24th Kolkata International Film Festival explained
| Opening: | Antony Firingee |
| 24th Kolkata International Film Festival |
| Location: | Kolkata |
| Date: | 10 Nov 2018 – 17 Nov 2018 |
| Founded: | 1995 |
| Language: | International |
| Next: | 25th |
The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 10 Nov 2018 – 17 Nov 2018. Celebrating 100 Years of Bengali cinema, Around 171 films and 150 short and documentary films from 70 countries was screened at the festival.[1] [2] [3]
Inauguration
24th Edition of Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated at Netaji Indoor Stadium by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Apart from the entire Bengali film industry, Bollywood stalwart Amitabh Bachchan, who has been a regular in the inaugural function of KIFF for the last few years, was also invited this year, along with Shahrukh Khan. Along with them, other nationally famed film personas like Jaya Bachchan, Wahida Rehman, Nandita Das, Mahesh Bhatt were also present.[4]
Themes & Highlights
The highlight of the festival this year was 100 years of Bengali cinema – fourteen restored Bengali classics and a few contemporary regional language films was screened at Nandan and Rabindra Sadan. The special focus of KIFF this year was on Australia and Tunisia films. Selected contemporary and iconic Australian and Tunisian movies was also screened, along with three retrospective series with films by Majid Majidi, Phillip Noyce and Bimal Roy. Änother category "Unheard India" was showcase eight lesser-known Indian language films from across the country – Sinjar (Jasari), Saakibaayi (Banjaara), Kittath Preeti, Boldu, Navleri, Death Certificate (Bengali), Nabon (Khasi) and Nana A Tale Of Us.
‘Antony Firingee’ starred by Uttam Kumar was chosen as the inaugural movie of the festival . A special theatre play named ‘Hirala Bioscope’ was staged on 13 November. It is based on Hiralal Sen, who is considered to be one of the country's first filmmakers.
Official Selections
Competition Categories
Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|
| Manta Ray | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | |
| Amra And The Second Marriage | Mahmoud Sabbagh | |
| Abraham | Konarak Mukherjee | |
| The Sweet Requiem | Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam | NETPAC Award for Best Film |
| Saga Of A Nobody | Soumendu Bhattacherya | |
| House of My Fathers | Suba Sivakumaran | | |
International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
Competition on Indian Language's Films
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|
| Sun Goes Around The Earth | Arijit Biswas | Best Director |
| Pixelia | Ratheesh Ravindran | |
| Half Songs | Sriram Raja | |
| Certain Lives In Twilight | Praveen Sukumaran | |
| Kedara | Indraadip Dasgupta | Special Mention Jury |
| Vartak Nagar | Atul Taishete | |
| Nirmal Enroute | Rishi Deshpande | |
| Obyakto | Arjun Dutta | |
| KANTHAN THE LOVER OF COLOUR | SHAREEF EASA | |
| Widow of Silence | Praveen Morchhale | Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' for Best Film |
| Mishing | Bobby Sarma Baruah | |
| In a Land far away | Joshy Mathew | |
| Hiralal | Arun Roy | | |
Competition on Indian Documentary Films
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|
| SAY CHEESE | Ishani Kanjilal Dutta | Best Documentary |
| TIDES OF LIFE | Suhel Banerjee | |
| MELTING ICE | Devanshi asher | |
| SWORD OF LIBERTY | Shiny Jacob Benjamin | |
| PONY TALE | Alexander Leo Pou | |
| LADLI | Suipta Kundu | |
| MEMOIRS OF SAIRA & SALIM | Eshwarya Grover | |
