Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Department of Cultural Affairs Government of Kerala

Recognised by Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films International Federation of Film Producers Associations THE FESTIVAL TEAM

Chairman & Festival Director, IFFK: Kamal Vice-Chairperson & Artistic Director, IFFK: Bina Paul Secretary & Executive Director, IFFK: Mahesh Panju Treasurer: Y Muhammad Rijam Deputy Director (Festival): H Shaji Deputy Director (Programmes): N P Sajeesh Programme Manager (Finance): Sajith C C Programme Manager (Programmes): Vimal Kumar V P Manager (Technical): Gopeekrishna S Print Unit Coordinator: P S Siva Kumar State Coordinator, Touring Talkies: Rijoy K J Festival Programme Assistants: Tony Xavier, Saiyed Farooq Festival Assistants: Madhavi Madhupal, Sree Vidya J Festival Cell: K Velayudhan Nair,Mary Ninan, K Venukuttan Nair, K Ravikumar, P Padmakumar, K Harikumar, Vijayamohan B, J Sukumaran, D Jayakumari, Jaya L, G Sasikala, John Kurian, Lizy M, Nishanth ST, Sandhya B, Arun R, Abhilash N S, Naveen L Johnson, Shamlal S, Abdulla, Shyam, Manu Madhavan, Vishnu Prashanth Guest Relations and Hospitality Trivi Art Concerns Bandhu Prasad-Aleyamma, Arjun A, Shelly J Morais, Rameez Mohammed, Jithin Mohan AS, Vishnu VI Media Relations Officer: B T Anilkumar Screening Schedule: Geethanjali Harikumar Technical Screening & KDM Management: Prasad Khatu Website Support: Satheesh S, Shajith R B, Girish KumarVS (C-DIT) Software Support: C-DIT Design Concept: B Priyaranjanlal Signature Film: Arun Sreepadam

FESTIVAL BOOK Chief Editor: Mahesh Panju, Secretary, KSCA Executive Editor: Jithin KC Editorial Team: Dr. Sangeetha C, Nisam Asaf, Nidhin Nath, Anees Hassan, Aiswaria N, Goutham, Adila Kabeer, Nikhil R, Abhijith S, Goutham K, Anagha, Arundhathi, Arya Babu, Meenakshi J, Sayanth Page Design & Layout: Joby Ravindran Word Processing & Page Setting: Sivaprasad B

Academy is grateful to various film journals, festival publications, Film Festival websites from which we have borrowed materials to put together this book. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily that of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy or the Editors. Last minute changes to the programme have not been included in this book. Published by: Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Sasthamangalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India - 695 010 Tel: +91-471-2310323, 2312214 Fax: +91-471-2313022 www.iffk.in

Processed and printed at: Akshara Offset, Thiruvananthapuram Dear Delegates, Welcome to the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala. Over the week there is an array of films lined up for you to watch and savour. IFFK is renowned for its audience and it is with great pleasure that we greet you all.

Theatres Nishagandhi, Tagore, Kalabhavan, Kairali, Sree, Nila, Dhanya, Remya, New Theatre: Screen 1, Screen 2 & Screen 3, Sree Padmanabha, Kripa 1

Online Reservation • For the convenience of delegates, reservation system will be in place. The booking is free. For reservation, please follow the instructions below: • Tickets for shows in all theatres except Nishagandhi & Aries Plex can be reserved/booked online at www.iffk.in • Help desk will be provided in all venues and delegates are requested to kindly make use of it. • Reservation will remain open from 09:00 am to 11:00 pm on the previous day of the show. No reservation can be made on the same day of the show. • A reservation chart will be available at the venue, and if there are any vacant seats these will be released for those in the waiting queue before the show begins. • Only three reservations per card per day can be made. • Delegates need to show their cards at the ticket counters at the theatre entrance for verification. • All reservation will stand cancelled ten minutes before the commencement of the show. • Cancellation is not encouraged. • No change of reservation is available. • Coupons will be distributed one hour before every show at separate counters in all venues for the UNRESERVED seats. It will be given on a first come first serve basis. No further entry will be permitted once the coupons run out for each show.

General Instructions • Please switch off your mobile phones before any screening. • Photography and videography is strictly prohibited inside the screening halls. Anybody indulging in such activity is liable to have his delegate card confiscated. • Please respect the security measures and report any unclaimed packages etc. • Do not carry eatables into the auditorium. • All screenings will allow only as many delegates as the number of seats in the screening hall. This means, delegates will not be allowed to attend screenings standing, or sitting elsewhere within the hall.

We do hope you enjoy the festival.

MESSAGE

The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), the largest secular event of Kerala, is being held this year amidst an unprecedented natural calamity that hit the State. The entire energy and resources of the State Government is focussed on healing the scars of the monsoon disaster. However, the scale and severity of the disaster, triggered collective action by the society which instantly invited worldwide attention for its unique show of unity. In a way, Keralites treated this as an opportunity to uphold the renaissance tradition of the State. The government feels that this unity provides a unique opportunity in rebuilding a new Kerala addressing environmental issues and the problems of the marginalised. The IFFK offers a window to the world around us. It invites us to learn to live with different ideas and people. It is the right time to listen to the tales of inclusivity and pluralism. As a society we are witnessing efforts to take us back to the dark ages. The concepts of equality and freedom are facing threats like never before. We have to be vigilant to guard and uphold our Constitutional rights. In these trying times, the IFFK can work like a cultural bulwark against rising tides of hate mongering. By promoting dialogue and discussion, the film festival can turn into a forum of exchange of different ideas all leading to cultural and political enlightenment. I hope the IFFK will uphold the famed tradition of Kerala society where values of collective action and listening to the voices of the other are part of our everyday lives. I wish all the success to the delegates and filmmakers who have gathered here to celebrate the idea of Cinema. My best wishes to the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala.

Pinarayi Vijayan Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala Chief Patron, IFFK MESSAGE

The 23rd Edition of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is scheduled to be held from 7th to 13th of 2018. IFFK is one of the remarkable film events of the world with a great audience and fine selection of films. The fate of IFFK this year was quite apprehensive in the backdrop of the devastating floods that hit the State. However, the Government took a firm decision to proceed with the festival because rebuilding the distressed minds of the people is as important as rebuilding the damaged buildings, roads and bridges of the flood ravaged Kerala. It is necessary that the cultural activities are carried on as before in order to help in the post-disaster emotional recovery of Kerala society. Survival is not that easy without Art. The Film Festival is a vehicle for cultural interaction between various nations. The films shown in the festival depict the political and social issues of each of the nations. Therefore the event need not be viewed as a festival or celebration. The people of Kerala faced the deluge with great solidarity without any sectarian attitude or communal barriers. Collective cultural activities including the film festival help instil the humanistic values in the society. The 23rd edition of the Internationl Film Festival of Kerala will prove that the floods have not ruined the artistic fabric of Kerala. I wish a week-long memorable visual treat to all the delegates.

A K Balan Hon’ble Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, Law, Culture and Parliamentary Affairs Festival President, IFFK WELCOME NOTE

It is with immense joy that I welcome you all to the 23rd edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). This year’s film festival is not merely a celebration of art of cinema but the triumph of resilience of Kerala as a society. The huge floods that uprooted lives and livelihoods of a large number of its population has cast a shadow over the conduct of the festival. The Academy is thankful to the Government of Kerala for granting permission to hold the film festival amidst the pall of gloom initially spread over the State. As a society Kerala is still in the process of rebuilding and creating a New Kerala. The art of cinema offers a distinctive occassion for reaffirming the faith in hope and humanity. As all are aware, the Academy was forced to increase delegate fees to gather funds on its own. I am thankful to the delegates who were willing to shell out bigger fee and support the very existence of the Festival. I am indebted to you for standing in solidarity while the most sought after film festival of the country has been picking pieces and getting back on its feet. I can assure the delegates that the film fare we have arranged for you this year is one of the best in the history of IFFK. The Academy has not compromised on the quality of the content of the festival. A cursory glance at the festival films will reflect this fact. The IFFK has always been an enriching platform for experiencing human conditions all over the world. The worst situations give birth to hope which fuels us to keep going. I hope that amidst these trying times, this week-long Festival will energise the reassuring voyage towards a better visual culture and newly built Kerala with unflinching commitment to the values of tolerance and dialogue. We hope the 23rd edition of the IFFK will be a wonderful experience to all the delegates.

Kamal Chairman, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy & Festival Director, IFFK CHIEF EDITOR'S NOTE

We are witnessing the 23rd edition of the largest annual cultural event of our State, the International Film Festival of Kerala. Nearing its 25th jubilee threshold, the fate of this grand visual treat was unclear this year. But the Government of Kerala put an end to all the uncertainties looming over its organisation and gave the go-ahead much to the delight of movie buffs. This is a true testament to the significance given by the government for cultural enterprises. Moreover, in a time when religious fanatics and extremists are tightening their reins on society, there is the greater need for preserving the existing cultural arenas. The festival after the floods has turned out to be the union of Kerala’s cultural community. The Chalachitra Academy was able to conduct the festival owing to the support given by the film enthusiasts to the Government’s decision. We express our sincere gratitude to all the delegates for attending and taking up the challenge of the increased delegate fee and to all the institutions across the world for their sympathetic response to our requests for sponsorships. The festival was made possible because of their patronage which emphasised that man and his art cannot be constrained within regional boundaries. The Academy has come up with a package that will not dishearten anyone. The new films of renowned masters of world cinema are being presented for you. It will also have films which were heaped with laurels at prominent festivals around the world. May the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala be a memorable affair to all the delegates.

Mahesh Panju Secretary, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy & Executive Director, IFFK A NOTE ON PROGRAMMING

Welcome to the 23rd IFFK. The challenges of organising and programming for this edition have been quite different from previous years. We took up the task of making this Festival happen when the State was going through an unprecedented crisis. Many questions were asked about the relevance of a film festival when lives and livelihoods had come under threat. The resounding reason was that, it is, infact, at such times that the coming together reignites feelings of hope and revitalisation. So, despite many odds the IFFK rolls out before our spectacular audience this year, with the message of hope and rebuilding. During the floods we saw the outpouring of help and generosity, and during programming we saw a similar show of solidarity. Sales agents, filmmakers, producers all completely understood and accepted the difficult circumstances offering concessions, sometimes contributing and expressing their faith in the IFFK. We thank everyone for this and reiterate that without this generosity of the worldwide community the IFFK this year may never have happened. The programme boasts this year of an amazing array of Contemporary Cinema from all over the World, India and Kerala. We honour Lenin Rajendran for his contribution to Malayalam Cinema and remember two great artistes of the Cinema: Ingmar Bergman and Milos Forman. A curated section on Hope screens films which look at various instances in history where mankind is able to rejuvenate itself. On the 100th birth anniversary of Nelson Mandela, his Long Walk to Freedom reminds us, that though the paths are not easy, the worst circumstances can be overcome. We live in times where old orders are being questioned. There is resistance to change and often a mockery made of the pain of others. The IFFK embraces diversity and change and believes as Harry Belafonte said once “artists are the gatekeepers of truth and the radical guardians of civilization.”

Bina Paul Vice Chairperson, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy & Artistic Director, IFFK

CONTENTS

12 About Us 15 Association 16 Logo & Signature Film 17 Jury IFFK 19 Jury FIPRESCI 20 Jury NETPAC 21 Jury FFSI KR Mohanan Endowment 22 Awards 23 Selection Committees 24 Opening Film 28 IFFK Competition 44 Malayalam Cinema Today 61 Indian Cinema Now 75 Potpourri India 82 World Cinema 177 The Human Spirit: Films on Hope & Rebuilding 184 Celebrating Ingmar Bergman 200 Remembering the Master: Milos Forman 210 Lenin Rajendran: Chronicler of Our Times 221 Jury Films 226 Midnight Screening 228 Organising Committee 234 Sub Committees 241 Executive Board 242 General Council 243 Index: Films 246 Index: Directors 248 Index: Countries ABOUT US

Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

In a pioneering initiative, the Government of Kerala set up Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (Motion Picture Academy of the Kerala State) in August 1998. The first of its kind in the country, the Academy is an effort to counter the gross commoditisation of the film medium and a rightful recognition of the contribution of cinema to the cultural enlightenment of the society. It is guided by the motto that Cinema should contribute to the complete development of human being, both as an individual and as a social being.

The Academy today has become a major player in the cultural landscape of Kerala reaching students, teachers, and ordinary people through various initiatives designed to carry the message of cinema as not only a means of entertainment but of serious academic reflection and a tool to preserve and document the history of society.

Core objectives of the Academy include being a link between the Government and the film industry, the conducting of Film Festivals, the preservation and propagation of Malayalam Cinema, to intervene in film education, to document the history of Malayalam Cinema, the honouring of persons and films that contribute to the aesthetics of Malayalam cinema, which is celebrating the 90th year of birth in 2018.

CIFRA (Centre for International Film Research and Archives) In the 90th anniversary year of Malayalam Cinema, 2018, the Academy has set up a research centre, the Centre for International Film Research and Archives (CIFRA) at KINFRA Park, Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvananthapuram. The CIFRA is envisioned as a research centre of international standards. The centre includes an extensive library for film related researches, digital archives of movies, mini theatres, conference halls, office of the Chalachitra Academy and a cafeteria. It houses a comprehensive collection of noteworthy photographs relating to Malayalam Cinema. The CIFRA has a collection of more than 8,000 films. It will house assorted memorabilia like ABOUT US

photographs, old film publications, notices, song books, posters, and letters written by film personalities and so on. The centre can be seen as the initiation of the great task of preserving the rich history of Malayalam cinema for the future generations.

Activities International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) International Short & Documentary Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) IDSFFK is a new initiative which was kick started in 2008. It aims to catalyse a vibrant short and documentary film movement.

Regional IFFK The Academy conducts two regional IFFKs annually in different parts of the State. The festivals feature a selection of contemporary world cinema which were screened at the IFFK.

National Film Festival of Kerala (NFFK) The annual NFFK is organised to give the viewers a glimpse of the contemporary Indian cinema. The Festival will have a regional language cinema as Focus.

Touring Talkies The Academy has been conducting Touring Talkies programme aimed at taking meaningful cinema to the remote, rural areas of the State. The screenings are conducted through the five regional centres of the Academy at Kannur, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram. Libraries and voluntary organizations are arranging screenings apart from organizations affiliated to FFSI. Educational institutions are now catered through a special programme School Talkies which screens movies for schoolchildren. The programme is conducted in collaboration with the Department of Education, Government of Kerala.

Monthly Journal The Academy has started bringing out bilingual monthly film journal. The comprehensive journal 'Chalachitra Sameeksha' has been covering all aspects of cinema. ABOUT US

Teachers’ Workshop on Film Appreciation The teacher empowerment programme promoted by the Academy and SSA addresses the critical issue of imparting cinema education to teachers recognising that they will catalyse the downward spread of film education. The programme is implemented in collaboration with the Department of Education, Government of Kerala.

Appreciation Camps for Children Each year, the Academy organises visual appreciation camps for children during summer holidays. The camps aim to equip the children with basic understanding and appreciation of films. The camps are held in four regions of the State.

Film Appreciation Camps for Public The Academy, in collaboration with various organisations and trade bodies in the film field, has been organising Appreciation camps for the general public.

Television workshops The Academy is conducting workshops for the creative minds in the television field.

Collaboration with Film Societies The Academy has contributed to strengthen the film societies by providing grants to those affiliated with FFSI. It partners with the film societies in organising film festivals, seminars, discussions, and film appreciation courses.

Awards The Academy is the agency which organizes the decision and distribution of the Annual Kerala State Film Awards for Malayalam cinema aimed at promoting films with artistic value and encouraging artists/technicians. In recognition of Television as a popular and important medium the Academy has instituted the Annual State TV Awards. JC Daniel Award instituted in the name of the founding father of Malayalam cinema is awarded each year to an individual for an outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema.

Welfare Activities The welfare activities undertaken by the Academy includes pension and medical assistance for Cine Artists. ASSOCIATION

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Special Thanks Directors, Producers and Sales Agents who were exceptionally supportive to the conduct of 23rd IFFK LOGO & SIGNATURE FILM

Cinema is basically an art of light and shadow, a contemporary expression of human creativity. From time immemorial human mind was fascinated by images, the different shades of light, colours and darkness; it has played with these elements to express itself and its relation to the world, shaping them into patterns, forms, pictures,narratives and epics. This urge has found myriad forms of expression in human history. Asian culture has a tradition dating back to more than 1000 years of shadow play, puppetry and leather shadow puppet theatre. The logo of IFFK, conceived and drawn by the late filmmaker, G Aravindan pays homage to the richness of this tradition and establishes its essential continuity with contemporary forms. The IFFK thus celebrates human creativity and the urge to create forms and weave narratives.

Rebuild Kerala Water raged, terror struck and Kerala witnessed one of the most devastating calamities that ever hit the state. The August floods left Kerala shattered and bewildered as the disaster unfurled an unprecedented chaos. The losses were many, the numbers depressing. But, to the wonder of the whole world, the state emerged as a model of people's power as everyone fought the floods together, braved all odds and proved that though Kerala is bruised it is not broken. The fury of water is over, the floods have receded, and now it's time to recreate Kerala, rebuild all we lost, and rise again as a true icon of resilience. As curtains rise for the 23rd edition of IFFK, we celebrate this spirit of people power and resurgence. The signature film will be a tribute to Kerala's men and women who defeated a calamity through sheer will power and rose to new heights of humanity.

Creatives | Production: C.MENT Studios Concept | Direction: Arun Sripadam Designs: Abhishek Surendran Animation: Aswarth Sadhu, Sumesh Raghavan, Arun Sripadam Music: Aby Salvin Thomas Sound Design: Suraj Shankar (1M2 Media) DI | Color Correction: 1M2 Media JURY IFFK

Majid Majidi (Chairperson) Majid Majidi, the internationally acclaimed Iranian director debuted in 1992 and continues to make significant films like 'Children of Heaven' (1997), 'Colour of Paradise' (1999). Tehran born Majidi started acting in amateur theatre groups at the age of 14. Later, he studied at the institute of Dramatic Art. Post Islamic Revolution, he acted in a large number of films. His acclaimed body of work includes 'Mohammed-The Messenger of God' and 'Baran'.

Vetrimaaran A renowned Tamil film director, writer and producer, Vetrimaaran made his debut with critically acclaimed film ‘Polladavan’. He started his career as an assistant director. His second feature film, 'Aadukalam', received 6 National Film Awards including the best director and screenplay awards. With four National Film Awards to his credit, Vetrimaarana’s movie 'Visaaranai' was selected as India's official entry to Academy Awards in 2016. His latest film 'Vada Chennai' is the first part of a proposed trilogy.

Adolfo Alix jr Adolfo Alix jr. is a Filipino Screenwriter and film director, born in Makati City. He is known for the films 'Donsol', 'Kadin', 'Manila', and 'Arora'. His first film, 'Donsol' was a finalist in the 2006 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival where it won Best Actress and Best Cinematography honors. Since his debut as a director, he has become one of the promising young Filipino filmmakers with his other films screened at various international film festivals. He won Film Development Foundation Award (Screenwriting) and Palm Beach International Film Festival Best Screenplay). He served as the member of Busan International Film Festival in 2013 and the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2014. JURY IFFK

Umesh Kulkarni Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is a renowned Marathi film director, born in Pune. He is known for the Marathi films 'Valu' (The Wild Bull), 'Vihir' (The Well), 'Deool' (The Temple) and 'Highway'. His film 'Deool' won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film. His notable short films won the National Film Award for the Best Non- feature film.

Sumathy Sivamohan Sivamohan Sumathy is an award winning filmmaker, performer, dramatist, poet and academic. Born and brought up in the times of war and conflict, her work maps the tortous contours of dissent, violence, the power of women and marginal communities. Her three short films, 'Piralayam' (Upheaval), 'Oranges and Sing', 'Mother', 'Sing', represent and explore individual and collective psyches of women in a time of war and conflict and have been shown at international venues, including the International Film Festival of the island of Groix, France. The debut feature 'Ingirunthu' (Here and Now) an epic of the minority community of tea plantation workers has been shown at many international festivals. JURY FIPRESCI

Meghachandra Kongbam A founding member of Manipur Film Journalists and Critics Association and a government employee for 37 years, Meghachandra Kongbam became a noted film writer with his articles published in The Hindu, the weekly NE Sun and the journal of the FFSI. Currently the President of Film Society of Manipur and a member of FIPRESCI-India, he received the Best Film Critic Award at the National Film Awards 2015.

Meena Karnik A journalist by profession and a film critic by passion, Meena Karnik has been a jury member and selection committee member for festivals like Asian film festival, Delhi Osians and Bengaluru International Film Festival. She is the co-editor of award winning Marathi magazine Akshar Diwali. She also wrote a book on photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha titled ‘Gautam’, and translated few books from English to Marathi.

Premchand Premchand is an active member of FIPRESCI since 2001 with a career in film journalism and activism in film society movement. Currently working as the Assistant Editor of the leading newspaper Mathrubhmi he was in charge of the film page of the daily and film magazine Chitrabhumi for a considerable period. He has compiled his film based articles and has three titles to his credit JURY NETPAC

Sunit Tandon Currently the director of India Habitat Centre, Sunit Tandon is a renowned anchor who worked in Indian national television and radio. A theatre and western music critic, he was the former DG of IIMC, NFDC and Doordarshan. He was also the director of festivals for IFFI 2017.

Namrata Rao A SRFTI graduate and an acclaimed film editor, Namrata Rao works mainly in Hindi cinema. She won the ‘Best Editing’ award at the National Film Award and at the Filmfare Awards for her work in Sujoy Ghosh directorial ‘Kahaani’. She is known for acting and editing in the highly regarded experimental film ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ which also won her Filmfare award.

Sudhir Tandon With over 41 years of experience in cinema and media, Sudhir Tandon is an Associate Director of The Inner Path Festival of Buddhist Art, Film & Philosophy, a curator for festivals and an evaluator of documentaries by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust. He served on the selection committees of IFFI and was among the juries of Indian Television News Awards. He is a recipient of Miller Award for the Best Social Action Programme. Magazine Docking as an editor in charge of film criticism. JURY FFSI K R MOHANAN ENDOWMENT

Kumar Shahani (Chairperson) An alumnus of FTII and Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, Kumar Shahani is a noted Indian film director and screenwriter, best known for his works in parallel cinema. He came into cinema by assisting the French director Robert Bresson on his work Une Femme Douce. A master of formalist films, his best known works include Maya Darpan, Khayal Gatha and Kasba.

Meenakshi Shedde A journalist by profession, Meenakshi Shedde is a film writer, critic and been around for over 23 years in various facets of both Indian and world cinema as critic and jury member. Her career as a jury member involves The FIPRESCI International Critics’ Jury of the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, Asian Film Award Jury, Hong Kong Film Festival and the National Jury for the Indian Panorama of the IFFI. She is also a National Award winner for Best Film Critic in 1998.

C S Venkiteswaran A film critic, associate professor, documentary filmmaker and writer, C S Venkiteswaran is a bilingual writer both in English and Malayalam, known for conceiving cinema both socially and artistically. A recipient of National Film Award for Best Film Critic, He published a book on filmmaker K R Mohanan titled ‘Samanthara Yathrakal – K R Mohanante Cinema’. He is the Artistic Director of the Signs film festival for short films and documentaries. He was also a jury member at the 60th National Film Awards. AWARDS

Competion Section of IFFK is restricted to films from Asia, Africa and Latin America

Suvarna Chakoram The Golden Crow Pheasant Award with a cash prize of INR 15 lakhs for the Best Feature Film to be shared equally between the Director and the Producer.

Rajata Chakoram The Silver Crow Pheasant Award and a Cash prize of INR 4 lakhs to the Best Director.

Rajata Chakoram The Best Debut Director Award - a Cash prize of INR 3 lakhs to the Best Director.

Audience Prize Rajata Chakoram Cash prize of INR 2 lakhs to the Director of a film voted as the Best Entry in Competition by the festival delegates.

The FIPRESCI La Federation International de la Press Cinematographique (The International Federation of Film Critics) gives an award for the Best Malayalam Film selected by the FIPRESCI Jury.

NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Film Centre) award for the Best Asian Film in Competition.

FFSI K R Mohanan Endovement Cash prize of INR 1 lakhs to the Best Debut Director from India SELECTION COMMITTEE

International Competition Chairman Meera Sahib

Members: Neelan Dr K Gopinathan Lijin Jose Unny Vijayan

Malayalam Cinema Chairman Sibi Malayil

Members: George Kithu V Mohanakrishnan Farook Abdulrahiman Dr T Anithakumari

Indian Cinema Chairman V K Joseph

Members: C S Venkiteswaran Madhu Janardhanan Sudheer Parameswaran

World Cinema G P Ramachandran Ratheesh Radhakrishnan Premchand Manoj Kumar K Bina Paul

Everybody Knows Todos Lo Saben Spain, France, Italy /2018/Colour/132’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Asghar Farhadi Producer Alvaro Longoria, Alexandre Mallet Guy DoP Jose Luis Alcaine Editor Hayedeh Safiyari Music Javier Limon Sound Design Gabriel Gutierrez Cast Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Jaime Lorenta

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival

Laura returns to her village for a wedding with her two children, including her teenage daughter. The daughter mysteriously disappears in the middle of the wedding. The mystery brings back the old grudges which were manageable only because Laura lives far away. temd Hcp hnhml¯n\v thïn cïp a¡fpsam¯v Xsâ {Kma¯nte¡v t]mIp¶p. hnhml¯n\nSbn Iuam c¡mcnbmb AhcpsS aIsf ZpcqlkmlNcy¯n Im WmXmIp¶p. ZqcqlX ]gb Nne hntZzj§fpsS Npcp fpIÄ \nhÀ¯p¶p. OPENING FILM

Asghar Farhadi was born in Isfahan in 1972. He got ''15 years ago I travelled to graduated in Theatre Studies the south of Spain. During at the University of Tehran’s this journey, in a town, I saw several photos of a School of Dramatic Arts in child fixed to the walls. I asked 1998. He made his directorial “Who is it?” and was told debut in 2003 with Dancing that it was a child who had in the Dust. His international disappeared and for whom the family was breakthrough came in 2009 searching. In that moment with About Elly, which won I had the first spark for my the Silver Bear. With the film A intrigue and I kept it in mind over the years." Seperation he became the first Iranian ever to win an Oscar. Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential persons of the world in 2012.

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Debt Borc Turkey/2018/Colour/95’/Turkish

Director and Screenplay Vuslat Saraçoglu Producer Mete Ozkurt DoP Meryem Yavuz Editor Naim Kanat Cast Beyti Engin, Feridun Koç, Serdar Orçin

Tufan who works at a small print shop lives in Eskişehir with his wife and daughter. One night, their lonely neighbour next door falls ill and the doctor recommends that she shouldn’t stay on her own. So, a sympathetic Tufan decides to host her at his house.

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Ee.Maa.Yove India/2018/Colour/120’/Malayalam

Director Lijo Jose Pellissery Screenplay P F Mathews Producer Ashiq Abu DoP Shyju Khalid Editor Deepu Joseph Music Prasanth Pillai Sound Design Ranganath Ravee Cast Chemban Vinod Jose, Vinayakan, Pouly Wilson, Dileesh Pothen

EE.MAA.YOVE revolves around the death of Vavachan, a master mason, who comes home after a lapse of time, and suddenly meets with his death. Before his death, he shares with his son Eeshi, memories about the burial of his father and reveals his own desire to be buried decently. Eeshi readily promises him a grand burial. But this simple gesture of love and respect of a son for his father, meets with unpredictable obstacles and adverse reactions from different quarters.

C-u- a- b-u- hm-h-¨-³- -tain-cn-bp--sS a-c-W-hpw- a-c-Wm-\-´-c- N-S- §p-I-fp-am-bn- _-Ô--s¸«- Nn-{X-am-Wv. h-f--sc -\mfp-IÄ-¡p- tijw ho-«n--se¯n-b- hm-h-¨-³- A-hn-Nm-cn-X-am-bn- X-sâ i-h- a-S-¡v X-sâ A-¸-tâXp-t]m-se Kw-`o-c-am-bn- \-S-¯-W--sa¶v A-bm-fp--sS a-I-³- Cu-in--tbmSv B-h-iy--s¸Sp-¶p-. Cu-in- X-sâ ]n-Xm-hn-\v D-d-¸p- \-Â-Ip-¶p-. A-¶v cm-{Xn- X--s¶ hm-h-¨-³- -tain-cn- a-cn-¡p-¶p-. ]--s£ \n-c-h-[n- Im-c-W-§-fm-Â- A-¸-³- B-{K-ln-¨- -t]m-semcp- i-h-a-S-¡v \-S-¯m-³- Cu-in-¡p- km- [n-¡p-¶n-Ã.

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El Angel El ángel Argentina, Spain/2018/Colour/118’/Spanish

Director Luis Ortega Screenplay Sergio Olguí ,Luis Ortega,Rodolfo Palacios Producer Kramer and Sigman Films,Underground Productions, El Deseco DoP Julián Apezteguia Editor Guillermo Gatti Sound Design Jose Luiz Diaz Cast Lorenzo Chino Darín,Ramón Daniel Fanego, Mercedes Morán

Buenos Aires, 1971. Carlitos is a seventeen-year- old youth. As a young boy, he coveted possessions of others. But it wasn’t until his early adolescence that his true calling to be a thief manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him. Together they embark on a journey of discoveries, love and crime.

_yq-W-kv A--tbgvkv. 1971. Im-À-en--tämkv F-¶- ]-Xn--t\ gp-Im-c-³- sNdp-¸w- ap-X-Â- X--s¶ a-äp-Å-h-cp--sS ap-X-Â- -tamln-¡p-¶p-. I-u-am-c-¯n-sâ Xp-S-¡-¯n-em-Wv -tamj-W- ¯n-ep-Å- X-sâ P-·-kn-²-am-b- I-gn-hv A-bm-Ä- Xn-cn-¨-dn- bp-¶-Xv. ]p-Xn-b- kv¡q-fn-Â- I-ïp-ap-«n-b- cm--tamWp-am-bn- Im-À-en--tämkv -s]-s«¶p- X--s¶ A-Sp-¡p-¶p-. A-hn--sS \n-¶p- A-h-cn-cp-h-cpw- {]-W-b-¯n-sâbpw-, A--t\zj-W-§-fp-- tSbpw-, Ip-ä-Ir-Xy-§-fp--sSbpw- bm-{X- Xp-S-cp-¶p-.

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Night Accident Tunku Kyrsyk Kyrgyzstan/2017/Colour/90’/Kirghiz

Director Temirbek Birnazarov Screenplay Nurifa Umuralieva, Temirbek Birnazarov Producer Gulmira Kerimova DoP Kabyljan Khamidov Editor Kulchoro Sydikov Music Asylbek Ozubekov Sound Design Kalybek Sherniyazov Cast Akylbek, Abdykalykov, Dina Jakob

The old man is alone, humiliated and despised. He is on his way to kill the man who is responsible for the old man's plight . But an accident occurs as the old man hits a girl. He takes her home and starts to mend her wounds and slowly he falls in love with her. The girl encourages the old man to accomplish his long time dream to swim across a lake , thus bringing back a meaning into his life. The old man confesses that without her, he would probably have become a murderer.

B- hr-²-³- G-Im-´-\pw- A-]-am-\n-X-\p-am-Wv. A-bm-Ä- X-sâ Ip-Spw-_--s¯ \-in-¸n-¨v Po-hn-X-am--sI X-I-À-¯-bm-- sf -sImÃp-hm-\p-Å- bm-{X-bn-em-Wv. -t]mIp-¶- h-gn- A--t±l- ¯n-sâ hm-l-\w- X-«n- H-cp- -s]¬-Ip-«n- A-]-I-S-¯n-Â- -s] Sp-¶p-. A-bm-Ä- A-h--sf ho-«n--te¡v -sImïp-h-¶v ]-cn-N- cn-¡p-¶p-. hr-²-³- A-h-fp-am-bn- {]-W-b-¯n-em-Ip-¶p-. X-Sm- I-¯n-\v a-dp-I-c-bn--te¡v \o-´p-I- F-¶-Xm-Wv A-bm-fp--sS kz-]v\w-. -s]¬-Ip-«n- A-bm--sf kz-]v\-§-fn--te¡v \o-´n- I-b-dp-hm-³- -t{]cn-¸n-¡p-¶p-. \o- C-Ãm-bn-cp-¶p--sh¦n-Â- Rm-³- H-cp- -sIme-]m-X-In-bm-bn- am-dn--tb-s\ F-¶v hr-²-³- A-h--tfmSv Ip-¼-km-cn-¡p-¶p-.

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Poisonous Roses Ward Masmoum Egypt, France, Qatar, UAE/2018/Colour/72’/Arabic

Director and Screenplay Ahmed Fawzi Saleh Producer Al Batrik Art Production, HAUT les MAINS Productions, Red Star Films DoP Maged Nader Editor Qutaiba Barhamji, Menna Elshishini, Nadia Ben Rachid Sound Design Sara Kaddour Cast Koky, Mahmoud Hemida, Ibrahim El Nagary

Taheya has a stubborn and almost obsessive love for her brother Saqr-who works in the old area of the tanneries in Cairo, an unhealthy and claustrophobic environment. When the boy decides to emigrate to Italy in the hope of guaranteeing a better future, Teheya does everything she can to keep him by her side.

-sIbv-tdmbn-Â-, Xn-I-¨pw- A-\m--tcmKy-I-c-am-b- Np-äp-]m-Sp- I-fn-Â-, \-K-c-{]m-´-¯n--se C-Sp-§n-b- A-´-co-£-ap-Å- Xp- I-Â- kw-kvI-c-W- im-e-bn-em-Wv km-J-z-À- -tPmen- -sN¿p- ¶-Xv. ]n-Sn-hm-in-¡m-cn-bm-b- k-tlmZ-cn- Xm--slb- A-h--s\ Po-h-\p- Xp-eyw- kv-t\ln-¡p-¶p-. A-h-\m-I--s« X-\n-¡pw- Ip- Spw-_-¯n-\pw- A-`n-hr-²n-bp-ïm-Ip-hm-\m-bn- C-ä-en-bn--te¡v Ip-Sn--tbdm-\p-Å- {i-a-§-Ä- \-S-¯p-I-bm-Wv. X-sâb-Sp-¯v k-tlmZ-c--s\ ]n-Sn-¨p-\n-À-¯m-³- km-[y-am-b- F-Ãm- am-À-¤- §-fpw- Xm--slb- ]-co-£n-¡p-¶p-.

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Sudani From Nigeria India/2017/Colour/115’/Malayalam

Director Zakariya Screenplay Muhssin Parari, Zakariya Producer Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir DoP Shyju Khalid Editor Noufal Abdullah Music Rex Vijayan Sound Design Tapas Nayak Cast Soubin Shahir, Samual Abiola Robinson, Savithri Sreedaran, Sarassa Balussery

Majid, a football passionate from Malappuram, is working as a Soccer club manager in the region. Samuel, a Nigerian footballer who is recently hired by Majid unfortunately meets with a severe back injury in an accident. Majid is obliged to take a bed ridden Samuel to his home promising a perfect nursing. They form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.

a-e-¸p-d--s¯ H-cp- -sNdn-b- ^p-Sv-t_mÄ- ¢-_v D-S-a-bpw- I-Sp-¯- ^p-Sv-t_mÄ- B-cm-[-I-\p-am-Wv a-Po-Zv. a-Po-Zn-sâ ¢-ºn--se -ss\Po-cn-b-³- I-fn-¡m-c-\m-b- km-ap-h-en-\v H-cp- A-]-I-Sw- kw-`-hn-¡p-I-bpw- \--s«Ãn-\p- ]-cn--t¡Â-¡p-I-bpw- -sN¿p-¶p-. km-ap-h-en-\p- c-ïp- am-k-s¯ -s_Uv -sdkväv -thW--sa¶-Xn-\m-Â- a-Po-Zv A-bm--sf ho-«n--te¡p- Iq-«p-¶p-. `m-j-¡pw- kw-kvIm-c-¯n-\pw- F-Ãmw- A-¸p-dw- a-Po-Zn-sâ Ip-Spw-_-hpw- km-ap-h-epam-bn- A-Km-[-am-b- _-Ôw- D-S-- seSp-¡p-¶p-.

