44th International Film Festival of India 2013-Indian Panorama lineup of feature films.

Malayalam film Kanyaka Takies directed by K R Manoj will be the opening film of the Indian Panorama section  of the 44rd International Film Festival of India 2013  to be held at Panaji ,Goa from November 20-30, 2013. Out of the 210 eligible entries, 25 feature films were selected by the jury. The jury for Feature films, headed by renowned filmmaker and editor B. Lenin , selected 25 films out of a total of 210 eligible entries. Hindi film PAN SINGH TOMAR (Director : Tigmanshu Dhulia) which won Best Feature Film award at the recent 60 th National Film Awards is the 26^th film of Indian Panorama, by virtue of direct  entry. The selected films include: six Malayalam movies, five Bengali movies, three Marathi movies, one Kannada movie, one Tamil movie, four Hindi movies, one English/Hindi movie, one Konkani movie, one English/Konkani movie, one Oriya movie, and one movie in Mising language. Among the  selected ,Bengali film Satyanweshi is the swan song of the late eminent  film maker Rituparno Gosh.

Film selected in the Indian Panorama section of the 44th IFFI are:

101 Chodyangal (Malayalam), Director:  SIDHARTHA SIVA

Ajana Batas (Bengali), Director: ANJAN DAS

 Apur Panchali (Bengali), Director: KAUSHIK GANGULI

 Artist (Malayalam), Director: SHAYAM PRASAD

Astu (Marathi), Director: SUMITRA BHAVE/ SUNIL SUKHTANKAR

Baga Beach (Konkani), Director: LAXMIKANT SHETGAONKAR

 Bharath Stores (Kannada), Director: P. SHESHADRI

Celluloid (Malayalam), Director: KAMAL

 Phoring-Dragonfly (Bengali), Director:  INDRANIL ROYCHOWHURY

 Fandry (Marathi), Director:  NAGRAJ MANJULE

Jal (Hindi), Director: GIRISH MALIK

Kanyaka Talkies (Malayalam), Director:  K. R. MANOJ

Ko:Yad (Mising), Director: MANJU BORAH

Kunjananthante Kada (Malayalam), Director: SALIM AHAMED

Listen Amaya (Hindi), Director: AVINASH KUMAR SINGH

Meghe Dhaka Tara (Bengali), Director:  KAMLESHWAR MUKHERJEE

Sala Budha (Oriya), Director: SABYASACHI MOHAPATRA

 Satyanweshi (Bengali), Director:  RITUPARNO GOSH

Ship of Theseus (English/Hindi), Director: ANAND GANDHI

 Shutter (Malayalam), Director: JOY MATHEW

Tapaal (Marathi), Director: LAXMAN UTEKAR

The coffin maker (English/Konkani), Director: VEENA BAKSHI

 Thangameengal (Tamil), Director: RAM

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi), Director: RAKESH OMPRAKASH MEHRA

 OMG Oh My God (Hindi) Director: UMESH SHUKLA

 and

Pan Singh Tomar (Hindi), Director: TIGMANSHU DHULIA

The 15th Mumbai Film Festival(MAMI) opened with screening of the film"The Butler" directed by Lee Daniels -Lifetime achievement award presented to Costa Gavras -Kamal Haasan honored

The 15th edition Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) opened  with the presentation of lifetime achievement award to Costa Gavras,Greco-French director Costa Gavras (“Z,” “Missing”)  and Indian film icon Kamal Haasan.Shyam Benegal bestowed the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award upon French auteur Costas Gavras, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan presented it to actor-director Kamal Haasan. The ceremony also included the traditional lighting of a lamp, which was done by  actor Sonakshi Sinha. She was accompanied by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images chairman and veteran director Shyam Benegal and MAMI trustee Amit Khanna, among other dignitaries. Also on stage were Canada-based Indian film maker Deepa Mehta (“Fire,” “Water”), Japanese director and actor Masato Harada, Afghan director Siddiq Barmak and Australia’s Jill Bilcock, a regular editor on the films of Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge”) and Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”).Francois Richier, France’s ambassador to India announced the  civilian honor, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to Shyam Benegal.