| AN ORIGINAL CLOUD IN THE MOUNTAINS | Jill Mistry | |
| PROTULBABU | Debasish Ghoshal | |
| THE MONKS WHO WON A GRAMMY | Aparna Sanyal | |
| THE JUNGLE MAN LOIYA | Farha Khatun | |
| JIBANPUR STATION | Ravi R | | |
Non-Competition Categories
100 Years of Bengali Cinema
Bengali Panorama
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|
| Asukhwala - The Pain Hawker | Palash Dey | |
| Watchmaker | Anindya Banerjee | |
| Iye - The Others | Debesh Chatterjee | |
| Bisorgo | Arunava Khasnobis | |
| Andarkahini | Arnab K Middya | | |
[5] Cinema International
Documentary Films
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|
| LAASYAM | Vinod Mankara | |
| Shuhaib The Immortal Fighter Of Kannur Killing Field | pt chacko | |
| Kali | Subrata Sen | |
| CAL-KATA KOL-CUTTA | Hannah Mitchell, Alan De Oliveira | |
| LADAKH CHALE RICKSHAWALA | Indrani Chakraborty | |
| IN HIS INNER VOICE : KULDIP NAYAR | Meera Dewan | |
| THE SLAVE GENESIS | Aneez K M | |
| WB KHADI & VI BOARD A SUSTAINABLE JOURNEY | Susanta Biswas | |
| CHASING DREAMS | Vaishali Kendale | |
| FINDING PRAYERS | Nilay Samiran Nandi | |
| ATASI | Putul Mahmood | |
| THE LAST KNELL | KAKALI CHAKRABARTY | |
| AN ENGINEERED DREAM | HEMANT KUMAR GABA | |
| GULDAR | Kumar Shivam | |
| NURSERY OF HOCKEY-SIMDEGA | Nikhil Sharda | |
| SMART CITY BLUES | Debarun Dutta | |
| THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH LIGHTS | SHOUNAK MAJUMDAR | |
| INCLUSIVE EYES | Devender Dahima | |
| DUSK WITH DUST | Aashish Katiyan | |
| IN THUNDER LIGHTNING AND RAIN | Rajesh James | |
| ECHO FROM THE PUKPUI SKIES | Joshy Joseph | |
| GODDESS IN THE MOSQUE | Priyashanker Ghosh | |
| CHANDUA - A UNIQUE HERITAGE | KRISHNA BASU | |
| MOTHERS WITH IRON HEARTS | Sanjiban Nath | |
| AN ICONIC GENIUS | Sougata Bhattacharyya | |
| The Granite Clad Neva | Igor Gankin | |
| ABARTAN | Santanu Halder | |
| 05.05.2015 | Arthur Yakubov | |
| IN THE MEMORY OF THE MASTER | Jyotirmay Deb | |
| BANARAS PINK | PEARL SANDHU | |
| A JOURNEY OF PASSION | Bijaya Kumar Nishanka | |
| The Island | Adam Weingrod | |
| The King | Aleksander Krzystyniak | |
| Eastern Memories | Niklas Kullstrom, Martti Kaartinen | |
| Myth | Leonid Kanter and Ivan Yasniy | |
| Tale Of A Fair | Ujjal Paul | |
| RANGABHOOMI BHALOBASHI | SANTANU SAHA | |
| The Mountain Of Law | Surya Shankar Dash | |
| BHAURAO DATAR - A CURTAIN CALL | Bharat Yashwant Kanhere | |
| Scorched | Akshay Gouri | |
| TOMARI MATIR KONNYA | Sekhar Das | |
| DREAMS ON WHEELS | VEDIKA KRUTI | |
| AND THEY MADE CLASSICS | Ratnottama Sengupta | |
| NEMAI GHOSH - A RAY OF LIGHT | Anirban Mitra, Tirtha Dasgupta | | |
Children's Screening
Contemporary Australian Cinema
Iconic Australian Cinema
Great Master: Bimal Roy
Centenary Tribute: Ernst Ingmar Bergman
[6] Notes and References
- Web site: 2018-11-04. Kolkata international film festival: Commemorating 100 yrs of Bengali cinema from November 10. 2021-05-03. The Indian Express. en.
- Web site: Kolkata International Film Festival. 2021-05-03. kiff.in. en.
- Web site: 2018-11-11. 24th Kolkata International Film Festival: Here are the films to watch out for. 2021-05-03. The Indian Express. en.
- Web site: 2018-11-10. KIFF 2018: Amitabh, Shahrukh attends 24th Kolkata International Film Festival's inauguration on Saturday. 2021-05-03. The Financial Express. en-US.
- Web site: Official Selection 2018 - Kolkata International Film Festival. 2021-05-04. kiff.in. en.
- Web site: Official Selection 2018 - Kolkata International Film Festival. 2021-05-04. kiff.in. en.