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Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon India/2018/Colour/120’/Hindi

Director Screenplay and Producer Anamika Haksar DoP Saumyananda Sahi Editor Paresh Kamdar Cast Raghuvir Yadav, Gopalan, Rabindra Sahu, Lokkesh Jain

A testament of Old Delhi through the eyes of four main characters - a pickpocket, a vendor, a labourer - activist, and a conductor of ‘Heritage Walks’. The narrative moves like a homeless migrant, changing spaces and structures with every unfolding event, living in the twilight between the real and the dream.

]p-cm-X-\- Zn-Ãn-bp--sS(Hm-Ä-Uv Zn-Ãn-) `q-X-Im-e-hpw- h-À-¯-am- \-hpw- A-S-bm-f--s¸Sp-¯n- -t]mIp-¶- Nn-{Xw-. Nn-{X-¯n-sâ B-Jym-\w- H-cp- A-`-bm-À-Yn- Po-hn-Xw- -t]m-se \o-§p-¶p-. kXy¯n-sâbpw- kz-]v\¯n-sâbpw--, A-kvX-a-b-¯n-\pw- D-Z-b-¯n-\pw- C-S-bn-Â- kvY-e-§-fpw- cq-]-§-fpw- Np-cp-f-gn-b- -s¸Sp-¶p-.

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Tale Of The Sea Hekayat-e Darya Iran/2018/Colour/97’/Persian

Director, Screenplay and Producer Bahman Farmanara DoP Farshad Mohammadi Editor Abbas Ganjavi Music Peyman Yazdanian Sound Design Ensieh Maleki Cast Bahman Farmanara, Leila Hatami, Fatema Motamet Aria

Taher Mohebi is a well-known writer who after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down emotionally and spends three years in a mental asylum. After getting released, he is told that his condition is normal. But his relentless hallucinations urge him to return to the asylum.

Xm--slÀ- -sam-sl_n- {]-i-kvX-\m-b- F-gp-¯p-Im-c-³- B-Wv. {Iq-c-am-b- H-cp- -sIme-]m-X-I-¯n-\v km-£n-bm--tIïn- h-¶- Xn-\m-Â- a--t\m\n-e- X-I-À-¶- A--t±l-¯n-\v aq-¶p- h-À- jw- am-\-kn-Im--tcmKy- -tI{µ-¯n-Â- Po-hn--t¡ïn-h-cp-¶p-. A-hn--sS\n-¶v ]p-d-¯p-h-¶-Xn-\p--tijw- A--t±l--t¯mSv H-¶pw- X--s¶ am-dn-bn-«n--söv kam-[m-\n-¸n--s¨¦n-epw- {`-a-- I-Â-¸-\-I-fn-Â- \n-¶v ]p-d-¯p- h-cm-¯- A--t±lw- am-\-kn- Im--tcmKy- -tI{µ-¯n--te¡v Xn-cn-¨p--t]mIp-hm-³- B-{K-ln- ¡p-¶p-.

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The Bed La Cama Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Germany/ 2018/Colour/95’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Mónica Lairana Producer Mónica Lairana, Adriana Yurcovich, Paulo Pécora, Gema Juárez Allen DoP Flavio Dragoset Editor Eduardo Serrano Sound Design Germán Chiodi Cast Sandra Sandrini, Alejo Mango

It’s a hot summer in Buenos Aires. George and Mabel are spending their last 24 hours together as couple in their family home. The house is sold, and now they have to split everything they’ve collected in their life together between them before the moving truck arrives. That morning, George and Mabel try to have sex at many instances, but fails every time . The rest of the day, locked in their home, the couple move furniture, eat, shower, laugh, pack things, cry, laugh again, find their dead cat, bury it, play with their dog, throw away stuffs. In the middle of these emotional ups and downs, they say goodbye to each other.

_yq-W-kv A--tbgvkn--se -th\-Â-¡m-ew-. -tPmÀ-Ppw- -ta_- epw- X-§-Ä- H-cp-an-¨p-Å- A-h-km-\- C-cp-]-¯n-\m-ep- a-Wn- ¡q-dp-I-Ä- A-h-cp--sS ho-«n-\-I-¯v Nn-e-hgn-¡p-¶p-. ho-Sv hn-äp- I-gn-ªp-. km-[-\-§--sfÃmw- -s]dp-¡n-¡q-«-Ww-. A-Xp-h--sc H-cp-an-¨v k¼m-Zn-¨--sXÃmw- ]-c-kv]-cw- ]-¦n--s«Sp-¡-Ww-. A-¶p- ]-I-Â- c-Xn-bn--teÀ--s¸Sm-\p-Å- ]-e-h-gn-I-Ä- A-h-À- -tXSp-¶p-.F-Ãmw- hr-Ym-hn-em-hp-¶p-. -tX§--tem-sS A-h-À- ]-cm-P-b- {i-a-§--sf D-Ä--s¡mÅp-¶p-. B- Zn-h-k¯n-Â- -

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tijn-¨- ka-b-a-{X-bpw- ho-Sn-\-I-¯v ^-À-Wo-¨-dp-I-Ä- A-Sp- ¡n-bpw-, Nn-cn-¨pw-, I-c-ªpw-, X-§-fp--sS N-¯- ]q-¨--sb I-- sïSp-¯v Ip-gn-¨n-«pw-, \m-b-bp--sS Iq--sS I-fn-¨pw-, H-Sp-hn-Â- hn-Im-c-§-fp--sS X-cw-K-§-fn-ep-e-ªpw- ]-c-kv]-cw- hn-S-- sNmÃn- ]n-cn-bp-¶p-.

The Dark Room Otagh-e-Tarik Iran/2018/Colour/101’/Persian

Director Screenplay and Producer Rouhollah Hejazi DoP Peyman Shadmanfar,Adib Shobhani Editor Reza Shahbazi Music Karen Homayounfar Sound Design Amir Hossein Ghazemi, Hossein Bashash Cast Saed Soheili, Sareh Bayat

Farhad and Haleh, together with their 5 year old son, Amir, moves into a new complex. Amir is lost in the dessert situated in front of the complex. After his parents find him, Amir tells his father that someone has seen his body and that makes him very upset. Farhad then looks out for a suspect who has sexually harassed his son.

A-Sp-¯n--sSbm-Wv ^-À-lm-Zpw- l--sebpw- X-§-fp--sS A-©p- h-b-Êm-b- a-I-³- B-an-dp--sam¯v ]p-Xn-b- -tImw-s¹Ivkn- te¡v am-dn- Xm-a-kn-¡p-¶-Xv. -tImw-s¹Ivkn-\p- ]p--d-¯p-Å- a-cp-`q-an-bn-Â- B-an-dn--s\ Im-Wm-Xm-hp-¶p-. ]--s£ B-an-dn- -s\ A-h-À-¡v Xn-cn--sI e-`n-¡p-¶p-. F-¶m-Â- X-sâ i-co-cw- a--sämcm-Ä- I--sï¶- B-an-dn-sâ -shfn--s]Sp-¯-Â- ^-À-lm -Zn--s\ hym-Ip-e-\m-¡p-¶p-. X-sâ a-I--s\ -ssew-Kn-I-am-bn- D-]--tbmKn-¨- Ip-ä-hm-fn--sb I--sï¯m-³- ^-À-lm-Zv C-d-§n- Xn-cn-¡p-¶p-.

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The Graveless Iran/2018/Colour/74’/Iranian

Director Mostafa Sayari Screenplay and Producer Abbas Amoori,Behnam Abedi, Mostafa Sayari, Hamed Hosseini Sangari DoP Hamed Hosseini Sangari Editor Hayedeh Safiyari Music Bamdad Afshar Sound Design Ensiyeh Maleki Cast Nader Fallah, Elham Korda, Majid Aghakarimi, Vahid Rad, Mohammad Rabbani

To fulfil the last wish of their recently departed father, three brothers with their only sister, drives to a village in the middle of nowhere where their father wants to be buried. The heat and the tediously long journey make the experience unbearable, especially when the father's corpse begins to rot. At this point, an exhausted and angry elder brother, vent out the long-unspoken grudge against his youngest brother - who looked after their father for years.

]n-Xm-hn-sâ A-´ym-`n-em-jw- \-S-¸n-em-¡m-³- -thïn- aq- ¶v k-tlmZ-c-§-fpw- A-h-cp--sS G-I- k-tlmZ-cn-bpw- hn-P- \-am-b- {Km-a-¯n--te¡v bm-{X- -sN¿p-¶p-. i-h-a-S-¡n-\m-bn- A--t±l-¯n-sâ ar-X-i-co-c-hp-am-bm-Wv A-h-cp--sS bm-{X-. \o- ï- Zq-c-hpw- I-Tn-\-am-b- Nq-Spw- A-h-cp--sS bm-{X- A-kl-\o-- b-am-¡p-¶p-. Iq-Sm--sX ar-X--tZlw- A-gp-In-¯p-S-§n-bn-cn-¡p- ¶p-. A--t¸mÄ- ]n-Xm-hn--s\ G--sd¡m-ew- ]-cn-N-cn-¨- C-f-b- k-tlmZ-c--t\mSv aq-¯-bm-Ä- G--sd¡m-ew- -shfn--s¸Sp-¯m-- sX D-Ån-Â- -sImïp- \-S-¶- ]-I- ]p-d--s¯Sp-¡p-¶p-.

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The Red Phallus Bhutan,Germany, Nepal 2018/85’/Dzongkha

Director and Screenplay Tashi Gyeltshen Producer Tashi Gyeltshen, Kristina Konrad,Ram Krishna Pokharel DoP Jigme T. Tenzing Editor Saman Alvitigala Music Jigme Drukpa, Frances-Marie Uitti Sound Design Niraj Gera Cast Tshering Euden, Dorgi Gyeltshen, Singye

In a remote Valley of Bhutan, teenager Sangay lives with her widowed father who is a traditional craftsman of wooden Phalluses. Sangay is unhappy with her life, and opposes her dad and everybody at school. She feels trapped within valley's vastness inhabited by villagers who live by their beliefs and symbols. One day her father discovers Sangay's relationship with a married man from the lowest caste of the village: a butcher.

`q-«m-\n--se H-ä--s¸«- H-cp- Xm-gvh-c-bn-em-Wv I-u-am-c-{]m-b- ¡m-cn-bm-b- k\v-tK hn-`m-cy-\m-b- A-Ñ--t\m-sSm¸w- Xm-a-kn- ¡p-¶-Xv. A--t±lw- ]m-c-¼-cy-am-bn- a-c- D-cp-¸-Sn- -sImïp-Å- enw-K-cq]w D-ïm-¡p-¶p-. Po-hn-X- km-l-N-cy-¯n-Â- k´p- ã-b-Ãm-¯- k\v-tK A-Ñ--t\bpw- kvIq-fn--se F-Ãm-h--tcbpw- F-Xn-À-¡p-¶p-. A-Xn-hn-im-e-am-b- Xm-gvh-c-bpw- hn-i-zm-k§- fn-epw- cq-]-I-§-fn-epw- ap-gp-In-¡-gn-bp-¶- {Km-a-hm-kn-I-fpw- H-cp--t]m-se A-h--sf A-kz-kvY-bm-¡p-¶p-. hn-hm-ln-X-\pw- {Km-a-¯n--se G-ä-hpw- Xm-gv¶- Pm-Xn-bn-Â--s¸«- A-d-hp-Im-c- \m-b- H-cm-fp-am-bp-Å- A-h-fp--sS _-Ôw- A-Ñ-³- I--sï¯p- ¶--tXm-sS ]p-Xn-b- km-l-N-cy-§-Ä- D-S--seSp-¡p-¶p-.

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The Silence Los Silencios Brazil, Colombia, France/2018/Colour/90’/ Portuguese,Spanish

Director and Screenplay Beatriz Seigner Producer Leonardo Mecchi, Beatriz Seigner DoP Sofia Oggioni Editor Renata Maria Music Nascuy Linares Cast Doña Albina, Yerson Castellanos, Enrique Diaz

Nuria, Fabio and their mother Amparo arrives in a small island in the middle of Amazonia, situated at the border of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They elope from the Colombian armed conflict from where their father gets disappeared. One day, he reappears in their new house. The family is haunted by this strange secret and discovers that the island is inhabited by ghosts.

\q-dn-b-bpw- ^m-_n--tbmbpw- A-h-cp--sS A-½--tbm-sSm¸w- sImfw--_n-b-bn--se I-em-]-¯n-Â- \n-¶v c-£--tXSn- {_-ko-Â-, -sImfw-_n-b-, -s]dp- F-¶o- cm-Py-§-fp--sS A-Xn-À-¯n- {]--tZi-¯m-bn- kvYn-Xn--sN¿p-¶- B-a-tkm¬- a-g-¡m-Sp- I-Ä-¡p- \-Sp-hn--se H-cp- -sNdp- Z-zo-]n-Â- F-¯n--t¨cp-¶p-. I-em-]-¯n-Â- A-h-cp--sS ]n-Xm-hv A-{]-Xy-£-\m-bn-cp-¶p-. H-cp- \m-Ä- A-h-cp--sS ]p-Xn-b- Xm-a-k kvY-e--t¯¡v A-bm-Ä- F-¯n--t¨cp-¶p-. `p-Xm-hn-ã-am-b- B- hn-Nn-{X- Z-zo-]n- --se c-l-ky-§-fn--te¡v A-h-À- C-d-§n--s¨Ãp-¶p-.

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Widow of Silence India/2018/Colour/85’/Urdu

Director, Screenplay and Producer Praveen Morchhale DoP Mohammad Reza Jahanpana Editor Anthony Joseph Sound Design Sanal George Cast Shilpi Marwah, Ajay Choury, Noor Jahan

In the conflict ridden Kashmir region, a Muslim half- widow finds herself, her 11 year old daughter and her ill-stricken mother-in-law in a crisis when she attempts to get the death certificate of her missing husband from the government. Now, she will have to find the strength to come out from an unthinkable and absurd situation.

{]-iv\-ap-J-cn-X-am-b- Im-ivao-cn-Â- Po-hn-¡p-¶ A-À-²-hn-[-h- bm-b- ap-kvenw- kv{Xo-bp--sSbpw- A-h-cp--sS 11 h-b-Êm-b- a-I- fp--sSbpw- -tcmK-_m-[n-X-bm-b- `-À-Xr-am-Xm-hn-sâbpw- kw-L- À-j-§-fp--sS Nn-{Xw-. X-sâ `-À-¯m-hn-sâ a-c-W- kÀ-«n-^n- ¡-än-\m-bn- kÀ-¡m-cn--s\ kao-]n-¡p-¶--tXm-sS A-h-À-¡v Iq-Sp-X-Â- {]-Xn-kÔn-I--sf A-`n-ap-Jo-I-cn--t¡ïn- h-cp-¶p-. A-hn-Nm-cn-X-hpw- A-kw-_-Ô-hp-am-b- km-l-N-cy-§--sf -t\ cn-Sm-\p-Å- I-cp-¯v A-h-À-¡v B-À-Ön--t¡ïn-h-cp-¶p-.

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UnPnä Ime¯nsâ DÅS¡ambmWv aebmf¯n \yq-P\tdj³ kn\naIfneqsSbpw kam´ckn\n- aIfpsS ]n´pSÀ¨IfneqsSbpw ]pXnb Ime¯nsâ \nch[n {]Xn\n[m\§Ä Zriyh¡cn¡s¸«Xv. ]cnØnXn, kv{XohmZw, enwKsshhn²yw XpS§n {]kàamb D¯cm[p\nI{]tab§Ä khntijhyhlmcsa¶ \nehn«v ssZ\wZn\ PohnX{Ia§Ä Xs¶bmbn tZi§Ä kmam\y- h¡cn¡s¸« \nebnemWv BZyImekn\n- aIfn AhXcn¸n¡s¸«ncp¶Xv. GXptZi¯pw kw`hn¡mhp¶ {]tab§fmbncp¶p B kn\n-aIÄ. `mj, `q{]tZi khntijXIÄ F¶nhsImïv IYmtZiw aebmftZiambn hnh£n¡s¸«p. Gähpw ]pXnb aebmfkn\naIÄ Cu {]hWXIfpsS kzm`mhnI¯pSÀ¨IfmWv. Hcp tZi¯nsâ kaImenIPohnXw AXnsâ t^m¡vtemdpIfneqsS AhXcn¸n¡p¶Xv `qXImes¯ hÀ¯am\ hpambn Iq«nbnW¡emWv. "kpUm\n {^w ss\ Pocnb' (k¡dnb)bn skh³kv ^pSvt_mfmWv tZikzXzs¯ ASbmfs¸Sp¯p¶sX¦n "C.a.bu' (entPm tPmkv s]ÃntÈcn)hn acW¯nsâbpw acWm\´c PohnX§fpsSbpw IS¯ocm\p`h§fmWv. AXv sNÃm\w F¶ IStemc{Kma¯nsâbpw e¯o³ It¯men¡cpsSbpw PohnXhpw hnizmk§fpambn CSIeÀ¶p InS¡p¶p. "]dh' (ku_n³ jmlnÀ)a«mt©cnbnse {]m-hp]d¯epw ]«w ]d¯epsams¡ tNÀ¶ km[mcWPohnXamWv. "`bm\I' (PbcmPv)¯n shům Npäs¸« GIm´amb Hcp tZi¯nÂ

46 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala temIalmbp²w A{]Xy£km¶n²yamsb¯p¶p. `qXIme¯nte¡pw `qXtZi¯nte¡pw t\cn«p Xs¶ {]thin¡p¶p "`bm\Iw'. tIm«bw apX ssN\m AXnÀ¯n hsc \o-fp¶ {]tZi§fpsS kzXzsshhn²y§Ä Hcp sIme-]m-XImt\zjW ¯neqsS Bhnjv¡cn¡m³ {ian¡p¶p "tIm«bw' (_n\p `mkv¡À) F¶ kn\n-a. "Bth acnb' (hn]n³ cm[mIrjvW³)bn AXv thfm¦®nbpsS hnhn[ `q]S§fmWv. "CuS' (_n.APnXv IpamÀ) `mjsImïpw càwsImïpw hcs¨Sp¯ cm{ãnb/ {]Wb tZiamWv. {_n«ojpImew apX B[p\n- IImew hsc \ofp¶ Hcp tXm¡nsâ bm{XbmWv "_nem¯n¡pgÂ' (hn\p F.sI). Imehpw tZihpw Xs¶ t^m¡vtemdmbn amdp¶p. cïp ImetZi§Ä X½nepÅ sshcp²y§Ä¡v shfn¨w ]Icm³ AXv D]tbmKs¸Sp¶p.

kn\naIfpw Ahbnse IYm]m{X§fpw sImïv BhnjvIrXamIp¶ Imehpw tZihpamWv "lyqa³kv Hm^v kwh¬' (Humans of Someone/kptajvemÂ) F¶ kn\na. ]ßcmPsâ kn\naIfnse IYm]m- {X§fn ]eXpw Imetijhpw kaqla\Ên `n¶amb {]Xn\n[m\§fmbn XpScp¶pïv. IYm ]m-{X§Ä IYbvs¡m¸w CÃmXmhp¶nÃ. AhcpsS A\´cPohnXs¯Ipdn¨pÅ Hcp hn{`maIa\ Ênsâ Bßmt\zjW§fmWv hyXykvX cq]¯n Bhnjv¡mcw t\Snb Cu kn\na. A\temKv Ime¯n\v UnPnä Ime¯nsâ A`nhmZyw. "{]Xn`mkw' (hn]n³ hnPbv) ImemXoXhpw tZimXoXhpamb Hcp k¦ev]w apt¶m«p sh¡pt¼mgpw IpSpw__豈 Ahbn Xs¶ IpSp§n¡nS¡p¶p.

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Ave maria India /2018/Colour/75’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Vipin Radhakrishnan Producer EKA Cinemas DoP Anjoy Samuel Editor Pradeep Shankar Music Vysakh Sivadas, Ignatius Daniel , Keshav Sainath Sound Design Shefin Mayan, Prasanth Sasidharan Cast Ashand Raju, Reshma Malayath , Sabumon Abdusamad, Mekha Rajan

Rex, a diffident, pervasive man who works as a driver in the holy town of Velankanni meets Maria Gomez - a Catholic devotee with strong religious beliefs, in a peculiar situation during one of his debaucheries. Maria, later seeks the help of Rex for completing couple of her errands, and gets acquainted with him further. The relationship changes both their lives in unexpected ways.

XoÀYmSI \Kcamb thfm¦®nbn ss{UhdmWv Xmt´m ¶nbpw `ocphpamb sdI-vkv. ASnbpd¨ Im¯enIv hnizm knbmb acnb tKmakns\ AbmÄ Iïpap«p¶Xv Xsâ ImamkànbpsS hgnIfneqsSbpÅ Hcp bm{X¡nsS bmWv. acnb Xsâ ZuXy§fpsS ]qÀ¯oIcW¯n\mbn sdI-vknsâ klmbw tXSp¶p. ]n¶oSv AhÀ ]cnNb¯n emhpIbpw B ]cnNbw, CcphcptSbpw PohnXw Xs¶ A{]Xo£nXamw hn[w amän adn¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p.

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Bilathikuzhal India / 2018 /Colour/104’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Vinu Kolichal Producer Joseph Abraham DoP Ram Raghav Editor Shiju Nostalgia Music Pratik Abhayankar Sound Design B R Aravind Cast Balan, Sanjay, Haridas, Imbichiyamma

Kunhambu fantasises Chindan Muthapan, his neighbour, as a legendary hero from the tales told by his grandmother and friends. Sometimes Chindan Muthappan appears magically in his dreams, rescuing him from the nightmares. He also teaches Kunhambu how to clean and use the English barrel gun. As a mandatory procedure before elections, Kunhambu submits his gun at the local police station. When his area is divided into two zones, so do the police station, his life takes a different turn.

ap¯Ènbpw Iq«pImcpw ]dª IYIÄ tI«v Ipª¼p Xsâ Ab¡mc\mb Nnï³ ap¯¸s\ Hcp sFXn lmknI IYm]m{Xambn k¦Â¸n¡p¶p. t]Snkz]v\§ fnsems¡bpw Hcp ambmPme¡mcs\t¸mse {]Xy£ s¸«v-- ap¯¸³ Ahs\ c£s]Sp¯p¶p. Xsâ ssI- hiapÅ {_n«ojv Ipg tXm¡v D]tbmKn¡m\pw Ipª¼phns\ At±lw ]Tn¸n¡p¶p. sXcsªSp¸v s] cpam䨫¯nsâ `mKambn tXm¡v t]meokv tÌj\n kaÀ¸nt¡ïn hcp¶p. Ahsâ \mSp t]mse Xs¶ t]m eokv tÌj\pw cïv hncp²{[ph§fmbn hn`Pn¡s¸Sp t¼mÄ Ipª¼phnsâ PohnXw Xs¶ hgnXncnbp¶p.

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Body Deep Udalazham India/ 2018/Colour/106’/Malayalam, Paniya

Director and Screenplay Unnikrishnan Avala Producer Dr Manoj KT, Dr Rajesh Kumar M P, Dr Sajish M DoP Mohammed A Editor Appu N Bhattathiri Music Bijibal Maniyil Sound Design Renganath Ravee Cast Mani PR ,Remya Valsala ,Abu Valayamkulam, Rajiv Vellur, Sajitha Madathil, Indrans

Awards/Festivals MAMI 2018

Gulikan, born and brought up as a boy, has the body and soul of a girl. Dark skinned, fragile, introvert and vulnerable, he struggles to balance his life. Humiliated and abused in a racist society, he runs for his life. Social stigma about AIDS culminates in the torching of his house. Burdened with memories, and without a forest to go back to, he is unable to thrive in the hostile city. Udalazham, the story of Gulikan, a tribal transgender, discusses how the colour of the skin, instead of the depth of one's heart, is an approved identity in a ruthless society.

tKm{XmNmc{]Imcw ]Xn\memw hbkn hnhmlnX\m- b, Xm³ BWmtWm s]®mtWm F¶v Xncn¨dnbm\m hm¯, Ccn¸pd¡m¯ PohnXamWv sNdp¸¡mc\mb Kp fnIsâXv. Idp¸pw, enwK {]XnkÔnbpw, ZpÀ_eXbpw,

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Zmcn{Zyhpw kaql¯n\p ap¶n Ahsâ PohnXw ZpÊl am¡p¶p. DS F§s\bmWv apJy[mcm kaql¯n HcmfpsS sFUânänbpw sIWnbpamhp¶Xv F¶v, \mK cnI hmWnPy Xev]cy§Ä ]pIbne t]mse Nh¨p Xp¸nb tKm{X PohnX§fpsS ]Ým¯e¯n DSemgw At\zjn ¡p¶p. IogS§nsImSp¡m³ X¿mdnÃm¯hcpsS Ccpï \ndhpw, DSepw, {]Wbhpw th«bmSs¸Sp¶sX§s\ sb¶v KpfnIsâ `mcy amXnbneqsS hniZamhp¶p, Hmtcm hndIpIjvW¯nepw kz´w ImSnsâ aWw Xncn¨dnbp¶, Hcp hndIp IjvWw t]mse sh«n¡ods¸« KpfnIsâ Hm«¯n\nSbnse ]e t\c§Ä... Ic¨nept]mse Idp¯ thZ\bpsS Xg¼pIÄ... DSemgw.

Fear Bhayanakam India / 2018 /Colour/124’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Jayaraj Producer Dr. Sureshkumar Muttath DoP Nikhil S Praveen Editor Jinu Sobha, Afsal A.M Music M.K.Arjunan Cast Renji Panicker, Asha Sarath, Moly Kannamali, Bilas Nair

Awards/Festivals National film awards Best Director and Screenplay

A First World War veteran returns to a small village in Kuttanand, India, as a postman. He distribute money orders and letters to the families of soldiers, and is seen as a symbol of happiness by the villagers. But once Second World War starts, he is seen as an omen of death by villagers. The pain and impact of Second World War is shown through the telegrams and postman’s dilemma.

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H¶mw temI bp²¯n\v tijw Ip«\mS³ Imbtemc t¯¡v-- t]mÌvam\msb¯nb ap³]«mf¡mcs\ Npän¸än bmWv kn\na ]ptcmKan¡p¶Xv. ]«mf¡mcpsS hoSpIfn te¡v I¯pIfpw aWn HmÀUdpIÄ F¯n¡p¶ AbmÄ B \m«n kt´mj¯nsâ {]XoIambncp¶p. F¶mÂ- cïmw temI bp²w Bcw`n¨tXmsS Imcy§fn amäw hcp¶p. acW hmÀ¯bpw sImïv hoSpIfn sNÃp¶ t]mÌvam³ AXnthKw Hcp ZpÈIp\ambn Xocp¶p. Abm fpsS kwLÀj§fneqsS cïmw temIbp²¯nsâ Xo{hX, hnZqc¯n \n¶v ]¦psh¡pIbmWv kn\na.

Here Eeda India / 2017/Colour/152’/Malayalam

Director Screenplay and Editor Ajithkumar B Producer Sharmila Rajaa DoP Pappu Sudheesh Music Veyyattummal Chandran Sound Designer Pramod Thomas, Ajayan Adattu Cast Shane Nigam, Nimisha Sajayan, Sujith Sankar, Manikantan Achari, Alancier Ley Lopez

Awards/Festivals John Abraham Award for best film 2017

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Anand and Aiswarya hail from nearby villages in north Malabar. A small chat in their native place develops into a passionate affair in Mysore where they work. But their lives suddenly become intertwined in a series of violent events. Separated from each other, they try to overcome the obstacles and unite once again. Their frantic attempts to escape from their family rivalry fuels the situation further. Will their love survive this storm?

hS¡³ ae_mdnse Ab {Kma§fn Xmakn¡p¶ sNdp¸¡mcmWv B\µpw sFizcybpw. \m«n sh¨p ïmIp¶ IqSn¡mgvNbpw ]cnNbhpw ssakqcn F¯nb tijhpw {]Wbambn Ahcn thcp]nSn¡p¶p. F¶mÂ-- BIkvanIambn DïmIp¶ A]ISIcamb Iptd Gsd kw`h§Ä IYbpsS KXn amäp¶p.]ckv]cw ]ncnªn cnt¡ïn h¶n«pw XSʧsf adnIS¶v AhÀ H¶n¡m³ {ian¡p¶p. Hcp sIWnbn \n¶v IpXdn amdsh asäm ¶nte¡v AhÀ Ipcp§n t]mIp¶p. AhcpsS {]Wb ¯nsâ KXn GXp hn[amIpw. sImSp¦mäpIsf sacp¡n sbSp¡m³ AhcpsS {]Wb¯n\mIptam?

Humans of Someone India/2018/Color/99'/English, Malayalam

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Director and Producer Sumesh Lal Screenplay Nitin Nath DoP Vipin Chandran Editor Alby Nataraj Music Govind Menon Cast Nitin Nath, Madonna Sebastian, Meghna Nair, Methil Devika.

A man gets obsessed with late filmmaker Padmarajan, whose films become inextricably entwined with his own life, including his relationship with his long-time girlfriend, Sarah. While wandering the streets in a daze, a loopy idea strikes him – start filming this situation, and see what happens.

]ZvacmP kv--arXnIfn a\Êpw, ]ZvacmPsâ kn\naIfn Xsâ PohnXhpw CgtNÀ¶pt]mb Hcp sNdp¸¡mc³, kmdbpambpÅ Xsâ hÀ¯am\ PohnXs¯ t]mepw A¯c¯n hmbns¨Sp¡p¶p. sXcphpIfn Aebp¶ AbmÄ Xsâ hÀ¯am\ Imes¯ kn\nabm¡p¶p. ]ZvacmP³ F¶ IemImcsâ A\izcXbneqsSbpÅ Zriy k©mcw.

Kottayam India / 2018/Colour/101’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Binu Bhaskar, Sajith Narayanan Producer Sajith Bhaskar DoP Binu Bhaskar Editor Dafoosa M Cast Aneesh G Menon, Sangeeth Sivan, Ravi Mathew

Awards/Festivals Montreal World FF

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An investigation team follows the murder and rape of a police woman. When the investigation progresses to the border areas of India and China, the investigative team is taken as hostages by the insurgents. They realise that incidents which happen in distant lands can have impact on somewhere else. The juxtaposition of rape and land shifts between time and place, woman and nature, man and possession.

Hcp h\nXm t]meokv DtZymKØbpsS sIme]mXI¯nsâ bpw _emÂkwK¯nsâbpw tIkv At\zjW¯n BWv kn\na Bcw`n¡p¶Xv. C´yþssN\ AXnÀ¯nbn te¡v At\zjWkwL¯nsâ bm{X ]ptcmKan¡p¶p. Iem]ImcnIÄ Ahsc XShnem¡p¶p. hnZqc kw`h§ Ä¡v t]mepw FhnsSsbms¡tbm BLmX§Ä XoÀ¡m ³ Ignbpsa¶pw iq\yXbn bmsXm¶pw kw`hn¡p¶n söpw FÃmw ]ckv]c _ÔnXamsW¶pw AhÀ Xncn ¨dnbp¶p. B{Ian¡s¸« s]®n \n¶v ]nSn¨S¡p¶ a®n te¡v hnIkn¡pIbmWv IY. kabs¯bpw Imes¯bpw, {]IrXnsbbpw kv{Xosbbpw, ]pcpjt\bpw It¿ä§tfbpw hnhn[ Zzµz§fmbn CSIeÀ¯n BhnjvIcn¡p¶p.

Mayaanadhi India /2018/Colour/136’/Malayalam

Director Aashiq Abu Screenplay Syam Pushkaran, Dileesh K Nair Producer Santhosh T Kuruvila, Aashiq Abu DoP Jayesh Mohan Editor Saiju Sreedharan Music Rex Vijayan Sound Design Jayadevan Chakkadath Cast Tovino Thomas, Aishwarya lekshmi, Ilavarasu Malaisami , Harish Uthaman, Leona Leshoy, Joseph M J

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Life always has a way to mess up your plans. The magical river of love flowing through Mathan and Appu is a tale of such a labyrinth in life. Mayanadhi is a love story between Mathan, a criminal on the run and Appu, a model who struggles to be an actor. The police's hunt for Mathan and the couple's love story forms the narrative. The entangling journey that follows them culminates into the endless river of yearning.

IcpXnsh¡p¶Xns\sbms¡ Aet¦mes¸Sp¯p¶ Po hnX¯nsâ Hgp¡mWv ambm\Zn. am¯sâbpw A¸p hn-sâbpanSbn \nebv¡msX HgpIp¶ Ipgªp adn ª {]Wb¯nsâ \Zn. PohnX¯n³sd GtXm k¦oÀ®- kÔnbn AhÀ {]Wb¯n AIs¸Sp¶p. tamU enwKnÂ\n¶v kn\nabnse¯m\pÅ X{X¸mSnemWv A¸p. kam´cambn am¯\v thïnbpÅ At\zjW¯nemWv t]meokv.

Parava India / 2018/ Colour/147’/Malayalam

Director Soubin Shahir Screenplay Muneer Ali, Soubin Shahir Producer Anwar Rasheed, Shyju Unni DoP Littil Swayamp Editor Praveen Prabhakar Music Rex Vijayan Sound Design Vishnu Govind, Sreesankar Gopinath Cast Dulquer Salmaan, Siddique, Amal Sha, Govind Pai, Shane Nigam

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Ichapi and Haseeb are school students who are natives of Mattancherry. They are close friends. They have love and passion for raising pigeons. They own a good collection of pigeons in the terrace of their house. They have a dream to win in the annual pigeon flight tournament. Using the pigeons as an apt metaphor, the movie tells the tale of friendships that happens on many levels.

a«mt©cnbn Pohn¡p¶ k-vIqÄ hnZymÀ°nIfmWv C¨m ¸nbpw lko_pw. {]mhpItfmSv Bg¯n kvt\lhpw A`n\nthihpapÅ DäN§mXnamcmWhÀ. hoSnsâ sSd kn [mcmfw {]mhpIfpsS henb Hcp tiJcw Xs¶bpïhÀ¡v. hÀj¯nsemcn¡Â \m«n \S¡p¶ {]mhv ]d¯Â aÕc¯n H¶mw Øm\w hm§Ww F¶pÅXmWv CcphcpsSbpw Gähpw henb kz]v\w. kulrZ¯nsâ ]te AScpIsf X½n _Ôn¸n¡p¶ I®nbmb {]mhpIfneqsS Hcp IY CXÄhncnbp¶p.

Recite O”ath India / 2018/ Colour/82’/Malayalam

Director, Screenplay and Producer P K Biju DoP and Editor Sulfiker Bhutto Music Arun Prasad Sound Designer Aneesh Sethu Cast Shajahan, Deepa Pinarayi, P.K.Biju, Davinchi Suresh, Sathyan

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Oath proceeds through the depth and expanse of tender human love .The movie breeds the seed of melancholy and agony in spectators' mind by visually narrating the tragic life of a mentally challenged son and his helpless father. The movie is a never ending quest to find the reason behind their tragedy and lethargic solitude.Finally the movie points the finger towards the spectator himself and also at a senseless society that discard blood relations.

a\pjy kvt\l¯nsâ \nÀaeamb Bghpw ]c¸pw XmïnbmWv Hm¯v ]ptcmKan¡p¶Xv. _p²n amµy·pÅ Hcp aIsâbpw \nÊlmb\mb Ahsâ AÑsâbpw Zpc´ ]qÀWamb PohnXs¯ Nn{XoIcn¨p sImïv, t\mhn sâbpw GIm´XbpsSbpw hn¯pIÄ t{]£I lrZb ¯n apf¸n¡pIbmWv Nn{Xw. ]cn£oWamb GIm´ XbpsSbpw Zpc´§fpsSbpw ]n¶msebpÅ A\´amb At\zjWamWv kn\na. HSphneXv t{]£I\nte¡v Xs¶ hncÂNqïp¶p. cà_Ô§sf XÅn¡fbp¶ aqVamb kaql¯n\p t\scbpw.

