IFFI announces mega line-up of premiers and showcases for its 51st edition

51^st International Film Festival of India has announced a mega line-up of star-studded movie extravaganza for this edition of the festival. Delegates will be treated to a mix of premiers and showcases of select movies from across the world.

The festival will open with the Indian premier of the Cannes Best Actor Award winner Mads Mikkelsen starrer ‘Another Round’. The movie directed by Thomas Vinterberg is Denmark’s official entry to the Oscars.

World premiere of ‘Mehrunisa’ by Sandeep Kumar will happen mid-fest. The movie stars FarrukhJaffar and narrates the story of a woman’s lifelong dream.

Japanese movie Wife of a Spy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa will bring the curtains down on this edition of the festival.

The international competition is a tight race of stellar performances. The best of cinematic experience that will comprise this lineup includes

1. The Domain by Tiago Guedes(Portugal)
2. Into The Darkness by Anders Refn(Denmark)
3. February by KamenKalev(Bulgaria, France)
4. My Best Part by Nicolas Maury(France)
5. I Never Cry by Piotr Domalewski(Poland, Ireland)
6. La Veronica  by Leonardo Medel(Chile)
7. Light For The Youth by Shin Su-won(South Korea)
8. Red Moon Tide by Lois Patiño(Spain)
9. Dream About Sohrab by Ali Ghavitan(Iran)
10. The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night by RaminRasouli(Afghanistan, Iran)
11. The Silent Forest by KO Chen-Nien(Taiwan)
12. The Forgotten by Daria Onyshchenko(Ukraine, Switzerland)
13. Bridge by KripalKalita(India)
14. A Dog And His Man by SiddharthTripathy(India)
15. Thaen by Ganesh Vinayakan(India)

Bangladesh is this edition’s Country in Focus. The special segment that recognizes the cinematic excellence and contributions of a country will feature the following films:

1. Jibondhuli by TanvirMokammel
2. Meghmallar by Zahidur Rahim Anjan
3. Under Construction by Rubaiyat Hossain
4. Sincerely Yours, Dhaka by NuhashHumayun, Syed Ahmed Shawki, Rahat Rahman Joy, MD RobiulAlam, GolamKibriaFarooki, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Tanvir Ahsan, Mahmudul Islam, Abdullah Al Noor, KrishnenduChattopadhyay, Syed Saleh Ahmed Sobhan

Moving on the Festival Kaleidoscope, a gala comprising 12 feature films from across the world awaits the delegates. The lineup includes

1. We Still Have the Deep Black Night by Gustavo Galvão (Brazil, Germany)
2. Window Boy Would also Like to Have a Submarine by Alex Piperno (Uruguay)
3. Forgotten We’ll Be by Fernando Trueba (Colombia)
4. Haifa Street by MohanadHayal (Iraq)
5. Love Affair (s) by Emmanuel Mouret (French)
6. Apples by Christos Nikou (Greece)
7. Parthenon by Mantas Kvedaravičius (Lithuania)
8. My Little Sister by StéphanieChuat, VéroniqueReymond (Switzerland)
9. The Death of Cinema and My Father Too by Dani Rosenberg (Israel)
10. The Big Hit by Emmanuel Courcol (France)
11. Valley Of The Gods by Lech Majewski (Poland)
12. Night of the Kings by Philippe Lacôte(France)

The World Panorama consists of a massive line up of the following movies:

This edition of IFFI pays tributes to the genius of the famous filmmaker Satyajit Ray in a special segment showcasing five of his films.

1. Charulata (1964)
2. GhareBaire (1984)
3. PatherPanchali (1955)
4. ShatranjKeKhilari (1977)
5. Sonar Kella (1974)

In a segment that pays homage to the stalwarts of cinema that departed from the world this year, IFFI will celebrate their contributions with the following list of films in the homage section.

Homage to International Personalities

1. Chadwick Boseman – 42 by Brian Helgeland
2. Ivan Passer – Cutter’s Way by Ivan Passer
3. Goran Paskaljevic – Dev Bhoomi by Goran Paskaljevic
4. Allen Daviau – The Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg
5. Max Von Sydow –  Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Stephen Daldry
6. Sir Alan Parker – Midnight Express by Alan Parker
7. Kirk Douglas –  Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick
8. Ennio Morricone –  The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino
9. Olivia De Havilland –  The Heiress by William Wyler

Homages to Indian personalities

1. Ajit Das –  Tara by Bijaya Jena
2. Basu Chatterjee –  Chhoti Si Baat by Basu Chatterjee
3. BhanuAthaiya –  Gandhi by Richard Attenborough
4. BijayMohanty – ChillikaTeerey by Biplab Roy Choudhury
5. Irrfan Khan – Paan Singh Tomar by Tigmanshu Dhulia
6. Jagdeep –  Brahmachari by BhappiSonie
7. Kumkum –  BasantBahar by Raja Nawathe
8. Manmohan Mahapatra –  BhijaMatira Swarga by Manmohan Mahapatra
9. Nimmi – BasantBahar by Raja Nawathe
10. NishikantKamat –  Dombivali Fast by NishikantKamat
11. RahatIndori –  Mission Kashmir by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
12. Rishi Kapoor – Bobby by Raj Kapoor
13. Saroj Khan – Devdas by Sanjay LeelaBhansali
14. S.P Balasubrahmanyam –  Sigaram by Ananthu
15. ShreeramLagoo –  Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen
16. Soumitra Chatterjee –  Charulata, GhareBaire, Sonar Kella by Satyajit Ray
17. Sushant Singh Rajput –  Kedarnath by Abhishek Kapoor
18. Wajid Khan –  Dabangg by AbhinavKashyap
19. Yogesh Gaur –  Chhoti Si Baat by Basu Chatterjee

Along with the above massive lineup, various other features adorn the festival this year. The Masterclass will see the presence of Mr. ShekharKapur, Mr. Priyadarshan, Mr. Perry Lang, Mr. SubhashGhai, TanvirMokammel.

The In-conversation sessions will feature Mr. Ricky Kej, Mr. Rahul Rawail, Mr. MadhurBhandarkar, Mr. Pablo Cesar, Mr. Abu Bakr Shawky, Mr. Prasoon Joshi, Mr. John Mathew Matthan, Ms. Anjali Menon, Mr. Aditya Dhar, Mr. PrasannaVithanage, MrHariharan, Mr. Vikram Ghosh, Ms. Anupama Chopra, Mr. Sunil Doshi, Mr. Dominic Sangma, and Mr. SunitTandon.

The Film appreciation session will see the presence of Prof. Mazhar Kamran, Prof. MadhuApsara, Prof.PankajSaxena from Film and Television Institute of India.

The International Jury this year comprises Pablo Cesar (Argentina) as Chairman, PrasannaVithanage (Sri Lanka), Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), Priyadarshan (India) and Ms. Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh).