The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) got under way on Saturday. The special attraction at this year’s KIFF schedule is 100 years of Bengali cinema.
While Antony Firingee, the 1967 Bengali classic starring Uttam Kumar and Tanuja, was the inaugural movie, Bengal brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero was also screened at the event held at Netaji Indoor Stadium where celebrated Iranian director Majid Majidi and Australian filmmakers Philip Noyce, Jill Bilcock and Simon Baker were the guests of honour.
Australia is the ‘focus country’ of 24th KIFF.
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More than 300 films, including feature films, shorts and documentaries, will be screened in 16 theatres across Kolkata and Howrah over the eight-day festival that will also see screening of films by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak, among others.
The festival will be on till November 17. Here is a venue-wise 24th KIFF schedule of the movies to be screened today, i.e. 11 November.
Nandan-I
09.00 am | Centenary Tribute: Ernst Ingmar Bergman Det Sjunde Inseglet (The Seventh Seal); Director: Ingmar Bergman; 1957/Sweden/96 mins
11.45 am | Retrospective: Majid Majidi Mohammad Rasoolollah (Muhammad: The Messenger Of God); Director: Majid Majidi; 2015/Iran/162 mins
03:00 pm | Special Screening: Yours Truly; Director: Sanjoy Nag; 2018/India/84 mins
05:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images;
Tarikh (A Timeline); Director: Churni Ganguly; 2018/India/116 mins
7.15 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images;
Olu (She); Director: Shaji N Karun; 2018/India/109 mins
Nandan-II
11:15 am | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia;
Zizou; Dir: Ferid Boughedir; 2016/France/99 mins
03:15 pm | Unheard India: Rare Language Indian Films;
Sinjar; Dir: Sandeep Pampally; 2017/India/115 mins
05:15 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films;
Sayahnangalil Chila Manushyar (Certain Lives In Twilight); Dir: Praveen Sukumaran; 2018/India/95 mins
07:30 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Nirmal Enroute;
Dir: Rishi Deshpande; 2018/India/124 mins
Nandan-III
05:15 pm | Unheard India: Rare Language Indian Films;
Navleri (Bride); Dir: Prashnath HE; 2018/India/124 mins
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Sisir Mancha
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Documentary Films: The Jungle Man Loiya: Dir: Farha Khatun; 2018/India/21 Min
02:00 pm | Children’s Screening: The Great Indian Road Movie;
Dir: Sohan Lal; 2018/India/119 mins
06:45 pm | Great Master: Bimal Roy; Do Bigha Zamin
(Two Acres Of Land); Dir: Bimal Roy; 1953/India/131 mins
Rabindra Sadan
11:15 am | Retrospective: Philip Noyce; Patriot Games; Dir: Phillip Noyce;
1992/United States of America (USA)/117 mins
03:15 pm | Restored Classics: Pather Panchali; Dir: Satyajit Ray; 1955/India/125 mins
05:15 pm | Restored Classics: Aparajito; Dir: Satyajit Ray; 1956/India/110 mins
07:30 pm | Restored Classics: Apur Sansar; (The World Of Apu); Dir: Satyajit Ray; 1959/India/105 mins
Nazrul Tirtha-I
11:00 am | Maestro: Loro; Dir: Paolo Sorrentino; 2018/Italy/150 mins
02:00 pm | Competition on Indian Language’s Films: Kedara
(The Songs Of Silence); Dir: Indraadip Dasgupta; 2018/India/108 mins
04:00 pm | Retrospective: Philip Noyce; Salt; Dir: Phillip Noyce; 2010/United States of America (USA)/104 mins
06:00 pm | Special Focus: Contemporary Tunisia; Benzine; Dir: Sarra Abidi; 2017/Tunisia/90 mins
Navina
07:00 pm | Cinema International: Animal; Dir: Armando Bo; 2018/Argentina/112 mins
09:00 pm | Cinema International: Touch Me Not; Dir: Adina Pintilie
2018/Romania/125 mins
Inox City Center 1
03:00 pm | Cinema International: En Guerre (At War); Dir: Stephane Brize; 2018/France/113 mins
05:30 pm | Cinema International: Joueurs (Treat Me Like Fire); Dir: Marie Monge; 2018/France/105 mins
PVR Cinema (Diamond Plaza)
02:00 pm | Maestro: Climax; Dir: Gaspar Noe; 2018/France/96 mins
04:00 pm | Maestro: The House That Jack Built; Dir: Lars Von Trier; 2018/Denmark/155 mins
06:00 pm | Cinema International: Un Couteau Dans Le Coeur
Knife Plus Heart); Dir: Yann Gonzalez; 2018/France/110 mins
New Empire
01:00 pm | International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images;
Sibel; Dir: Guillaume Giovanetti, Cagla Zencirci; 2018/Turkey/95 mins
03:00 pm | Contemporary Australian Cinema: Dancing The Invisible; Dir: Axel Grigor; 2017/Australia/78 mins
05:30 pm | Cinema International: Ballon; Dir: Michael Herbig; 2018/Germany/120 mins
07:30 pm | Maestro: Climax; Dir: Gaspar Noe; 2018/France/96 mins
PVR Cinema (Avani Mall)
03:00 pm | Cinema International: Jak Pies Z Kotem (Like Cat And Dog); Dir: Janusz Kondratiuk; 2018/Poland/102 mins
05:30 pm | Cinema International: Sew The Winter To My Skin; Dir: Jahmil XT Qubeka; 2018/South Africa/118 mins
Carnival Cinema
09:00 am | Maestro: Coincoin Et Les Z’inhumains (Coincoin And The Extra-humans); Dir: Bruno Dumont; 2018/France/52 mins
11:00 am | Cinema International: La Patrie (Homeland); Dir: Anindya Chatterjee; 2018/India/73 mins
Mitra Cinema
04:00 pm | Maestro: Se Rokh (3 Faces); Dir: Jafar Panahi; 2018/Iran/100 mins
06:00 pm | Maestro: Zimna Wojna (Cold War); Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski; 2018/Poland/89 mins
08:00 pm | Maestro: Jiang Hu Er Nv (Ash Is Purest White); Dir: Jia Zhangke; 2018/China/141 mins
Basusree Cinema
12:00 pm | Iconic Australian Cinema: Blessed; Dir: Ana Kokkinos; 2009/Australia/110 mins
02:00 pm | Cinema International: A Land Imagined; Dir: Siew Hua Yeo; 2018/Singapore/95 mins
04:00 pm | Maestro: Gangbyun Hotel (Hotel By The River); Dir: Hong Sangsoo; 2018/South Korea/96 mins
Chalachchitra Satabarsha Bhaban
11:00 am | Competition on Indian Short Films: Gadhul (Turbid); Dir: Ganesh Shelar; 2018/India/25 mins
02:00 pm | Documentary Films: In His Inner Voice: Kuldip Nayar; Dir: Meera Dewan; 2017/India/61 mins
04:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Mukti; Dir: Pramathesh Barua; 1937/India/115 mins
06:00 pm | 100 years of Bengali Cinema: Saptapadi; Dir: Ajoy Kar; 1961/India/170 mins