Sleeplessly Yours India / 2018/Colour/72’/Malayalam

Director and Producer Goutham Soorya, Sudeep Elamon Screenplay Goutham Soorya DoP Sudeep Elamon Editor Appu N Bhattathiri,Christy Sebastian Music Arun Varghese Sound Designer Arun Rama Varma, Rithu Vysakh, Arun Varghese Cast Devaki Rajendran, Sudev Nair, Syamaprakash MS

Jessy wakes up one morning with a splitting headache and a vague memory of the bygone week to realize that his partner, Maanu, is missing. A frantic search follows. Jessy and Maanu, an eccentric couple, had decided to experiment on sleep deprivation in an attempt to liven up their relationship. What began as a curious experiment turns serious in a couple of days. After four days of turmoil, they break down and have an altercation about the state of their relationship. Things turn violent and soon Jessy passes out.

Xe]nfcp¶ thZ\tbmsS Hcp ]Iente¡pWcp¶ sPÊn bn \n¶mWv kn\na Bcw`n¡p¶Xv. IS¶pt]mb Bgv-¨ bpsS Ahyàamb HmÀabn \n¶pw Xsâ ]¦mfn am\p

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hns\ ImWmsXbmbncn¡p¶p F¶v Ah³ Xncn¨dnbp ¶p. ]cn{`m´amb At\zjWamWv ]n¶oSv. Akm[mcW {]WbtPmUnIfmbncp¶p sPÊnbpw am\phpw. X§fpsS {]WbImes¯ IqSpX DÃmk]qÀWam¡m³ Ccph cpw Dd¡apt]£n¡Â ]co£W¯n\v apXncp¶p. Ifn bmbn XpS§nbXmsW¦nepw cïp Znhk§Ä¡Iw Imcy §Ä amdnadnbm³ XpS§n. Ifnbpw IpkrXnIfpw Ahkm \n¨p.AkzØXIfpw tZjyhpw hmàÀ¡§fpambn A hcpsS am\knImhØbn hnÅte¡p¶p. s]m«ns¯ dn¡pw hmKzmZ¯n\pw HSphn sPÊn-¡v t_m-[w \-ã- s¸-Sp¶p.

The Tetrahedron Prathibhasam India / 2017/Colour/ 158’/Malayalam

Director Vipin Vijay Screenplay Vipin Vijay, Debkamal Ganguly, Yama Producer Box Office Cinema India Pvt. Ltd. DoP Manoj Narayanan Editor Anu George Music Tilo Burdach, Antonio Ferreira Sound Design Sandeep Sreedharan Cast Athira L P, Munshi Baiju, Kani Kusruti, Pradeep S

Maya, the protagonist, hears a radio news about a strange geometrical figure similar to ‘tetrahedron’ that appears from nowhere near the Nazca lines in Peru. In the mean time, Maya’s friend Divya's father, Neelan, goes missing. Few days later he is found from

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a distant land with signs of pre-historic habitants around the place. Maya meets a few people from distant lands, of different races, roaming around a desolated architecture. Are they humanoid creatures? By the end of the film, through a dream passage that connects both Maya and Divya, we get to know about the disappearance of Maya.

tImtfPnte¡pÅ bm{X¡nsS amb s]dphnse \mk-vI sse\n\Sp¯v hnNn{XmIrXnbnepÅ NXpÀ`pPw Isï ¯nbXmbpÅ tdUntbm hmÀ¯ tIÄ¡p¶p. CtX kabw ambbpsS kplr¯v ZnhybpsS AÑ\mb \o- es\ ImWmXmIp¶p. Ipd¨pZnhk§Ä¡v tijw Ncn {XmXoX tijn¸pIÄ \ndª HcnS¯p\n¶v At±ls¯ Isï¯p¶p. Dt]£n¡s¸« Hcp \nÀ½nXnsb Npän¡d §p¶ hnhn[ tZi¡mcpw hwi¡mcpamb a\p-jysc amb Iïpap«p¶p. AhÀ bYmÀ° a\pjyÀ Xs¶tbm? Nn{X ¯ns\mSphn ambtbbpw Znhytbbpw _Ôn¸n¡p¶ Hcp kz]v\¯neqsS ambbpsS Xntcm[m\ clkyw shfns¸Sp¶p.

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23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 61 Indian Cinema Today – Excavations into the Contemporary C S Venkiteswaran

My century, my beast, who will manage to look inside your eyes and weld together with his own blood the vertebrae of two centuries? Osip Mandelstam, The Century

Contemporary Indian cinema provides a rich and complex tapestry of themes, narrative styles, visual idioms, political concerns and aesthetic trajectories. This is especially true in the case of ‘art’ or indepen- dent cinema, a stream that in recent decades, is not only surviving in the face of global onslaught, but is also thriving, especially in the case of ‘margins’ or hith- erto marginalized languages, regions and industries in India. Even while the dominant presence of global and national entertainment industry is looming large, Indian cinemas have been able to stand firm on their own soil and speak back to powers-that-be. These maybe ‘small’ films made with a shoestring budgets making their rounds in alternative channels and ven- ues like film festivals etc., but their narratives emerge from below, from ground realities and real times.

While some of these films deal with the mundane, everyday realities of life, others ponder on fundamen- tal questions that haunt human existence; while some present the tragedy of present day Indian reality with dark humour and sombre sarcasm, others follow a chilling realism of sorts to confront the core of evil.

62 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Some films revisit history to engage with the pres- ent, while others adopt the allegorical formats and fabulist modes to interrogate the status quo. The very diversity of forms and idioms in a way indicate the still unexhausted mines of storytelling traditions and performative energies around us – ones that we seek in times when everything is being reduced to a single story, one monolithic narrative. If the fact that many of these directors are debutants is an indicator of things to come, Indian cinema has a great future ahead.

Films like Manto by Nandita Das go back in history to talk about the present. Centred around the post- partition years in the life of Sadat Hasan Manto, the film invokes the past to revisit the present: the way in which ‘they’ and ‘us’ suddenly rupture communities living together into arch enemies, about how the spec- tres of communalism blind the minds and poison the souls, how hatred and violence seep into the sinews of society.. The film is both a historical record and a contemporary warning as many of the dilemmas that hounded Manto and the blind frenzy that blinded his people are very much alive and kicking, whether it be Hindu/Muslim identities, freedom of expression, the moral goondaism of the majority, the ascending power of the mediocre in art, politics and society..

Abraham by Konarak Mukherjee is an intense and dra- matic rumination upon the question of evil, the idea of sin, their ‘divine’ lineages, the traditions of violence that feed and fuel it, and their strange entangle- ments with human nature. Taking the Biblical myth of Abraham, the film delves deep into the how the idea/l of God and His commandments work through the human minds to create a world that closes in upon itself. Framed in the mythical, the film raises deep ethical questions and fundamental doubts that starkly invokes the tragic parallels in contemporary India.

Manohar & I by Amitabha Chatterjee is also about space and time, about dream and reality, about lived and imagined lives. Told through the meanderings of a man and a woman – physically through the Kolkata cityscape and mentally through real and imagined memories/lives - the film is a contemplation upon the

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 63 mystery of life, living and death.

The city of Mumbai was always an enigmatic presence in Indian cinema; it has appeared as many things to many people and various narratives have been woven around its space and vibrant life: it has been imaged as a dream destination, the site of urban modernity, a boiling pot of culture and as the capital of Capital. People from all over the country gravitate towards it in search of livelihood, dreaming of a free, secular and modern life. Bhonsle by Devashish Makhija looks at Mumbai from the ground level. It is a close look at how the power relationships is structured socially and politically against the migrants who built the city and pour in every day to eke a livelihood. This film is partic- ularly resonant in contemporary India, where millions of impoverished rural poor are migrating everyday to urban centres.

Painting Life by Bijukumar Damodaran is at one level a movie about cinema itself and on the other a journey of discovery of a filmmaker. Set in the spectacular landscapes of Sikkim, it is an outward and inward jour- ney for the film crew. For the protagonist filmmaker, it is also an escape from the entanglements of marital conflicts in personal life and the illusory web of the glamorous cinema world in his career. This journey and the people he meets there bring him into contact with bare life; he begins to connect with the basic ele- ments of nature, existence, love and eventually, artistic expression.

Has women’s life in India changed over the ages? Despite the fact that women have become educated, employed and politicized to a great extent, are they empowered in work place, or in domestic spaces and within marital life? Though they hold the family to- gether and are often the only bread winners, why are they denied love and a life with self-respect? These are some of the questions that Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengalum by Vasanth S Sai explores. This anthology film based on the stories of three eminent writers in Tamil – Ashokamitran, Aadhavan and Jayamohan, nar- rates the life situations of three different women from

64 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala different backgrounds, stations in life and vocations, and also fears, desires and dreams.

Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Urojahaaj (The Flight) is a fantasy, fable and a political allegory all rolled into one. Here is a village mechanic, who stumbles upon an aircraft in a jungle, and begins to nurse dreams of fly- ing it. His fantasies are dashed by a reality that has no place for dreams. He occupies and traverses an oneiric space, where he moves from his love pining for him, his colleagues at the work shop, and the ghosts – the undead from the past – at the jungle hovering around the broken aircraft. In a society where any dream is criminal, the authorities pounce upon him, and the narrative turns into a macabre drama that pushes the viewer into the present day political reality.

The Margins Occupy the Centre Recent decades has seen a spurt of significant films from the North East; following the footsteps of pio- neers like Aribam Shyam Sharma and Jhanu Bharua, a host of young filmmakers have entered the scene and their films have invited attention from all over the world. The international accolades for Rima Das’ Village Rockstars gave the much needed momentum to the movement. These films deal with a range of subjects and adopt a variety of narrative modes. Torn by internal strife and ethnic conflicts, political op- pression and extremist uprisings, these films reflect and ponder upon conflicts of various kinds that these traumatic events have given rise to at the personal, familial, community, social and ethnic levels. Aamrityu (The Quest) by Arup Manna is a painful narrative about a young man’s struggle to return to normal life in a conflict zone, where basic trust between people is lost, and anyone could be a suspect. On the one side, he intense yearns to do some work, make an honest liv- ing and support his family and live like others; on the other, his desperate attempts are frustrated by the world, forcing him into loss of trust about the world and himself. The film narrates a society desperately trying to put violent means behind to gain normal life, which itself is a struggle against several odds. Bulbul Can Sing by Rima Das is about the heart wrenchingly-

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 65 tragic way in which a teenage girl comes of age in the bleak, evil times we live in. In several ways, Bulbul can Sing is a continuation of her earlier film Village Rock- stars. Here too, it is the idyllic pace of the village and its verdant wet landscape that dominates the screen. In the foreground are a group of teenagers, their young carefree minds filled with dreams about the future. For their families, existence is a struggle to make both ends meet, but for these teenagers world is an exciting temporal and spatial mystery that invites one to explore its secrets. But the moment they playfully cross the boundaries of their world, their adolescent exuberance and innocence are shattered. What makes the film a searing experience is the juxtaposition of the lyrical pre-sexual childhood with the brutal reality called male violence.

Chuskit by Priya Ramasubban is a Ladakhi film about Chuskit, a sprightly young girl rendered paraplegic in an accident, and her struggle to continue her studies. The ‘protective’ family tries to convince her otherwise, but her mind and soul is always with her friends who are all attending school and studying new things. Hers is a struggle with her own physical condition, the age- old attitudes of the elders, fears and apprehensions of the parents and the indifference of the world. But, in the end, the world is not as bleak as she fears. This film has a fable like simplicity that is disarming and charming.

Kyoyang Ngarmo (The Sweet Requiem) by Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam is a Tibetan film about Dolkar, a 26-year-old exile Tibetan, who now lives in Delhi. But an incident that happened almost two decades years ago, continues to haunt her. It happened while she and her father were running away from Tibet. It was a dangerous trek across the Himalayas that ended in a tragedy. Though Dolkar tries toerase and forget that traumatic incident, it comes back to haunt her. It draws her back into a search which takes her on a journey of a different kind. In a way, homeland is a place that you can never leave, it always comes back to occupy you.

66 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Mishing (The Apparition) by Bobby Sarma Baruah is a crime thriller woven into a ghost story returning to the theme of violence, revenge and retribution. Narrated in flashbacks, it is about an army deserter from the Sherdukpan community of Arunachal Pradesh, who comes back after a lapse of years to tell the story of a murder to his ex-employer only to disappear into the mist all over again. The appearance and retreat of the apparition and the story it tells all vibe well with the winding mountain paths and misty hillscapes of Arunachal, where each turn in the road, and every hillock and valley hides stories of presences and absences. Sinjar by the Malayalee filmmaker Pampally in Jasari language is set in Lakshadweep and among the fisherfolk community. Though it is a remote corner away from the global political upheavals, its people too are drawn into the vortex of terrorism, wreaking havoc with the fabric of their life and livelihood. And like any war or terrorist activity, women are the worst affected, as they become easy prey to the power lust and lust power of men. The narrative follows the lives of two women who had gone to Iraq to earn a liv- ing, but are captured by ISIS terrorists and tortured. But they make a miraculous escape and return to their homeland hoping to return to normal lives. The society around them and the men in their lives makes it hell for them, and they face terrorism of a different kind, passive but equally brutal pushing them to the extremes.

These films present contemporary India in stark, vibrant colours and in all its cultural and political com- plexity; each film delving into different aspects and dimensions of the conflicts and conflicts, dreams and aspirations that weave the warp and woof of life and living in this subcontinent. These narratives journey across time, they sometimes excavate the past and invoke the roots, but also dissects the dilemmas of the present and explore possible futures. They plead with the viewers to contemplate and ponder upon the contemporary in all its tragic dimensions and libera- tory potentials.

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Abraham India /2018/Colour/127’/Bengali, English

Director and Screenplay Konarak Mukherjee Producer Amarthya Sankar Chakrabarty DoP Basudeb Chakraborty Editor Nivedita Halder Music Debdeep Mukherjee Sound Design Amarthya Sankar Chakrabarty Cast Rajatava Dutta, Biswabasu Biswas, Naireet Basak

Awards/ Festivals Kolkata International Film Festival

An interpretation of Biblical character Abraham that delves into the dark and gruesome world of religious fanaticism and dogmas. The film tries to differentiate between fundamentalist and fundamentalism. It deals with the politics of religion and god against the backdrop of country's current political climate.

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Bhonsle India /2018/Colour/128’/Hindi, Marathi

Director Devashish Makhija Screenplay Devashish Makhija, Sharanya Rajagopal, Mirat Trivedi Producer Shabana Raza Bajpayee, Sandiip Kapur, Piiyush Singh, Sourabh Gupta, Abhayanand Singh DoP Jigmet Wangchuk Editor Shweta Venkat Matthew Music Mangesh Dhakde Sound Design Kaamod Kharade Cast Manoj Bajpayee, Santosh Juvekar, Ipshita Chakraborty Singh

Awards/ Festivals Mumbai Film Festival 2018, Busan International FF

Bhonsle, a retired policeman from Mumbai befriends a girl and her brother from his neighbourhood. The siblings who are migrants is under threat of eviction by the local politicians. Bhonsle decides to deal with the situation and the consequences. The movie deals with the most pressing questions about migrants, especially about the vulnerabilities of North Indian migrants settled in Mumbai.

t]meokn \n¶p hncan¨ t`m¬sÉ Xmakn¡p¶ sXcphn A\y kwØm\¯p\n¶pw h¶ Hcp s]¬ Ip«nbpw AhfpsS ktlmZc\pw F¯pIbpw At±lw AhtcmSv kulrZ¯nemhpIbpw sN¿p¶p. {]mtZinI cm{ãob¡mcn \n¶v AhÀ IpSnsbmgn¡Â `ojWn t\cn Sp¶pïv. B {]iv\s¯ t\cnSm³ t`m¬sÉ X¿mdm Ip¶p. A`bmÀYnIfpsS PohnX{]iv\§fmWv kn\n- abpsS ImXÂ. D¯tc´ybn \n¶v apwss_bnte¡v IpSntbdnbhcpsS Zb\obmhØ kn\na shfnhm¡p¶p.

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The Flight Urojahaj India /2018/Colour/83’/Bengali

Director, Screenplay and Producer Buddhadeb Dasgupta DoP Asim Bose Editor Amitava Dasgupta Music Alokananda Dasgupta Sound Design Anirban Sengupta Cast Chandan Roy Sanyal, Parno Mitra.

Bachchu Mondal, a village mechanic dreams of flying. After discovering the crash site of a World War II Japanese plane, Mondal decides to rebuild it. His project attracts the ghosts that haunt the site; all of them victims of broken dreams. Authorities starts an investigation on Mondal as life threatening series of bizarre events conspire.

_¨p aÞ Xsâ {Kma¯nse sa¡m\nIv BWv. hn- am\w ]d¸n¡pI F¶Xv At±l¯nsâ kz]v\amWv. cïmw temI almbp²¯nsâ tijn¸mb XIÀ¶p t]m-b Hcp hnam\¯nsâ Ahinã§Ä AbmÄ Isï ¯p¶p. AXns\ ]p\cpÖohn¸n¡m³ At±lw Xocpam \n¡p¶p. B \o¡w {i²n¡p¶ aäp NneÀ IqSn B Xmgvhcbn Dïv. kz]v--\§Ä _m¡n sh¨v t]mb Ipsd Bßm¡Ä.

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Manohar and I Ami O Manohar India /2018/B&W/118’/Bengali

Director, Screenplay and Producer Amitabha Chatterjee DoP Madhura Palit Editor Simanta Mukherjee Sound Design S K Abdul Rajjak, Aparna Das Cast Shyamal Chakraborty, Senjuti Roy Mukherjee, Monalisa Chatterjee

The story revolves around a 60 yr old-man and a 30 yr-old woman. They get familiarised during their daily train trips for work to the city and back. They begin to share their stories, mostly imaginary than real. But one day when death confronts, the truth is revealed.

tPmen¡mbn \Kc¯nte¡pÅ bm{Xmat²y Hcp Adp ]XpImc\pw Hcp ap¸XpImcnbpw F¶pw Iïpap«pw. \mKcnIÀ¡v AhtcmSpÅ hnapJXbpw, t\cnSp¶ Häs¸ Sp¯epIfpw bYmÀ° PohnXs¯ ]än ]dbp¶Xn \n¶v Ahsc XSbp¶p. Znhtks\ DÅ bm{XIÄ ¡nSbn Hcp km¦Â]nI temIw AhÀ \nÀ½ns¨ Sp¡p¶p. F¶m- a-c-W-¯n-sâ h-c-thm-sS c-l-ky-§Ä sh-fn-hm-¡-s¸-Sp¶p.

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Manto India /2018/Colour/112’/Hindi, Urdu

Director and Screenplay Nandita Das Producer Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd, Filmstoc Private Limited, HP studios, Nandita Das Initiatives LLP DoP Kartik Vijay Editor Sreekar Prasad Music Sneha Khanwalkar Sound Design Resul Pookutty Cast Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Dugal, Tahir Bhasin

Awards/ Festivals Cannes Film Festival

A biographical drama about Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto. The film follows the most tumultuous four years from the life of Manto, when he is forced to leave India for Pakistan, about the two countries he lives in, his alcoholism and his personal life there on.

Ddp-Zp `m-j-bnse {]ikvX\mb IYmIr¯p¡fn Hcm fmb kmZ¯v lk³ at´mbpsS PohnX¯nse {]£p Ïamb \mep hÀj§Ä BhnjvIcn¨ncn¡p¶p. {]nb s¸« \Kcamb apwss_ hn«v asämcp cmPyt¯¡v t]m- tIïn hcp¶ At±ls¯ kplr¯p¡fpsS \ãhpw {]kn²oIcW¯n DÅ hnjaXIfpw hnNmcWIfpw, ISp¯ Hcp aZy]m\n B¡p¶p. At±l¯nsâ kzImcy PohnXs¯bpw AXp _m[n¨p XpS§p¶p.

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Painting Life India /2018/Colour/140’/ English, Hindi, Tibetan, Nepalese

Director and Screenplay Bijukumar Damodharan Producer Ushadevi B S DoP Radhakrishnan M J Editor Davis Manual E L Music Mark Chan Sound Design Jayadevan Chakkadath Cast Prakash Bare, Geetanjali Thapa

Awards/ Festivals Montreal World Film Festival 2018, Almaty Film Festival 2018, Kazhakhstan Competition, Dhaka International Film Festival 2019, Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2018 Indonasia.

A Bollywood filmmaker and his crew gets trapped in a remote Himalayan village due to natural calamities. Completely cut off from outside world, they encounter many unforgettable experiences and realizes about certain issues that are rampant in the society. The crew slowly starts to assimilate the slow and peaceful village life which is different from their fast urban life.

{]ikvX\mb Hcp t_mfnhpUv kwhn[mbI\pw kwL hpw t]amcnsb¯pSÀ¶v lnameb¯nse Hcp {Kma¯n IpSp§nt¸mIp¶p. ]pdw temIhpambn _Ôw \ãs]« AhÀ ]Xnsb {KmaoW kuµcyhpw im´Xbpw Adn ªp XpS§p¶p. H¸w kaql¯n \SamSp¶ bmYmÀ Yy§sf Xncn¨dnbp¶p. {Kma¯nse im´amb PohnXw AhcpsS Xnct¡dnb \mKcnIPohnXm\p`h§sf A{] kàam¡p¶p. kzImcy PohnX¯nepw HutZymKnI Pohn X¯nepw ]ment¡ï ap³KW\Isf Ipd¨p Nn´n¡m³ AhÀ \nÀ_ÔnXcmIp¶p.

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Sivaranjani and Two Other Women Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengalum India /2018/Colour/123’/Tamil

Director, Screenplay and Producer Vasanth DoP N K Ekambaram, Ravi Shankaran Editor A Sreekar Prasad Sound Design Anand Krishnamoorthi Cast Parvathy, Kalieswari Srinivasan, Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli

Awards/ Festivals Mumbai Film Festival 2018 Gender Equality Special Mention Award

‘Sivaranjani and two other women’ sensitively captures the micro awakenings of identity, space and self- worthiness when family dynamics, early marriage and pregnancy threaten to usurp the individuality of three different women. The story happens across three different time-periods and portrays casual sexism and misogyny faced by these women. The film is a tribute to their inner strength.

IpSpw_ hyhØnXnbpw sNdp¸¯nte DÅ hnhmlhpw Kcv`[mcWhpw aqew hyànXzw Xs¶ \ãamIp¶ aq¶v kv{XoIfpsS DbnÀs¯gpt¶Â¸nsâbpw kz´w hyàn Xzhpw, Bßm`nam\hpw Isï¯p¶Xnsâbpw IY. aq¶v ImeL«¯n \S¡p¶ PohnX§Ä \nXy\nZm\ §fnse enwKhnthN\hpw kv{Xo hncp²Xbpw Ahsc F{Xam{Xw _m[n¡p¶p F¶pw, F¶n«pw Xfcm¯ AhcpsS DÄ¡cp¯ns\bpw ImWn¡p¶p.

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Bulbul Can Sing India /2018/Colour/95’/Assamese

Director, Screenplay, Producer, DoP and Editor Rima Das Music Dotora, Kabindra Patowary Sound Design Susmit Nath Cast Pakija Begam, Arnali Das

Awards/ Festivals Mumbai Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival

15 year-old Bulbul lives in blissful freedom. She climbs trees and frolic along with her school friends Bonnie and Sumu. The parents expects their children to marry young and allows boys and girls to meet in the village. Yet, the permissible line of sexual behaviours remain strict and conservative. When a tragedy strikes on her friend, Bulbul realises that the village society is full of contradictions and conflicting ideas, but realizes that change is possible.

acw tIdnadnªpw ]pgbn ap§n¯pSn¨pw _pÄ_pÄ IuamcImew Xsâ k-vIqÄ Iq«pImtcmsSm¸w BtLmjn ¡pIbmWv. Ip«nIÄ sNdp¸¯nte hnhmlw Ign¡Ww F¶m{Kln¡p¶ kaqlw B¬Ip«nIfpw s]¬Ip«n Ifpw X½n ImWp¶Xn\v FXncÃmbncp¶p. F¶m ssewKnIXbv¡v IWniamb AXnÀhc¼pIÄ Ahn sSbpw Dïmbncp¶p. Xsâ Iq«pImcn¡v Dïmb Hcp Zpc\p\p`ht¯msS {KmaoWPohnX¯nsâ sshcp[y §-sf-¡pdn¨pw AtXkabw amä§Ä Akm[yasöpw _pÄ_pÄ a\Ênem¡p¶p.

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Chuskit India/2018/Colour/89’/Ladakhi

Director Priya Ramasubban Screenplay Jolein Laarman, Priya Ramasubban Producer Priya Ramasubban DoP Arvind Kannabiran Editor Jabeen Merchant Music Mathias Duplessy Sound Design Satheesh P M Cast Jigmet Dewa Lhamo, Morup Namgyal

Awards/ Festivals Giffoni Film Festival, Amnesty International Award

Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she meets with an accident, leaving her paraplegic. She is confined to indoors under the supervision of her strict grand father. But Chuskist is not ready to give up her dream, even though her life gets tough.

k-vIqfn t]mIm\pw ]Tn¡m\papÅ Npk-vInänsâ kz]v- \s¯ Hc]ISw XIÀ¯pIfbpIbpw Ahsf ho sNbdn Xf¨nSpIbpw sN¿p¶p. ]pd¯p t]mIm\m- ImsX IWni¡mc³ Bb ap¯Ñsâ H¸w AhÄ ho«n\pÅn Ignbp¶p. PohnXw ITn\amsW¦nepw Xsâ A`nhmRvO Dt]£n¡m³ AhÄ Hcp¡ambncp¶nÃ.

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Sinjar India /2017/Colour/115’/Jeseri

Director and Screenplay Pampally Producer Shibu G Suseelan DoP Sanjay Harris Editor Lijo Paul Music Dileep Singh Sound Design Shaiju M Cast Srinda Arhaan, Mythili

Awards/ Festivals Award for Best film in Jeseri language and India Gandhi Award for best Debut Film Director at the 65th National Film Awards. Shimla International Film Festival, ASEAN Film Festival, IFFI, Kolkata International Film Festival

The story of two women, who escapes from IS terrorists. They manages to elope from Sinjar and returns to Lakshadweep - their native place. But the attitude of society towards them turns bitter after learning that the duo were sexually exploited in Iraq.

CdmJn tPmen¡v t]mb cïp bphXnIÄ sF.Fkv.-- `oIcpsS ssIbneIs¸Sp¶p. AhnsS \n¶pw c£s]Sp¶ AhÀ kztZiamb e£Zzo]n Xncns¨¯p¶p. AhÀ ssewKnIambn D]tbmKn¡s¸«p F¶p a\knem¡p ¶tXmsS AhcpsS t\scbpÅ kaql¯nsâ kao ]\w amdp¶p. AXnsemcmÄ KÀ`nWn BIp¶tXmsS Imcy§Ä hoïpw Ipgbp¶p.

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The Apparition Mishing India /2018/Colour/75’/Sherdukpan

Director Bobby Sarma Baruah Screenplay Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi Producer Basanta Kumar Baruah, Bobby Sarma Baruah, Sulakhyana Baruah DoP Sonu Editor Ratul Deka Music Shashank Kothari Sound Design Rahul Rabha Cast Rajib Kro, Prem Dorjee Monoji

Awards/ Festivals Kolkata International Film Festival

Togbe Mahajan meets driver Radha Binode Singh on his way back to Arunachal Pradesh from Assam. He learns that the driver is a deserter from Indian Army. Mahagen arranges fresh identity papers for Radha and makes him an extended member of the family. Singh comes to know about the practice of Mishing- where the spirit of dying people appears before their close ones and make revelations. On having an epiphany, he flees the village. Years later, one man comes to Abu, son of Mahajan, and reveals about the precious possession of his father. Abu sets off to find it.

BÊman \n¶p AcpWmN {]tZinte¡pÅ amÀ¤ at[y tSmKvs_ almP³ cmt[- knwKv F¶ ss{Uhsd ]cnNbs¸Sp¶p. C´y³ BÀanbn \n¶v Hfnt¨mSn c£s¸«bmÄ BWv ss{UhÀ knwKv F¶v almP³ a\Ênem¡p¶p. thï tcJIÄ Dïm¡n sImSp¡m³ klmbn¡p¶tXmsS AbmÄ IpSpw_¯nse HcwKs¯ t]msebmIp¶p. BXv--am¡Ä Bbn kwhZn¡p¶ coXn sb¸än ss{UhÀ knwKv a\Ênem¡p¶p. t{]Xmßm-

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hnsâ shfns¸Sp¯epIÄ \mSphnt«mSm³ cmt[--knw-Kn- s\ t{]cn¸n¡p¶p. hÀj§Ä¡ptijw almPsâ aI- t\mSv-- HcmÄ AÑsâ \n[nsb¡pdn¨v shfns¸Sp¯p¶p. AbmÄ AXp At\zjn¨p bm{XbmIp¶p.

The Quest Aamrityu India /2018/Colour/77’/Assamese

Director Arup Manna Screenplay Sibananda Kakoti Arup Manna Producer Nabamika Manna DoP Arup Manna Editor Kuldipu Baruah Sound Design Manash Hazarika Cast Hemanta Gogoi, Om Kashyap

Awards/ Festivals Guwahati International Film Festival 2018

Amrit returns to his village after four years, serving a lost cause. He is surprised by the changes in home land, and tries to pick up from where he left. But the society is not ready to accept as people stopped conversations upon seeing Amrit. Hushed conversations, stares and pointed fingers leave him confused.

hn^eamb Hcp ]²Xn¡mbn \mep hÀj§Ä Nnehgn ¨Xn\p tijw AarXv \m«n Xncns¨¯n. ho«nse amä §Ä Abmsf AZv`p-X-s¸Sp¯n. Xm³ Dt]£n¨p t]m- bnS¯p \n¶p PohnXw ]p\cmcw`n¡m³ {ian¡p¶ A bmÄ AXp A{X Ffp¸asöv a\Ênem¡p¶p. Abmsf ImWpt¼mÄ kwkmcw \nÀ¯p¶ BÄ¡mcpw, AS¡w ]d¨nepIfpw, Xpdn¨pt\m«§fpw, hnc NqïepIfpw Abmsf Ipg¡p¶p

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The Sweet Requiem Kyoyang Ngarmo USA, India /2018/Colour/91’/Tibetan, English

Director Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam Screenplay Tenzing Sonam Producer Shrihari Sathe, Ritu Sarin DoP David McFarland Editor Jabeen Merchant Music Michael Montes Cast Tenzin Dolkar, Jampa Kalsang Tamang.

Awards/ Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

Story of a young Tibetan refugee and a guide who abandons her and a group of refugees mid way across Himalayas. Dolkar, a Tibetan exile has supressed her memories of this traumatic incident. But when she meets the guide Gompo again, memories of her escape reignites, forcing her to explore further. Her findings about the guide helps her reconcile with Gompo and forgive his act of treachery.

Sn_än \n¶pw ]emb\w sNbvXp h¶ Hcp s]¬Ip«n bpsSbpw, AhfpÄs¸Sp¶ kwLs¯ hgnbn Dt] £n¨ ssKUnsâbpw IY. tZm¡À F¶ B bphXn B A\p`h§sf t¢i]qÀhw ad¶XmWv. bmZrÝnIambn ssKUns\ AhÄ hoïpw Iïp ap«p¶p. Abmsfbpw A¶v kw`hn¨ Imcy§sfbpw Ipdn¨v hoïpw At\zjn ¡phm³ tZm¡À Xocpam\n¡p¶p. AbmfpsS kml Ncyw a\Ênem¡p¶ AhÄ AbmfpsS NXn £an¡p¶p.

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3 Faces Se Rokh Iran/2018/Color/100 min/Persian, Azeri

Director and Producer Jafar Panahi Screenplay Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar DoP Amin Jafari Edited Mastaneh Mohajer, Panah panahi Cast Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei

Awards/Festivals Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival

Well known actress Behnaz Jafari is left distraught when she comes across a provincial girl's video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help with the young girl's troubles.They travel by car to the rural northwest where they encounter with the charming and generous folk from the mountain village where the girl resides.

sSlvdm³ \mSI tI{µ¯n sN¶v ]Tn¡m³ amXm]n- Xm¡Ä A\phZn¡m¯Xns\¯pSÀ¶v Hcp bphXn C- Sp¶ hoUntbm ktµiw Iï {]ikvX A`nt\{Xn _ l\mkv P^mcn AkzØbmIp¶p. bphXnsb klm bn¡p¶Xn\mbn AhÀ Xsâ jq«nwKv Dt]£n¨v Ne¨n{XImc\mb Pm^À ]\mlnsb kao]n¡p¶p. AhÀ Hcp Imdn sX¡p]Snªmd³ {]tZis¯ {Kma §fnte¡v t]mIp¶p. AhnsS Ahsc FXntc¡p¶Xv {]k¶hZ\cpw DZmcaXnIfpamb {KmaoWcmWv.

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A Family Tour Tous les dieux du ciel Taiwan (PRC), Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong/ 2018/Colour/107'/Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese

Director Ying Liang Screenplay Ying Liang, Wai Chan Producer Jeremy Chua, Tseng Wen Chneg, C.Melanopterus, Lee Shuping DoP Otsuka Ryuji Editor Liu Yue Xing Music Fang Sound Design R.T.Kao, Yu Chih Lee Cast Gong Zhe, Nai An, Pete Teo, Tham Xin Yue

Awards/Festivals Locarno Festival

A Chinese film director, Yang Shu makes a film which offends the Chinese government which makes her to go on a forced exile in Hong Kong. Yang’s mother who lives in Sichuan wishes to see her daughter and grandson due to relapse of her stomach cancer. Yang takes the opportunity of a film festival in Taiwan and plans a travel and a family reunion under the strict supervision scheduled by a Chinese tour company.

ssN\okv kwhn[mbI\mb bMv jphnsâ kn\na A hnSps¯ kÀ¡mcns\ sNmSn¸n¡p¶p. AXv Ahsc ssN\bn \n¶v tlmt¦mMnte¡v- \mSpIS¯p¶Xn \p--hsc ImcWamIp¶p.. CXn\nsS hoïpw AÀ_pZ tcmK_m[nXbmb bMv jphnsâ A½, aIsfbpw sIm¨p aIs\bpw ImWm\pÅ B{Klw Ahsc Adnbn¡p¶p. A½sb ImWm\pÅ D]m[n F¶ \nebn Xmbv-hm\n- - \S¡p¶ Ne¨nt{XmÕh¯n\v Hcp ssN\okv SqÀ I¼\nbpsS klmbt¯msSbpw AhcpsS IÀi\ taÂt\m«¯nepw bMv jp F¯p¶p.

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A Land Imagined France, Netherlands, Singapore/2018/Colour/95’/ Bengali, English, Mandarin

Director and Screenplay Siew Hua Yeo Producer Fran Borgia DoP Hideho Urata Editor Daniel Hui Music Wei Yong Teo Cast Peter Yu, Xiaoyi Liu, Yue Guo, Jack Tan

Awards/Festivals Golden Leopard, Locarno International Film Festival Hamburg Film Festival

Wang, a migrant industrial worker in Singapore suffers a worksite accident and is anxious about repatriation. Unable to sleep, Wang starts frequenting into a dreamy cybercafé in the dead of the night. In hope of human connection in this foreign land where he feels alienated, Wang forms a virtual friendship with a mysterious gamer that takes a sinister turn. When Wang suddenly disappears, police investigator Lok is appointed to find him.He digs deep into the trail leading to a land reclamation site.

tPmen Øe¯p sh¨pïmb Hcp ]cn¡v aqew Xm³ \m«nte¡v Xncn¨b¡s¸Sptam F¶ DXvIWvTbnemWv knwK¸qcnse Hcp IpSntbä sXmgnemfnbmb hmMv. cm{Xn Dd§m³ IgnbmsX hcpt¼mÄ Hcp ssk_À It^bn hmMv Øncambn t]mIm³ XpS§p¶p. X\n¡v XnI¨pw A\yamb B \m«n Fs´¦nepw coXnbn Hcp a\pjy _Ôw XncbpIbmWv AbmÄ. A§s\ AbmÄ CâÀs\ än Hcp \nKqV\mb sKbvasd ]cnNbs¸SpIbpw B _

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Ôw Aip`Icamb H¶mbn amdpIbpw sN¿p¶p. s]mSp¶ s\ A{]Xy£\mb hmMns\ Isï¯m³ semIv F¶ s]meokv Hm^okÀ \nban¡s¸Sp¶p. Cu Xnc¨n Abmsf Hcp `qan hosïSp¸p taJebnte¡v F¯n¡p¶p.

