The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) got underway on Saturday (17th November) in the presence of Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Waheeda Rehman, and Mahesh Bhatt among others.
The eight-day festival that started on November 10 will continue till November 17.
Here is a venue-wise KIFF schedule of the films to be screened today, i.e. 13 November.
Nandan-I
09.00 am | Centenary Tribute:Ernst Ingmar Bergman; Sasom I En Spegel
(Through A Glass Darkly); Director: Ingmar Bergman; 1961/Sweden/89 mins
11.45 am | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Unicornio
(Unicorn); Director: Eduardo Nunes; 2017/Brazil/122 mins
03:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images;Persons Of Interest (Persons Of Interest); Director: Ralston Gonzales Jover; 2018/ Philippines /104 mins
05:00 pm | Retrospective: Philip Noyce Rabbit-proof Fence(Rabbit-proof Fence); Director: Phillip Noyce; / Australia /94 mins
7.15 pm | Maestro:Jiang Hu Er Nv (Ash Is Purest White); Director: Jia Zhangke; 2018/China/141 mins
Nandan-II
11:15 am | Maestro: Ang Panahon Ng Halimaw (Season Of The Devil); Dir: Lav Diaz; 2018/ Philippines /230 mins
03:15 pm | Maestro: Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories Of My Body); Dir: Garin Nugroho; 2018/ Indonesia /105 mins
05:15 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films Half Songs (Half Songs); Dir: Sriram Raja; 2018/India/79 mins
07:30 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films:Surjo Prithibir Chardike Ghore (Sun Goes Around The Earth); Dir: Arijit Biswas; 2018/India/116 mins
Nandan-III
03:15 pm | Documentary Films: And They Made Classics (And They Made Classics); Dir: Ratnottama Sengupta; 2017/India/mins
05:15 pm | Unheard India: Rare Language Indian Films: Nabon
(Nabon); Dir: K.k. Kharlukhi; 2018/India/99 mins
07:30 pm | Great Master: Bimal Roy: Pehla Aadmi (Pehla Aadmi); Dir: Bimal Roy; 1950/India/ mins
Sisir Mancha
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: Memoirs Of Saira & Salim (Memoirs Of Saira & Salim): Dir: Eshwarya Grover; 2018/India/13 Min
Documentary Films: Inclusive Eyes (Inclusive Eyes); Dir: Devender Dahima; 2017/India/14 mins
The Last Knell (The Last Knell); Dir: Kakali Chakrabarty; 2017/India/09 mins
Atasi (Atasi); Dir: Putul Mahmood; 2018/India/50 mins
The Slave Genesis; (The Slave Genesis); Dir: Aneez K M; 2017/India/64 mins
02:00 pm | Children’s Screening: Supa Modo (Supa Modo); Dir: Likarion Wainaina; 2018/Germany/ 74 mins
04:15 pm | Iconic Australian Cinema: Ten Canoes (Ten Canoes); Dir: Rolf De Heer; 2006/Australia/90 mins
06:45 pm | Retrospective: Majid Majidi: Avaze Gonjk-ha (The Song Of Sparrows); Dir: Majid Majidi; 2008/Iran/96 mins
Rabindra Sadan
11:15 am | Retrospective: Philip Noyce: Dead Calm (Dead Calm); Dir: Phillip Noyce; 1989/ Australia /95 mins
03:15 pm | Iconic Australian Cinema: Forty Thousand Horsemen (Forty Thousand Horsemen); Dir: Charles Chauvel; 1940/Australia/100 mins
05:15 pm | Maestro: Se Rokh (3 Faces); Dir: Jafar Panahi; 2018/Iran/100 mins
07:30 pm | Bengali Panorama: Bisorgo (Visarga); Dir: Arunava Khasnobis; 2018/India/90 mins
Nazrul Tirtha-I
11:00 am | Retrospective: Philip Noyce Newsfront; Dir: Phillip Noyce; 1978/Australia/110 mins
02:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Tarikh (A Timeline); Dir: Churni Ganguly ; 2018/India/116 mins
04:00 pm | Comeptition on India Langugae’s Films: Sayahnangalil Chila Manushyar (Certain Lives In Twilight); Dir: Praveen Sukumaran; 2018/India/95 mins