'The Butler'  , a 2013 American historical fiction drama film directed by Lee Daniels, written by Danny Strong, Opened the fest.Supported by Reliance Entertainment, this year’s event focusses on cinema from Spain, Afganistan, France and Cambodia apart from Indian films. International restored classics will also be showcased. The line-up consists of over 200 films from 65 countries with films of directors such as Asghar Farhadi and Rituparno Ghosh as well as younger filmmakers. 

This year's festival competition jury is presided over by Driving Miss Daisy director Bruce Beresford, with fellow members including French actress Nathalie Baye, Japanese film-maker Masato Harada, Indian actress Konkona Sen Sharma and Canada-based Indian director Deepa Mehta.

The India Gold competition jury is headed by Oscar winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) while fellow jurists include Australian film editor Jill Bilcock (Moulin Rouge), British actor-director Waris Hussein (Passage to India), Afghan director Siddiq Barmak (Osama) and Hong Kong International Film Festival director and film critic, Roger Garcia.

The festival will also pay tribute to the late Bollywood icon Yash Chopra (who passed away last October), the late Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh and the late Bollywood actor Pran.Director Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,starring British actor Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange will be the closing film of this Film Festival.

The  line up of 15th Mumbai Film Festival:
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. The Rocket
Dir.: Kim Mordaunt (Australia-Laos-Thailand / 2013 / Col. / 96’)
2. La jaula de oro
Dir.: Diego Quemada-Díez(Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 102′)
3. Ilo Ilo
Dir.: Anthony Chen (Singapore / 2013 / Col. / 96′)
4. Mamay Umeng
Dir.: Dwein Baltazar (Philippines / 2012 / Col. / 75′)
5. For Those in Peril
Dir.: Paul Wright (UK / 2013 / Col. / 90′)
6. The Japanese Dog (Cainele Japonez)
Dir.: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (Romania / 2013 / Col. / 85′)
7. The Plague (La Plaga)
Dir.: Neus Ballús (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 85′)
8. The Strange Little Cat (Das merkwürdige Kätzchen)
Dir.: Ramon Zürcher (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 72′)
9. Another House (L’autre maison)
Dir.: Mathieu Roy (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 100′)
10. Medeas
Dir.: Andrea Pallaoro (Italy-Mexico-USA / 2013 / Col. / 98′)
11. The Voice of The Voiceless (La voz de los silenciados)
Dir.: Maximón Monihan (Guatemala-USA / 2013 / Col. / 92′)
12. Don Jon
Dir.: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (USA / 2013 / Col. / 90′)
13. Fandry
Dir.: Nagraj Manjule (India (Marathi) / 2013 / Col. / 103′)
Above The Cut
1. The Weight of Elephants
Dir.: Daniel Joseph Borgman (Denmark-New Zealand-Germany-France / 2013 / Col. / 83′)
2. A Fold in My Blanket (Chemi sabnis naketsi)
Dir.: Zaza Rusadze (Georgia / 2013 / Col. / 75′)
3. Giraffada
Dir.: Rani Massalha (France-Austria-Germany-Italy / 2013 / Col. / 100′)
4. The Selfish Giant
Dir.: Clio Barnard (UK / 2013 / Col. / 95′)
5. Five Years (Fünf Jahre Leben)
Dir.: Stefan Schaller (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 95′)
6. Diego Star
Dir.: Frédérick Pelletier (Canada-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 91′)
7. The Amazing Cat Fish (Los insólitos peces gato)
Dir.: Claudia Sainte-Luce (Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 88′)
8. Matterhorn
Dir.: Diederik Ebbinge (Netherlands / 2013 / Col. / 87’)
9. Halley
Dir.: Sebastian Hofmann (Mexico-Netherlands / 2012-Nov. / B&W-Col. / 83’)
10. Autumn Blood
Dir.: Markus Blunder (Austria-USA / 2013 / Col. / 97′)
11. Burned Wings
Dir.: Zheng Kuo (China / 2013 / Col. / 105′)
World Cinema
1. Closed Curtains
Dir.: Jafar Panahi, Kamboziya Partovi (Iran / 2013 / Col. / 106’)
2. Shield Of Straw (Wara No Tate)
Dir.: Takashi Miike (Japan / 2013 / Col. / 124’)
3. On My Way (Elle s’en va)
Dir.: Emmanuelle Bercot (France / 2013 / Col. / 116′)
4. All Is Lost
Dir.: J.C Chandor (USA / 2013 / Col. / 106’)
5. A Long and Happy Life (Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn)
Dir.: Boris Khlebnikov (Russia / 2013 / Col. / 80′)
6. Vic+Flo Saw a Bear (Vic et Flo ont vu un ours)
Dir.: Denis Côté (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 90′)
7. A Castle in Italy (Un château en Italie)
Dir.: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (France / 2013 / Col. / 104’)
8. The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)
Dir.: Paolo Sorrentino (Italy / 2013 / Col. / 142’)
9. Mood Indigo (L’écume des jours)
Dir.: Michel Gondry (France-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 125’)
10. The Nun (La religieuse)
Dir.: Guillaume Nicloux (France, Germany, Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 114’)
11. Michael Kohlhaas
Dir.: Arnaud des PALLIÈRES (France-Germany / 2013 / Col. / 122′)
12. Grigris
Dir.: Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN (France / 2013 / Col. / 101′)
14. Heli
Dir.: Amat Escalante (Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 105’)
15. In The Name of (W imie…)
Dir.: Malgoska Szumowska (Poland / 2013 / Col. / 97′)
16. A Touch Of Sin (Tian Zhu ding)
Dir.: JIA zhangke (China-Japan / 2013 / Col. / 133’)
17. Gold
Dir.: Thomas Arslan (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 101’)
18. Layla Fourie
Dir.: Pia Marais (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 105’)
19. Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie)
Dir.: François Ozon (France / 2013 / Col. / 95’)
20. Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie D’adele – Chapitre 1 Et 2)

