The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) that is commemorating 100 years of Bengali cinema besides celebrating world cinema, got underway past Saturday in the presence of many big names from the industry.
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. 14 November.
Nandan-I
09.00 am | Centenary Tribute:Ernst Ingmar Bergman; Nattvardsgasterna (Winter Light); Dir: Ingmar Bergman; 1963/Sweden/81 mins
11.45 am | Restored Classics: Amarcord (Amarcord); Dir: Federico Fellini; 1973/Italy/ mins
03:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images; Genezis (Genesis); Dir: Arpad Bogdan; 2018/Hungary/120 mins
05:00 pm | Contemporary Australian Cinema: Breath (Breath); Dir: Simon Baker; 2017/Australia/115 mins
7.15 pm | Maestro: Human, Space, Time And Human (Inkan, Gongkan, Sikan Grigo Inkan); Dir: Kim Ki Duk; 2018/South Korea/122 mins
Nandan-II
11:15 am | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia: The Last Of Us (The Last Of Us); Dir: Ala Eddine Slim; 2016/Tunisia/95 mins
03:15 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Pixelia (Pixelia); Dir: Ratheesh Ravindran; 2018/India/65 mins
05:15 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films; Kedara (The Songs Of Silence); Dir: Indraadip Dasgupta; 2018/India/108 mins
07:30 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Vartak Nagar (Vartak Nagar); Dir: Atul Taishete; 2017/India/131 mins
Nandan-III
11: 15 am | Special Screening: Czechmate – In Search Of Jiri Menzel (Czechmate – In Search Of Jiri Menzel); Dir: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur; 2018/India/429 mins
03:15 pm | Special Screening: Czechmate – In Search Of Jiri Menzel (Czechmate – In Search Of Jiri Menzel); Dir: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur; 2018/India/429 mins
05:15 pm | Special Screening: Czechmate – In Search Of Jiri Menzel (Czechmate – In Search Of Jiri Menzel); Dir: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur; 2018/India/429 mins
07:30 pm | Unheard India: Rare Language Indian Films: Saakibaayi (Saakibaayi); Dir: Premalatha N. Joshi; 2018/India/95 mins
Sisir Mancha
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: Protulbabu (Protulbabu); Dir: Debasish Ghoshal; 2018/India/19 mins
Documentary Films:
Rangabhoomi Bhalobashi (Theatre Mon Amour); Dir: Santanu Saha; 2018/India/59 mins
An Engineered Dream (An Engineered Dream); Dir: Hemant Kumar Gaba; 2018/India/72 mins
02:00 pm | Children’s Screening: Maassab (The Teacher); Dir: Aditya Om; 2018/India/154 mins
04:15 pm | Short Films
Maa (Mother); Dir: Mallika Roychowdhury; 2018/India/25 mins
Kambakht Ishq (Bloody Love); Dir: Saurav Chattopadhyay; 2018/India/19 mins
Menopause (Menopause); Dir: Pratik Shah; 2018/India/19 mins
The Inapt (The Inapt); Dir: Arunava Middya; 2018/India/12 mins
06:45 pm | Retrospective: Majid Majidi: The Willow Tree (Beed-e Majnoon); Dir: Majid Majidi; 2005/Iran/96 mins
Rabindra Sadan
11:15 am | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Kyoyang Ngarmo (The Sweet Requiem); Dir: Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam; 2018/India/91 mins
03:15 pm | Contemporary Australian Cinema: Peter Rabbit (Peter Rabbit); Dir: Will Gluck; 2018/Australia/95 mins
05:15 pm | Maestro: Khibula (Khibula); Dir: George Ovashvili; 2017/Georgia/98 mins
07:30 pm | Bengali Panorama: Andarkahini (Self-exile); Dir: Arnab K Middya; 2017/India/86 mins
Nazrul Tirtha-I
