 29th Kolkata International Film Festival". Kaumudi. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "'Nona Pani' nominated for Kolkata Int'l Film Festival". Bangladesh Post. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ Shamayita Chakraborty (17 November 2023). "KIFF: Bengali Panorama section welcomes fresh filmmakers". OTT Play. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ Priyanka Dasgupta (29 November 2023). "Kurdish Film Package To Be Part Of KIFF Screenings, A First In India". Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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