A Tramway in Jerusalem Israel, France/2018/Colour/94’/Hebrew, Arabic, French, Italian, Yiddish, German

Director Amos Gitai Screenplay Amos Gitai, Marie Jose Sanselme Producer Amos Gitai, Catherine Dussart, Laurent Truchot DoP Eric Gautier Editor Yuval Or Music Louis Sclavis Sound Design Alex Claude Cast Alex Claude,Mathieu Amalric, Lamis Ammar

Awards/Festivals Venice FF

'A Tramway in Jerusalem' is a situation comedy that juxtaposes stories and human situations in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian society in 2018. In Jerusalem the tramway connects several neighbourhoods, from East to West, and the movie documents their variety and differences.

2018 se a-\p-jym-h-Ø-sbbpw C{ktb ]ekvXo³ kaq- l-¯nt\bpw tNÀ¯psh¡p¶ kmµÀ`nI \À½Nn{X amWv F {Smwsh C³ sPdpktew sPdpkteanse Ing¡v ]Snªmd³ {]hniyIsf X½n _Ôn¸n¡p¶ {Smwth B {]tZi§fpsS sshPmXy§sf ASbmfs¸Sp¯n t]mIp¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 87 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

A Twelve Year Night La Noche De 12 Años Uruguay, Argentina, Spain /2018/ Colour/122’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Álvaro Brechner Producer Mariela Besuievsky, Birgit Kemner, Fernando Sokolowicz, Vanessa Ragone DoP Carlos Catalan Editor Irene Blecua, Nacho Ruiz, Capillas Music Federico Jusid, Silvia Perez Cruz Sound Design Cast Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darin, Alfonso Tort.

Awards/ Festivals Berlin International Film Festival, Biarritz Ingernational Festival of Latin American Cinema, International Antalya Film Festival, International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival

In a secret military operation, three Tuparmaro prisoners are being taken from their cells in Uruguay. For the next twelve years they have to remain in solitary confinement. They spend most of the time wearing hoods over their heads. One among the prisoners is Pepe Mujica, who later became the president of Uruguay.

1973  ]«mf `cW¯n\p IognepÅ DdptKz. Hcp icXv Ime cm{Xnbn aq¶v cm{ãob XShpImsc AXoh c-l-ky-am-bn A-h-cpsS skÃn \n¶pw amäp¶p. \S¸n- emt¡ï \nÀt±iw hfsc kw£n]vXambncp¶p: "\

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ap¡nhsc sImÃm³ IgnbnÃ, AXn\m {`m´nte¡v \bn¡pI'. Xosc sNdnb skÃpIÄ¡I¯v Gdnb kabhpw apJmhcWaWnbn¨v B aq¶pt]scbpw GIm ´XShnem¡n. B GIm´ ]oU\w ]{´ïp hÀjw XpSÀ¶p. AhcnsemcmÄ, s]s¸ apPnI ]n¡me¯v DdptKzbpsS {]knUâmbn.

Aga Ága Bulgaria, Germany, France/2018/ Colour/96’/Sakha (Yakutian)

Director Milko Lazarov Screenplay Simeon Ventsislavov Milko Lazarov Producer Veselka Kiryakova DoP Kaloyan Bozhilov Editor Veselka Kiryakova Music Penka Kouneva Sound Design Sebastian Schmidt Cast Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Sergai Egorov.

Awards/ Festivals Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, Eurasian International Film Festival, Free zone Film Festival, Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival, International Cinematograhers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers, Jerusalem Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 89 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Nanook and Sedna lead a self-sufficient life in a tundra. Their daughter leaves them for a better living away from the tundra after she refuses to follow the traditional ways of living. They notice that spring is coming earlier than usual, and ice fishing is no longer bountiful. Chena is the only one who visits them, bringing them wood and fuel, along with the news of their daughter Aga. The severe changes in the climate forces them to seek out for their daughter.

Sp{Ôbn kzbw ]cym]vXXtbmsS kt´mjambn Pohn ¡pIbmWv \m\qIpw skZ\bpw. ]c¼cmKX PohnX ssien \n¶pw amdn Pohn¡phm\mbn AhcpsS GI aIÄ ]«W¯nte¡p t]mbn. hndIpw F®bpw Bbn hcp¶ sN\, aIfpsS hntij§fpw Ahsc Adnbn¡pw. Ime{Ia¯n Imew sXän hcp¶ hk´hpw, sF knse aÕy_Ô\w {iaIchpamIp¶Xpw Ahsc _p-- ²n-ap-«n-em-¡p¶p.

All the Gods in the Sky Tous les dieux du ciel France/2018/Colour/102'/French

Director and Screenplay Quarxx Producer Vincent Brancon, Francois Cognard DoP Antoine Carpentier Editor Quarxx Sound Design Julien Perez, Kevin Simon Cast Jean-luc Couchard, Melanie Gaydos, Zelie Rixhon, Thierry Fremont.

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Awards/Festivals Catalonian International Film Festival

Simon, a factory worker lives a solitary existence inside a dilapidated farm located in a remote countryside in France. Estelle, his sister is severely disabled after a childhood game went wrong, and a guilt ridden Simon devotes his time caring her. He then finds a way to escape from their sufferings and the corporal cage they are confined to.

{^m³knse Hcp {Kma¯n PoÀWn¨ Hcp ^man Hä bv¡v IgnbpIbmWv ^mÎdn sXmgnemfnbmb sska¬. sNdp¸¯nte Hcp Ifn¡nSbn AwKsshIeyw kw` hn¨ sskaWnsâ ktlmZcn FsÌÃbpw AbmÄs¡m¸ apïv. AbmfpsS ]nghn\m kw`hn¨XmWv ktlmZcn bpsS AwKsshIeyw F¶Xv Abmsf Ct¸mgpw hnj a¯nem¡p¶p. Cu hnjaXIfn \ns¶Ãmw IcIb dm³ AbmÄ {ian¡p¶p

Alpha, The Right to Kill Philippines/2018/Colour/94’/ Filipino, Tagalog, English

Director Brillante Mendoza Screenplay Troy Espiritu DoP Joshua Reyles Editor Diego Marx Dobles Music Diwa de Leon Cast Allen Dizon, Elijah Filamor, Baron Geisler

Awards/Festivals San Sebastian IFF, Warsaw IFF

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 91 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT- led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel - one of the biggest drug lords in Manila. Police Officer Espino and Elijah- a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence for the operation which quickly escalates into a violent and heavily- armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel's gang.

a\nebnse ab¡pacp¶v IS¯v cmPmhmb G_ens\ AdÌv sN¿m³ t]meokv kwLw Hcp Hm¸tdj³ Bkq{XWw sN¿p¶p. \nbahncp²amb ab¡pacp¶v I¨hSw Ahkm\n¸n¡p¶Xnsâ `mKambn ^nen¸o³ kÀ¡mÀ ssIs¡mÅp¶ \S]SnIfpsS `mKambmWnXv. B Hm¸tdj³ ]n¶oSv A{Iamkàamb Gäpap«ep Ifn Iemin¡p¶p.

And Breathe Normally Andið eðlilega Iceland, Sweden, Belgium/2018/ Colour/100’/Icelandic, English

Director and Screenplay Isold Uggadottir Producer Skuli Fr. Malmquist DoP Ita Zbroniec-Zajt Editor Frédérique Broos Music Gisli Galdur Cast Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Babetida Sadjo, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson

Awards/Festivals Athens IFF, Hamptons IFF

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Two women's lives intersect while trapped in unforeseen circumstances. A delicate bond is formed between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, and both strategize to get their lives back on track.

AhnNmcnXamb ImcW§fm PohnXkÔnbn Iïp ap«p¶ cïp kv{XoIÄ. kwLÀj§Ä \ndªp Pohn¡p ¶ sFkvem³Un \n¶pÅ Hc½bpw Kn\n_nskm-hnÂ- \n-¶p-ap-Å H-cp A-`-bmÀ-°nbpw. {]XnkÔnIfn s]«p g-ep¶ AhÀ¡nSbn AKm[amb _Ôw cq]s¸Sp¶p

Ash is the Purest White Jiang hu er nv China, France, Japan/2018/Colour/137'/Mandarin

Director and Screenplay Zhangke Jia Producer Shôzô Ichiyama, Nathanaël Karmitz DoP Giong Lim Editor Matthieu Laclau Music Giong Lim Sound Design Nikolas Javelle, Gwennolé Le Borgne Cast Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Yi'nan Diao

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 93 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Initially set in the jianghu-criminal underworld-setting ‘Ash is Purest White’ is less a gangster movie than a melodrama. In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.

ssN\bnse Hcp hymhkmbnI \Kc¯n \S¡p¶ Nn{Xw. bph \À¯Inbmb Inbmthmbpw AhfpsS Kym MvÌÀ Bb ImapI³ _n¶nsâbpw IYbmWv Nn{Xw. kwL§Ä X½nepÅ kwL«\¯n _n¶ns\ c£n ¡m³ Inbmthm tXm¡v D]tbmKn¡p¶p. AXn\m AhÄ XShnemhp¶p

At War En guerre France/2018/Colour/113'/French

Director Stéphane Brizé Screenplay Stéphane Brizé, Olivier Gorce Producer Philip Boëffard, Christophe Rossignon DoP Eric Dumont Editor Anne Klotz Music Bertrand Blessing Sound Design Hervé Guyader Cast Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

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In spite of heavy financial sacrifices from the employees and after a record profit for their company, the management of that factory decides the total closure of the site. Agreement rejected and promises over turned, the 1100 employees, led by their spokesman Laurent Amedeo, refuse management's decision and tries everything to save their jobs.

\à em`¯n {]hÀ¯n¡p¶ Hcp ^mÎdn, sXmgnemfn IfpambpÅ FÃm DS¼SnIfpw ewLn¨psImïv AS¨p ]q«m³ Xocpam\n¡p¶p. ^mÎdn¡pthïn sXmgnemfn IÄ kln¨ km¼¯nI _m[yXIÄt]mepw ]cnKWn ¡msXbpÅ Cu Xocpam\¯ns\Xnsc temd³ AtaUn tbmbpsS t\XrXz¯n sXmgnemfnIÄ kac¯n\nd §p¶p.

August at Akiko's USA/2018/Colour/75'/English

Director and Screenplay Christopher Makoto Yogi Producer Chris Choi, Cris Clatte, Sarah S. Kim, Vince Keala Lucero, James Sereno, Joshua Strickland DoP Jose Asuncion, Eunsoo Cho Editor Christopher Makoto Yogi Music Alex Zhang Hungtai Cast Alex Zhang Hungtai, Akiko Masuda, Kinuko Arakaki, Phoenix Yamashiro

Awards/Festivals International Film Festival Rotterdam

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 95 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special spiritual bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.

_meyIme HmÀaIsf am{Xw ZnimkqNIam¡n Xsâ XdhmSv Iïp]nSn¡p¶Xn\mbn Hcp Zzo]nte¡v t]mIpI bmWv kwKoXÚ\mb AeIvkv. hoSv Isï¯p¶Xn ]cmPbs¸Sp¶ AeIvkv sNs¶¯p¶Xv AIntIm F¶ _p² kv{Xo \S¯p¶ k{X¯nte¡mWv. Ipd¨p Imet¯¡v AhnsS Xmakn¡m³ AbmÄ Xocpam \n¡p¶p. BgvNIÄ IS¶pt]mIpw tXmdpw kwKoX¯m epw km´z\hn[nIfmepw \bn¡s¸« Hcp {]tXyI Bß_Ôw AhÀ¡nSbn DSseSp¡p-¶p.

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness Philippines/2018/Colour/120’/Filipino

Direction Khavn Screenplay Khavn, Jerry Gracio, Achinette Villamor Producer Edong Canlas, Khavn, Achinette Villamor DoP Albert Banzon Editing Carlo Francisco Manatad Music Khavn Cast Pio Del Rio, Warren Tuano, Justine Samson, Daniel Palisa

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1901, Balangiga. Eight-year-old Kulas flees town with his grandfather and their carabao to escape General Smith's Kill and Burn order. He finds a toddler amid a sea of corpses and together, the two boys struggle to survive the American occupation.

1901 se _me³KnK. sIm¶v I¯n¨pIfbm\pÅ P-\ d kvan¯nsâ D¯chn \n¶v c£s¸Sm³ F«v hbÊpÅ Ipfmkv ap¯Èt\msSm¸w \Kcw hnSp¶p. Hcp Iq«w arXtZl§Ä¡nSbn \n¶pw Ahs\mcp _mes\ In«p¶p. XpSÀ¶hÀ Hcpan¨v Atacn¡³ A[n\nth is¯ AXnPohn¡m³ {]bmks¸Sp¶p.

Birds of Passage Pajaros de Verano Colombia, Denmark, Mexico/2018/Colour/125'/ Spanish, Wayuu, English

Director Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra Screenplay Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde Producer Katrin Pors, Cristina Gallego DoP David Galllego Editor Miguel Schverdfinger Music Leonardo Heiblum Cast Natalia Reyes, Carmina Martinez, Jose Acosta, John Narvaez

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 97 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Raphayet and Moises, both hailing from the indigenous Wayuu family in northern Colombia grows a steady business by selling marijuana to American youth. That doesn’t seem to be an issue for Ursula, the local matriarch of the family, until Moises goes rogue in the middle of a deal. A fratricidal war breaks out and put their lives, culture and traditions at the verge of cessation.

]Snªmd³ sImf¼nbbnse hmbp tKm{XmwK§Ä BWv d^m-sb¯pw tambv-kkpw. AhÀ Atacn¡bnse bphm¡fpambn acnPphm\ I¨hS¯n GÀs¸Sp¶p. AhcpsS tKm{X\mYbmb DÀkpe¡v CsXmcp {]iv\am bncp¶nÃ. F¶m I¨hSw henb ktlmZc Iel¯n te¡v F¯pIbpw AXv AhcpsS tKm{X¯nsâ ]mc¼ cys¯bpw kwkvImcs¯bpw XIÀ¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p.

BlacKkKlansman USA /2018/Colour/132’/English

Director Spike Lee Screenplay Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Producer Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele, Shaun Redick DoP Chayse Irvin Editor Barry Alexander Brown Music Terence Blanchard Cast John David Washington, Alec Baldwin, Isiah Whitlock Jr

Awards/Festivals Cannes FF, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Hollywood Film Awards, International Cinematographers’ FF Manaki Brothers, Jerusalem FF, Legionnares of Laughter Legacy, Lacarno IFF, Sydney FF

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Ron Stallworth is a Police officer. With repeated incidents of racial discrimination, he decides to work for undercover operations. He sets off to infiltrate and expose Ku Klux Klan. With the help of his colleague, Flip Zimmerman, he manages to get into a local branch. They team up to take down the extremist hate group.

tdm¬ ÌmÄhÀXv Hcp t]meokv DtZymKس BWv. XpSÀ¨bmb hwiobm[nt£]§Ä ImcWw At±lw clkymt\zjW§fnte¡v \o§p¶p. Xsâ At\zjW §fneqsS Xo{h-hm-Zn kw-L-S-\bm-b Ip ¢-Ivkv ¢m-\n-sâ {]-hÀ-¯-\-§Ä sh-fn-¨¯p-sIm-ïp-h-cm³ At±lw {ian ¡p¶p. At±l¯nsâ kl{]hÀ¯I\mb ^vfn]v kn saÀamsâ klmbt¯msS At±lw Hcp tem¡Â {_m- ©n F¯nt¨cp¶p. AhscÃmw IqSn Xo{h hwiob {Kq¸ns\ A«nadn¡m³ {ian¡p¶p.

Border Grans Sweden, Denmark/2018/ Colour/108'/Swedish

Director Ali Abbasi Screenplay Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklof, John Ajvide Lindqvist Producer Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustaffson, Petra Jonsson DoP Nadim Carlsen Editor Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Anders Skov Music Christoffer Berg, Martin Dirkov Sound Design Christian Holm Cast Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jorgen Thorsson, Ann Petren

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 99 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Awards/Festivals Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes FF Toronto International FF Telluride FF

Tina, a customs officer possess a peculiar sense of smell which she uses to nab her suspects. Her ability gets challenged when Vore - a suspicious man, crosses Tina’s path. She gets along and finds a strange attraction towards him only to realize that her hitherto existence is a big lie which prompts her to embrace her real identity.

Sn\ F¶ IÌwkv Hm^okÀ¡v {]tXyI {LmWiàn Dïv. AXhÀ {]XnIsf ]nSnIqSp¶Xn\v D]tbmKn ¡p¶p. \nKqVXIÄ t]dp¶ Hcp a\pjy³ AhcpsS Ignhn\v shÃphnfnbpbÀ¯p¶p. Xm³ a\Ênem¡nb Xsâ PohnXw Hcp henb \pWbmsW¶v AhÀ Xncn ¨dnbpIbpw {ItaW Xsâ bYmÀ° kzXz¯nte¡v aS§nt¸m-Im³ {i-an-¡p-Ibpw sN¿p¶p.

Capernaum Capharnum Lebanon /2018/Colour/123’/Arabic

Director Nadine Labaki Screenplay JihadHojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Nadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar Producer Khale Mouzanar, Michel Merkt DoP Christopher Aoun Editor Konstantin Bock, Laure Gardette Music Khaled Mouzanar Sound Design Chadiroukoz Cast Zain Al Rafeea, Yardanos Shiferaw

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Awards/Festivals Adelaide FF, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, British International Film Awards, Calgary IFF, Camerimage, Cannes FF, Ghent IFF, Melbourne IFF. Montreal festival of new Cinema, Sao Paulo IFF, Toronto IFF

Story of a Lebanese boy, who sues his own parents for giving him birth.He leaves his negligent parents to live in the streets and takes care of a refugee and her baby child. Soon he gets the responsibility of the child. He lands in trouble soon and ends up in a court room where he questions society’s systematic inhumanity.

e_\okv _me³ Xsâ amXm]nXm¡Ä¡v t\-sc Xs¶ P-\n-¸n-¨-Xn-\v F-Xn-cmbn tIkv sImSp¡p¶p. Xsâ Imcy¯n Dt]£ ImWn¨ amXm]nXm¡sf Dt]-£n¨v Ah³ sXcphnte¡v C-d-§p¶p. ]n¶oSv Ah³ Hcp A`bmÀYnsbbpw AhcpsS aIs\bpw Gsä- Sp¡p¶p. B Ip-ªnsâ D¯chmZnXzw sshImsX Ah- \n h¶ptNcp¶p. ]n¶oSv Ah³ Hcp {]iv\¯nÂ- s¸SpIbpw tImSXnapdn¡pÅn kaql¯nsâ a\p- jyXzcmlnXys¯ tNmZywsN¿pIbpw sN¿p¶p.

Climax France/2018/Color/96’/French, English

Direction and Screenplay Gaspar Noe Producer Rectangle productions, Wild Bunch, Arte France DoP Benoit Debie Editor Denis Bedlow, Gaspar Noe Cast Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 101 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.

Hcp ioXIme cm{Xnbn Hgnª hnZqcamb kvIqÄ sI «nS¯n HcpIq«w {^©v \À¯IÀ ]cnioe¯n\mbn H¯pIqSp¶p. AhcpsS aZy¯n ab¡pacp¶v IeÀ¶n «psï¶p Xncn¨dnbp¶tXmsS cm{Xnapgph³ \oï B tLmj§Ä hn{`m´n \ndª Zpxkz]v\ambn ]cnW an¡p¶p.

Cold War Zimna Wojna Poland, France, UK/2018/ Colour/88’/Polish

Direction Pawel Pawlikowski Screenplay Janusz Glowacki, Pawel Pawlikowski Producer Ewa Puszczynska, Tanya Seghatchian DoP Lukasz Zal Editor Jaroslaw Kaminski Music Marcin Masecki Cast Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Tomas Kot, Agata Kulesza

Awards/Festivals Best Director, Cannes Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival

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A passionate love story between two people from different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched, yet committed to each other.Set against the background of the cold war in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story during difficult times.

hn`n¶amb PohnX]Ým¯ehpw at\m`mhhpapÅ c ïpt]cpsS Xo{h {]WbIY. 1950 Ifnse ioXkac- Imes¯ t]mfïv, s_Àen³, bptKmÉmhnb, ]mcnkv F¶o \Kc§fpsS ]Ým¯e¯n \S¡p¶ IY A-km [mcW Imes¯ Akm[mcW {]Wbs¯ hc¨nSp¶ XmWv.

Core of the World Serdtse mira Russia, Lithuania, Ireland, France/2018/ Colour/122'/ Russian

Director Nataliya Meshchaninova Screenplay Nataliya Meshchaninova, Boris Khlebnikov, Stepan Devonin Producer Natalya Drozd, Sergey Selyanov DoP Evgeniy Tsvetkov Editor Dasha Danilova Cast Stepan Devonin, Dmitriy Podnozov, Yana Sekste, Ekaterina Vasiljeva

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

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Egor, a veteran dog trainer, lives in a small building next to the house of the master of a facility training center. He cleans the kennels, treats the dogs and it is easier for him to get along with dogs than with people. Egor is ready to do any job for the master but he wants the impossible - to become the member of the family.

CtKmÀ F¶ ]cnNbk¼¶\mb izm\]cnioeI³ Xm akn¡p¶Xv ]cnioe\tI{µ¯nsâ DSabpsS hoSn\ Sp¯pÅ Hcp sNdnb sI«nS¯nemWv. \nc´cw ]«nIsf ]cnNcn¡pIbpw ]«n¡qSv hr¯nbm¡pIbpw sN¿p¶ AbmÄ¡v a\pjytc¡mÄ B`napJyw ]«nItfmSmWv. apXemfn¡pthïn F´pw sN¿m³ CtKmÀ X¿mdmWv. F¶m Akm[yamb asäm¶mWv AbmÄ¡v thïXv- B IpSpw_¯nse HcwKam-IpI.

Crystal Swan Khrustal Belarus, USA, Germany, Russia/2018/ Colour/95’/Russian

Director Darya Zhuk Screenplay Helga Landauer, Darya Zhuk Producers Valery Dmitrotchenko, Birgit Gernbock, Olga Goister, Debbie Vandermeulen DoP Carolina Costa Editor Nicholas Metcalf Music Andreas Lucas Cast Alina Nasibullina, Ivan Mulin

Awards/ Festivals Bergen International FF, Karlovy Vary International FF Odessa International Film Fetsival

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A young DJ from Belarus dreams of settling in US for her career. She forges the visa application form, but a typo in the phone number lands her in trouble. She lands in a small village of Crystal and waits for a call from embassy.

Xsâ HutZymKnI PohnXw bp FÊn sI«n¸Sp¡m\m- bn kz]v\w ImWp¶ bphXnbmWv Un sP IqSnbmb s_ emdkv. AhÄ hnkbv¡mbn At]£n¡p¶p. ]s£ t^m¬ \¼À \ÂInbXn ]nghv h¶Xn\m AhÄ Ipg¸§fn NmSp¶p. Hcp sNdnb {Kma¯nencp¶v Fw_- ÊnbpsS hnfn Im¯ncn¡pIbmWhÄ.

Diane USA/2018/Colour/95’/English

Director and Screenplay Kent Jones Producer Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman DoP Wyatt Garfield Editor Mike Selemon Music Jeremiah Bornfield Cast Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin

Awards/Festivals Locarno International Film Festival

Diane is a widow who now spends most of her time taking care of the people in her life and doing whatever she can to ease their burden. She fills her days helping

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others and desperately attempts to bond with her drug- addicted son. As these pieces of her existence begins to fade, she is confronted by memories that she'd sooner forget than face.

Gdn-b k-a-bhpw X\n¡dnbp¶hcpsS Imcy§Ä t\m¡n \S¯p¶, AhcpsS PohnXw kpJIcam¡m³ X¶m Ignbp¶Xv sN¿p¶ Hcp hn[-hbm-b kv-{Xo-bmWv Utb³. aäpÅhsc klmbn¡pI F¶Xpw, ab¡pacp¶n\- Snabmb Xsâ aI\pambn IqSpX ASp¡m³ {ia §Ä \S¯pI F¶XpamWv Utb³ Hcp Znhk¯n sN¿p¶ {][m\s¸« Imcy§Ä. Xs¶ \n-e\nÀ¯p¶ C¯cw sNdnb Imcy§Ä Hmtcm¶mbn ]Xnsb amªp XpS§pt¼mÄ Xm³ ad¡m\m{Kln¡p¶ HmÀ½Isf t\cntSïn hcnIbmWv AhÀ¡v.

Die Tomorrow Thailand / 2017 / Colour / 75’ / Thai

Director and Screenplay Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Producer Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, Pacharin Surawatanapongs DoP Niramon Ross Editor Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit , Chonlasit Upanigkit Cast Sunny Suwanmethanont, Patcha Poonpiriya, Sirat Intarachote

Awards/Festivals Berlin International Film Festival, Hong Kong International, Singapore International Festival of Arts

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Death often comes unexpectedly and what happens the day before death is usually ordinary. In Bangkok, 6 persons are going to die tomorrow. They don't have any clue of their fate. Told in a documentary essay style, the film explores the conversation of people on their last day on earth.

acWw ]et¸mgpw A{]Xo£ambn IS¶phcp¶ H¶mWv. acW¯n\p sXm«p ap³]s¯ Znhkw \S¡p¶XmIs« XnI¨pw km[mcWamb kw`h§fpw. _mt¦m¡n 6 t] À \msf acWaSbm³ t]mIp¶p. Ahsc Im¯ncn¡p¶Xv F´v F¶Xns\¸än AhÀ AÚcmWv. Hcp tUmIyq sa³ddnbpsS cq]¯n \nÀ½n¡s¸« Cu Nn{Xw ac W¯n\p ap³]pÅ Znhks¯ AhcpsS kw`mjW§ fneqsSbmWv IS¶pt]mIp¶Xv.

Dogman Italy, France /2018/Colour/103’/Italian

Director Matteo Garrone Screenplay Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso Producer Paolo Del Brocco, Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Jeremy ThomasDoP Nicolai Bruel Editor Marco Spoletni Music Michele Braga Sound Design Mirko Perri Cast Marcello Fonte, Edorado Pesce

Awards/Festivals Cannes FF, European Film Awards, International Cinephile Society Awards, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Jerusalem FF, Toronto International FF, Valladolid International FF.

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Marcello, a dog groomer leads a happy life with his daughter and numerous friends. He indulges in cocaine business to save money for his daughter. The association with Simone, a former boxer, leads him to jail. He desperately tries to prove his innocence before his friends. He has his own way of vengeance.

amÀsktÃm Hcp ]«nhfÀ¯pImc\mWv. aIÄ¡pw Iptd kplr¯p¡Ä¡pw H¸w At±lw kkt´mjw Pohn ¡p¶p. aIfpsS `mhn¡pthïn ]Ww k¼mZn¡p¶Xn\v At±lw sIm¡bv³ _nkn\Ên GÀs¸Sp¶p. kn tam¬ F¶ BfpambpÅ At±l¯nsâ Iq«pI¨hSw At±ls¯ Pbnense¯n¡p¶p. At±lw Xsâ \n-c] cm[nXzw kplr¯p¡Ä¡p ap¶n sXfnbn¡m³ {ian ¡p¶p.

Donbass Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania/2018/Colour/110’/Russian, Ukrainian

Director & Screenplay Sergey Loznitsa Producer Steven Markovitz DoP Oleg Mutu Editing Danielius Kokanauskis Cast Valeriu Andriuta Natalya Buzko

Awards/Festivals Best Director, Un Certain Regards Cannes Film Festival, Jury Prize Batumi International Art House Fil Festival, Ukrainian Film Critics’ Awards

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In Eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as after effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era. Divided into 13 segments, “Donbass' recounts the corrosive nature of the conflict pitting Ukrainian nationalists against supporters of Russia’s proxy Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine.

cm{ãob CSs]SepIfpsSbpw {]NmcW§fpsSbpw ]cn WnX^eambn hmkvXhm\´c kaImenI Ing¡³ bq{Ibn\n kaqlw PoÀWn¨v XpS§p¶p. djysb ]n´pW¡p¶ tUmsWkvIv ]o¸nÄkv dn¸»n¡pw bp s{sI\nb³ tZiobhmZnIfpw X½n Ing¡³ bps{sI \n- \S¡p¶ kwLÀj§sf Nn{Xw 13 A²ymb§fn eqsS AhXcn¸n¡p¶p.

Dovlatov Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Brazil, Norway/2018/ Colour/126’/Rissian, Spanish, Finnish

Director Aleksey German Screenplay Aleksey German and Yulia Tupikina Producer Dariusz Jablonski, Violetta Kaminska, Miroslav Mogorovich, Isabella Wojcik DoP Lucasz Zal Editor Daria Gladysheva, Segey Ivanov Cast Milan Maric, Danila Kozlovsky, Helena Sujecka, Artur Beschastny

Awards/Festivals Silver Bear, Berlin International Film Festival (2018).

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In 1971 Leningrad, Russian-Jewish Sergei Dovlatov is a young writer whose manuscripts are routinely rejected by the official media, while other writers have been forced to exile for their views. Sergei wants to stay in the country with his family and write about the reality he sees, in spite of the fact that his texts will not be published under the Brezhnev regime.

1971se se\n³{KmUnse Hcp djy³ PqX\mWv bph Fgp¯pImc\mb skÀsPbv sZmhvet¯mhv. Hu-tZym KnI am[ya§sfÃmw XpSsc \nckn¡p¶hbmWv sZmhve t¯mhnsâ Fgp¯pIÄ. AtX kabw asägp¯pImÀ¡v AhcpsS Nn´IÄ Fgp¯neqsS ]dbp¶Xn\m \m-Sp hntSïn hcp¶p. s{_jvt\hnsâ `cW¯n Xsâ Fgp¯pIÄ {]kn²oIcn¡s¸Snsöv Adnbmsa¦nepw, AhnsS¯s¶ Xsâ IpSpw_t¯msSm¸w \n¶v Xsâ cmPys¯ bmYmÀ°y§sf¡pdns¨gpXWw F¶v skÀ sPbv B{Kln¡p¶p.

Dressage Iran/2018/Colour/95'/Iranian

Director Pooya Badkoobeh Screenplay Hamid Rajabi Producer Rouhollah Baradari, Samira Baradari DoP Ashkan Ashkani Editor Sepideh Abdolvahab Music Shahab Paranj Cast Negar Moghaddam, Yasna Mirtahmasb, Ali Mosaffa, Shabnam Moghadami

Awards/Festivals Berlin International FF, Shanghai International FF

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Golsa, an alienated teen from a middle-class family in Tehran, goes on a thrill-seeking game with her privileged and amoral friends. Out of boredom, they decides to rob a grocery store in the suburbs of Karaj. After doing so, they forget to remove the security camera footage from the crime scene which could incriminate them. Golsa sets off to retrieve the camera and hides it in the dressage stable.

sSlvdm\nse Hcp a[yhÀ¤ IpSpw_¯n \n¶pÅ GIm Inbmb Iuamc¡mcn tKmÄk AhfpsS Akm·mÀKn Ifpw kuIcy{]Zamb PohnXw \bn¡p¶hcpamb Iq«p ImtcmsSm¸w Hcp {Xkn¸n¡p¶ hnt\mZ¯n\mbn ]pd s¸Sp¶p. IcmPv \Kct¯mSv tNÀ¶pÅ Hcp ]eNc ¡pIS sImÅbSn¡m³ AhÀ Xocpam\n¡p¶p. tamj W¯n\v tijw kpc£m IymadIfnse Zriy§Ä \o¡w sN¿m³ AhÀ ad¶pt]mIp¶p. Iymad Zriy§Ä hosïSp¡p¶Xn\mbn Cd§n¯ncn¡p¶ tKmÄk A sXmcp IpXncemb¯n Hfn¸n¡p¶p.

Foxtrot Israel, Switzerland, Germany, France/2018/ Colour/108’/German, Hebrew, Arabic

Director and Screenplay Samuel Maoz Producer Eitan Mansuri DoP Giora Bejach Editor Arik Lahav Leibovich, Guy Nemesh Music Ophir Leibovitch, Amit Poznanky Cast Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler

Awards/Festivals Venice IFF, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Athens IFF, European Film Awards

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Michael and Dafna Feldmann, an affluent Tel Aviv couple, learn that their son, Jonathan, a soldier, has died in the line of duty. The Israeli military authorities refuse to inform the distraught parents where and how Jonathan died, or if his body had been recovered. Several hours later, they are notified that there has been a mix- up, and that it was some other Jonathan Feldman who has been killed. An angry Michael demands that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) allow Jonathan to return home.

sS Ahnhn Xmakn¡p¶ Z¼XnIfmWv anJsbepw Z^v\bpw. ]«mf¡c\mb X§fpsS aI³ tPm\mX³ tPmen¡nsS acWs¸« hnhcw Ahcdnbp¶p. F¶m tPm\mX³ FhnsSsh¨v acns¨¶ hnhcw C{ktb anen«dn A[nIrXÀ Ahcn \n¶p ad¨p ]nSn¡p¶p. F¶m Ipd¨v kab¯n\v tijw anJtb Xncn¨ dnbp¶p X§fpsS aI\à aämtcm B-Wv a-cn-¨-sX¶v. £p`n-X\m-b A-bmÄ aI-s\ Xn-cn-¨v ho-«n-te-s¡-¯n- ¡m³ ]-«m-f¡m-tcm-Sv B-h-iy-s¸-Sp¶p.

Genesis Genèse Canada/2018/Colour/129'/French

Director and Screenplay Philippe Lesage Producer Galilé Marion-Gauvin DoP Nicolas Canniccioni Editor Mathieu Bouchard-Malo Sound Design Philippe Lavigne Cast Noée Abita, Paul Ahmarani, Marc Beaupré, Emilie Bierre

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Awards/Festivals Locarno International Film Festival Montréal Festival of New Cinema

Guillaume goes to a boarding school for boys, where he is secretly in love with his best friend Nicolas, his first love. Charlotte is a stage further ahead in her life, as she is in her first serious relationship. In an enchanting summer camp, Felix is in love with Beatrice. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.

t_mÀUnMv kvIqÄ hnZymÀ°nbmb Kzneuta¡v Xsâ Däkplr¯pw kl]mTnbpamb \nt¡mfmknt\mSv cl kyamb {]Wbambncp¶p. Ahsâ BZy {]Wbw. Xsâ BZy {]Wb_Ô¯n GÀs¸«ncn¡p¶ jmÀeäv Hcp- ]Sn ap¶nemWv. Hcp th\¡me Iymw]nepÅ s^ enIvkv _nbm{Snkpambn {]Wb¯nemWv. aäpÅhÀ hyhØnXn¡v Iogvs]«v Ignbpt¼mÄ AhÀ {]Wbn ¡m\pw kzX{´cmbn Pohn¡m\papÅ AhImi¯n ASnbpd¨v \n¡p¶p.

