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. 16 November.
Nandan-I
09:00 am | Centenary Tribute: Ernst Ingmar Bergman: Viskningar Och Rop (Cries And Whispers); Dir: Ingmar Bergman; 1973/Sweden/91 mins
11:00 am | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Endless (Endless?); Dir: Maryam Zahirimehr; 2018/Iran/80 mins
1:00 pm | Special Screening: Jonaki (Jonaki); Dir: Aditya Vikram Sengupta; 2018/India/ mins
03:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Runanubandha (The He Without Him); Dir: Amartya Bhattacharyya; 2018/India/109 mins
05:00 pm | Maestro: Ahlat Agaci (The Wild Pear Tree); Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan; 2018/Turkey/188 mins
7.15 pm | Maestro: The House That Jack Built (The House That Jack Built); Dir: Lars Von Trier; 2018/Denmark/155 mins
Nandan-II
11:15 am | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia: Look At Me (Look At Me); Dir: Nejib Belkadhi; 2018/Tunisia/96 mins
03:15 pm |Bengali Panorama: Asukhwala (Asukhwala – The Pain Hawker); Dir: Palash Dey; 2018/India/ mins
05:15 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Abyakto (Unsaid); Dir: Arjun Dutta; 2018/India/85 mins
07:30 pm | Restored Classics: Blow-up (Blowup); Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni; 1966/United Kingdom/111 mins
Nandan-III
03:15 pm | Iconic Australian Cinema :Clay (Clay); Dir: Giorgio Mangiamele; 1965/Australia/85 mins
05:15 pm | Unheard India: Rare Language Indian Films: Death Certificate (Death Certificate); Dir: Rajaditya Banerjee; 2017/India/74 mins
07:30 pm | Homage: Supriya Devi: Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-capped Star); Dir: Ritwik Ghatak; /India/126 mins
Sisir Mancha
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: Melting Ice (Melting Ice); Dir: Devanshi Asher; 2018/India/17 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: Ladli (Adorable Girl); Dir: Suipta Kundu; 2018/India/40 mins
04:15 pm | Competition on Indian Short Films: Awntoral’e Ananya (The Two Companions); Dir: Nilimesh Kar; 2017/India/17 mins
06:45 pm | Competition on Indian Short Films: Anugami (Anugami); Dir: Debojyoti Roy Chowdhury, Debojyoti Roy Chowdhury; 2018/India/15 mins
Rabindra Sadan
11:15 am | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Nei Manusher Kissa (Saga Of A Nobody); Dir: Soumendu Bhattacherya; 2018/India/88 mins
03:15 pm | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Kyoyang Ngarmo (The Sweet Requiem); Dir: Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam; 2018/India/91 mins
07:30 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Stranniki Terpeniya (Strangers Of Patience); Dir: Vladimir Alenikov; 2018/Russia/103 mins
Nazrul Tirtha-I
11:00 am | Maestro: Mektoub Is Mektoub (Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno); Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche; 2017/France/175 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Mishing (The Apparition); Dir: Bobby Sarma Baruah; 2018/India/75 mins
04:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Angu Doore Oru Desathu (In A Land Far Away); Dir: Joshy Mathew; 2018/India/116 mins
06:00 pm | Cinema International: Quien Te Cantara (Quien Te Cantara); Dir: Carlos Vermut; 2018/Spain/124 mins
Navina
07:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films:Kedara (The Songs Of Silence); Dir: Indraadip Dasgupta; 2018/India/108 mins
09:00 pm | Special Screening: Yours Truly (Yours Truly); Dir: Sanjoy Nag; 2018/India/84 mins
Inox City Center 1
03:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Imi Este Indiferent Daca In Istorie Vom Intra Ca Barbari (I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians); Dir: Radu Jude; 2018/Romania/140 mins
05:30 pm | Cinema International: White Chamber (White Chamber); Dir: Paul Raschid; 2018/United Kingdom/89 mins
PVR Cinema (Diamond Plaza)
02:00 pm | Cinema International: El Motoarrebatador (The Snatch Thief); Dir: Agustin Toscano; 2018/Argentina/93 mins
04:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images: Bei Fang Yi Pian Cang Mang (The Widowed Witch); Dir: Cai Chengjie; 2018/China/118 mins
06:00 pm | Cinema International: Touch Me Not (Touch Me Not); Dir: Adina Pintilie; 2018/Romania/125 mins
New Empire
01:00 pm | Cinema International: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote); Dir: Terry Gilliam; 2018/Spain/132 mins
03:00 pm | Cinema International: Ozen (The River); Dir: Emir Baigazin; 2018/Kazakhstan/108 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 | Asian Select (NETPAC Award): Manta Ray (Manta Ray); Dir: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng; 2018/Thailand/105 mins
PVR Cinema (Avani Mall)
03:00 pm | Cinema International: Cobain (Cobain); Dir: Nanouk Leopold; 2018/Netherlands/94 mins
05:30 pm | Cinema International: Border (Border); Dir: Ali Abbasi; 2018/Sweden/102 mins
Carnival Cinema
09:00 am | Cinema International: Podbrosy (Jumpman); Dir: Ivan I. Tverdovsky; 2018/Russia/90 mins
11:00 am | Cinema International: Trote (Trot); Dir: Xacio Bano; 2018/Spain/83 mins
Mitra Cinema
04:00 pm | Cinema International: Retablo (Retablo); Dir: Alvaro Delgado Aparicio; 2017/Peru/95 mins
06:00 pm | Maestro: Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories Of My Body); Dir: Garin Nugroho; 2018/Indonesia/105 mins
08:00 pm | Maestro: Human, Space, Time And Human (Inkan, Gongkan, Sikan Grigo Inkan); Dir: Kim Ki Duk; 2018/South Korea/122 mins
Basusree Cinema
12:00 pm | Cinema International: En Guerre (At War); Dir: Stephane Brize; 2018/France/113 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Nirmal Enroute (Nirmal Enroute); Dir: Rishi Deshpande; 2018/India/124 mins
04:00 pm | Cinema International: Un Couteau Dans Le Coeur (Knife Plus Heart); Dir: Yann Gonzalez; 2018/France/110 mins
Chalachchitra Satabarsha Bhaban
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Short Films: Palok (Palok); Dir: Ratool Mukherjee; 2018/India/28 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: Jibanpur Station (Jibanpur Station); Dir: Ravi R; 2018/India/25 mins
04:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Ganadebata (Ganadebata); Dir: Tarun Majumdar; 1978/India/148 mins
06:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Padma Nadir Majhi (Padma Nadir Majhi); Dir: Goutam Ghose; 1993/India/135 mins