Dir.: Abdellatif Kechiche (France / 2013 / Col. / 179’)

21. The Spirit of ’45

Dir.: Ken Loach (UK / 2013 / Col. / 94′)

22. Inside Llewyn Davis

Dir.: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (USA / 2013 / Col. / 105’)

23. The Immigrant

Dir.: James Gray (USA / 2013 / Col. / 120’)

24. Only God Forgives

Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark / 2013 / Col. / 90’)

25. The Face Of Love

Dir.: Arie Posin (USA / 2013 / Col. / 92’)

26. Before Midnight

Dir.: Richard Linklater (USA / 2013 / Col. / 109′)

27. Le Passé (The Past)

Dir.: Asghar Farhadi (France / 2013 / Col. / 130’)

28. Bekas

Dir.: Karzan Kader (Sweden-Finland-Iraq / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

29. The Canyons

Dir.: Paul Schrader (USA / 2013 / Col. / 99’)

30. Short Term 12

Dir.: Destin Cretton (USA / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

31. Saving General Yang

Dir.: Ronny Yu (Hong Kong-China / 2013 / Col. / 102′)

32. Killer Toon (Deo Web-toon: Ye-go Sal-in)

Dir.: Yong-gyun Kim (South Korea / 2013 / Col. / 104′)

33. 3x3D

Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, Edgar Pêra (France-Portugal / 2013 / Col. / 70′)

34. Sunlight, Moonlight, Earth (Aftab, Mahtab, Zamin)

Dir.: Ali Ghavitan (Iran / 2013 / Col. / 80′)

35. Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)

Dir.: Xavier Dolan (Canada-France / 2013 / Col. / 105′)

36. The Circle Within (Içimdeki Çember)

Dir.: Deniz Çınar (Turkey / 2013 / Col. / 72′)

37. Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)

Dir.: Barmak Akram (Afghanistan-France / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

38. Le démantèlement

Dir.: Sebastien Pilote (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 111′)

39. Bad Hair (Pelo Malo)

Dir.: Mariana Rondon (Venezuela / 2013 / Col. / 95′)