Girls Always Happy Rou qing shi China/2018/Colour/117'/Chinese

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Director and Screenplay Yang Mingming Producer Yang Chao DoP Shen Xiaomin Editor Yang Mingming Sound Design Fang Tao Cast Nai An, Yang Mingming, Zhang Xianmin, Li Qinqin

Awards/Festivals Berlin International Flim Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival

Wu, a screen writer and her mother have many things in common even though they’d never like to admit. They both are seemingly accustomed to discontent and disappointment in both personal and professional fronts. They share close bonds where emotional outbursts are momentary that are followed mostly by resounding comfort.

hq F¶ Xnc¡YmIr¯n\pw AhfpsS A½bv¡pw \nc h[n kmay§fpïv, AhÀ AXv ]ckv]cw AwKoIcn ¡p¶nsæn IqSnbpw. hyàn]cambpw HutZymKnI ambpw \nc´cw AhÀ X½n hntbmPn¸pIÄ \ne\n- ¡p¶p. sshImcnI {]iv\§fn AhÀ Nnet¸mÄ ] ckv]cw \ne\n¡p¶ hntbmPn¸ns\ HmÀ¯v hyXy kvX \ne]mSpIÄ FSp¡pIbpw \nanjt\cw sImïv Xs¶ sFIys¸SpIbpw sN¿p¶p.

High Life Germany, France, UK, Poland, USA/2018/ Colour/110’/English

Director Claire Denis Screenplay Claire Denis, Jean- Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox, Nick Laird Producer Pandora Film Productions, Alcatraz Films, The Apocalypse Film Company, Madants DoP Yorick Le Saux, Tomasz Naumiuk Editor Guy Lecorne Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin

Awards/Festivals Toronto International FF FIPRESCI Prize-San Sebastián International FF

Deep space. Monte and his daughter Willow live together aboard in a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A man whose strict self-discipline is a shield against desire, Monte became father of Willow reluctantly.

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His sperm was used to inseminate a young woman who gave birth to her. They are members of a crew of prisoners – death row inmates, and are like Guinea pigs sent on a experiment. Now only Monte and Willow remain. Through his daughter, he experiences the birth of an all-powerful love. Together, the father and daughter approach their destination – the black hole in which time and space cease to exist.

samsïbpw At±l¯nsâ aIÄ hnÂtembpw Hcp _ lncmImit]SI¯n Häs¸«p Pohn¡pIbmWv. Bß in£Ws¯ B{Kl§Äs¡XncmbpÅ IhNambn D] tbmKn¡p¶ apsïbpsS B{Kl§Ä¡v FXncmbn«v Ir{Xna_oPk¦e\¯neqsSbmWv hnÂtembpsS P\ \w. Hcp ZuXy¯nsâ `mKambn h[in£bv¡p hn [n¡s¸« Hcp ]äw IpähmfnIfpambn XpS§nb t] SI¯n ]n¶oSv samsïbpw hnÂtembpw am{Xw Ah tijn¡p¶p. tamsï Xsâ aIsf kvt\ln¡m³ XpS- §p¶p. kabhpw CShpw \nebv¡p¶ XtamKÀ¯ ¯n-te¡v (»m¡v tlmÄ) AhÀ \o§p¶p.

Horizon Horizonti Georgia, Sweden/2018/Colour/105'/Georgian

Director Tinatin Kajrishvili Screenplay Tinatin Kajrishvili, David Chubinishvili Producer Tinatin Kajrishvili, Lasha Khalvashi, David Herdies DoP and Editor Irakli Akhalkatsi Music George Khalvashi Sound Design Ted

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Krotkiewski, Thomas Jaeger Cast George Bochorishvili, Ia Sukhiltashvili, Jano Izoria, Soso Gogochaishvili

Awards/Festivals Berlin International Flim Festival

A married loving couple, Giorgi and Ana seeks estrangement from the wedlock and separates without attracting the attention of others. The post-separation life seems gloomy and endless which Giorgi couldn’t get used to. He isolates himself from outside world due to the devastating feeling of rejection from his lover. The end turns to be unexpected for both of them, leaving Ana in rue and void.

tPmÀPnbpw A\bpw AhcpsS hnhml_Ôw thÀs] Sp¯n aämcpsSbpw {i²bmIÀjn¡msX ]ncnªp Xma kn¡pIbmWv. ]s£ tPmÀPn¡v hnhml_Ôw thÀ s]Sp¯nbXn\ptijapÅ PohnXw AXy´w hnckam bn A\p`hs¸Sp¶p. Ah³ {]nbs¸«hcnÂ\ns¶Ãmw AI¶v HtcIm´hmk¯nte¡pt]mIp¶p. tPmÀPnbp ambpÅ thÀ]ncnb A\tbbpw Xocm¯ \ãt_m[ ¯nte¡pw \nÊwKXbnte¡pw XÅnbnSp¶p.

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Hotel by the River Gangbyun Hotel South Korea/2018/B&W/96’/ Korean

Director, Screenplay and Producer Sang-soo Hong DoP Hyung-ku Kim Editor Son Yeon-ji Cast Ki Joo-bong, Kim Min-hee, Song Seon-mi, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yu Jun-sang

Awards/Festivals Best Actor, Locarno International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival New York Film Festival, Hamburg Film Festival

A poet invites his sons to join him at a hotel for a reunion. The hotel also hosts a newly single woman and her friend. The poet is drawn to the beautiful girls and cannot resist the temptation to discover more. Their lives intersect, connect and disconnect and potentially becomes a metaphor of modern life.

Hcp Ihn Xsâ a¡sf hÀj§Ä¡v tijw ImWp¶ Xn\mbn Hcp tlm«ente¡v £Wn¡p¶p. ]¦mfn Dt] £n¨ Hcp bphXnbpw AhcpsS kplr¯pw AtX tlm «ense At´hmknIfmbn F¯p¶p. Ihn B kv{Xo Ifntebv¡v BIÀjn¡s¸SpIbpw Ahsc IqSpX Adnbm³ {ian¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. Htc kabw ]ckv]cw _Ôs¸«pw hnLSn¡s¸«pw InS¡p¶ ChcpsS PohnX §Ä ]cnjvIrX PohnX¯nsâ Xs¶ Hcp {]XoIam Ip¶p.

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House of My Fathers Mouna Kaandam Sri Lanka, UK/2018/Colour/100'/ Tamil, Sinhalese

Director, Screenplay and Producer Suba Sivakumaran DoP Kalinga Deshapriya Vithanage Editor Nse Asuquo Music Forest Christenson Sound Design Phil Lee Cast Steve De La Zilwa, Dharshan Dharmaraj, Bimal Jayakodi

Awards/Festivals Hamburg Film Festival

Two Sri Lankan villages - one Tamil and other Sinhala, have been at war with each other for decades. When, villagers of both sides become infertile, they receive a message from the gods. A Sinhala man and a Tamil woman has to be sent to an isolated place where they will find the secret to renew life. But only one of them will return. In the Forest of the Dead, Asoka and Ahalya will have to confront the secrets of their villages and their personal pasts.

]XnämïpIfmbn bp²¯nepÅ cïp {Kma§Äþ H¶v Xangv {Kmahpw, asäm¶v knwlfbpw. cïp {Kma§fnepw hÔyX _m[n¡pt¼mÄ AhÀ¡v ssZh¯n \n¶v Hcp ktµiw e`n¡p¶p. AXv {]Imcw knwlf {Kma¯n \n¶v Hcp ]pcpjs\bpw Xangv {Kma¯n \ns¶mcp kv{Xosbbpw Häs¸« Hcp Øet¯¡v ]dªb¡p¶p. Ahcn HcmÄ am{Xta Ahtijn¡pIbpÅp. acW ¯nsâ ImSpIfnÂ, AtimIbpw Aleybpw AhcpsS {Kma§fnse clky§Ä kq£n¡m³ _m[yXbpÅ hcmbn Pohn¡p¶p.

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Human, Space, Time and Human Inkan, Gongkan, Sikan Grigo Inkan South Korea/2018/ Colour/ 122’/Korean

Director, Screenplay, Producer and Editor Kim Ki-duk DoP Lee Jeong-in Cast Mina Fujii, Jang Keun-suk , Ahn Sung-ki , Lee Sung-jae

Awards/Festivals Berlin International Film Festival

People from all sorts of backgrounds set sail on a warship. They get drunk, do drugs and sex. Later, everyone grows tired and falls asleep, while the ship enters an unknown space enveloped in fog. in the morning, the people wake up to find the ship floating in the air.

hn`n¶ ]Ým¯e¯n \n¶pÅhÀ Hcp bp²¡¸en bm{X ]pds¸Sp¶p. aZyhpw elcnbpw cXnbpw AhnsS \ndªp\n¡p¶p. AhÀ XfÀ¶p ]ch-i-cmbn Dd¡ ¯ntebv¡v \o§nbt¸mÄ I¸Â apSÂaªm aqSs¸« Hcp AÚmXamb CSt¯bv¡v \o§p¶p. BIm-i-¯n- eq-sS k-©-cn-¡p¶ I¸enemWv ]n¶oSv AhÀ cmhnse Dd¡apWcp¶Xv.

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I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic/2018/ Colour/140’/Romanian

Director and Screenplay Radu Jude Producer Ada Solomon DoP Marius Panduru Editor Catalin Cristutiu Cast Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija

Awards/Festivals Best Film, Karlovy Vary IFF, Toronto IFF, Hamburg FF, Crystal Globe, Label Europa Cinemas, Bergen IFF

A young artist is planning to reconstruct a historical event from 1941 where the Romanian Administration Army carried out an ethnic massacre on the Eastern Front. She will soon come up against unexpected, ridiculous difficulties, as the actors in the show and the representatives of the town have rather strong opinions on not only about what happened in reality but about how that reality should be staged and presented to the masses as well.

1941 sdmam\nb³ `cWIqSw cmPy¯nsâ Ing¡p {]hn iybn ssk\y¯nsâ klmbt¯msS \S¸nem¡nb hwioblXy thZnbn ]p\Àkrãn¡m³ Hcp bph Iem Imcn Xocpam\n¡p¶p. ]s£ A`nt\Xm¡fpw \Kc {]Xn\n[nIfpw \S¶ kw`hs¯¡pdn¨pw thZnbn F´v AhXcn¸n¡Ww F¶Xns\¡pdn¨pw XÀ¡¯n emIp¶tXmsS AhcpsS {]bXv\¯n XnI¨pw A{] Xo£hpw hnNn{Xhpamb XS椀 IS¶phcp¶p.

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In the Aisles In den Gangën Germany/2018/Colour/125’/German

Director Thomas Stuber Screenplay Thomas Stuber and Clemens Meyer Producer Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach DoP Peter Matjasko Editor Kaya Inan Cast Sandra Hüller,Peter Kurth, Franz Rogowski, Henning Peker Cast Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Sandra Hüller

Awards/Festivals Berlin International Film Festival

After the shy and reclusive Christian loses his job, he starts to work in a wholesale market. Bruno, a man from the Beverage aisle takes Christian under his wing and quickly becomes a fatherly friend to him. He shows Christian the ropes and patiently teaches him how to operate the fork lift. In the aisles Christian meets "Sweets" a.k.a Marion. He is instantly smitten by her mysterious charm. The coffee machine becomes their regular meeting point and the two start to get to know each other. Though Marion is married, his feelings for her remains strong.

A´ÀapJ\mb {InÌy\v tPmen \ãs¸Sp¶tXmsS Ah s\mcp sam¯¡¨hS amÀ¡än tPmen sN¿m³ XpS §p¶p. _nshtdPkn tPmen sN¿p¶ {_qtWm A-hs\ Xsâ NndIn\Snbnte¡v sImïphcnIbpw Hcp AÑ\p Xpeyamb Øm\w GsäSp¡Ibpw sN¿p¶p. AhnsS h¨v {InÌy³ "kzoävkv' amcntbmWns\ ]cnNb s¸Sp¶p. \nanjt\cw sImïp Xs¶ Ah³ AhfpsS \n-

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KqVamb hiyXbv¡v Iogvs¸SpIbpw sN¿p¶p. tIm^o sajosâ ASp¯psh¨v AhÀ Znhtk\ Iïpap«pIbpw ]ckv]cw ASp¯dnbpIbpw sN¿p¶p. amcntbm¬ hnhm lnXbmsW¦nepw AhtfmSpÅ {InÌnsâ {]Wb¯n\v bmsXmcp amähpw kw`hn¡p¶nÃ.

Jumpman Podbrosy Russia/2018/Colour/95’/ Russian

Director, Screenplay and Editor Ivan I. Tverdovsky Producer Natalya Mokritskaya DoP Denis Alarcon Ramirez Cast Anna Slyusareva, Pavel Chinaryov, Vilma Kutaviciute, Danil Steklov

Awards/Festivals Special Mention, Karlovy Vary, Chicago International FF, Sochi Open Russian FF

Young Oksana puts her newly born baby in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him from a children’s home, with the intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and uses him to earn money through a corrupt legal system.

X\n¡v ]nd¶ ]n©pIpªns\ A½s¯m«nen Dt]£n ¡p¶ HmIv-km\ ]Xn\mdp hÀj§Ä¡v tijw Ahs\ tXSnsb¯p¶p, sNbv-X sXän\v {]mbÝn¯sa¶t]mse. F¶m ]n¶oSv Ahs\ NqjWw sNbvXv AgnaXn \n-dª \o-Xn\ymb hyhØbneqsS ]Wapïm¡m³ {ian¡p¶p.

122 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Knife+Heart Un couteau dans le Coeur France, Mexico, Switzerland/2018/ Colour/110'/French

Director Yann Gonzalez Screenplay Yann Gonzalez, Cristiano Mangione Producer Charles Gillibert DoP Simon Beaufils Editor Raphaël Lefèvre Music M83 Sound Design Jean-Barthelemy Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Nicolas Maury, Jonathan Genet

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

In 1979, Anne, a producer of gay porn, sets out to make her most ambitious film. But her efforts goes futile when her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer. As the murders go on and the police prove ineffectual, Anne sets a trap for the killer by arranging a casting call for her next film.

1979  B³ F¶ kzhÀ¤m\pcmK Nn{X\nÀ½mXmhv Xsâ kz]v\Nn{X¯nsâ \nÀ½mW¯nte¡v IS¡p¶p. ]s£ AhfpsS A`nt\Xm¡sf Hmtcmcp¯scbmbn Hc ÚmX sImebmfn A]mbs¸Sp¯p¶tXmSpIqSn Ah fpsS {ia§sfÃmw hrYmhnemIp¶p. sIme]mXI §Ä XpScpIbpw t]meokv CSs]S ^ew ImWmXncn ¡pIbpw sN¿p¶tXmsS B³ sImebmfn¡mbn ]p-Xn sbmcp sIWnsbmcp¡p¶p þ Xsâ ]pXnb Nn{X ¯nte¡mbn A`nt\Xm¡sf £Wn¨psImïv.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 123 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Lemonade Romania, Canada, Germany, Sweden/2018/ Colour/88'/ English

Director Ioana Uricaru Screenplay Ioana Uricaru, Tatiana Ionascu Producer Cristian Mungiu, Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Yanick Létourneau, Sean Wheelan DoP Friede Clausz Editor Mircea Olteanu Music Olivier Alary Sound Design Kai Tebbel Cast Mãlina Manovici, Dylan Smith, Steve Bacic, Milan Hurduc

Awards/Festivals Berlin International Film Festival

Mara, a 30 year-old Romanian woman who works as a caretaker in US on a temporary visa, marries Daniel, an American, just before Mara's visa expires. Her son Dragos arrives at US and everything is perfect until she applies for a green card. Mara then faces many abuses at each level of the power hierarchy.

amc F¶ 30 Imcnbmb sdmam\nb³ bphXn bpFÊn XmÂImenI hnkbn tPmensN¿p¶p. AhÀ Atacn¡ \mb Um\ntbens\ hnkm Imemh[n Ahkm\n-¡p ¶Xn\v sXm«pap³]mbn hnhmlw sN¿p¶p. AhcpsS aI³ {UmtKmkv bpFkn F¯pIbpw AhÀ {Ko³ ImÀUn\v At]£n¡p¶Xphsc Imcy§Ä kpKaambn \o§pIbpw sN¿p¶p. F¶mÂ, AhnSp¶t§m«v A[nIm c¯nsâ HmtcmX«nepw A[nt£]¯n\v CcbmIp¶p.

124 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Manta Ray Kraben Rahu Thailand, France, China/2018/ Colour/ 105’/Thai

Director Puttiphong Aroonpheng Producer Mai Meksawan, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Chatchai Chaiyon, Philippe Avril DoP Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit Editing Lee Chatameitikool, Harin Paesongthai Music Christine Ott, Mathieu Gabry Cast Wanlop Rungkamjad, Aphisit Hama, Rasmee Wayrana

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Horizons Award Venice Film Festival, Golden Gateway Award Mumbai Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival

Near a coastal village of Thailand, where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger who does not speak a word, and offers him friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life, his house, his job and his ex-wife.

Bbnc¡W¡n\v tdmln³Ky³ A`bmÀ°nIÄ ap§n ¯mgv¶ Xmbvemânse Hcp XoctZi {Kma¯nse IS ¯oc¯n\Sp¯pÅ Im«n ]cnt¡äv t_m[clnX\mbn InS¡p¶ Hcmsf Hcp ap¡ph³ Isï¯p¶p. AbmÄ

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 125 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

B A]cnNnXs\ c£s¸Sp¯p¶p. Hc£cw t]mepw anïm¯ Xsâ ]pXnb kplr¯n\v tXmMv¨mbv F¶ bmÄ t]cnSp¶p. F¶m Hcp\mÄ s]mSp¶s\ ISen A{]Xy£\mIp¶ ap¡phsâ PohnXw tXmMv¨mbv ] Xnsb GsäSp¡p¶p. AbmfpsS hoSv, tPmen, ]ns¶ AbmfpsS `mcy A§s\-sbÃmw...

Mary Magdalene USA,UK, Australia/2018/Colour/120’/English

Director Garth Davis Screenplay Helen Edmundson, Philippa Goslett Producer Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Liz Watts DoP Greig Fraser Editor Alexandre de Franceschi, Melanie Oliver Music Hildur Gudnadottir, Johann Johannson Sound Design Robert Mackenzie Cast Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofer

Awards/Festivals Asia Pacific Screen Awards Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.

A young woman leaves her small fishing village and traditional family to follow Jesus of Nazareth. It’s the story of the biblical character Mary Magdalene, told from a feminine perspective.

Hcp bphXn tbiphnsâ ]mX ]n´pScp¶Xn\pthïn Ah cpsS ap¡ph{Kmahpw IpSpw_hpw hn«pt]mcp¶p. ss__n fnse IYm]m{Xamb aKvZe\ adnb¯nsâ IY kv{Xo ImgvN¸mSneqsS ]-d-bp¶p.

126 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Maya France, Germany/2018/Colour/107'/French, English

Director and Screenplay Mia Hansen-Løve Producer Philippe Martin, David Thion DoP Hélène Louvart Editor Marion Monnier Music Raphael Hamburger Sound Design Vincent Vatoux Cast Suzan Anbeh, Roman Kolinka, Judith Chemla

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken as hostage in Syria, after being freed, initially spends his days in Paris. Gabriel shows no interest in being stuck in the same place after his traumatic time in a warzone. Instead, he chooses to be on the move. He heads to his childhood home in Goa to escape and also to find himself in the process. There, he meets Maya, the young daughter of Gabriel’s Godfather - who runs an eco-friendly hotel, and becomes friends with her straightaway.

bp²§Ä dnt¸m«v sN¿p¶ K{_ntb F¶ {^©v am[ya {]hÀ¯I³ kndnbbn XShpImc\mhp¶p. tamN\¯n\v tijw AbmfpsS BZy Zn\§Ä AbmÄ ]mcokn Nnehgn¡p¶p. Xsâ ]gb sXmgnente¡v Xncn¨p t]mhm³ AbmÄ B{Kln¡p¶nÃ. AbmÄ Xsâ _meyIme Øeamb tKmhbnte¡v Xncn¡p¶p. AhnsS sh¨v AbmÄ ambsb Iïpap«p¶p. {]IrXn- tbm-Sv C-W§n-b H-cp hn-t\m-Z-k©m-c tI{µw \S¯p¶ ambbpambn AbmÄ Ffp¸¯n kulrZ¯nemhp¶p

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 127 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Memories of my body Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku Indonesia/2018/Colour/105’/Indonesian, Javanese

Director and Screenplay Garin Nugruho Producer Michy Gustavia, Matthew Jordan DoP Gay Hian Teoh Editor Greg Araya Music Mondo Gascaro Cast Muhammad Khan, Raditya Evandra, Rianto, Sujiwo Tejo

Awards/Festivals Venice Film Festival

In Central Java Juno, a teenager abandoned by his father, joins a dance centre where men assume feminine appearances. His innocence is shattered when the group’s tyrannical old guru offers a graphic explanation of the sexual roots that forms the heart of the art form, and also forces the boy to take a peek at his wife's genitalia, which he describes pompously as the "hole of life."

Xsâ AÑ\m Dt]£n¡s¸«Xn\p tijw, ]pcpj ·mÀ kv{XoIfpsS thjaWnbp¶ Hcp \r¯-tI-{µ- ¯n F¯ns¸SpIbmWv a[y Pmhbnse PqtWm F¶ Hcp Iuamc¡mc³. Ahn-Sps¯ Kp-cp ssew-Kn-I- X-bn Du-¶n-\nÂ-¡p¶ B \r-¯-cq-]-s¯-¡p-dn-¨v ]-d- ªp-sIm-Sp-¡p-¶-Xn-\n-S-bn PqtWmsb \nÀ_Ô ]q-À-Æw Xsâ `mcybpsS P\t\{µnbw t\m¡m³ Bh iys¸SpIbpw, Gsd A`nam\t¯msS AXns\ "Pohsâ Zzmcw' F¶v hn-ti-jn-¸n-¡p-Ibpw sN-¿p¶p. CXv Ah-sâ \n-jv-If-¦-X X-In-Sw a-dn-¡p¶p.

128 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Midnight Runner Der Läufer France, Switzerland/2018/Colour/110'/French

Director Hannes Baumgartner Screenplay Hannes Baumgartner, Stefan Staub Producer Stefan Eichenberger, Ivan Madeo DoP Gaetan Varone Editor Christof Schertenleib Sound Design Maurizius Staerkle- Drux Cast Markus Amrein, Saladin Dellers, Annina Euling, Max Hubacher

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

A well-known top athlete, Jonas Widmer, becomes a serial offender over time, owing to his past. The Swiss marathon runner is looking for a way to overcome his tragic past which in turn becomes more and more trapped in a double life.

{]ikvX ImbnIXmcw tPm\mkv hnUvsaÀ Xsâ `qXIme ImcW§fm XpSÀ¨bmb IpäIrXy§fn GÀ s¸Sp¶p. amc¯¬ Hm«¡mc\mb Cu kznÊv Xmcw Xsâ ZpcnX]qÀ®amb `qXImes¯ AXnPohn¡m\pÅ ]cn {ia¯nemWv. F¶mÂ, ]cnWnX^esat¶mWw AbmÄ Cc«PohnX¯nsâ ]SpIpgnbnte¡v XÅnbnSs¸Sp¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 129 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Namme Georgia, Lithuania/2017/Colour/91’/Georgian

Director and Screenplay Zaza Khalvashi Producer Ieva Norviliene, Sulkhan Turmanidze DoP Giorgi Shvelidze Editor Levan Kukhashvili Cast Aleko Abashidze, Ednar Bolkvadze, Ramaz Bolkvadze, Mariska Diasamidze

Awards/Festivals Tokyo International Film Festival

Ali's family has inherited a mission to take care of a local healing water and cures sick fellow villagers with it. Three sons are skeptical and only the young daughter Namme stays as the guardian of family traditions. In parallel, a hydro power station is being constructed locally and environmental changes are at stake. One day the spring water starts to disappear. Father remembers the old tradition: the water will not return unless a sacrifice is made.

AenbpsS IpSpw_¯n\v ]mc¼cyambn In«nbncn¡p s¶mcp NpaXebpïv. GXkpJhpw t`Zam¡p¶ am{´nI Pew kwc£n¡pI F¶Xpw AXp]tbmKn¨v AhnSs¯ P\§fpsS AkpJ§sfÃmw t`Zs¸Sp¯pI F¶Xpw. aq¶v B¬a¡Ä¡v CXn henb hnizmkansænepw, \ s½ F¶ Cfb s]¬Ip«n B IpSpw_ ]mc¼cy¯nsâ ImhemfmIp¶p. CXnt\msSm¸w Xs¶ {Kma¯nsemcp PesshZypX tI{µw \nÀ½n¡s¸SpIbpw AhnSs¯ ] cnØnXn `ojWn t\cnSpIbpw sN¿p¶p. Hcp Znhkw Cu am{´nI Pew CÃmXmhm³ XpS§p¶p. At¸mÄ, _en \S¯nbmeÃmsX Pew Xncn¨p hcnsö ]mc ¼cyw HmÀ¡pIbmWv B ]nXmhv.

130 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Non-Fiction Doubles vies France/2018/Colour/108’/French

Director and Screenplay Olivier Assayas Producer Charles Gillibert, Sylvie Barthet, Oliver Pere DoP Yorick Le Saux Editor Simon Jacquet Cast Guilaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi

Awards/Festivals Venice International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival

A literary editor Alain refuses to publish Léonard's novel for the first time. Alain's company hires young woman Laure to adapt with the digital age. Alain sleeps with Laure. Alain's wife Selena is an actress who has been in an affair with Léonard for years. Léonard's wife Valérie is a left-wing political consultant who does not have much interest in her husband's circumstances.

FUnäÀ Bb Asse³ entbm\mÀUnsâ t\mh {] kn²oIcn¡m³ hnk½Xn¡p¶p. ]pXnb UnPnä Ime t¯¡pÅ ]cnhÀ¯\¯n\mbn Assesâ Øm]\w euÀ F¶ bphXnsb \nban¡p¶p. Asse³ eudpambn InS¡]¦nSp¶p. Assesâ `mcy Hcp A`nt\{XnbmWv. AhÀ¡p hÀj§fmbn entbm\mÀUpambn _Ôapïv. entbm\mÀUnsâ `mcy Hcp CSXp]£ cm{ãob D] tZiIbmWv. AhcpsS `À¯mhnsâ kmlNcy§fn Imcyamb XmÂ]cyw AhÀ¡nÃ.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 131 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

One Step Behind the Seraphim Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic/2018/Colour/144'/ Romanian

Director and Screenplay Daniel Sandu Producer Loana Draghici, Ada Solomon DoP George Dascalescu Editor Mircea Olteanu Cast Stefan Iancu, Vlad Ivanov, Toto Dumitrescu, Cristian Bota

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

A 14 year old boy, Gabriel, enters a theological seminary where he faces a system based on corruption. Also, father Vlad fosters an atmosphere of fear among the students. Together with two other boys he starts breaking all the rules, leading to a conflict with the seminary administration.

Hcp aX]T\tI{µ¯n F¯ns¸Sp¶ ]Xn\mepImc \m-b K{_ntben\v AgnaXnbne[njvTnXamb kwhn[m\ s¯bmWv A`napJoIcnt¡ïnhcp¶Xv. AtXmsSm¸w hvemUv F¶ ]mXncn AhnSps¯ hnZymÀ°nIÄ¡nSbn `oXnbpsS Hc´co£w krãn¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. K{_n- tb aäp cïv hnZymÀ°nIfpambnt¨À¶v AhnSps¯ FÃm \nba§sfbpw ewLn¡m³ XpS§p¶Xv skan\m- cn A[nIrXcpambpÅ XÀ¡¯nte¡v \bn¡p¶p.

132 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Our Time Nuestro Tiempo Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden/ 2018/Colour/173’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Carlos Reygadas Barguín Producer Jaime Romandía DoP Adrian Durazo, Diego García Sound Design Javier Umpierrez Cast Carlos Reygadas, Phil Burgers, Natalia López

Awards/Festivals San Sebastian FF, Venice IFF, Sao Polo IFF

A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. When Esther becomes infatuated with a horse trainer named Phil, the couple struggles to stride through the emotional crisis.

saI-vknt¡mbnse Hcp {Kma¯n Imft¸mcv \S¯n Po hn¡p¶ Hcp IpSpw_w. dm©v \S¯ns¡mïp t]mhp¶Xv FkvXÀ BWv. AhfpsS `À¯mhpw hniz hnJymX\m- b Ihnbpamb Pphm³ ImfIsf ]cnt]mjn¸n¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. AhnsS IpXncIfpsS ]cnioeI\mbn F¯p ¶ ^nÃpambn FkvXdn\v tXm¶p¶ ASp¸w B IpSpw _¯nsâ sshImcnI _Ôs¯ k¦oÀWam¡p¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 133 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Paris Square Praca Paris Portugal, Argentina, Brazil/2018/ Colour/110’/Portuguese

Director Lucia Murat Screenplay Raphael Montes, Lucis Murat Producer Goncalo Galvao Teles, Luis Galvao, Andres Longares, Joana Nin, Felicitas Raffo DoP Guillermo Nieto Editor Grace Mair Tavares Cast Grace Passo, Joana De Verona, Marco Antonio Caponi, Alex Brazil

Gloria is a woman from Rio De Janeiro who tries to move on with her life despite the traumas caused by an abusive father and a drug dealer brother. She starts therapy with Camila, a young Portuguese psychoanalyst.

dntbm Un sPs\dntbmbn Xmakn¡p¶ t¥mdnb {Iqc \mb Xsâ AÑ\mepw ab¡pacp¶v CS]mSpImc\m-b ktlmZc\mepw Dïmb hnjaXIsf AXnPohn¨v PohnXw apt¶m«v sImïpt]mIm³ {ian¡pIbmWv. bph t]mÀ¨pKokv a\ximkv{X hnZKv[bmb ImanenbbpsS ASp¡Â AhÀ NnInÕ XpS§p¶p.

134 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Pilgrimage Peregrinação Portugal/2017/Colour/108'/ Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Indonesian

Director João Botelho Screenplay João Botelho, Fernão Mendes Pinto Producer Alexandre Oliveira DoP Luís Branquinho, João Ribeiro Editor João Braz Music Daniel Bernardes, Luís Bragança Gil Sound Design Francisco Veloso Cast Catarina Wallenstein, Jani Zhao, Maya Booth

Fernão Mendes Pinto comes from a region in the interior of Portugal to venture into the capital where his uncle left him as a servant of a noble. In his mid twenties Fernão ventures into the sea looking for his brothers. The movie goes back and forth in time, showing Fernão’s adventures and misadventures in a span of twenty-one years and also delves into his battle to prove his stories once he got back to Portugal.

s^ÀtWm saâkv ]ntâm t]mÀNpKense DÄ{Kmahmkn bmWv. Abmsf AbmfpsS A½mh³ Hcp k¼¶\v ASn abmbn hn¡p¶p. ]ntâmbpsS Ccp]XpIfn Xsâ ktlmZc·msc Xncªp ISente¡v t]mIp¶p. s^À tWmbpsS kmlknIXIfneqsSbpw hn]¯pIfneqsS bpw Nn{Xw apt¶m«p \o§p¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 135 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Pity Greece, Poland/2018/Colour/97’/Greek

Director Babis Makridis Screenplay Efthymis Filippou, Babis Makridis Producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Amanda Livanou, Beata Rzezniczek, Klaudia Smieja DoP Konstantinos Koukoulios Editor Yannis Chalkiadakis Cast Evdoxia Androulidaki, Georgina Chryskioti, Yannis Drakopoulos, Makis Papadimitriou

Awards/Festivals Rotterdam International FF, Hong Kong International FF, Sundance FF, Sao Paulo International FF

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is gloomy, a man addicted to sadness. Seeking sympathy, he is willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the story of a man, in a world not cruel enough for him.

Ak´pã\mbncn¡pt¼mÄ am{Xw kt´mjw tXm¶p¶ sbmcmÄ. ZpxJ¯nemWv CbmÄ D·mZw Isï¯p¶Xv, aäpÅhcn klXm]apWÀ¯m\mbn F´n\panbmÄ apXncpw. Cu temI¯n \ne\n¡p¶ {IqcX X\n¡v aXnhcp¶nsömWv AbmÄ IcpXp¶Xv.

Rafiki Kenya/2018/Colour/83’/Swahili, English

Director Wanuri Kahju Screenplay Wanuri Kahju, Jena Cato Bass Producer Steven Markovitz DoP Christopher Wessels Edit Isabelle Dedieu Cast Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva

136 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival, Silver Q-Hugo Chicago International Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival

“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls are forced to choose between happiness and safety.

"\à sI\nb³ bphXnIÄ \à sI\nb³ `mcyamcm Ip¶p', ]s£ tI\bpw kn¡nbpw B{Kln¡p¶Xv asäm¶mWv. X§fpsS IpSpw_§Ä X½nepÅ cm{ãob hntbmPn¸pIÄ Iqkm¡msXbpw {]Xntcm[n¨pw km{¼ ZmbnIamb kmaqlnI Npäp]mSpIfn AhÀ ASp¯ kplr¯p¡fmbn XpSÀ¶p. AhÀ¡nSbn {]Wbw ]q- hnSp¶ thfbn kt´mjtam kpc£tbm {][m-\-sa- ¶v Xn-c-sª-Sp-t¡-ïn-h-cp¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 137 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Ray & Liz UK/2018/Colour/108’/English

Director and Screenplay Richard Billingham Producer Jacqui Davies DoP Daniel Landin Editor Tracy Granger Cast Michelle Bonnard, Deirdre Kelly, Ella Smith, Tony Way

Awards/Festivals Locarno Festival, London Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival

In the outskirts of Birmingham, among the marginalised society, the Billingham family performs extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times, shocked and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold the experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat. It focuses on Richard and his younger brother Jason, and their parents Ray and Liz.

_ÀanMvlmw \Kc¯nsâ ]pdw`mK§fn hkn¡p¶ kaql¯nse ]mÀizh¡cn¡s¸« P\X¡nSbn Ignbp¶ _nÃnMvlmw IpSpw_w AhcpsS \nb{´ W§Ä¡XoXamb PohnX kmlNcy§fm Xo{hamb BNmc§Ä \S¯pIbpw kmaqlnI hne¡pIsf ew Ln¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. ]et¸mgpw sR«n¡p¶Xpw F¶m \Àa¯n tImÀs¯Sp¯Xpamb aq¶v A²ym b§fneqsS _ÀanwKvlmanse »m¡v I¬{Snbn hfcp ¶Xnsâ Xo£vWamb A\p`h§sf D±o]n¸n¡pI- bmWv. dn¨mÀUnsâbpw A\nb³ sPtkmWnsâbpw amXm]nXm¡fmb tdbpsSbpw enknsâbpw _Ô¯neq ¶nbmWv IY ]ptcmKan¡p-¶Xv.

138 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Rojo Argentina/2018/Colour/109’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Benjamin Producer Emmanuel Chaumet, Federico Eibuszyc, Rachel Daisy Ellis, Barbara Sarasola-Day, Marleen Slot, Ingmar Trost, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade Nishtat DoP Pedro Sotero Editor Anders Quaranta Music Vincent Van Warmerdam Cast Dario Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi

Awards/Festivals Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, San Sebastian Festival, Toronto IFF, IFF Rotterdam

In the mid of 1970's, a strange man arrives in a quiet provincial city. In a restaurant, without any apparent reason, he starts to insult Claudio, a renowned lawyer. The community supports the lawyer and the stranger is humiliated and thrown out of the place. Later that night, the stranger, who is determined to wreak a terrible vengeance, intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The lawyer then takes a path of no return involving death, secrets and silences.

sXmÅmbnc¯n Fgp]XpIfpsS a[y¯n A]cnNn X\mb HcmÄ Hcp ]pXnb \Kc¯n F¯p¶p. Hcp `£Wimebn h¨v AbmÄ {]apJ\mb A`n`mjI³ IvtfmUntbmsb A]am\n¡p¶p. AhnsSbpÅhÀ A`n `mjIt\msSm¸w IqSn Abmsf {Iqcambn A]am\n¨v ]pd¯m¡p¶p. A¶v cm{Xnbn B A]cnNnX³ ]I ho«phm³ Xocpam\n¨pd¸n¨v IvtfmUntbmbpsSbpw `mcy kqk¶bpsSbpw kzImcy \nanj§fn XSÊapïm ¡p¶p. XpSÀ¶v acW¯nsâbpw, clky§fpsSbpw, \nÈ ÐXbpsSbpw ]mX B A`n`mjI³ XncsªSp¡p¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 139 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Roma USA, Mexico /2018/Colour/135’/Italian

Director and Screenplay Alfonso Cuaron Producer Nicholas Celis, Alfono Cuaron, Gabriela Rodriguez DoP Alphonso Cuaron Editor Alphonso Cuaron, Adam Gough Music Celeb Townsend Sound Design Sergio Diaz Cast Yalitza Aparicio

Awards/Festivals Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, Adellaide Film Festival, British Independent Film Awards, Camerimage, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham awards, Hollywood Film Awards, Toronto International Film Festival

Roma is an autobiographical tale that follows the life of a middle class family in Mexico city in the early 1970s. The film is notable for its uncompromising art house aesthetics, its meticulous restoration of the city and for its black and white cinematography.

