PRESS BRIEF Held on 1.11.2014 20th
Kolkata International Film Festival November 10 - 17, 2014
No. of Films Sl. 1 Centenary Tribute J.Lee Thompson (Director – UK)- The Guns of Navarone (1961)Robert Wise (Director – USA) - THE SOUND OF MUSIC(1965)Ajay Kar-Jiganhsha(1959) 3 Sl. 2
Great Master: Stanley Kubrick (Director – USA)
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Sl. 3
Retrospective: Tsai Ming Liang (Director-Taiwan)
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Sl. 4
New Horizon: Niki Karimi (Actress-filmmaker-Iran)
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Sl. 5
Special Tribute: Suchitra Sen (Agnipariksha, Uttar Fhalguni, Harano Sur , Chawa Paowa, Megh Kalo, Debdas, Andhi) 7
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Special Screening: From What Is Before'(2014/338mins) by Luv Diaz/Philipines
Sl. 7
Focus : Arabian Countries (Iraq, Soudi Arab, UAE, ALGERIA, PALESTINE, Egypt)
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Sl. 8
Asian Select (8 films from 8 Asian countries competing for NETPAC award, (India, Iraq, Bhutan, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam & Kyrghyz Republic)
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Sl. 9
Children (Films: Belgium, Finland, India and Bangladesh)
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Sl. 10
Indian Select (11 Language: Hindi, Malayalam, Kannad, Tamil, Marathi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Assamese, Telegu, Oriya, SHERDUKPANG)
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Bengali Panorama (Chaar Adhyay, The Kite, Jhumura – The Folklore Cloud of Daughter, Selfi) (First time introduced)
Sl. 12
French Classics
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Sl.13. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION on Women Directors’ films 13 (From 13 countries) (Tales, Eyes of a Thief, The Rice Bomber, Italo Barocco, Cure — The Life of Another, Ciudad Delirio, 40 Days of Silence, Self Made, Supernova, Delight, Maneater, Girlhood, A Place Called Home, Chhoti Moti Batein) (Name Country: Iran, Palestine, Taiwan, Italy, witzerland, Columbia, Israel, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Serbia, India) Sl.14.
Contemporary World Cinema (Films of 30 countries made in 2013 and 2014)
Total Films Sl. 15 Short and Documentary Total Countries
46 137 118 60
No. and Name of Venues: 12 Venues NANDAN- I, NANDAN- II, NANDAN- III, Sisir Mancha, Rabindra sadan, Purbashree (Salt Lake, EZCC), Roxy, Navina, Mitra, INOX City Centre, Uttam Manch & Nazrul Tirtha
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