40. The Major

Dir.: Yury Bykov (Russia / 2013 / Col. / 99′)

41. Stray Dogs (Jiao You)

Dir.: Ming-liang Tsai (Taiwan / 2013 / Col. / 138′)

42. The Mute (El mudo)

Dir.: Daniel Vega, Diego Vega (Peru-France-Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 86′)

43. Jealousy (La jalousie)

Dir.: Philippe Garrel (France-Germany / 2013 / Col. / 77′)

44. Mr. Morgan’s Last Love

Dir.: Sandra Nettelbeck (Germany-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 116′)

45. Hush…(Suti)

Dir.: Lukas Nola (Croatia / 2013 / Col. / 86′)

46. Burning Bush (Horící ker)

Dir.: Agnieszka Holland (Czech Republic / 2013 / Col. / 240′)

47. The Fifth Estate

Dir.: Bill Condon (USA-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 124′)

48. Miss and The Doctors (Tirez la langue, mademoiselle)

Dir.: Axelle Ropert (France / 2013 / Col. / 95′)

49. Locke

Dir.: Steven Knight (USA-UK / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

50. Brahmin Bulls

Dir.: Mahesh Pailoor (USA / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

51. Village of Hope

Dir.: Boonsong Nakphoo (Thailand / 2013 / Col. / 72′)

52. The Armstrong Lie

Dir.: Alex Gibney (USA / 2013 / Col. / 122′)

53. The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret)

Dir.: Mikkel Nørgaard (Denmark-Germany-Sweden / 2013 / Col. / 97’)

54. Dallas Buyers Club

Dir.: Jean-Marc Vallée (USA / 2013 / Col. / 155′)

New Spanish Cinema

1. Son of Cain (Hijo de Cain)

Dir.: Jesús Monllaó (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 91′)

2. Picasso’s Gang (La banda Picasso)

Dir.: Fernando Colomo (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 100′)

3. Combustión

Dir.: Daniel Calparsoro (Spain / 2013 / Col. / 103′)

4. The Liberator (Libertador)

Dir.: Alberto Arvelo (Venezuela-Spain / 2013 / Col. / 119’)

Celebration of Spanish Cinema

1. Viridiana

Dir.: Luis Buñuel (Spain-Mexico / 1961 / B&W / 90′)

2. El verdugo

Dir.: Luis García Berlanga (Spain-Italy / 1963 / B&W / 91′)

3. The Hunt (La caza)

Dir.: Carlos Saura (Spain / 1966 / Col. / 91′)

4. The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena)

Dir.: Víctor Erice (Spain / 1973 / Col. / 97′)

5. Seven Days in January (Siete días de enero)

Dir.: Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain-France / 1979 / Col. / 180′)

6. Volver a empezar

Dir.: José Luis Garci (Spain / 1982 / Col. / 87′)

7. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los amantes del Círculo Polar)

Dir.: Julio Medem (Spain-France / 1998 / Col. / 112′)

8. Your Next Life (La vida que te espera)

Dir.: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Spain / 2004 / Col. / 100′)

9. Welcome Mr. Marshall (Bienvenido Mister Marshall)

Dir.: Luis García Berlanga (Spain / 1953 / B&W / 78′)

10. El barbero de Sevilla

Dir.: Benito Perojo (Germany-Spain / 1938 / B&W / 90′)

11. An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou)

Dir.: Luis Buñuel (France / 1929 / B&W)

12. Carmen (la de Triana)

Dir.: Florian Rey (Germany-Spain / 1938 / B&W / 110′)

The Real Reel

1. Beyond All Boundaries

Dir.: Sushrut Jain (USA-India / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

2. Brave Miss World

Dir.: Cecilia Peck (USA-Israel-Italy-South Africa / 2013 / Col. / 97′)

3. Blackfish

Dir.: Gabriela Cowperthwaite (USA / 2013 / Col. / 82′)

4. Who is Dayani Cristal

Dir.: Marc Silver (UK-USA-Mexico / 2013 / Col. / 80′)