Bbnc¯n sXmÅmbnc¯n Fgp]XpIfnse Hcp a[y hÀK saI-vkn¡³ IpSpw_¯nsâ BßIYm]camb Hcm Jym\amWv tdmam. kam-´-c kn-\n-a-bpsS kuµcy¯nsâ bpw \Kc¯nsâ kq£vaamb BhnjvIcW¯nsâbpw _vfm¡v B³Uv sshäv Nn{XoIcW¯nsâbpw hn«p hogvNbnÃm¯ Zriym\p`hamWv Cu kn\na.

140 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Rona, Azim’s Mother Afghanistan, Iran/2018/Colour/89’/Persian

Director Screenplay and Editor Jamshid Mahmoudi Producer Navid Mahmoudi DoP Koohyar Kalari Music Sahand Mehdizadeh Sound Design Mehdi Saleh Kermani Cast Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mojtaba Pirzadeh, Mojtaba Pirzadeh

Azim, an Afghan refugee, who works at the municipality at night, lives in Tehran along with his family. Being the head of entire family and as the eldest brother, he arranges for his brother Faroogh, and his family along with their mother to be smuggled into Germany. But at the last moments Faroogh, shamefully decides that he's not going to take their mother although she is very attached with her grandchildren.

cm{XnIme§fn ap\nkn¸menän tPmenIÄ sN¿p¶ Aknw Hcp A^v-Km³ A`bmÀYnbmWv. AbmÄ IpSpw _hpsam¶n¨v sSlv--dm\n Xmakn¡p¶p. IpSpw_ ¯nse aq¯ aI\mb AbmÄ ktlmZc³ ^dqKns\ bpw A½sbbpw PÀa\nbnte¡v-- IS¯m³ klmbn¡p ¶p. F¶m t]c¡p«nIfpambn AKm[ _Ôw kq£n ¨ncp¶ AhcpsS A½sb IqsS sImïpt]mtIïXnà F¶v Ahkm\ L«¯n ^dqKv Xocpam\n¡p¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 141 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Screwdriver Mafak Palestine, USA, Qatar/2018/Colour/108’/ Arabic, Hebrew

Director and Screenplay Bassam Jarbawi Producer Bassam Jarbawi, Yasmine Qaddumi, Shrihari Sathe DoP David McFarland Editor Bassam Jarbawi, Christopher Radcliff Music Jon Natchez Cast Ziad Bakri, Areen Omari, Jameel Khoury

Awards/Festivals Venice FF, Bosphourous FF

After fifteen years in prison, Ziad, considered by all as a hero, is strenuously trying to adapt to modern Palestinian life. He is unable to distinguish reality from hallucination and forces himself to go back to where it all began.

]Xn\©p hÀjs¯ Pbn XShn\p tijw ]pd¯nd §p¶ knbmZv FÃmhcmepw Hcp \mbI\mbn Ah tcm[n¡s¸Sp¶p. ]s£ B[p\nI ]ekvXo-\nse PohnX hpambn s]mcp¯s¸«p t]mhm³ AbmÄ¡v-- km[n¡p ¶nÃ. kXyhpw anYybpw X½n thÀXncn¨dnbm³ km[n-¡m-¯ H-c-h-Ø-bn-te-¡v A-bmÄ F-¯n-s¸-Sp¶p.

142 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Sew the Winter to My Skin South Africa, Germany/2018/Colour/131'/ Afrikaans, English, Isixhosa

Director and Screenplay Jamil X.T. Qubeka Producer Layla Swart DoP Jonathan Kovel Editor Layla Swart Sound Design Barry Donnelly Cast Ezra Mabengeza, Kandyse McClure, Peter Kurth, Antoniette Louw

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

In the Great Karoo region of South Africa, a bandit, John Kepe, steals livestock and resources from white farmers in order to empower his oppressed communities in rural areas. General Botha, a World War II veteran goes on an epic manhunt to capture Kepe through the mountains. Evading all the attempts made to capture him over a decade, John Kepe emerges both as an enigma to his pursuers and a mythological symbol of resistance.

ku¯m{^n¡bnse t{Käv Imcq {]hniybnse sImÅ ¡mc\mWv tPm¬ tI¸v. Ime§fmbn ASn¨aÀ¯s¸« Xsâ hÀK¯nsâ imàoIcW¯n\mbn AhnSps¯ shÅ¡mcpsS I¶pImenIsfbpw aäpw tI¸v tamãn ¡p¶p. cïmw temIalmbp²¯n ]s¦-Sp¯ P\- d t_m¯ tI¸ns\ ]nSn¡phm\mbn sFXnlmkn Iamb Hcp Xnc¨n Xs¶ \S¯p¶p. B {ia§fn \ns¶Ãmw c£s]Sp¶ tI¸v Xs¶ ]nSn¡m³ {ian ¡p¶hÀ¡v Hcp {]tlfnIbmbpw aäpÅhÀ¡v sNdp ¯p\n¸nsâ {]Xncq]ambpw amdp¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 143 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Shoplifters Manbiki Kazoku Japan/2018/Colour/121'/ Japanese

Director and Screenplay Hirokazu Koreeda Producer Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi, Akihiko Yose DoP Ryûto Kondô Editor Hirokazu Koreeda Music Haruomi Hosono Sound Design Kazuhiko Tomita Cast Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Moemi Katayama

Awards/Festivals Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival

Osamu, a middle-aged man and his son, Shota, shoplifts from a grocery store, a routine they are well accustomed to. They do it to survive, but there also seems to be a connection between the two in the process of their act. One cold night, on their way home, they find a 4-year- old girl in the balcony, being abandoned by her family. They take the girl home and informally adopt her.

a[yhbk-vI\mb Hkmaphpw aI³ tjm«bpw A{KKWy cmb tamãvSm¡fmWv. AXnPoh\¯n\pthïn am{Xw AhÀ ]eNc¡pISIfn \n¶v tamjWw \S¯p¶p. Hcp XWp¯ cm{Xnbn AhÀ ho«nte¡paS§pt¼mÄ Dt]£n¡s¸« \nebn Hcp \mephbÊpImcnsb Im Wp¶p. HcmfpIqSn IpSpw_¯nte¡v hcp¶Xv AhÀ¡p _m[yXbmbncp¶n«pw Ahsf AhÀ ho«nte¡pIq«n s¡mïpt]mIp¶p

144 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Sophia Antipolis France/2018/colour/98’/French

Director Virgil Vernier Producer Jean-Christophe Reymond DoP Tom Harari Simon Roca Editor Charlotte Cherici Sound Design Simon Apostolou Music James Ferraro Cast Dewy Kunetz, Sandra Poitoux, Hugues Njiba-Mukuna, Bruck, Lilith Grasmug

Awards/Festivals Golden Leopard Locarno International Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival

Sophia Antipolis: a technopole on the French Riviera-a place where dreams come true. But fear and despair lurk beneath the surface. Under a deceitful sun, five lives map out the haunting story of a young woman: Sophia. Through the investigation of the murder of a minor, the film traces a new anthropological map examining how evil is being nurtured in the Sophia Antipolis technology park.

tkm^nb Bânt]mfnkv: kz]v\§Ä bmYmÀYyamIp¶ Hcp {^©v sSIvt\m\Kcw. F¦nepw, `oXnbpw \ncmibpw B \Kcs¯ Npän¸än \n¡p¶p. A©v PohnX§fneq sS tkm^nb F¶ bphXnbpsS IY hc¨nSp¶p. tkm^n Bâo t]mfnkn hÀ²n¨phcp¶ IpäIrXy§sf {]mb ]qÀ¯nbmIm¯ HcmfpsS sIme]mXImt\zjW¯n eqsS ]n´pScpIbmWv kn-\na.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 145 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Sorry Angel Plaire, Aimer Et Courir Vite France/2018/colour/132’/French

Director and Screenplay Christophe Honore Producer Philippe Martin, David Thion DoP Remy Chevrin Editor Chantal Hymans Cast Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Padalydes

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival Chicago International Film Festival

Jacques is a writer living in Paris. He hasn’t turned 40 but believes that the best in his life is yet to come. Arthur is a student living in Brittany. He reads and smiles a lot and refuses to think that everything in life might not be possible. Jacques and Arthur gets close like a lovely dream and a sad story.

PmIzkv Hcp Fgp¯pImc\mWv, ]mcokn Pohn¡p¶p. \mev]Xp IS¶n«nsænepw Xsâ PohnX¯nse \à Imew hcm\ncn¡pt¶bpÅpsh¶v IcpXp¶p. {_n«Wn bn Pohn¡p¶ BÀXÀ hnZym-À°nbmWv. Hcp]mSv hmbn ¡pIbpw Nncn¡pIbpsams¡ sN¿p¶ {]IrXamWv A bmfptSXv. PohnX¯n Fs´¦nepw A{]m]yamsW¶v AbmÄ IcpXp¶nÃ. PmIz-kpw BÀXdpw ASp¡p¶p, C jv-SamIp¶p. kpµcamb Hcp kz]v\wt]mse. Hcp hncl IYbnse¶t]mse.

146 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Suleiman Mountain Sulayman too Kyrgyzstan/2017/Colour/101’/Kirghiz, Russian

Director Elizaveta Satishova Screenplay Alisa Khmelnitskaya Producer Elena Yatsura DoP Tudor Vladimir Panduru Editor Karolina Maciejewska Cast Daniel Daiyerbekov, Perizat Ermanbetova, Asset Imangaliev, Turgunay Erkinbekova

Awards/Festivals East of the West Award, Karlovy Vary, Toronto IFF, Roberto Rosselini prize Pingayo Tiger Hidden Dragon IFF, NETPAC and Fipresci awards Eurasian FF Astana

Karabas is a difficult man: a hard-gambling, hard- drinking, childish guy who always prioritise himself first in the family. When his first wife, Zhipara, calls to tell him that she has found their long-lost son, Uluk, Karabas rushes to her, much to the dismay of his much younger, pregnant second wife Turganbyubyu. Soon the new family dynamics are stretched past their limits, and Karabas is caught between the two women bearing his sons: one re-born and one yet to come.

Idm_mkv Hcp {]tXyI a\pjy\mWv. NqXpIfn¡p¶, apgp¡pSnb\mb, Ip«n¯w hn«pamdm¯, IpSpw_t¯ ¡mfpw kz´w Imcy§Ä¡v {]mapJyw sImSp¡p¶bmÄ. hfsc¡mew ap³]v ImWmsXt]mb Xsâ aI³ Dep ¡ns\ Xncn¨pIn«nsb¶p BZy `mcy kn]mc hnfn¨p] dbpt¼mÄ AhcpsS ASp¡te¡v AbmÄ t]mIp¶Xv KÀ`nWnbmb cïmw `mcy XpÀKm³_yp_yphn\v \ockw DïmIp¶p. A[nIw sshImsX AhcpsS IpSpw_mh Ø k¦oÀ®amIp¶p. Xsâ ]nd¡m\ncn¡p¶Xpw ]p\ ÀP\n¨Xpamb a¡sf Npa¡p¶ Cu cïp kv{XoIÄ¡pw CSbn IpSp§nbncn¡pIbmWv Idm_mkv.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 147 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Summer Survivors Isgyventi Vasara Lithuania /2018/Colour/91’/Lithuanian

Director and Screenplay Marija Kavtaradze Producer Marija Razgute DoP Laurynas Breisa, Vytautas Katkus Editor Domas Petronis Music Domas Strupinsakas Sound Design Julius Grigelionis Cast Indre Patkauskaite, Paulius Markevicius, Gelmine Glemzaite

Awards/ Festivals Toronto IFF, Reykjavik IFF

A young research psychologist accepts to transport two of her patients to a seaside psychiatric unit. She gets caught in between the inner struggles of Paulis, a bipolar patient and the introvert state of Juste. The long journey brings the trio closer, and they navigate the survival process together.

Xsâ cïp tcmKnIsf IStemc¯pÅ bqWnänte¡v sIm- ïp-sN-¶m-¡m³ a\ximkv{XÚ X¿m-dm-Ip¶p. hn{`m ´nbpÅ ]ufnbpsSbpw DÄhenª {]IrXapÅ PÌbp sSbpw DÄkwLÀj§fn Ahcpw s]Sp¶p. ]t£ B \o ï bm{X Ahsc aq¶pt]scbpw IqSp-X A-Sp-¸n-¡p¶p.

Sunset Napszalta Hungary/2018/Colour/144’/Hungarian

Director Laszalo Nemes Screenplay Laszalo Nemes, Clara Royer, Matthieu Taponier Producer Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna, Barnabás Hutlassa DoP Matyas Erdely

148 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Editor Matthieu Taponier Music Laszlo Melis Cast Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Marcin Czarnik, Evelin Dobos

Awards/Festivals Venice International FF Toronto International FF, London FF

1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. However, she is sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are underway at the Leiter hat store to host guests of utmost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a person named Kálmán Leiter. Reluctant to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán's tracks, her only link to a lost past.

1913 se _pUms]Ìv. bptdm¸nsâ lrZb`mKw. lwKdn bpsS Cu XeØm\ \Kcnbnte¡v Ht«sd {]Xo£ IfpambmWv bphXnbmb Cdnjv sebväÀ F¯nbXv. Hcn¡Â Xsâ amXm]nXm¡fptSXmbncp¶ {]kn²amb sXm¸n¡Sbn tPmen sN¿Ww F¶mWhfpsS B {Klw. F¶ncp¶mepw ISbpsS ]pXnb DSaس Hmkv ImÀ {_n Ahsf \nckn¡p¶p. Nne kp{][m\ AXn YnIsf kzoIcn¡p¶Xn\mbn sebväÀ sXm¸n¡S X¿m sdSp¡p¶Xn\nSbn A{]Xo£nXambn HcmÄ ImÄam³ sebväÀ Fs¶mcmsf At\zjn¨v Cdnjn\Spt¯¡p hcp¶p. \Kcw Dt]£n¡m³ hnk½Xn¡p¶ AhÄ Xsâ \ãs¸« `qXImet¯¡pÅ Ahtijn¡p¶ Htcsbmcp I®nbmb ImÄams\ ]n´pScp¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 149 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

Tel Aviv on Fire Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel, France/2018/ Colour/96’/Arabic, Hebrew

Director Sameh Zoabi Screenplay Dan Kleinman, Sameh Zoabi Producer Amir Harel, Bernard Michaux, Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto DoP Laurent Brunet Editor Catherine Schwartz Music André Dziezuk Cast Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton

Awards/Festivals Best Actor, Venice ORRIZONTI, Tokyo IFF

Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera. Later on he has a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle.

Xosc ]cnNb k¼¶³ AÃm¯ kemw Hcp P\{]n-b sSen-hn-j³ ]-c-¼-c-bn Fgp¯pImc\mbn amdp¶p. AXn-\n-sS Hcp C{kmtben ]«mf¡mc\pambn kulrZw Øm]n¡p¶p. kemansâ kÀKmßI PohnX¯nsâ XpS¡ambncp¶p AXv. ]s£ ]c¼cbpsS Ahkm\ s¯ sNmÃn ]«mf¡mc\pw \nÀamXm¡fpambn keman\v A`n-{]mb hyXymk§Ä DSseSp¡p¶tXm-sS kemw hn- j-a-¯n-em-Ip¶p.

150 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

The Announcement Anons Turkey, Bulgaria /2018 /Colour/94’/Turkish

Director Mahmut Fazil Coskun Screenplay Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Ercan Kesal Producer Halil Kardas DoP Krum Rodriguez Editor Cicek Kahraman Cast Ali Seckiner Alici, Tarhan Karagoz, Murat Kilic

Awards/Festivals Golden Anchor Award Venice Film Festival

The night long journey of four soldiers who are discharged from the army. They were in charge of the Istanbul phase of a coup that took place in May 1963 in Ankara. As the four soldiers believe that a strong announcement is a vital part of a successful coup and to attract people, they plan to read a version of the original coup announcement that was read in Ankara. However, there is one thing that they do not take into account: the invisible power of the civilian life.

ssk\y¯n \n¶v ]ncnª \mept]cpsS hfsc \oï Hcp cm{XnImebm{X. 1963 A¦mdbn \S¶ Hcp ssk \nI A«nadnbpsS `mKambn CkvXm³_pÄ hn`mK¯ns\ \bn¨Xv Chcmbncp¶p. iàamb {]Jym]\w hnPb Iamb ssk\nI A«nadnbpsS {]kIv-X `mKamsW¶ [mcWbn P\§sf BIÀjn¡m\mbn A«nadnbpsS bYmÀ° tcJbpsS Hcp `mKw A¦mdbn hmbn¡m³ AhÀ apXncp¶p. F¶m AhÀ apJhnes¡Sp¡m¯ asäm¶pïvþkm[m-c-W P\Po-hn-X-¯n-sâ A-Zr-iy-iàn.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 151 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

The Apparition L'apparition France, Belgium, Jordan/2018/Colour/ 144'/ French, Italian, English

Director Xavier Giannoli Screenplay Xavier Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi, Marcia Romano Producer Olivier Delbosc DoP Eric Gautier Editor Cyril Nakache Cast Vincent Lindon, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao, Patrick d'Assumçao

Jacques, a journalist in a French regional newspaper, is recruited to lead a committee to explore the legitimacy of an apparition in a small French village. Upon his arrival, he meets Anna who claims to have personally witnessed an apparition of Virgin Mary. He then works to uncover the mystery.

Hcp {^©v {Kma¯n Dïmbnsb¶p ]dbs¸Sp¶ Znhy ZÀi\¯nsâ kXymhØ At\zjn¡p¶ I½nänbpsS Xeh\mbn \nban¡s¸SpIbmWv gmIv F¶ {]mtZinI ]{XteJI³. I\ymadnb¯nsâ ZÀi\¯n\v km£yw hln¨p F¶hImis¸Sp¶ A¶sb gmIv AhnsS Iïp ap«p¶p. ZpcqlXbpsS Npcpfgn¡m³ AbmÄ Cd§n¯n cn¡p¶p.

152 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

The Day I Lost My Shadow Yom Adaatou Zouli Syria, Lebanon/2018/Colour/94’/Arabic

Director and Screenplay Soudade Kaadan Producer Amira Kaadan DoP Eric Devin Editor Pierre Deschamps, Soudade Kaadan Music Kinan Azmeh Cast Sawsan Arshid, Reham Al Kassar, Samer Ismael, Oweiss Moukhallalti

Awards/Festivals Toronto International FF Lion of the Future Award Venice International FF London FF

It is winter in Damascus (Syria). Sana lives alone with her son (8 years old), and her husband works in Saudi Arabia. There is no more gas to cook or to warm the house. Sana takes a day off to find a gas cylinder. From then begins a trip in the surroundings of Damas where she is going to be brutally confronted by the effects of war.

ZamkvIkn ssiXyambncp¶p. k\ AhcpsS F«p hb ÊpÅ aI\pambmWv Xmakw, `À¯mhn\v kuZnbnemWv tPmen. ]mNIw sN¿p¶Xn\pw hoSv NqSm¡p¶Xn\p- apÅ Kymkv XoÀ¶pt]mbncn¡p¶p. Hcp Kymkv knen ïÀ Isï¯p¶Xn\mbn k\ Hcp Znhks¯ Ah[nsb Sp¡p¶p. AhnSp¶t§m«v bp²¯nsâ Xnà ^e§sf A`napJoIcn¨pÅ ZamkneqsSbpÅ k\bpsS bm{X XpS§pIbmWv.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 153 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

The Gentle Indifference of the World La Tendre indifférence du monde Kazakhstan, France/2018/Colour/100’/Kazakh

Director Adilkhan Yerzhanov Producer Serik Abishev Olga Khlasheva Screenplay Roelof Jan Minneboo and Adilkhan Yerzhanov DoP Aydar Sharipov Editor Yedige Nessipbekov Music Nurassyl Nuridin Cast Sultan Abzalov, Tulemis Alishev, Dinara Baktybaeva

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival, Montréal Festival of New Cinema

After her father's untimely death, Saltanat is forced to trade her idyllic countryside life for the cruel city. In order to save her mother from jail, Saltanat has to find money to pay off the large family debt that her father left behind. Her childhood friend Kuandyk who is penniless, but admires her, follows Saltanat just to make sure his sweetheart is safe. Saltanat's uncle introduces her to a possible groom, who promises to pay off her family's debts. But Saltanat's hopes are dashed, when she discovers that the men in this city don't keep their word.

AÑsâ A{]Xo£nXamb acWs¯¯pSÀ¶v k¯ \män\v Xsâ {KmaoW PohnXapt]£n¨v \Kc¯n te¡v tNt¡tdïn hcp¶p. Xsâ Aѳ hcp¯n sh¨n«pÅ `oaamb ISw ho«m\pw AXp ImcWw Pbn en Ignbp¶ Xsâ A½sb ]pd¯nd¡m\pw AhÄ ]Ww Isït¯ïnbncn¡p¶p. AhÄ kpc£nXbm

154 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

sW¶v Dd¸p hcp¯m³ thïn am{Xw AhfpsS Ifn¡q «pImc³ Ip hm³Un¡pw Ahsf ]n´pScp¶pïv. ISw apgph³ ho«msa¶ hmKvZm\t¯msS h¶ Hcp hcs\ km¯\mänsâ A½mh³ AhÄ¡v ]cnNbs¸Sp ¯ns¡mSp¡p¶p. F¶mÂ, \Kc¯nse ]pcpj·mÀ hm¡v ]men¡mdnsöv Xncn¨dnbp¶tXmsS AhfpsS {]Xo£IsfÃmw XIcp¶p.

The Heiresses Las herederas Paraguay/2018/Colour/95’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Marcelo Martinessi Producer Marcelo Martinessi, Sebastián Peña Escobar DoP Luis Amando Arteaga Editor Fernando Epstein Cast Ana Brun, Margarita Irun, Anna Ivanova

Awards/Festivals Best Actress & Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize, Berlin IFF, Sydney IFF

Chela and Chiquita, both descendants from wealthy families in Asunción, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened and they begin to sell off their inherited possessions. But when their debts hikes, Chiquita is imprisoned on fraud charges, and Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 155 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

]mcmKtzmbnse Akp³jntbmWnse Hcp k¼¶ IpSpw _¯nsâ ]n·pd¡mcmb Ioebpw NnIn-äbpw 30 hÀ-j- ¯ntesdbmbn Hcpan¨mWv. ]s£ ASp¯nsSbmbn AhcpsS km¼¯nI \ne tamiamIpIbpw AhcpsS ]mc¼cy kz¯p¡Ä hn¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. ]s£ AhcpsS aqÀÑn¨ IS§sf XpSÀ¶v h©\m Ipä¯n\v NnIn-ä PbnenemIp¶tXmSpIqSn Ioe¡v ]pXnb bmYmÀ- Yy§sf t\cntSïn hcp¶p. hÀj§Ä¡ptijw BZy- ambn hml\tamSn¡p¶ AhÄ {]mbamb HcpIq«w k¼¶ kv{XoIÄ¡v SmIvkn tkh\w \ÂIp¶p.

The House that Jack Built Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden/2018/ Colour/155’/English | German | Italian

Director Lars von Trier Screenplay Lars von Trier, Jenle Hallund Producer Louise Vesth DoP Manuel Alberto Claro Editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Molly Malene Stensgaard Cast Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman

Awards/Festivals Hamburg Film Festival. Cannes Film Festival

USA in the 1970s. The movie follows the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and introduces to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. The movie tells the story from Jack's perspective. He postulates each murder as an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention draws nearer, he takes greater risks to create the ultimate artwork.

156 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

1970Ifnse Atacn¡. AXoh _p²nam\mb Pm¡ns\ bpw 12 hÀjambn At±lw \S¯p¶ sIme]mXI§ sfbpw \½Ä ]cnNbs¸Sp¶p. Hmtcm sIme]mXI s¯bpw Hmtcm Iemkrãnbmbn ImWp¶ Pm¡nsâ ImgvN¸mSneqsSbmWv Nn{Xw \o§p¶Xv. t]meoknsâ CSs]SepIÄ hcp¶tXmsS Pm¡v AXnkmlknIambn Xsâ ]caamb Iemkrãn \nÀ½n¡m³ {ian¡p¶p.

The Image Book Le livre d'image Switzerland, France/2018/Colour/84'/ French

Director and Screenplay Jean-Luc Godard Producer Fabrice Aragno, Mitra Farahani DoP Fabrice Aragno Editor Jean-Luc Godard Cast Dimitri Basil, Buster Keaton, Jean-Luc Godard (Voice)

Awards/Festivals Special Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival

‘The Image Book’, weaves many fragments, crashing together bits of music, old movie clips, sado-porn and video footage of terrorist murders and lets us see and hear each one anew. While it evades many traditional emotional experiences, the narrative has a tragic undercurrent, and confirms widespread perceptions of Godard as a hopeless solitary man.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 157 IFFK 2018/World Cinema

kwKoX¯nsâbpw, ]gb Ne¨n{X `mK§fpsSbpw, h\y- ssewKnIXbpsSbpw, Xo{hhmZ sImeIfpsSbpw NnXdn b Zriy§Ä Iq«nt¨À¯psImïv ]pXnsbmcp ImgvNbpw Nn´bpw Dfhm¡p¶XmWv "Zn CtaPv _p¡v'. ]c¼cmKX sshImcnIm\p`h§Ä Hgnhm¡p¶psï¦nepw Zpc´]q ÀWamb ASnsbmgp¡pIÄ \nd-ª B-Jym-\-coXn Bi- bä GImInbmWv sKm-ZmÀ-Zv F-¶ [m-c-W _-e-s¸-Sp¯p¶p.

The Interpreter Tlmocnik Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria/2018/ Colour/113'/ German, Slovak, English, Russian

Director Martin Sulík Screenplay Marek Lescák, Martin Sulík Producer Rudolf Biermann, Martin Sulík, Bruno Wagner DoP Martin Strba Editor Olga Kaufmanová Music Vladimír Godár Sound Design David Titera Cast Jirí Menzel, Peter Simonischek, Zuzana Mauréry

Awards/Festivals Haifa International Film Festival

80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book written by a former paramilitary officer which describes his wartime activities in Slovakia. Ali realizes that his parents were executed by this officer. He sets out to take revenge but finds instead the officer's 70-year-old son, Georg, a retired teacher. The two old men, with different perspectives, embark on a journey to meet surviving witnesses of the wartime tragedy.

158 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2018/World Cinema

F¬]XpImc\mb Aen DwKÀ Hcp ]pkvXIw hmbn¡m \nSbmIp¶p. tÉmhmIybnse bp²Imes¯ ]änbpÅ Hcp AÀ[ssk\nI DtZymKØsâ B ]pkvXI¯n \n¶v Xsâ amXm]nXm¡sf sIm¶Xv Cu DtZymKØ\m sW¶p a\Ênem¡p¶ DwKÀ Abmsf Xncªnd§p¶p. ]s£ AbmÄ Iïpap«p¶Xv B ]gb DtZymKØsâ Fgp]XpImc\mb aIs\bmWv. tPmÀPv A[ym]I\mbn hncan¨bmfmWv. hyXykvX Nn´mKXn¡mcmb Ahscm ¶n¨v-- bp²s¯ AXnPohn¨hsc Xncªnd§p¶p.

The Load Teret Serbia, France/ 2018/Colour/98’/ Serbian

Director and Screenplay Ognjen Glavonic Producer Sophie Erbs, Ognjen Glavonic, Stefan Ivancic, Dragana Jovovic DoP Tatjana Krstevski Editor Jelena Maksimovic Cast Leon Lucev, Pavle Cemerikic, Tamara Krcunovic, Ivan Lucev

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Stockholm Film, Sarajevo Film Festival.

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Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombings of Serbia in 1999. Entrusted with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, and tries to find his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he has to return home and face the consequences of his actions.

1999 \mtäm skÀ_nbbn t_mw_m{IaWw \S¯p- t¼mÄ hvemS {S¡v s{sUhdmbn tPmensN¿pIbmbn cp¶p. \nKqV kz`mhapÅ Nc¡pambn sImtkmhbn \n¶v s_Ât{KUnte¡v t]mIp¶ hgnbn AbmÄ A] cnNnXamb `q{]tZi§fneqsS IS¶pt]mIp¶p, bp²w ]n¨n¨o´nb cmPy¯neqsS AbmÄ Xsâ hgn Isï ¯m³ {ian¡p¶p. Cu DZyat¯msS Xsâ tPmen \ã s¸Spsa¶pw Xncn¨v ho«nse¯pt¼mÄ Xsâ {]hr¯n IfpsS ]cnWnX^ew A\p`hnt¡ïn hcpsa¶pw Abm Ä¡dnbmw.

The Man who bought the Moon L’uomo Che Compro La Luna Italy, Argentina, Albania/2018/Colour/ 103’/ Italian

Director Paolo Zucca Screenplay Paolo Zucca, Barabara Alberti, Geppi Cucciari Producer Amendo Pagani, Nicola Giuliano, Daniel Burman, Genc Permeti DoP Ramiro Civita Editor Sarah Mc Teigue Music Andrea Guerra Cast Jacopo Cullin, Stefano Fresi

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An unbeliaveble news spreads across all intelligence agencies in the world – A man living in Serdinia is the real owner of the moon. All governments in the world began to claim their rights on the moon. They decide to despatch a Serdinian born secret agent into the island. He is getting private lessons to learn what it is to be a Serdinian.

Ahnizk\obamb Hcp hmÀ¯ CâenP³kv hr¯§ fn ]c¡p¶p þ Hcp kmÀUo\nb¡mc\mWv N{µsâ bYmÀ° DSa F¶v. temI¯nse FÃm kÀ¡mcpIfpw N{µsâ DSa X§fmsW¶v AhImis¸Sm³ XpS§n. AhÀ kmÀUo\nbbn P\n¨ Hcp clky GPâns\ Zzo ]nte¡v Ab¡m³ Xo-cp-am-\n-¡p¶p. A-Xn-\m-bn F-§ s\-sbm-cp b-YmÀ-° kmÀ-Uo-\n-b-¡m-c-\m-bn s]-cp-am-d-W- sa-¶v ]-cn-io-en-¸n-¡p¶p.

The Manslayer. The Virgin. The Shadow Mehetapja/Suutu/Vari Estonia/2017/Colour/141’/Estonian

Director Sulev Keedus Screenplay Sulev Keedus, Madis Koiv Producer Kaie-Ene Rääk DoP Eric Pollumaa, Ivar Taim Editor Kaie-Ene Raak Music Martynas Bialobzeskis Cast Rea Lest, Evald Aavik, Andrus Albrecht

The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer's story takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about

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to start her life with her new family. Set in the spring of 1949, The Virgin, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow, moves in the present, along the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home.

kn\na¡v aq¶v A²ymb§fmWv. sIme]mXInbpsS IY Hcp \qämïv ap³]v \S¡p¶XmWv. Xsâ ]pXnb IpSpw_t¯msSm¸w PohnXw XpS§p¶ \hh[phmb amcbmWv tI{µ IYm]m{Xw. bp²s¯¯pSÀ¶v C³{Knb bnÂ\n¶pw FkvtämWnbbnte¡v \mSpIS¯s¸« Feo\ F¶ bphXnbpsS IYbmWv I\yI. 1949 se hk´ImeamWv ]Ým¯ew. kz]v\§Ä¡pw bmYmÀ Yy¯n\panSbn k©cn¡p¶ \ng F¶ IY hÀ¯am \Ime¯v \S¡p¶ H¶mWv. ho«nÂ\n¶pw c£s¸«v HmSm³ {ian¡p¶ eqW eo BWv tI{µ IYm]m-{Xw.

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem Palastiene, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico /2018/ Colour/127’/Arabic, Hebrew, English

Director Muayad Alayan Screenplay Rami Alayan Producer Muayad Alayan, Rami Alayan DoP Sebastian Bock Editor Sameer Qumsiyeh Music Frank Gelat, Charlie Rishmawi, Tarek Abu Salameh Sound Design Giannis Giannakopoulos Cast Maisa Abd Elhadi, Mohammed Eid, Kamel El Basha

Awards/ Festivals Rotterdam IFF, Titanic Budapest FF

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Sarah, an Israeli from West Jerusalem, embarks on an illicit affair with Saleem - a Palestinian from East Jerusalem. Their affair can tear apart their respective families who are unsuspective of their relation. On a late night things goes awry which threatens to expose them. The two of them look on helplessly as their frantic efforts to salvage themselves goes in vain. The film depicts how life in the holy city dictates a dangerous response to a common social drama that could happen anywhere in the world.

]Snªmd³ sPdpktean DÅ Ct{kbepImcnbmb kmdbpw, Ingt¡ Pdpktean \n¶papÅ ]me-kv-Xo³ Imc\mb keoapw X½n Hcp AhnlnX _Ôw DSse Sp¡p¶p. Hcp cm{Xn X§fpsS _Ôw ]pd¯dnbpsa¶p BIpt¼mÄ, kzm`nam\w c£n¡m\pÅ {ia¯n Imcy §Ä ssIhn«p t]mIp¶Xv \nÊlmbXtbmsS t\m¡n \nÂt¡ïnhcp¶p.

The River Ozen Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway/2018/ Colour/108'/Kazakh

Director, Screenplay, Producer, DoP and Editor Emir Baigazin Music Justyna Banaszczyk Sound Design Filip Krzemien Cast Zhalgas Klanov, Zhasulan Userbayev, Ruslan Userbayev, Eric Tazabekov

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Awards/Festivals Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Aslan, the eldest son of a farmer in Kazhak village is entrusted to look after his four brothers and assigns tasks for them in their farm chores. He takes them to a nearby river for a swim for moments of deep respite and happiness. Their lives take an unexpected turn when Kanat, an estranged cousin, unexpectedly arrives at the village and the mundane life of the family begins to fall apart for good.

Ikm¡nse Hcp IÀjI IpSpw_¯nsâ A¯mWnbm bncp¶p Aɳ F¶ Iuamc¡mc³. Xsâ \mev A\p P·msc t\mt¡ï NpaXebpw AhtâXmbncp¶p. Ahscbpw Iq«n ASp¯pÅ Hcp \Znbnte¡v Ipfn¡m ³ t]mbncp¶Xv AhcpsS PohnX¯nse kt´m-jw \ndª Nne kµÀ`§fmbncp¶p AhcpsS PohnX¯n te¡v _ÔpIqSnbmb Im\mXv hcp¶tXmSpIqSn IÃpISn IÄ XpS§p¶p.

The Sisters Brothers USA/2018/Colour/121’/English

Director Jacques Audiard Screenplay Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain Producer Pascal Caucheteux, Gregoire Sorlat, Michel Merkt, Michael De Luca, Allion Dickey, John C. Reilly DoP Benoit Debie Editor Juliette Welfling Music Alexandre Desplat Cast John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed

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Awards/Festivals Silver Lion for Best Director Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival

The story follows Eli and Charlie Sisters - two hitmen brothers hired by a wealthy man known only as the Commodore, who assigns them to kill a man named Hermann Warm. The Commodore claims that Warm stole from him and left town. Eli comments that he finds it hard to believe that someone could steal from a dangerous man like the Commodore, but Charlie defends their employer. Warm is being tracked by John Morris, a scout, also employed by Commodore. Morris finds Warm traveling by wagon train south to California with the Gold Rush and befriends him.

sImtamtUmÀ F¶ Hcp k¼¶\nÂ\n¶pw A¨mcw hm§n slÀa³ hmw F¶bmsf sImÃm³ \S¡p¶ knÌgvkv F¶dn-b-s¸-Sp¶ Gen, NmÀfn F¶o hm-SI sImebmfnIfpsS IY. hmw X¶nÂ\n¶pw tamãn¨v IS¶pIfªXmsW¶mWv IatUmdn³sd ]£w. Ia- tUmdns\t¸mse A]ISImcnbmb Hcmfn \n¶pw F{Xt]À tamãn¡m³ apXncpsa¶v Gen kwibw {] ISn¸n¡p¶p. F¶m NmÀfn IatUmdnsâ ]£w ]n- Sn¡p¶p. IatUmdnsâ kwL¯nse tPm¬ tamdnkv hmans\ ]n´pScp¶pïv. Iment^mÀWnbbnte¡v Hcp hmK¬ Xohïnbn tKmÄUv djns\m¸w k©cn¡p¶ hmap-ambn tam-dn-kv N§m¯¯nemhp¶p.