11:00 am | Retrospective: Philip Noyce: The Quiet American (The Quiet American); Dir: Phillip Noyce; 2002/Australia/101 mins
02:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images:Runanubandha (The He Without Him); Dir: Amartya Bhattacharyya; 2018/India/109 mins
04:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Abyakto (Unsaid); Dir: Arjun Dutta; 2018/India/85 mins
06:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Hiralal (Hiralal); Dir: Arun Roy; 2018/India/150 mins
Navina
07:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Fornacis (Fornacis); Dir: Aurelia Mengin; 2018/Réunion/83 mins
09:00 pm | Cinema International: Lemonade (Lemonade); Dir: Ioana Uricaru; 2018/Romania/88 mins
Inox City Center 1
03:00 pm | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia: Benzine (Benzine); Dir: Sarra Abidi; 2017/Tunisia/90 mins
05:30 pm | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Nei Manusher Kissa (Saga Of A Nobody); Dir: Soumendu Bhattacherya; 2018/India/88 mins
PVR Cinema (Diamond Plaza)
02:00 pm | Cinema International: Animal (Animal); Dir: Armando Bo; 2018/Argentina/112 mins
04:00 pm | Cinema International: Capharnaum (Capharnaum); Dir: Nadine Labaki; 2018/Lebanon/123 mins
06:00 pm | Cinema International: Ballon (Ballon); Dir: Michael Herbig; 2018/Germany/120 mins
New Empire
01:00 pm | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia: Bidoun 3 (Bidoun 3); Dir:; 2018/Tunisia/ mins
03:00 pm | Contemporary Australian Cinema: 1 Percent (1percent); Dir: Stephen Mccallum; 2017/Australia/92 mins
05:30 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Olu (She); Dir: Shaji N Karun; 2018/India/109 mins
07:30 pm | Cinema International: Jak Pies Z Kotem (Like Cat And Dog); Dir: Janusz Kondratiuk; 2018/Poland/102 mins
PVR Cinema (Avani Mall)
03:00 pm | Bengali Panorama: Iye (The Others); Dir: Debesh Chatterjee; 2018/India/71 mins
05:30 pm | Bengali Panorama: Bisorgo (Visarga); Dir: Arunava Khasnobis; 2018/India/90 mins
Carnival Cinema
09:00 am | Cinema International: White Chamber (White Chamber); Dir: Paul Raschid; 2018/United Kingdom/89 mins
11:00 am | Cinema International: Isha Ovedet (Working Woman); Dir: Michal Aviad; 2018/Israel/93 mins
Mitra Cinema
04:00 pm | Maestro: Le Livre D’image (The Image Book); Dir: Jean Luc Godard; 2018/Switzerland/84 mins
06:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Yomeddine; (Judgement Day); Dir: Abu Bakr Shawky; 2018/Egypt/97 mins
08:00 pm | Cinema International: Touch Me Not; (Touch Me Not); Dir: Adina Pintilie; 2018/Romania/125 mins
Basusree Cinema
12:00 pm | Iconic Australian Cinema: Romper Stomper (Romper Stomper); Dir: Geoffrey Wright; 1992/Australia/94 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Widow Of Silence (Widow Of Silence); Dir: Praveen Morchhale; 2018/India/85 mins
04:00 pm | Maestro: Coincoin Et Les Z’inhumains (Coincoin And The Extra-humans); Dir: Bruno Dumont; 2018/France/52 mins
Chalachchitra Satabarsha Bhaban
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Short Films: Bishad Bindu (Behind The Moon); Dir: Samrat Chakraborty; 2018/India/00 mins
02:00 pm |Competition on Indian Documentary Films: An Original Cloud In The Mountains (An Original Cloud In The Mountains);Dir: Jill Mistry; 2018/India/50 mins
04:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Kabuliwala (Kabuliwala); Dir: Tapan Sinha; 1957/India/105 mins
06:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Chokh (The Eyes); Dir: Utpalendu Chakrabarty; 1982/India/98 mins