5. For I Know My Weakness

Dir.: John Dentino (USA / 2012 / Col. / 100′)

6. Fatal Assistance (Assistance mortelle)

Dir.: Raoul Peck (France-Haiti-USA-Belgium / 2013 / Col. / 99′)

7. Stop Over (L’escale)

Dir.: Kaveh Bakhtiari (Switzerland-France / 2013 / Col. / 104′)

8. In the Shadow of the Sun

Dir.: Harry Freeland (Tanzania-UK / 2012 / Col. / 84′)

9. Tales from the Organ Trade

Dir.: Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 82′)

10. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Dir.: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin (Russia-UK / 2013 / Col. / 88′)

11. The Only Real Game

Dir.: Mirra Bank (USA-India / 2012 / Col. / 82′)

12. Little big People

Dir.: Khalid Mohamed (India (English-Hindi-Marathi) / 2013 / Col. / 52′)

13. The Act of Killing

Dir.: Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark-Norway-UK / 2012 / Col. / 115′)

14. What’s Love Got to Do with It?

Dir.: Rohena Gera (India / 2013 / Col. / 84′)

15. Salinger

Dir.: Shane Salerno (USA / 2013 / 120′)

Celebrate Age

1. 60 going on 12 (12 ans d’âge)

Dir.: Frédéric Proust (France / 2013 / Col. / 89’)

2. Seventh Cat

Dir.: Hiroshi Toda (Japan / 2013 / Col. / 77′)

3. Good to Go (Srecen za umret)

Dir.: Matevz Luzar (Slovenia-Croatia / 2013 / Col. / 100′)

4. At the Crossroads Nondon Bagchi Life and living

Dir.: Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti (India (English-Bengali) / 2013 / Col. / 70’)

5. Barefoot To Goa

Dir.: Praveen Morchhale (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 80’)

6. I’m watching over you (Je veille sur vous)

Dir.: Elodie Fiabane (France / 2013 / Col. / 19′)

7. Arefi, the shepherd (Arefi, der Hirte)

Dir.: Daniel Asadi Faezi (Iran-Germany / 2013 / Col. / 9’)

8. Oh, How I Long

Dir.: Riyad Deis (Palenstine / 2013 / Col. / 39′)

9. Road to Disneyland

Dir.: Jamil Hendi (Germany-Romania / 2013 / Col. / 33′)

10. Mohan Kaka

Dir.: Aditya Gowtham (India / 2013 / Col. / 22′)

11. Shuruaat

Dir.: Suresh Shelar (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 16′)

12. By Way of the Mountains (Par les montagnes)

Dir.: Frédéric Aspisi (Fiji / 2012 / Col. / 44′)

13. Late Shift – Gunter Grass working on etching for “Dog Years”

Dir.: Sigrun Matthiesen (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 20’)

Spotlight on Cambodia

1. Golden Slumbers (Le sommeil d’or)

Dir.: Davy Chou (France-Cambodia / 2011 / Col. / 96′)

2. A River Changes Course

Dir.: Kalyanee Mam (Cambodia / 2013 / Col. / 83′)

3. The Missing Picture (L’image manquante)

Dir.: Rithy Panh (Cambodia-France / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

4. Red Wedding

Dir.: Guillaume Suon, Lida Chan (Cambodia-France / 2012 / Col. / 58′)

5. Where I Go

Dir.: Neang Kavich (Cambodia / 2012 / Col. / 55′)

6. Two Girls Against The Rain (Bopha Pitorng Chhomnas Tekpleang)

Dir.: Sao Sopheak (Cambodia / 2012 / Col. / 11’)

Film India Worldwide

1. Jadoo

Dir.: Amit Gupta (UK / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

2. Good Morning Karachi

Dir.: Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan / 2013 / Col. / 85′)

3. Red Monsoon

Dir.: Eelum Dixit (Nepal / 2013 / Col. / 88′)

4. Siddharth

Dir.: Richie Mehta (Canada / 2013 / Col. / 96′)

5. Faith Connections

Dir.: Pan Nalin (India-France / 2013 / Col. / 115′)