The Third Wife Vietnam/2018/Colour/96'/Vietnamese

Director and Screenplay Ash Mayfair Producer Ash Mayfair, Thi Bich Ngoc Tran DoP Chananun Chotrungroj Editor Julie Béziau Music An Ton That Sound Design Edouard Morin, Romen Dymny Cast Long Le Vu, Mai Thu Huong Maya, Nguyen Phuong Tra My, Lam Thanh My

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

In 19th century Vietnam, a fourteen year old May gets married as the third wife to a wealthy landowner, Hung. As her primary aim in the wealthy setting is to bear a son, her mind wanders in search of a real goal in life but realizes that her options are minimal.

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]s¯m³]Xmw \qämïnse hnbäv\man ]Xn\mepIm cnbmb ta [\nI\mb `qhpSa lpMnsâ aq¶mas¯ `mcybmhp¶p. k¼¶amb Npäp]mSn AhfpsS {]mY anI e£yw Hcp B¬Ipªn\v P·w \ÂIpI F¶m sW¦nepw AhfpsS a\Êv Aeªp\S¡p¶Xv bYmÀ ° PohnXe£y§sf tXSnbmWv. ]s£ Npcp§nb km[yXIfmsW¶v X\n¡v ap¶nepÅsX¶v AhÄ Xncn- ¨dnbp¶p.

The Wild Pear Tree Ahlat Agaci Turkey, Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany/2018/colour/188’/France, Germany

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan Screenplay Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Akinaksu Produced Zeynep Ozbatur DoP Gokhan Tiryaki Editor Nuri Bilge Ceylan Cast Aydin Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Hazar Erguclu

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

Sinan is passionate about literature and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul to scrape together the money he needs to publish his works, but his father’s debts form a barrier.

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kmlnXy¯n AXohXev]c\mb kn\m\v Hcp Fgp ¯pImc³ BIWsa¶mWv B{Klw. Xm³ P\n¨ {Kma¯nte¡v Xncn¨v h¶ kn\m³ {]kn²oIcW¯n\v Bhiyamb ]Ww Isï¯m³ BßmÀ°ambn ]cn{ian ¡p¶p. F¶m Ahsâ AÑsâ IS_m[yXIÄ AXn- \v X-S-Ê-am-bn- \nÂ-¡p¶p.

The Working Woman Isha Ovedet Israel/2018/Colour/93'/Hebrew

Director Michal Aviad Screenplay Michal Aviad, Sharon Azulay Eyal, Michal Vinik Producer Leon Edery, Moshe Edery, Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait DoP Daniel Miller Editor Nili Feller Sound Design Aviv Aldema Cast Liron Ben-Shlush, Menashe Noy, Oshri Cohen, Sarah Markowitz.

Awards/Festivals Toronto International Film Festival

Orna makes a significant career change as an assistant to a major Israeli developer Benny. There she has to face inappropriate sexual advancements from Benny for giving her a promotion. However, she has to stick with the job as she is the sole breadwinner of her family and a long struggle follows.

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HÀWbpsS HutZymKnI PohnX¯nse kp{][m\ hgn ¯ncnhmbncp¶p {]apJ C{kmtben sI«nS \nÀ½m Xmhmb s_¶nbpsS klmbnbmbn \nbanXbmbXv. ] s£ AhnsSbhÄ Xnàamb ssewKnImXn{Ia¯n\v CcbmIp¶p. F¶ncp¶mepw IpSpw_¯nsâ GIk¼mZy amÀ¤sa¶ \ne¡v AhÄ B tPmenbn XpScm³ \nÀ _ÔnXbmIp¶p.

The World is Yours Le Monde Est A Toi France/2018/Colour/94'/French

Director Romain Gavras Screenplay Karim Boukercha, Noé Debré, Romain Gavras Producer Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar, Jean Duhamel, Nicolas Lhermitte, Vincent Mazel, Hugo Sélignac DoP André Chemetoff Editor Benjamin Weill Music Sebastian Akchoté, Jamie XX Sound Design Arnaud Lavaleix Cast Karim Leklou, Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel, Oulaya Amamra

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

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A mild mannered Francois, who lives with his domineering mother Danny, wants to get rich, in hope of an honest living by doing business. But in order to raise enough money to finance his business, he agrees to oversee a major drug deal in Spain. But nothing goes as expected, the deal turns into chaos and goes out of control.

IÀ¡i¡mcnbmb A½ Um\ntbmsSm¸w Ignbp¶ ku ay\mb {^m³kzmbv¡v t\cmb amÀ¤¯neqsS I¨hSw sNbvXv [\nI\mIm\mWv B{Klw. F¦nepw Xsâ I¨hS¯n\mhiyamb ]Ww Isï¯p¶Xn\mbn kvs] bn\nse Hcp ab¡pacp¶v CS]mSn\v taÂt\m«w hln ¡msa¶v Ah³ G¡p¶p. F¶m Imcy§Ä A{] Xo£nXambn \nb{´WmXoXamb kwLÀj¯nte¡v hgnamdp¶p.

Too Late to Die Young Tarde Para Morir Joven Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar/2018/ Color/110’/Spanish

Director and Screenplay Dominga Sotomayor Castillo Producer Rodrigo Teixeira, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo DoP Inti Briones Editor Catalina Marín Duarte Cast Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro

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Awards/Festivals Best Director Locarno IFF, Toronto IFF, Chicago IFF, Hamburg FF, London FF

The year 1990 was when Chile transitioned to demo- cracy, but all of that seems a world away for 16-year- old Sofia, who lives far off the grid, in a mountain. The film takes place during the hot days between Christmas and New Year’s, and interlaces the troubling realities of the adult world and the elemental forces of nature which intrudes Sofia's teenage life.

1990 Nnen P\m[n]Xy¯ntebv¡v \o§p¶p. ]s£ Zqsc ae\ncIÄ¡nSbn Xmakn¡p¶ 16 Imcn tkm ^nb¡v AsXms¡ Hcp hnZqc temIw F¶t]msebmWv. {InkvXpakn\pw ]pXphÕc¯n\pw CSbnepÅ DjvWZn \§fn apXnÀ¶hcpsS temI¯nse bmYmÀYy§Ä AhfpsS IuamcPohnX¯ntebv¡v IS¶ph¶v Ahsf AkzØbm¡m³ XpS§p¶p.

Transit Germany, France/2018/Colour/101’/German,French

Director Christian Petzold Screenplay Christian Petzold, Anna Seghers Producer Jaime Romandía DoP Hans Fromm Editor Bettina Böhler Music Stefan Will Sound Design Dominik Schleier Cast Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese

Awards/Festivals Berlin IFF, Buenos Aires IFF, Chicago IFF

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A man flees to France after the Nazi invasion. He assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possess. Stuck in Marseilles, he meets a young woman who is desperate to find her missing husband - the very man he's impersonating.

\mknIfpsS A[n\nthi Ime¯v {^m³knte¡v ]d¶ HcmÄ acWs¸« Hcp Fgp¯pImc\mbn hyànkzXzw amdn Pohn¡p¶p. amÀknekn IpSp§nb AbmÄ ImWmXmb `À¯mhns\ At\zjn¨p \S¡p¶ Hcp bph Xnbpambn ]cnNbs¸Sp¶p. B bphXn tXSp¶ AhcpsS `À¯mhmbmWv AbmÄ AhnsS Pohn¡p¶Xv.

Vision France, Japan/2018/Colour/ 109’/ French, English, Japanese

Director and Screenplay Naomi Kawase Producer Naomi Kawase, Marianne Slot DoP Arata Dodo, Yasuhiro Ota Editing Francois Gedigier, Yoichi Shibuya Cast Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwata

Awards/Festivals Ghent International Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival

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Jeanne leaves for Japan in search of a mysterious and rare herb that appears only once in every 997 years. During this trip, she meets Tomo, a forest ranger, who accompanies her quest and guides her to trace her past.

997 hÀj¯n Hcn¡Â am{Xw {]Xy£s¸Sp¶ Hc]qÀÆ kkys¯ At\zjn¨v gms\ P¸m\nte¡v t]mIp¶p. bm{Xmat[y AhÀ t^mdÌv td©dmb tSmtamsb Iïpap«p¶p. XpSÀ¶pÅ bm{Xbn gm\v hgnIm«p¶ tSmtam Ahsc AhcpsS `qXImet¯¡pw \bn¡p¶p.

Volcano Vulkan Ukraine, Germany /2018/Colour/106’/Lithuanian

Director Roman Bondarchuk Screenplay Dar’ya Averchenko, Roman Bondarchuk, Alla Tyutyunnik Producer Michel Merkt, Olena Yershova, Tanja Georgieva, Dar’ya Averchenko DoP Vadim Ilkov Editor Mykola Bazarkin, Heike Parplies Music Anton Baibakov Sound Design Julius Grigelionis Cast Serhiy Stepansky, Viktor Zhdonov

Awards/ Festivals Athens IFF, Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Odessa IFF, Split International Festival of New Film, Sao Paulo IFF, Ukranian Film Critics Awards, Vallodolid IFF.

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Lukas, an interpreter for an OSCE military checkpoint, gets stranded in a remote Ukranian Steppe town. He encounters a series of mishaps, and ends up waiting for rescue. But after interacting with a local community called Vovo, he confronts a world beyond his imagination. Falling in love with Marushka, the hosts’ daughter, Lukas' contempt for provincial life slowly melts away and sets him on a quest for happiness.

Hm Fkv kn C anen«dn sNIv--t]mbnânse Zzn`mjnbmb eq¡mkv Dss{I\nse Hcp {]m´{]tZi¯v-- Häs¸«p t]m-Ip¶p. ]e A]IS§fpw t\-cn-tSïn-h-cp¶ A t±lw Hcp c£s¸Sen\mbn Im¯ncn¡p¶p. AhnSps¯ {]mtZinI P\hn`mKamb thmthmIfpambpÅ At±l ¯nsâ k¼À¡w At±l¯n\v Nn´n¡m³ t]m-ep amIm¯ Hcp temIs¯ Xpd¶nSp¶p. AhnsS At±l ¯n\v A`bw sImSp¯bmfpsS aIfpambn At±lw {]Wb¯nemIp¶p. ]Xps¡¸Xps¡ At±l¯nsâ AhÚ kt´mj¯n\v hgnamdp¶p.

Woman at War Kona fer í stríð Iceland, France, Ukraine/2018/ Colour/101’/ Icelandic, Spanish, English, Ukrainian

Director Benedict Erlingsson Screenplay Benedict Erlingsson and Ólafur Egilsson Producer Benedikt

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Erlingsson, Marianne Slot DoP Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson Editor David Alexander Corno Music Davíð Þór Jónsson Cast Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival, Montréal Festival of New Cinema

Halla, a choir conductor, wants to disrupt the operations of a Rio Tinto aluminium plant situated in the highlands of Iceland. She repeatedly damages pylons and wires to cut out their power supply. One day, a long-forgotten application by Halla to adopt an orphan child from Ukraine gets approved. Meantime, the government ramps up police and propagates fake news in order to catch and discredit her.

Hcp KmbI kwLs¯ \bn¡p¶ lÃbv¡v, sFɳ Unsâ DbÀ¶ {]tZi¯pÅ dnsbm Snsâm F¶ Aeq an\nbw I¼\nbpsS {]hÀ¯\s¯ XSÊs¸Sp¯Ww. AhÀ \nc´cambn hbdpIÄ apdn¨v b{´§Ä \ in¸n¡pIbpw I¼\nbnte¡pÅ sshZypXn hntÑZn ¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. Ds{sI\nse Hcp A\mY Ip«nsb Zs¯Sp¡m³ AhÀ \mfp-IÄ-¡v ap¼v \ÂInbncp¶ At]£ Hcp kp{]`mX¯n A\phZn¨p In«p¶p. F¶mÂ, t]m-eokns\ iàn-s¸-Sp¯n ]ehn[ {]Nc W§Ä \S¯nbpw lÃsb ]nSnIqSm\pw A]IoÀ¯n s¸Sp¯phm\pw {ian¡pIbmWv Kh¬saâv.

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Yomeddine Egypt, USA, Austria/2018/Colour/97'/Arabic

Director and Screenplay A.B. Shawky Producer Dina Emam DoP Federico Cesca Editor Erin Greenwell Music Omar Fadel Sound Design Dario Forzato Cast Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Shahira Fahmy, Osama Abdallah

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

Bashay is a man who has recovered from leprosy but is left with extensive scarring. He earns by scavenging for sellable items from the local garbage dump. Bashay, accompanied by an orphan boy, sets off to find his family, to reconnect with them and perhaps to confront them about the way his father abandoned him.

IpjvTtcmKw _m[n¨p hncq]\mb _msjbv ]m«s]dp ¡n hnämWv Pohn¡p¶Xv. Hcp {]XnkÔnL«¯n Hc\m-Y_me\pambn Xsâ {Kma¯nte¡v AbmÄ bm{X Xncn¡p¶p. Xsâ IpSp_hpambn H¯ptNcp¶Xnt\m- sSm¸w Xs¶ Dt]-£n-¨-sX-´n-s\-¶v AÑt\mSv tNm-Zn- ¡m³ Iq-Sn-bmWv AbmÄ t]m-Ip¶Xv.

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Yuli Spain, Cuba, UK, Germany/2018/ Colour/104’/Spanish

Director Iciar Bollain Screenplay Paul Laverty Producer Andrea Calderwood, Juan Gordon DoP Alex Catalan Editor Nacho Ruiz Capillas Music Alberto Iglesias SoundDesign Eva valino Cast Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Carlos Enrique Almirante

Awards/Festivals Best Screenplay, San Sebastian IFF, Hamburg FF

Yuli is the nickname of Carlos Acosta, given by his father Pedro. Yuli flees from all kinds of discipline and education. Knowing the talents of Yuli, Pedro forces him to attend Cuba’s National Dance School. After initial reluctance, Yuli gets captivated by the world of dance. He emerges as one of the top dancers of his generation. Breaking age old taboos, Yuli becoms the first black artist to dance at the Royal Ballet in London.

bqen F¶Xv ImÀtemkv At¡mkv--äsb Ahsâ Aѳ s]t{Um hmÕey]qÀÆw hnfn¡p¶ t]cmWv. A¨S-¡- ¯nÂ-\n¶pw in-£-W-¯nÂ-\n¶pw H-fn-t¨m-Sp-¶ bq-en- bpsS IgnhpIsf¸än D¯at_m[yapïmbncp¶ Ah sâ Aѳ Ahs\ Iyq_bnse \mjW Um³kv k-vIqfn tNcm³ \nÀ_Ôn¡p¶p. BZyw ssh-a-\kyw {]-I-Sn-¸n-¡p-sa-¦n-epw \r¯temI¯nsâ {`an¸n¡en\v IogS§p¶ Ah³ ]n¶oSv Ahsâ Xeapdbnse F®s¸« \À¯Icn H-cm-fm-bn-am-dp¶p. {_n«\nse tdmb _m eän \r¯ahXcn¸n¡p¶ BZy Idp¯ hÀK¡mc\mbpw Ah³ amdp¶p.

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Apocalypto USA,Mexico/2006/Colour/138’/Yucatec Mayan

Director Mel Gibson Screenplay Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia Producer Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey DoP Dean Semler Editor John Wright Music James Horner Cast Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Ian uriel

Awards/Festivals Capri Hollywood

The Mayan kingdom is at the height of its opulence and power but the foundations of the empire are beginning to crumble. The leaders believe they must build more temples and sacrifice more people or their crops and citizens will die. Jaguar Paw, a peaceful hunter in a remote tribe, is captured along with his entire village in a raid. He is scheduled for a ritual sacrifice until he makes a daring escape and tries to make it back to his pregnant wife and son.

amb³ cmPyw A`nhr²nbpsSbpw A[nImc¯nsâbpw ]ctam¶XnbnemsW¦nepw AhcpsS ASn¯d XIÀ¶p sImïncn¡pIbmWv. cmPy¯nsâ A`nhr²n¡pw IqSpX  hnfbv¡pambn AhÀ ssZhs¯ {]oXns¸Sp¯m³ Xo cpam\n¡p¶p. CXn\mbn P\§sf IpcpXnsImSp¡p¶p. IpcpXnsImSp¡\mbn Im«phmknIsf ]nSnIqSp¶p. A Xn PmKzmÀ t]m F¶ sNdp¸¡mc\pw DÄs¸Sp¶p. AbmÄ Xsâ aItâbpw KÀ`nWnbmb `mcybptSbpw ASpt¯¡v c£s]Sm³ \S¯p¶ {ia§fmWv Nn{Xw.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild USA/2012/Colour/93’/English

Director Benh Zeitlin Screenpaly Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin Producer Dan Janvey Josh Penn Michael Gottwald DoP Ben Richardson Editor Crockett Doob, Affonso Gonçalves Music Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin Cast Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry

Awards/Festivals Abu Dhabi FF, AFI Awards

Six-year-old Hushpuppy lives with her father, Wink, in a remote Delta community. Wink is a stern taskmaster, but he is preparing his young daughter for the end of the world. When Wink falls mysteriously ill, nature seems to fall ill with him. Temperatures rise, the ice caps melt and fearsome prehistoric beasts called aurochs run loose. Rising waters threaten to engulf their community, sending Hushpuppy in search of her long-lost mother.

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Before The Flood USA/2001/Colour/96’/English

Director Fisher Stevens Screenplay Mark Monroe Producer Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens, Brett Ratner, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, James Packer, Trevor Davidoski DoP Antonio Rossi Editor Brett Banks, Geoffrey Rickman, Abhay Sofsky, Ben Sozanski Music Gustavo Santaolalla, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mogwai

Awards/Festivals Torronto IFF A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet. Actor and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Leonardo DiCaprio, travels the globe to witness firsthand the effects of an impending environmental disaster. By visiting ancient melting glaciers and levelled Indonesian tropical forests, DiCaprio unearths an urgent situation and the world's dependence on fossil fuels, going as far as to visit President Obama himself for an in-depth interview.

BtKmf ImemhØmhyXnbm\hpw AXv ]cnØn¡pta krãn¨ BLmX§fpw {]Xn]mZn¡p¶ tUmIypsaâdn Nn{Xw. \S\pw, bp F³ kam[m\ ZqX\pamb enb\mÀtUm Un Im{]ntbm temIsa¼mSpw ]cnØnXn BLmX§Ä ASbmfs¸Sp¯m\mbn k©cn¡p¶p. At±lw \S¯p ¶ Isï¯epIÄ DĸsS At±lw bp Fkv {]knU âv-- Bbncp¶ H_mabpambn Hcp A`napJhpw \S¯p¶p.

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom UK, South Africa/2013/Colour/146’/ English, Xhosa, Afrikaans

Director Justin Chadwick Screenplay William Nicholson Producer David M Thompson Anant Singh DoP Lol Crawley Editor Rick Russell Music Alex Heffes, U2 Cast Idris Elba, Naomie Harris

Awards/Festivals Golden Globe, Chicago FF

The remarkable life of South African revolutionary, president and world icon Nelson Mandela takes center stage. Though he had humble beginnings as a herd boy in a rural village, Mandela became involved in the anti-apartheid movement and co-founded the African National Congress Youth League. His activities eventually led to his imprisonment on Robben Island from 1964 to 1990. In 1994, Mandela became the first president of democratic South Africa.

Z£nWm{^n¡³ {]knUâpw hn¹hImcnbpamb s\ k³ atïebpsS PohnX Ncn{Xw. Hcp km[mcW {Kma ¯n CSb\mbn P\n¡pIbpw ]n¶oSv hn¹hIcamb t]mcm«§fn ]¦mfnbmhpIbpw B{^n¡³ \mjW tIm¬{Kkv bq-¯v eoKnsâ cq]oIcW¯nte¡v hsc B PohnXw \o-fp¶p. Cu t]mcm«§Ä At±ls¯ XShnem¡p¶p. ]n¶oSv kzX{´ B{^n¡bpsS BZy {]knUâv-- Bbn At±lw Ahtcm[n¡s¸Sp¶p.

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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland/2018/ Colour/96’/English, German, Italian, Spanish

Director Wim Wenders Screenplay Wim Wenders, David Rosier Producer Samanta Gandolfi Branca, Alessandro Lo Monaco, Andrea Gambetta, Wim Wenders, David Rosier DoP Lisa Rinzler Editor Maxine Goedicke Music Laurent Petitgand Cast Pope Francis

Awards/Festivals Golden Eye Cannes FF, Traverse City FF

Pope Francis embarks on a personal journey to present his work of reform and answer today's global questions from his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality to his involvement in environmental issues, social justice and calls for peace.

temIsa¼mSpw kam[m\ ktµihpambn Cd§n¯ncn ¡p¶ t]m]v-- {^m³knkns\ ]n´pScp¶ Nn{Xw. At± l¯nsâ Zcn{ZÀ¡pw aÀZnXÀ¡pw thïnbpÅ ]cn{i a§Ä IqSn Nn{Xw ImWn¡p¶p. ]cnØnXn, temI kam[m\w kmaqlnI {]iv\§Ä F¶nhbnse At± l¯nsâ CSs]SepIfpw Nn{Xw ]cnKWn¡p¶p.

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Vellappokkathil India/2008/Colour/40'/Malayalam

Director Jayaraj Screenplay Thakazhi Sivasankarapillai, Ananthapathmanabhan Producer Guruvision, Doordarshan DoP M J Radhakrishnan

Awards/Festivals National Film Award For Best Non Feature Film

Visualisation of Thakazhi Shiva Shankarappila’s famous story ‘Vellapokkathil. The movie happens when the whole land is flooded and the residents of village are sheltered in a rescue camp. Chenna Parayan with his pregnant wife and children is evacuated from the hut and moving to the camp in a boat. While they were moving to safe place their dog is standing on the top of the house. Asking about taking the dog with him other people denied saying there is no space. The movie is about the life of the dog staying on the top of the house for nearly three-four days.

{]ikvX kmlnXyImc³ XIgnbpsS shÅs¸m¡ ¯n F¶ IYbpsS ZriymhnjvImcw. \mSpapgph³ shůn ap§n. \m«pImscÃmw k-vIqfn Iym¼v sN¿pIbmWv. tN¶¸dbs\bpw KÀ`nWnbmb `mcy sbbpw Ip«nIsfbpsams¡ hůn h¶v Hgn¸n¨p. ap§m\mb IpSnen\papIfn ]«n am{Xw. ]«nsb¡p dn¨v tN¶¸db³ tNmZn¨t¸mÄ AXhnsS \n¡s« b¶v hůnepÅhÀ ]dªp. AXn\pÅ CSw hÅ ¯nenÃmbncp¶p. IpSnen\v apIfnencn¡p¶ ]«nbpsS aq¶p\mepZnhks¯ PohnXamWv IYbn ]dbp¶Xv.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 183 184 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 185 Celebrating the problems and pleasures of Ingmar Bergman, 100 years on

John Semley

A centenary, the very act of turning 100 years old, is a marker of longevity. At 100, spanning generations and surviving whole turns of history’s wheel, one becomes not only old, but ancient – embossed in time. Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman may have died in 2007, but he is nonetheless being treated to a full-blown, year-long centenary, marking the occasion of his birth on July 14, 1918, in the ecclesiastical city of Uppsala, Sweden. The global film community has prepared plenty of party favours: an extensive Blu-Ray box set of his films (courtesy the Criterion Collection) and even a #Bergman100 hashtag (you know, for kids). Few artists have left a mark on their medium as indel- ible as Bergman’s on cinema. In the booklet accom- panying the new Criterion set, Bergman biographer Peter Cowie calls him “perhaps the most enduring icon of classic art-house cinema.” His films are so famous that they’ve inspired parodies: courtesy Monty Py- thon, the Muppets, Bill and Ted, SCTV, even the 1990s animated kids show Animaniacs. He’s been hailed in rhapsodic hyperbole by Andrei Tarkovsky, Stan- ley Kubrick, Roger Ebert, Olivier Assayas and whole generations of critics and filmmakers. In fact, praising Bergman has become almost reflexive; an automated cinephilic gesture of reverence, like a Catholic mak- ing the sign of the cross while passing the threshold of a cathedral. Steven Spielberg once confessed that

186 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Bergman’s films were so good that they made him feel guilty. The uninitiated or Bergman-ambivalent may feel simi- lar pangs. Because while decades of appreciation no doubt stir up interest in Bergman and his films, such dense commendations can also make those same films seem alienating – the work of an Old Master, a canonized ancient whose lofty reputation is already deeply stamped on the history of cinema that it benefits from no further consideration. Encountering Bergman with new eyes, from a perspective untainted by such arch regard and ballyhoo, becomes difficult. It helps, perhaps, to understand what filmgoers saw when they first encountered Bergman. German film- maker Margarethe von Trotta was a teenager living in Paris when she first saw one of his films. “In Germany, we never went to cinema as an art form,” von Trotta explains over the phone from Germany. “We went to opera, to concerts and art exhibitions and theatre. That was art for us. Cinema was just entertainment.” Then von Trotta met a group of French students who took her to see The Seventh Seal, Bergman’s Black Death-era historical fantasy. “We became friends and they said, ‘You have to see the Bergman films!’” she remembers. “We had nothing like a genius like Berg- man in Germany. When I first saw him, I was so cultur- ally shocked. It was like an initiation. A big surprise. It made such an impression. It was like when young people have an immediate example of what they want to do in life. That was this film.” In her new documentary, Searching for Ingmar Berg- man, von Trotta explores her own relationship with the Swedish master, and prods his complex legacy. In one interview, director Ruben Ostlund (Force Majeure, The Square) laments that, to subsequent generations of Swedish filmmakers, Bergman was considered papa’s kino (or “daddy’s cinema,” a play on French critic/ filmmaker François Truffaut’s pejorative designa- tion cinéma de papa). It’s a claim that acknowledges the manner in which historical legacies are produced. What seems wild and revelatory in the 1950s and ‘60s, when Bergman produced a remarkable slew of classics (Summer With Monika, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, The Magician, Winter Light, The Virgin Spring, The Silence, Persona, etc., etc.), becomes stultified and

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 187 stuffy. Bergman’s dramatic and thematic preoccupa- tions – with existentialism, with psychoanalysis, with the place of God in a godless world – likewise seem, if not old hat, then certainly products of a particular, mid-20th century Euro-arthousemindset. Even von Trotta herself, a lifelong admirer, is aware that getting into Bergman may be trickier for contem- porary audiences. “When we started to discover him,” she explains, “It was the time of existentialism. Today, perhaps, he is not as attractive because he looks too much into himself, and the inner side of problems.” Yet, this historical particularity does not diminish Bergman, any more than the merits of Moby Dick might shrink in a world where fewer people are likely to find gainful temp-work on a whaling vessel. If Berg- man’s obsessions with his characters’ inner psycholo- gies, and his indulgence of the “woe is me!” vein of existentialist thought, seem a bit outmoded, it’s only because such preoccupations have become too deeply embedded in our culture, and in our own psyches. It’s not that these insights don’t matter in a contempo- rary context, but that we tend to take the fact of their mattering for granted. The same can be said of even the most ostensibly out-of-fashion theme recurring in Bergman’s cinema: the clash between paganism and Christianity, often reworked as a clash between magical thinking and sober-minded rationalism (itself depicted as a different kind of magical thinking). Ours is a world, after all, torn not just between competing configurations of religious dogmatism, but between fundamentally incommensurate worldviews (religious, political, intellectual) forced to exist alongside one another. In my favourite of Bergman’s films, 1958’s The Magi- cian, a government minister becomes possessed by a desire to prove the travelling “mesmerist” Vogler (played by long-time Bergman collaborator Max Von Sydow) a phony. (Bergman himself, it should be noted, fretted throughout his life that he was something between a conjurer and a fraud.) But truth – as the film’s wisest figure, a dying actor found wandering the woods – puts it, “is made to order.” Liars create truths and lure others to believe in them. But the notion of some pure, undiluted truth, as the actor puts it, “is pure illusion.”

188 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Beyond being a useful rubric for understanding the world – i.e. it is more productive to locate the practical overlaps in different versions of truth, then struggling toward some grandiose Truth, which is always ephem- eral, or at best the result of broad consensus – it’s also a nifty way into Bergman’s cinema. There is no one, single, imposing, all-encompassing notion of Berg- man, cast in stone and impressed into the history of cinema. There are countless moods and modes, from the histories (Seventh Seal, The Magician, Cries and Whispers), to tense psycho-dramas (The Rite, Through a Glass Darkly, Hour of the Wolf, Persona) and fam- ily epics abounding with finely observed detail (Fanny and Alexander, Scenes from a Marriage, Saraband). Bergman had said that his desire to make films pro- ceeded from a “wanting to connect with others, and preferably with as many people as possible.” He did so not by offering broad, universalizing messages, but by producing many different kinds of cinema, satisfying many different needs, desires and unfulfilled wishes. But there’s a great anecdote in von Trotta’s Searching for Ingmar Bergman that cuts through the cobwebs of Old Master repute and the exaggerated “Greatest. Director. Ever." plaudits. In the doc, a friend recalls how Bergman, late in life, would invite friends to his private screening room to watch Michael Bay’s histori- cal blockbuster Pearl Harbor. Bored by the cheesy romances and tedious advancement of plot, Bergman would wave his hand in the air, signalling for the pro- jectionist to fast-forward to the next explosive action sequence. Beyond being unbelievably charming, it’s the sort of story that offers a rare image of Bergman as a sucker for pure entertainment and a purveyor of the same. Among much else, he’s a consummate showman. And one who, like von Sydow’s cunning magician Vogler, still has plenty of tricks up his sleeve.

'The Globe and Mail', Published October 17, 2018

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Searching for Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman - Vermächtnis eines Jahrhundertgenies Germany, France/2018/Colour/99'/ German, Swedish, English, French

Director Margarethe von Trotta Screenplay Margarethe von Trotta, Felix Moeller Producer Benjamin Seikel DoP Börres Weiffenbach Editor Bettina Böhler Sound Design Helge Haack Cast Liv Ullmann, Daniel Bergman & Ingmar Bergman, Jr., OIivier Assayas

Awards/Festivals Cannes Film Festival

A closer look at Bergman's life and work and explores his film legacy with his closest collaborators, both in front and behind the camera, as well as a new generation of filmmakers. The documentary presents key scenes, recurring themes in his films and his life, and journeys to the places at the centre of Bergman's creative achievement.

s_ÀKvamsâ Pohn¯nte¡pw krãnIfnte¡papÅ Hcp kq£va \nco£WamWv Cu Nn{Xw. Iymad¡p ap¶nepw ]n¶nepw {]hÀ¯n¨hcpw, ]pXnb Xeapdbn s]« kn\nam kwhn[mbIcpsS klIcWt¯mSp IqSnbpÅ At±l¯nsâ kn\na ]mc¼cyhpw Nn{X¯n {]Xn]m- Zn¡p¶p. Nne kp{][m\ Zriy§fpw, At±l¯nsâ kn\nabnsebpw PohnX¯nsebpw BhÀ¯n¡p¶ {] tab§fpw, kÀKmßI t\«§fnte¡pÅ k©mc§fpw Cu tUmIyqsaâdnbn AhXcn¸n¡p¶p.

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Autumn Sonata Höstsonaten Sweden,west Germany/1978/Colour/99 min/ Swedish, Norwegian, English Director and Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Katinka Faraggo DoP Sven Nykvist Editor Sylvia Ingemarsson Music Frederic Chopin Cast Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman

Awards/Festivals Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Mother and daughter begin an impassioned rediscovery and clarification of their past relationship. Eva's husband overhears this unexpectedly heightened exchange, but wisely decides not to participate and interfere. Hearing this impassioned exchange, her disabled younger sister painfully forces herself out of her bed and starts crawling up to the stairs to where Eva and Charlotte are arguing.

Xsâ {KmaoW `h\¯n `À¯mhpsam¯v Pohn¡pI bmWv Cuh. AhnsS sh¨mWv jmÀeäv a\Ênem¡p ¶Xv, am\knIhpw imcocnIhpambn sshIeyw _m[n¨n «pÅ Xsâ CfbaIfmb slte\ CuhbpsS IqsS bmWv Pohn¡p¶Xv F¶ Imcyw. Xsâ A½bpsS Ah KW\bpw kzmÀYXbpw aqew ISp¯ thZ\ A\p`hn ¡p¶ Cuh, Xm³ Hcn¡epw A½tbmSv ]dbcpXv F¶v IcpXnbncp¶ Imcy§Ä ]dbp¶p. Xsâ a¡fpsS hnjmZ ¯n\pw sshIey¯n\pw ImcWw Xsâ AhKW\ Xs¶bmWv F¶v jmÀeäv Xncn¨dnbp¶p.

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Cries and Whispers Viskningar och rop Sweden/1972/Colour/91 min/Swedish

Director and Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Lars-Owe Carlberg DoP Sven Nykvist Editor Siv Lundgren Music Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin Cast Harriet Anderson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Inga Gill

Awards/Festivals Academy Award for Best Cinematography

In a large 19th-century mansion with red walls and carpets, Agnes is dying of cancer.Her sisters, Maria and Karin, arrive at their childhood home and take turns with the maid, Anna, watching over Agnes. Anna, more religious than the sisters, prays after she lost her young daughter. While Agnes' sisters remain emotionally distant, Anna comforts the suffering Agnes.

]et¸mgpw A]cnNnXhpw Xncn¨dnbs¸Sm¯Xpamb a{´n¡epIfpw acn¡p¶ Hcp kv{XobpsS thZ\ \ndª Ic¨nepw CSIecp¶ henb {]`p Krl¯n X§fpsS Im³kÀ _m[nXbpw acWmk¶bpamb ktlmZcn BKv-- \knsâ H¸w Xmakn¡m\mbn F¯nbXmWv ktlmZ cnamcmb Ico\pw acnbbpw. ]ckv]capÅ Akqbbpw Ipät_m[hpw GIm´Xbpw \nan¯w X§fpsS k tlmZcnbv¡v IcpWtbm ip{iqjtbm \ÂIm³ Ign bm¯hn[w s]cpamdp¶p Ico\pw acnbbpw. F¶m Ip- ªv \-ã-s¸-« A-¶ F-¶ th-e-¡m-cn kz-´w a-I-sf-t¸m- se-bm-Wv B-á-kn-s\ ip-{iq-jn-¡p-¶-Xv.

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Fanny and Alexander ‘Fanny och Alexander’ Sweden, West Germany, France/1982/Colour/ 188 min/ Swedish,German

Director and Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Jom Donner DoP Sven Nykvist Editor Sylvia Ingemarsson Music Daniel Bell Cast Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Jan Malmsjo, Mats Bergman

Awards/Festivals Academy awards for Best Foreign Language Film Best Cinematography BAFTA award for Best Cinematography Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film

In 1907, the young boy Alexander, his sister Fanny and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls, live in a Swedish town and run a moderately profitable theatre. The siblings' parents are both involved in theatre and are happily married until their father, Oscar, suddenly dies from a stroke. Shortly thereafter, their mother, Emilie, marries Edvard Vergérus, the local bishop and a widower, and moves into his home where he lives with his mother, sister, aunt and maids. Film develops with the emotional breakdown and concludes with the rejuvenation of Ekdahl family.