06:00 pm | Cinema International: La Noche De 12 Anos (A Twelve-year Night); Dir: Alvaro Brechner; 2018/Uruguay/122 mins
Navina
07:00 pm | Cinema International Retablo (Retablo) ; Dir: Alvaro Delgado Aparicio; 2017/Peru/95 mins
09:00 pm | Cinema International: Quien Te Cantara (Quien Te Cantara); Dir: Carlos Vermut; 2018/Spain/124 mins
Inox City Center 1
03:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Sibel (Sibel); Dir: Guillaume Giovanetti, Cagla Zencirci; 2018/Turkey/95 mins
05:30 pm | Bengali Panorama: Andarkahini (Self-exile); Dir: Arnab K Middya; 2017/India/86 mins
PVR Cinema (Diamond Plaza)
02:00 pm | Cinema International: Figlia Mia (Daughter Of Mine); Dir: Laura Bispuri; 2018/Italy/100 mins
04:00 pm | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Amra And The Second Marriage (Amra And The Second Marriage); Dir: Mahmoud Sabbagh; 2018/Saudi Arabia/95 mins
06:00 pm | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Abraham (Abraham); Dir: Konarak Mukherjee; 2018/India/126 mins
New Empire
01:00 pm | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia: Thala Mon Amour (Thala My Love); Dir: Mehdi Hmili; 2016/Tunisia/87 mins
03:00 pm | Contemporary Australian Cinema: Jirga (Jirga); Dir: Benjamin Gilmour; 2018/Australia/78 mins
05:30 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images Bei Fang Yi Pian Cang Mang (The Widowed Witch); Dir: Cai Chengjie; 2018/China/118 mins
07:30 pm | Maestro: Lykke-per (A Fortunate Man); Dir: Bille August; 2018/Denmark/162 mins
PVR Cinema (Avani Mall)
03:00 pm | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Kyoyang Ngarmo (The Sweet Requiem)
; Dir: Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam; 2018/India/91 mins
05:30 pm | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Nei Manusher Kissa (Saga Of A Nobody); Dir: Soumendu Bhattacherya; 2018/India/88 mins
Carnival Cinema
09:00 am | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
Stranniki Terpeniya (Strangers Of Patience); Dir: Vladimir Alenikov; 2018/Russia/103 mins
11:00 am | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
Endless (Endless?); Dir: Maryam Zahirimehr ; 2018/Iran/80 mins
Mitra Cinema
04:00 pm | Cinema International: Stripped (Stripped); Dir: Yaron Shani; 2018/Israel/120 mins
06:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: The Third Wife (The Third Wife); Dir: Ash Mayfair;2018/Vietnam/96 mins
08:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: La Negrada:(Black Mexicans); Dir: Jorge Perez Solano;2018/Mexico/102 mins
Basusree Cinema
12:00 pm | Iconic Australian Cinema: The Story Of The Kelly Gang (The Story Of The Kelly Gang); Dir: Charles Tait; 1906/Australia/60 mins
02:00 pm | Maestro: Doubles Vies (Non-fiction); Dir: Olivier Assayas; 2018/France/108 mins
04:00 pm | Cinema International: Lordre Des Medecins (Breath Of Life); Dir: David Roux; 2018/France/93 mins
Chalachchitra Satabarsha Bhaban
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Short Films: Doitto (The Demon); Dir: Tathagata Ghosh; 2018/India/27 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: Ladli (Adorable Girl); Dir: Suipta Kundu; 2018/India/40 mins
04:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Udayer Pathe (Towards The Light); Dir: Bimal Roy; 1944/India/122 mins
06:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Streer Patra (Streer Patra); Dir: Purnendu Pattrea; 1972/India/110 mins