LEOS CARAX FILMS

1. Bad Blood (Mauvais sang)

Dir.: Leos Carax (France / 1986 / Col. / 116′)

2. The Lovers on the Bridge (Les amants du Pont-Neuf)

Dir.: Leos Carax (France / 1999 / Col. / 125′)

3. Holy Motors

Dir.: Leos Carax (France / 2012 / Col. / 115′)

COSTA-GAVRAS FILMS

1. Z

Dir.: Costa-Gavras (France-Algeria / 1969 / Col. / 127′)

2. State of Siege

Dir.: Costa-Gavras (France-Italy-Germany / 1972 / Col. / 120′)

3. Amen

Dir.: Costa-Gavras (France-Germany-Romania / 2002 / Col. / 132′)

4. The Ax

Dir.: Costa Gavras (Belgium-France-Spain / 2005 / Col. / 122’)

5. Eden is West (Eden à l’Ouest)

Dir.: Costa-Gavras (France-Greece-Italy / 2009 / Col. / 110′)

6. Capital (Le capital)

Dir.: Costa-Gavras (France / 2012 / Col. / 114′)

Restored Classics

1. The Floorwalker

Dir.: Charles Chaplin (USA / 1916 / B&W / 30′)

2. Blackmail

Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock (UK / 1929 / B&W / 85′)

3. The King of Comedy

Dir.: Martin Scorsese (USA / 1982 / 109′)

4. Downpour (Ragbar)

Dir.: Bahram Beizai (Iran / 1972 / 128′)

5. Tokyo Story

Dir.: Yasujirô Ozu (Japan / 1953 / B&W / 136′)

6. Time to live and Time to Die (Tong nien wang shi)

Dir.: Hsiao-hsien Hou (Taiwan / 1985 / 138′)

7. All About Eve

Dir.: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (USA / 1950 / B&W / 138′)

Experimental Films

1. A+

Dir.: NobuAdilman (Canada / 2012 / Col. / 6’)

2. Days of Future Past

Dir.: Joe Hambleton (Canada / 2012 / Col. / 7’)

3. Pulse

Dir.: Anuradha Chandra (India / 2012 / Col. / 23’)

4. Burning Star

Dir.: Joshua Gen Solondz (USA / 2011 / Col. / 4’)

5. Serious Ladies

Dir.: Susanne Sachsse (Germany / 2013 / Col. / 21’)

6. Play Life Series

Dir.: Ella Raidel (Austria / 2012 / Col. / 11’)

7. Item Number

Dir.: Oliver Husain (Canada-India / 2012 / Col. / 16’)

Artists Films

1. Nayi Kheti

Dir.: Pallavi Paul (India / 2013 / Col. / 12′)

2. Iceboat

Dir.: Neha Choksi (USA / 2013 / Col. / 10′)

3. To Dance like your Dad

Dir.: Hetain Patel (UK / 2009 / Col. / 6′)

4. Narcissicon

Dir.: Kiran Subbaiah (India / 2009 / Col. / 43′)

5. Forerunner

Dir.: Sahej Rahal (India / 2013 / Col. / 13′)

6. People to be Resembling

Dir.: The Otolith Group (UK / Col. / 22′)

Kabul Fresh 2013

1. Eye witness

Dir.: Rafi Behroozian & Alka Sadat (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 12′)

2. Driving Test

Dir.: Mahbouba Ebrahimi (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 26′)

3. A Time Called Oldness

Dir.: Hamed Alizadeh (Afghanistan / 2013 / 22′)

4. End of Love

Dir.: Ghafar Azad (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 13′)

5. Life Imprisonment

Dir.: Gholamreza Majedi (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 4′)

6. One Wish

Dir.: Mohamed (Aref) Abedin (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 4′)

7. The Glasses

Dir.: S Hussein Mousavi (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 11′)

8. Kabul Ambulance

Dir.: Taj Mohammad Bakhtari (Afghanistan / 2011 / Col. / 26′)

9. Amir and Sara

Dir.: Jalal Hussaini (Afghanistan / 2013 / Col. / 16′)

India Gold 2013

1. Liar’s Dice

Dir.: Geethu Mohandas (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 104′)

2. Crossing Bridges

Dir.: Sange Dorjee Thongdok (India (Sherdukpen) / 2013 / Col. / 102′)

3. The World of Goopi and Bagha (Goopy gawaiya bagha bajaiya)

Dir.: Shilpa Ranade (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 78′)

4. Virgin Talkies (Kanyaka Talkies)

Dir.: K R Manoj (India (Malayalam) / 2013 / Col. / 115′)

5. A Silent Way (Ko: Yad)

Dir.: Manju Borah (India / 2012 / Col. / 90′)

6. Monologue (Maunraag)

Dir.: Vaibhav Abnave (India (Marathi) / 2013 / Col. / 92′)

7. Invincible (Ajeyo)

Dir.: Jahnu Barua (India (Assamese) / 2013 / Col. / 116′)

8. Powerless (Katiyabaaz)

Dir.: Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar (India-USA / 2013 / Col. / 84′)

9. Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

Dir.: Anup Singh (India (Panjabi) / 2013 / Col. / 109′)

10. Oonga

Dir.: Devashish Makhija (India / 2013 / Col. / 98′)

11. Sunglass (Taak Jhaank)

Dir.: Rituparno Ghosh (India / 2013 / Col.)

12. Mastram

Dir.: Akhilesh Jaiswal (India / 2013 / Col.)

New Faces in Indian Cinema

1. Bakrapur (The Goat Vote)

Dir.: Janaki Vishwanathan (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 82′)

2. Wild Berries (Kaphal)

Dir.: Batul Mukhtiar (India (Hindi) / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

3. Sulemani Keeda

Dir.: Amit V Masurkar (India-USA / 2013 / Col. / 90′)

4. Munsif

Dir.: Umashankar Swamy (India (Kannada) / 2012 / Col. / 106′)

Dimensions Mumbai

1. Seat Down

Dir.: Sachin Sanjay Kadam

2. Share

Dir.: Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha

3. Monsoon Drive

Dir.: Mohit Modi

4. The Zero Mile Storm

Dir.: Jehanin Pajnigar, Radhika Boontra

5. Raah (Path)

Dir.: Dhruv Dilip Datar

6. …Till Debt Do Us Part

Dir.: Kenneth A Lawrence

7. To you both

Dir.: Ridhesh Seipal

8. Jaun Kahaan

Dir.: Ankita Mishra

9. Kabutarkhana

Dir.: Markand Bhaskar Sawant

10. Jashn-E-Dawaat

Dir.: Karan Asnani

11. The Handicapped Colony

Dir.: Sameer Nerkar

12. In This City

Dir.: Keyur Kajavadara S

13. Crab Catchers

Dir.: Prem Hessenkamp

14. Rickshaw Roko Mitra Mandal

Dir.: Sristi Jain

15. Shukriya Mumbai (Thank You Mumbai)

Dir.: Nikhil Gupta

16. Mumbai Cha Vadapav

Dir.: Akshay S. Dhanavale

17. 1992 Negative

Dir.: Dixit Parkar

18. Mascara

Dir.: Daria Gaikalova

19. Matryoshka

Dir.: Mayank singh

20. Addiction

Dir.: Bhaumik Mevada.

Five Debut Films Nominated for European Discovery 2013- FIPRESCI News

The European Film Academy and FIPRESCI congratulate the nominees for the European Discovery 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. 

 

This year's nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Helena Danielsson (Sweden) and László Kantor (Hungary), EFA Members Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) and Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark), as well as Alin Tasciyan (Turkey), Andrei Plakhov (Russia), and Marco Spagnoli (Italy) as members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.

Nominated are:

ÄTA SOVA DÖ (Eat Sleep Die)

Sweden, 104 min

Written & directed by: Gabriela Pichler

Produced by: China Åhlander

 CALL GIRL

Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min

Directed by: Mikael Marcimain

Written by: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten

Produced by: Mimmi Spång 

 MIELE

Italy/France, 90 min

Directed by: Valeria Golino

Written by: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino

Produced by: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo

 OH BOY

Germany, 83 min

Written & directed by: Jan Ole Gerster

Produced by: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

 LA PLAGA (The Plague)

Spain, 85 min

Written & directed by: Neus Ballús

Produced by: Pau Subirós

 The nominated films will soon be submitted to the 2,900 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Discovery 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, 7 December  2013

44th International Film Festival of India- Indian Panorama - list of films released

KanyakaTalkies (Malayalam film ) directed by K. R. Manoj , will open the feature film  section of indian Panorama in the 44th  International Film Festival of India (44th IFFI 2013 )  scheduled to begin in Panaji ,Goa from 20th. November this year .Kamal Swaroop’s Rangbhoomi  will open the non-feature film category.

Indian Panorama will screen 26 Feature films and 16 Non-Feature films.

The selection  jury for Feature films headed by  editor B. Lenin, selected 25 films out of a total of 210 eligible entries. 

The Non-Feature films Jury, chaired by director Raja Sen, picked 15 films out of 130 eligible entries. Kashmiri film Shepherds of Paradise directed by Raja Shabir Khan which won Best Non – Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards has also been selected by virtue of direct entry.

Indian Panorama lineup:

101 CHODYANGAL by SIDHARTHA SIVA

AJANA BATAS by ANJAN DAS

APUR PANCHALI by KAUSHIK GANGULI

ARTIST by SHAYAM PRASAD

ASTU by SUMITRA BHAVE/SUNIL SUKHTANKAR

BAGA BEACH by LAXMIKANT SHETGAONKAR

BHARATH STORES by P. SHESHADRI

CELLULOID by KAMAL

PHORING- DRAGONFLY by INDRANIL ROYCHOWHURY

FANDRY by NAGRAJ MANJULE

JAL by GIRISH MALIK

KANYAKA TALKIES by K. R. MANOJ

KO:YAD by MANJU BORAH

KUNJANANTHANTE KADA by SALIM AHAMED

LISTEN AMAYA by AVINASH KUMAR SINGH

MEGHE DHAKA TARA by KAMLESHWAR MUKHERJEE

SALA BUDHA by SABYASACHI MOHAPATRA

SATYANWESHI by RITUPARNO GOSH

SHIP OF THESEUS by ANAND GANDHI

SHUTTER by  JOY MATHEW

TAPAAL by LAXMAN UTEKAR

THE COFFIN MAKER by VEENA BAKSHI

THANGAMEENGAL by RAM

BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG by RAKESH OMPRAKASH MEHRA

OMG OH MY GOD by UMESH SHUKLA

PAN SINGH TOMAR by TIGMANSHU DHULIA

Non-Feature category:

23 WINTERS by RAJESH S. JALA

A DREAM CALLED AMERICA by ANOOP SATHYAN

BEHIND THE MIST by BABU KAMBRATH

BY LANE 2 by UTPAL DATTA

KANCHE AUR POSTCARD by RIDHAM JANVE

LIGHTS ON ADOOR GOPALKRISHNAN by PRASANNA RAMASWAMY

MAKARA by PRANTIK NARAYAN BASU

MANIPURI PONY by ARIBAM SYAM SHARMA

PHADA KUDUKH by NIRANJAN KUMAR KUJUR

RANGABHOOMI by KAMAL SWAROOP

RESONANCE OF MOTHER’S MELODY by DIP BHUYAN

SAMA-MUSLIM MYSTIC MUSIC OF INDIA by SHAZIA KHAN

THE DONKEYFAIR by RAKESH SHUKLA

V. BABASAHEB LIFE IN FULL OPEN by AVINASH DESHPANDE

VISHAPARVAM by VIPIN VIJAY

SHEPHERDS OF PARADISE by RAJA SHABIR KHAN

Paan Singh Tomar by Tigmanshu Dhulia which won the Best Feature Film award at the 60th National Film Awards has been selected by virtue of direct entry.