1907 ImeL«¯n kzoU\nse Hcp GIvZÄ IpSpw_ ¯nemWv AeI-vkmïdpw ktlmZcn ^m\nbpw P\n ¡p¶Xv. hnPbIcambn XotbäÀ \S¯n Pohn¡p¶

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IpSpw_¯n\v A{]Xo£nXambn IpSpw_\mYs\ \ ãamIp¶p. Hmkv--Imdnsâ acWtijw Fanen asämcp hnhmlw Ign¨v Xmakw amdp¶p. FanenbpsSbpw, AeI-v kmïdnsâbpw, ^m\nbpsSbpw, XpSÀ¶pÅ PohnX ¯nsâ sshImcnI Xe§fneqsS k©cn¡p¶ Nn{Xw.

Persona Persona Sweden/1966/Black and White/84 min/ Swedish

Director and Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Ingmar Bergman DoP Sven Nykvist Editor Ulla Ryghe Music Lars Johan Werle Cast Bibi Anderson, Liv Ullmann

The story revolves around a young nurse named Alma and her patient, well-known actress Elisabet Vogler, who has suddenly stopped speaking. They move to a cottage, where Alma cares for Elisabet, confides in her and begins having trouble distinguishing herself from her patient.

kwkmctijn \ãs¸« Fenk_¯v thm¥À F¶ {]ikvX \SnbptSbpw AhcpsS ip{iqj¡mbn F ¯p¶ BÂa F¶ ]cnNmcnIbptSbpw IY. BÂa Fenk_¯pambn s]s«¶p Xs¶ ASp¡pIbpw Xsâ hnja§Ä Xpd¶p ]dbpIbpw sN¿p¶p. F¶m ] Xps¡ BÂabv¡p Fenk_¯n \n¶pw kz´w hyànXzw thÀXncn¡m³ IgnbmsXbmIp¶p.

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Scenes From A Marriage Scener ur ett äktenskap Sweden /1973/colour/281'/ Swedish Director and Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Lars-Owe Carlberg DoP Sven Nykvist Editor Siv Lundgren Music Owe Svensson Cast Liv Ullmann, Erland josephson

Awards/Festivals Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Ten years of Marianne and Johan's relationship are presented. We first meet them ten years into their marriage. He is a college professor, she a divorce lawyer. They say that they are happily married - unlike their friends Katarina and Peter who openly fight, especially when under the influence of alcohol - but there is a certain detached aloofness in the way they treat each other. In the next ten years, as they contemplate or embark upon divorce and/or known extramarital affairs, they come to differing understandings at each phase of their relationship of what they truly mean to each other. Regardless of if it's love or hate - between which there is a fine line - they also come to certain understandings of how they can best relate to each other, whether that be as husband and wife, friends, lovers or none of the above.

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sPmlm³ Hcp tImtfPv s{]m^ÊÀ BWv acnb³ Hcp A`n`mjIbpw. ]¯v hÀjw \oïp\n¡p¶ ChcpsS kt´mjIcamb IpSpw_ PohnXw. ASp¯ ]¯v hÀjw ChcpsS PohnX¯nsâ coXn amdp¶p. {]Wb¯n\pw shdp¸n\panSbn asämcp hnImc¯n Ccphcpw F¯n- t¨cp¶p. hnhmltamN\hpw hnhmtlXc_Ôhpw IS ¶p hcp¶ ChcpsS PohnX¯ns\mSphnÂ, Ccphcpw hy hØm]nXamb FÃm _Ô§fpsSbpw sI«p]mSpIÄ ¡¸pdw Hcpan¨p PohnXw XpScp¶p.

Smiles of a summer night Sommarnattens leende Sweden/1955/Black and White/ 108 min/ Swedish

Director and Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Producer Allan Ekelund DoP Gunnar Fischer Editor Oscar Rosander Music Erik Nordgren Cast Ulla Jacobsson,Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson,Margit Carlqvist, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jarl Kulle

Awards/Festivals BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film.

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Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.

a[yhbkv¡\mb {^Udn¡v CuKÀasâ hnhmlw Ign- ªn«v cïp hÀjamsb¦nepw Xs¶¡mÄ Gsd {]mbw Ipdª `mcy B\nsâ XmÂ]cy¡pdhp ImcWw AhÀ CXp hsc H¶n¨p Pohn¨n«nÃ. {^Udn¡nsâ aI³ sl³dn ¡n\v cïm\½sb¦nepw B\nt\mSv {]WbamWv, AhÄ¡v Xncn¨pw. Xsâ hncp¶n\v F¯nb FÃmhcpsSbpw ap¶n h¨v {^Udn¡nsâ ]gb ImapIn sUksc Abmsf hoïpw Xsâ hcpXnbnem¡m³ Ignbpsa¶v shÃphnfn¡p¶p. CXv Imcy§Ä IqSpX Ipg¸¯nem¡ps¶¦nepw \mep Z¼ XnIÄ¡nSbn \ne\n¡p¶ k¦oÀWXIÄ Hcp cm{Xn sImïv Gsd A{]Xo£nXhpw lmkymßIhpamb coXn bn ]cnlcn¡s¸Sp¶p.

Summer Interlude Sommarlek Sweden/1951/Black and White/ 96 min/ Swedish

Director Ingmar Bergman Screenplay Ingmar Bergman, Herbert Grevenius Producer Allan Ekelund DoP Gunnar Fischer Editor Oscar Rosander Music Erik Nordgren Cast Maj Britt Nilson, Briger Malmsten

Marie is a successful but emotionally distant prima ballerina in her late twenties. During a problem- filled dress rehearsal day for a production she is unexpectedly sent the diary of her first love, Henrik. With the cancellation of the dress rehearsal Marie takes a boat across to the island and remembers their playful and carefree relationship. Marie decides to let her boy friend David read Henrik's diary and then open up to him. The film concludes with the successful first performance where we see Marie meeting David, who is more understanding of Marie's past.

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tacn Ccp]XpIÄ ]n¶nSp¶ sshImcnIambn DÄh-en--- ª H-cp _mse \À¯InbmWv. kw`hlpeamb Hcp {UÊv dntlgvk Znhk¯n AhnNmcnXambn ] Xnaq¶v hÀj¯n\v ap³]pïmbmbncp¶ Xsâ BZy ImapI-sâ Ubdn¡pdn¸pIÄ AhÄ¡v e`n¡p¶p. {UÊv dntlgvk Hgnhm¡s¸Sp¶tXmsS tacn ]ïv X§Ä t]mbncp¶ sNdnb Zzo]nte¡v t]mbn HmÀa Ifn apgpIp¶p. {]Wbw Ahkm\n¸n¡m³ Xocpam \n¨ \nehnse ImapI\v tacn Ubdn¡pdn¸pIÄ hmbn ¡m³ \ÂIp¶p. HSphn Ccphcpw Npw_n¡pIbpw \r¯m-h-XcWw \¶mbn \S¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p.

Summer with Monica Sommaren med Monika Sweden/1953/Black and White/ 96 min/ Swedish

Director Ingmar Bergman Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Per Anders Fogelström Producer Allan Ekelund DoP Gunnar Fischer Editor Tage Holmberg, Gosta Lewin Music Erik Nordgren; Les Baxter Cast Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg

Harry and Monika are both in dead end jobs when they meet. Harry is easygoing, while Monika is adventurous, but they fall in love. When Monika gets in trouble at

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home, Harry steals his father's boat, and he and Monika spend an idyllic summer in the Stockholm archipelago. Monika is pregnant. Harry happily accepts responsibility and settles down with Monika and their child; he gets a real job and goes to night school to provide for his family. Harry leaves town for work and comes home a day early to find his wife with another man. They get a divorce and Harry is left behind with custody of their daughter, June, to raise alone.

lmcn Aek-\mWv, F-¶m tamWn¡ kml-kn-I-X C-ã-s¸-Sp-¶-bmfpw. ]t£ AhÀ {]Wb¯nemIp¶p. tamWn¡ _p²nap«nemhpt¼mÄ, lmcn Xsâ ]nXm hnsâ t_m«v tamãn¨v Ccp-hcpw tÌm¡vtlmw Zzo-] k-aq-l- ¯n th\ÂImew sNehgn¡p¶p. tamWn¡ KÀ`nWn bmIp¶p. lmcn kt´mj]qÀÆw D¯chmZn¯§Ä GsäSp¡p¶p. Hcp IpSpw_s¯ klmbn¡p¶ tPmen lmcn¡v e`n¡p¶p. CtXmsS ho«pImcy§Ä t\m¡p ¶Xn AkwXr]vXbmIp¶ tamWn¡ kmlknIamb PohnXs¯ kz]v\w ImWp¶p. Hcp Znhkw tPmen Ign sª¯p¶ lmcn tamWn¡sb asämcp ]pcpj\pambn ImWp¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 199 200 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 201 Milos Forman

Milos Forman was a Czech New Wave filmmaker before immigrating to the United States, where he won the Oscar for best director for the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest . He returned to his homeland to film Amadeus - another acclaimed venture that won eight Oscars, including another directing prize for Forman. Among his other works are The People vs. Larry Flynt, Valmont and Man on the Moon. On April 13, 2018 Forman died in Hartford when he was 86.

Jan Tomáš Milos Forman was born on February 18, 1932, in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia, to a family of educators. He was orphaned during his youth after his mother and adoptive father were killed in Nazi concentration camps. Forman later studied film at university and penned screenplays, and worked as an assistant director on the production of his script for Cubs (1958). Forman eventually directed several of his own features, and made his debut with Black Peter (1964), which established him as part of his country’s New Wave movement. His next movie, The Loves of a Blonde (1965), earned a Foreign Language Academy Award nomination which was followed by the satiri- cal The Firemen’s Ball (1967). This work was later was banned by authorities when Czechoslovakia came under Soviet control. This encouraged Forman to look for filmmaking opportunities abroad, and he was in Paris during the liberalising Prague Spring movement happened. It was at this point he moved to Hollywood. After his movie Taking off, actor Michael Douglas and independent producer Saul Zaentz sent Forman an offer to direct a film based on Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Forman obliged, and the movie went on to become a huge blockbuster and received Academy Awards in all the main categories.

202 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala It is only the second film to win all five major Acad- emy Awards: best picture, actor (Nicholson), actress (Fletcher), director, and screenplay (Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben). Forman then rebounded from mild disappointments with his acclaimed work Amadeus (1984), a reworking of Peter Shaffer’s play. The movie won eight Oscars, including the best picture and also won Forman the best director award for a second time. After that triumph he took a five-year break from direction, but reappeared with Valmont in1989. Other than film making, Forman occasionally acted in films. He made appearances in movies that include Heartburn (1986), Keeping the Faith (2000), and Les Bien-Aimés (2011; Beloved ). He also co-wrote (with Jan Novák) the memoir Turnaround (1994). Unlike some other ‘auteur’ directors like Coppola, Ridley Scott or Spike Lee, Forman doesn’t have a sig- nature visual style. Nor does he used experimental or unsettling camera or editing styles like in other films of the New Hollywood. Instead, he followed classical Hollywood rules based on continuity to create a natu- ralistic feeling. With regard to script and preparing his actors, Forman does share style with other New Hol- lywood directors like John Schlesinger, by encouraging the ‘Method’ or naturalistic approach that reflects ‘real life’. Auteurs often return to particular themes or is- sues and explore them using different characters and plots. This is why Forman could be reaffirmed as an auteur. One of the consistent theme in his movies was the struggle between individual and society which was evident in movies Valmont (1986) and The People vs Larry Flynt (1996). He also featured protagonists whose permissive attitudes and sheer lust for life con- flicted with a repressed and conformist society. Man on the Moon (1999) is a classic example of this trait as the movie shows the life and work of unconven- tional comedian Andy Kaufman- whose work would often deliberately discomfort and shock the audience. Forman focused on the struggle of a creative genius against conformity, an example being Amadeus (1982). In films like Taking Off, and Hair (1979), the legendary filmmaker has captured ‘eras’ of American under- ground culture, exploring both the rebellious nature of subcultures and the failure of these rebellions.

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Amadeus American/1984/161/English

Director Milos Forman Screenplay Peter Shaffer Producer Saul Zaentz DoP Miroslav Ondricek Editor Nena Danevic, Michael chandler Cast Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizebeth Berridge, Simon Callow

It is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The story happens in Vienna, Austria, during the later half of eighteenth century. Antonio Salieri, an Italian composer considered himself as a good musician like Mozart. He is a devout and believes that all the talents he have is a reward from God. He is also a respected court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph 2. He was shocked to learn that Mozart is such a vulgar personality. Salieri's envious attitude turn him against the Almighty who has showered his blessings upon Mozart. He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart.

samkmÀ«nsâ I¸nX PohnXmJymbnI Bb Cu kn- \na Act§dp¶Xv Hmkv{Snbbnse hnb¶bn ]Xn s\«mw \qämïnsâ BZy ]IpXnbn BWv. kentbdn F¶ Cämenb³ kwKoX kwhn[mbI³ Hcp XnIª ssZh hnizmknbmbncp¶p. Xsâ FÃm IgnhpIÄ¡pw ImcWw ssZhamWv F¶v At±lw hnizkn¨p. kzbw sam kÀ«n\p Xpeyamb Hcp kwKoXÚ\msW¶v At±lw hnebncp¯n. samkÀ«n \n¶pÅ Hcp Zpc\p`hw ken- tbdnsb samkmÀ«n\pw, At±l¯n\v A\p{Klw \ ÂIp¶ ssZh¯n\pw FXncmbn amän. samkmÀ«nt\m-SpÅ At±l¯nsâ Akqb ssZh¯n\pw samkmÀ«n\pw FXnscbpÅ ]It]m¡Â Bbn cq]m´cs¸Sp¶p.

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Black Peter Cerný Petr Cechoslovakia/1964/Colour/85'/Czech

Director Milos Forman Screenplay Milos Forman and Jaroslav Papousek Producer Filmove Studio DoP Jan Nemecek Editor Miroslav Hejek Sound Design Jiri Slitr Cast Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil, Vladimir Pucholt

Petr, a seventeen years old Czech teenager started working as a trainee in theft prevention at a grocery store. But Petr is pretty unsuccessful in his work. Also he fails to dance properly with Pavla, his girlfriend.. At home his father constantly lecture him about how useless he is and his girlfriend starts paying attention to another male friend.

]Xns\gpImc\mb ]oäÀ F¶ sNIv _me³ Hcp ]e Nc¡pISbn Imh¡mc\mbn tPmen¡v Ibdp¶p. IųamÀ h¶v-- hkvXp¡Ä FSp¯psImïpt]mIp¶Xv XSbm³ ]s£ ]oädn\v km[n¡p¶nÃ. ImapInbmb s]uftbmsSm¸w \r¯w sN¿p¶Xnepw AbmÄ ]cmP bs¸Sp¶p. ]oäÀ H¶n\pw sImÅm¯h\msW¶v Aѳ \nc´cw ]dªpsImïncp¶p. AtXkabw ImapIn asämcp bphmhn {i²tI{µoIcn¡m\pw XpS§n. \nc ´cw amän \nÀ¯s¸Sp¶ ]oädnsâ {]XnkÔnIfneqsS IY apt¶m«p\o§p¶p.

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Loves of a Blonde Lásky jedné plavovlásky Czechoslovakia/ 1965/ Black and White/90'/Czech

Director Milos Forman Screenplay Milos Forman, Jaroslav Papousek, Ivan Passer, Vaclav Sasek Producer Doro Vlado, Hreljanovic, Rudolf Hajek DoP Miroslav Ondricek Editor Miroslav Hajek Cast Hana Brejchova, Vladimir Pucholt, Vladimir Mensik Ivan kheil.

Andula falls in love with Milda, a pianist. They part ways after spending a night together. Unable to forget him, she arrives at his home. But he was not there and she meets with his parents. At night she overhears the family squabbling, and it becomes clear to her that she is not valued at all. The next morning she returns to her home. She tells her friends about the "wonderful" trip to the Capital, and how nice Milda's parents were to her.

SuWnse Hcp sNdnb jq ^mÎdnbn tPmen sN¿p¶ A³Upe ]nbm\nÌv Bb anÂUbpambn {]Wb¯n emIp¶p. Hcp cm{Xn AhÀ Hcpan¨pIgnbpIbpw ]ntä¶v anÂU kz´w \Kcamb {]mKnte¡v aS§pIbpw sN ¿p¶p. BPoh\m´w \ne\n¡p¶ {]WbamWv Ah tâXv F¶v sXän²cn¡p¶ A³Upe kvt\lw aqew Ahs\ ImWm³ {]mKnte¡v t]mhp¶p. anÂUbpsS amXm]nXm¡fpsS clkykw`mjWw bmZrÝnIambn tIÄ¡m³ CShcp¶ A³Upe Xs¶¸än AhÀ¡v H«pw aXn¸nsöv a\Ênem¡pIbpw ]ntä¶v cmhnse kz´w ho«nte¡v XncnsI t]mcpIbpw sN¿p¶p.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest America/1975/ Colour/133'/ English

Director Milos Forman Screenplay Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman Producer Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas DoP Haskell Wexler Editor Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn Cast Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, William Redfield

Mc Murphy has a criminal background and he is sentenced to prison for statutory rape of a 15 year old. To escape from the heavy labour at prison he acts like mentally ill and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. There, he meets with authoritarian, suppressive, arrogant and abusive nurse Ratched. Ratched soon sees the lively and disobedient presence of Mc Murphy as a threat to her authority. Mc Murphy along with the inmates takes rebellious stance against the nurse.

{Inan\ ]Ým¯eapÅ aIv aÀ^n Hcp ]Xn\©p Imcnsb ]oUn¸n¨ Ipä¯n\v Pbnen F¯p¶p. Pbn ense {]bmktadnb tPmenIfnÂ\n¶pw c£s]Sm³ am\knI\ne XIcmdnembt]mse A`n\bn¡pIbpw AXnsâ ^eambn am\knI tcmKnIÄ¡pÅ hmÀUn te¡v amäs¸SpIbpw sN¿p¶p. AhnsS h¨mWv t\gvkv td¨-Uns\ Iïpap«p¶Xv. td¨-Unsâ GIm[n]Xy kz`m h¯n\v aIv aÀ^n Hcp shÃphnfnbmWv F¶v AhÀ Xncn ¨dnbp¶p. aIv aÀ^nbpsSbpw Iq«mfnIfpsSbpw \ntj [mßI \ne]mSpIfneqsS IY ]ptcmKan¡p¶p.

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Talent Competition Kdyby ty muziky nebyly - Konkurs Czechoslovakia/1964/Black and White/ 80'/Czech

Director Milos Forman Screenplay Milos Forman, Ivan Passer DoP Miroslav Ondricek Editor Miroslav Hajek Sound Design Jiri Slitr Cast Jiri Suchy, Jiri Slitr, Marketa Krotka, Ladislav Jakim

In the first segment, young musicians Blumental and Vlada, both hailing from rival bands, miss an important concert festival to watch a motorcycle race. Even though they get fired for their act, they quickly find jobs by simply switching bands. In the second segment, an audition happens at the popular Czech theater, The Semafor. A young pedicurist and a semi-professional singer, Vera auditions for the part.

tamt«mÀ ssk¡nÄ aÕcw ImWm\mbn {][m\s¸« Hcp kwKoX]cn]mSnbn ]s¦Sp¡m¯Xn\v bphKmbIcmb »psaâepw hvemZbpw AhcpsS kwL¯n \n¶v ]n- cn¨phnSs¸Sp¶p.cïpt]cpsSbpw kwL§Ä X½n I-Sp¯ aÕcapïv. ]ncn¨phnSs¸« AhÀ ]ckv]cw kwLw amdn hoïpw tPmen Isï¯p¶XmWv H¶mw `mK¯nÂ. cïmw `mK¯n sNt¡mtÉmhmIybnse {]kn²amb Xotbädn \S¡p¶ Hcp HmUnj\neqsS bpw AXn ]s¦Sp¡p¶ ]mÀ«v-- ssSw KmbnIbmb thcbn eqsSbpw IY apt¶m«pt]mIp¶p.

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The Fireman's Ball Horí, má panenko Czechoslovakia/1967/Colour/71'/Czech

Director Milos Formazn Screenplay Milos Forman, Ivan passer and Jaroslav Papousek Producer Rudolf Hajek DoP Miroslav Ondricek Editor Miroslav Hajek Sound Design Karel Mares Cast Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha, Josef Kolb

The volunteers of the Fire Department in a small Czechoslovakian town decide to arrange a party with raffle and beauty pageant when their ex-chief of the department celebrates his eighty sixth birthday. But the things don't go as they planned. Someone is stealing the gifts and the beauty contest become a disaster due to the non-willingness of candidates.

sNt¡mtÉmhmIybnse Hcp sNdnb \Kc¯nse A Kv\nia\tk\mwK§Ä Hcp ]mÀ«n \S¯m³ Xocpam\n ¡p¶p. AhcpsS hncan¨ tk\m Xehsâ F¬]¯n bmdmw ]nd¶mfnt\mS\p_Ôn¨v kuµcy aÕct¯mSpw aäpw IqSnbmWv BtLmjw Xocpam\n¡p¶Xv. ]s£ Imcy§Ä H¶pw hnNmcn¨t]mse \S¡p¶nÃ. Bscm s¡tbm tNÀ¶v k½m\§Ä tamãn¨psImïpt]mIp ¶p. am{Xaà kuµcyaÕc¯n\v Hcp§nbhÀ Ahkm\ \n-anjw Imepamdp¶p. tk\mwK§Ä IS¶pt]mIp¶ kµnKv[XIfneqsS IY ]ptcmKan¡p¶p.

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 209 210 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 211 hÀ-Ko-I-c-W§Ä¡-v h-g-§m¯ kn-\n-a-IÄ H.sI tPm-Wn

a-ebm-f kn-\n-a-bn-se {]-Øm-\-hn-ti-j-§fn-sem-¶p- ambpw C-W-§n-\nÂ-¡m-¯ N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c-\m-Wv se-\n-³ cm-tP-{µ³. ap-Jy-[m-cm kn-\n-a-bp-sSbpw A-Xn-sâ t\À-hn-]-co-X-am-bn k-¦Â-¸n-¡-s¸-Sp-¶ BÀ-«v kn-\n-a- bp-sS-bpw e-£-W-§-f A-\p-k-cn-¡p-¶-h-bà se-\n-³ cm-tP-{µ-sâ H¶n-s\m-¶v hy-Xy-kv-Xam-b kn-\n-a-I-sf-¶- Xn-\m hÀ-¤o-I-c-W-§Ä-¡p h-g-§m¯ B kn-\n-a-IÄ \n-cq-]-I- NÀ-¨-I-fnÂ\n-¶v C-¡m-e-a-{Xbpw A-I-än-\n-À-¯- s¸-Sp-I-bm-bn-cp¶p. kw-Øm-\þ tZio-b ]p-c-kv-Im-c-§Ä t\Sn-b C-X-c N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c-·m-cp-sS c-N-\-IÄ-¡p e-`n-¨ D-Zm-camb \n-cq-]-I{]-iw-k-IÄ A¯-cw ]p-c-kv-Im-c- §Ä-¡v ]-eh-«w AÀ-l\mb Cu N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c-s\ Xo-ïn-b-tX-bnÃ. aq-¶p-]-Xn-äm-ïn-te-sd-bm-bn N-e-¨n-{X- {]-hÀ-¯-\-¯nÂ-am{Xw ap-gpIn-b H-cp N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c-s\ k-w-_-Ôn-¨n-S-t¯mfw Cu A-kv-]riy-X --A-Zv-`p-X-I-c- am-bn-t¯m¶mw. F-¶m th-\ (1981) F-¶ B-Zy kn-\n-a-tbm-sSm-¸wX-s¶ Xo-sc sN-dp-XÃm-¯ H-cm-kzm-Z-I- hr-µw C-¡m-e-a-{Xbpw se-\n- cm-tP{µt\m-sSm-¸w D-ïm- bn-cp-¶p-Xm-\pw. henb t_mIv-tkm-^o-kv hn-P-b-§fpw k-¼qÀ-®am-b t{]-£-I-Xn-c-kv-Im-chpw Cu kw-hn-[m- bI-sâ kn-\n-a-IÄ-¡p-ïm-bn-«nÃ. H-tc-k-abw, P-\-{]n-b kn-\n-a-bp-am-bn C-gp-In-t¨-cm-\m-hm-¯Xpw P-\-{]o-Xn-sb \n-tj-[n-¡m-¯-Xp-amb H-cp `m-hp-I-Xz-amWv Cu kw-hn- [m-b-I-tâ-Xv. H-cp \yq-\-]-£-¯n-\p-am{Xw {]m-]yhpw B-kz-Z-\o-b-hp-am-Ip-¶ I-em-kn-\n-a-I-Ä se-\n³ cm-tP-{µ- s\-t¸m-sem-cp P-\Io-b N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c-\nÂ-\n-¶v {]-Xo- £n-¨p-Iq-Sm-¯-Xp-amWv. cm-{ão-b C-S-Xp-]-£-¯n-sâ k-l-bm-{Xn-I-\mb H-cp kw-hn-[m-b-I-\v \yq-\-]£-s¯ am{Xw em-¡m-¡n-bp-Å N-e-¨n-{Xc-N-\ H-cm-Uw-_-c-am-

212 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala hp-sa¶ t_m-²y-hpw, ao-\-am-k-¯n-se kq-cy³ F-¶ B-ZyIm-e kn-\n-a-bn-eq-sS X-sâ cm-{ão-b ]-£-]m-XnXzw hy-à-am¡nb Cu kw-hn-[m-bI-sâ N-e-¨n-{X -cN\mco- Xn-sb \nÀ-®-bn-¨n-«p-ïm-hWw.

]m«pw \r-¯hpw t]m-ep-Å C-X-c P-\-{]nbI-eIsf N-e-¨n-{X-Km-{X-¯n-sâ A-hn-`m-Py L-S-I-§-fm-¡p-I-hgn, hn-t\m-Zmw-i-sa-¶ \n-e-bn Ah-sb D-]-tbm-Kn-¡p-¶ ap-Jy-[m-cm hn-t\m-Z kn-\n-a-I-fnÂ-\n¶pw ]m-«n-s\bpw \r-¯-s¯bpw N-e-¨n-{X-_m-ly-am-b sh-¨p-sI-«p-I-sf-¶ \n-e-bn Xn-c-kv-I-cn-¡p-¶ \yq-\-]-£-kn-\n-a-bnÂ-\n-¶pw hy-Xy-kv-Xam-sbm-cp N-e-¨n-{Xm-Jym-\-coXn Cu kw-hn-[m- b-I³ ]-cn-N-b-s¸-Sp-¯n-bn-«pïv. t]m-¸p-eÀ-kn-\n-a-bn-se Xm-c-]-cn-th-j-ap-Å A-`n-t\-Xm¡-sf¯-s¶ D-]-tbm- Kn-¡m-dp-sï-¦nepw se-\n-sâ kn-\n-a-I-fn Xm-c-km- ¶n-²y-an-sÃ-¶-Xm-Wv {i-t²bw. se-\n³ cm-tP-{µ-sâ kn-\n-a-I-fp-sS Cu s]m-Xp-k-hn-ti-j-X, t{]-£I-sc X-·-bo-`m-h-¯n-te¡pw hn-kv-ar-Xn-bn-te¡pw \-bn-¡p-¶ I-t¼m-f-kn-\n-a-bpsS N-e-¨n-{Xm-Jym-\-Iu-i-e-¯n-sâ t\À-hn-]-co-X-am-Wv. Cu hy-Xym-k-am-Wv N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c\m- -b se-\n³ cm-tP-{µ-sâ au-enI-X. A-Xn-sâ ^-e-{]m- -]v-Xn-sb-¡p-dn-¨v hn-aÀi-\w km-²y-am-sW-¦nepw X-\Xm- sbm-cp N-e-¨n-{X-c-N-\m-ssi-en-bn-eq-sS k-hn-ti-j-hy-àn- Xzw \n-e-\nÀ¯p-hm-\p-Å Cu \n-jvT- N-e-¨n-{X-Im-c-\mb se-\n-sâ I-em-ZÀ-i-\-¯n-te-¡p-Å hm-Xn-ep-amWv.

K-l-\-X-sb -kw-_-Ôn-¨ th-h-em-XnIfnÃm-sX lr-Z- b-em-L-h-Xz-t¯m-sS N-e-¨n-{Xc-N-\ \nÀ-Æ-ln-¡p-¶ kw-hn-[m-b-I-\m-Wv se-\n³ cm-tP-{µ³. CÃm-¯ B-gw D-sï-¶p `m-hn-¡p-t¼m-g-\p-`-h-s¸-Sp¶ A-tcm-N-IXzw se-\n³-Nn-{X§-sf _m-[n-¡p-¶nÃ. Im-gv-N-¡mc-sâ k-lr-Z-b-Xz-s¯ {]-tIm-]n-¸n-¡p-IbÃ, {]o-Wn-¸n-¡p-I-

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 213 bm-Wv se-\n-sâ co-Xn-sb¶pw ]-dbmw. AXp-sIm-ïm-Wv B Nn-{X-§Ä tIm-em-l-e-§-fnÃm-sX t{]-£-I-cp-am-bn kz-Im-cy-hn-\na-bw km-[n-¡p-¶Xv. tI-c-f-N-cn-{X-¯n- se Kw-`o-cam-b H-cp P-\Io-b I-em]-s¯ ap³-\nÀ-¯n- bp-Å ao-\-am-k-¯n-se kq-cy³ (1985) F-¶ B-ZyIm-e kn-\n-a-bnÂ- A-\u-Nn-Xy-am-hm-\n-S-bnÃm-Xn-cp-¶ kzm-`m- hnI -\m-S-Io-bX-sb-t¸mepw A-S-¡n-\nÀ-¯p-hm-\m-Wv kw-hn-[m-b-I³ {i-an-¡p-¶-Xv. \m-S-Io-b-X-bv-¡p ]I-cw Im-hym-ß-IX-sb Imw-£n-¡p-¶ H-cm-Jym-\-co-Xn-bm-Wv s]m-Xpsh se-\n-tâ-Xv. ImÂ-]-\n-I-X-bm-Wv A-Xn-sâ A-SnØm\`m-hw. I-hn-Xbpw I-hn-Xm-em-]-\hpw se-\n- sâ ]-e kn-\n-a-I-fnepw B-Jym-\mw-i-am-bn-¯o-cp-¶Xpw AXp-sIm-ïm-hWw. C-Xn-sâ s]-s«-t¶mÀ-½-bn-se-¯p-¶ am-Xr-I-bm-Wv- se-\n-sâ G-ähpw an-I-¨ Nn-{X-sa-¶v \n-Êwi-bw hn-ti-jn-¸n-¡m-hp¶ ssZ-h-¯n-sâ hn-Ir-Xn- IÄ.

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214 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Z-i-I-¯n a¬-a-d-ª {]-Jym-X\mb cm-Pm- c-hn-hÀ- ½-sb-¶ Nn-{X-Imcs\¡p-dn-¨p-Å a-I-ca-ªv F-¶ Nn-{Xw. c-m-Pm c-hn-hÀ-½-sb- ap³-\nÀ-¯n I-em-Imc-sâ F-¡m-e-s¯bpw B-ß-kw-LÀ-j§-sf B-hn-jv-I-cn- ¡p-hm-\m-Wv a-I-c-a-ªv D-Zy-an-¡p-¶Xv. kzm-Xn-Xn-cp-\m- fn-s\-¡p-dn-¨p-Å X-sâ {]-ikv-Xamb ap³-Nn-{X-¯n-sâ CXn-hr-¯þ]-cn-N-c-W-co-XnI-sf H-cp-X-c-¯nepw BhÀ- ¯n-¡m-Xn-cn-¡p-hm-\pw, H-cp Po-h-N-cn-{X- kn-\n-a-bm-bn Np-cp-§n-t¸m-Im-Xn-cn-¡p-hm\pw kw-hn-[m-b-I³ a-\-Ên-cp- ¯n-b-Xm-bn-t¯m-¶p-¶p. ]-Xnhn³-]-Sn- c-hn-hÀ-½-bp-sS H-cp skÃp-tem-bn-Uv Po-h-N-cn-{X-sa-gp-Xp-I-bà kw-hn-[m- bI³. ]I-cw c-hn-hÀ-½-bpsS Po-h-N-cn-{X-s¯ kvac- Wo-b-am-¡p-¶ B k-hn-ti-j-hy-àn-Xz-s¯ ap³-\nÀ-¯n A-Xn-s\ k-a-Im-en-I-Po-hn-X-hp-am-bn D-Zv- {K-Yn-¡p-I-sb-¶ Zu-Xy-amWv Cu kn\n-a \nÀ-Æ-ln- ¡p-¶Xv. h-tc-Wy-Ip-e-Pm-X\m-b cm-Pm-c-hn-hÀ½-sb B-ZÀ-i-hÂ-¡-cn-¡p-hm\Ã, h-tc-Wy-X-tbmSpw bm-Ym- ØnI-X-tbmSpw I-e-ln¨p-sIm-ïv I-em-Imc-sâ B-hn- jv-Im-c-kzm-X-{´yw D-bÀ-¯n-¸n-Sn-¡p-hm³ B-{K-ln-¨ \n-Xy-{]-W-bnbmb H-cp I-em-Imc-sâ B-ß-kw-LÀ-j- §-sf sXm-«-dn-bp-hm-\m-Wv kw-hn-[m-b-I³ ap-Xn-cp-¶Xv. ssew-Kn-IX-bp-sS ku-µ-cy-s¯ t]-Sn-Iq-Sm-sX B-hn-jv- I-cn-¡p-¶ A-]qÀ-Æw kn-\n-a-Ifn-sem-¶m-WnXv.

a-e-bm-f-¯n-epïm-b CXc Po-h-N-cn-{X kn-\n-a-I-fp-sS P-\p-ÊnÂ-s¸-Sp-¶ H-cp Nn-{Xaà a-I-ca-ªv. FÃm-hÀ- ¡p-a-dn-bm-hp-¶ H-cp Po-h-N-cn{Xw skÃp-tem-bn-Un-te-¡v hn-hÀ¯-\w sN-¿p-¶-Xn-\p-]I-cw c-hn-hÀ-½-sb-¶ I-em- Imc-s\ ]p-Xn-b-Xm-bn hm-bn-¡p-hm-\pw F-gp-Xp-hm-\p- amWv se-\n³ cm-tP-{µ³ ap-Xn-cp-¶-Xv.

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Mid-Summer Sun Meenamasathile Sooryan India/1986/Colour/117’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Lenin Rajendran Producer C G Bhaskaran DoP Shaji N Karun Editor Ravi Music M B Sreenivasan Cast Shobhana, Murali, Venu Nagavally, Vijay Menon

Four bachelors struggle to overcome obstacles that come their way when they fight against the British to attain India's independence.

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Swathi Thirunal India/1987/Colour/133’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Lenin Rajendran Producer Chithranjali Studios DoP Madhu Ambat Editor Ravi Music M B Sreenivasan Cast Anant Nag, Srividya, Nedumudi Venu, Murali

Awards/Festivals Kerala State Film Awards

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Swathi Thirunal takes over the throne of Travancore from his aunt Gowri Parvati Bayi at the age of sixteen and becomes the legendary composer of Carnatic and Hindutani music. Swathi Thirunal's life is then shown against the backdrop of the music that he himself has composed. The movie ends with his death in 1846.

kzmXn Xncp\mfnsâ PohNcn{X kn\na. Kucn ]mÀhXn `mbn X¼pcm«nbnÂ\n¶p ]Xn\mdmw hbÊnemWv kzmXn Xncp\mÄ XncphnXmwIqdnsâ `cWw GsäSp¡p¶Xv. At±lw alm\mb IÀWmSI kwKoXÚ\pambncp¶p. At±lw Nn«s¸Sp¯nb kwKoX¯neqsS kn\na ap t¶m«p \o§p¶p.

The Fragments Chillu India/1982/Colour/115’/Malayalam Director and Screenplay Lenin Rajendran Producer

Hayyath Movies DoP Vipin Das Editor Ravi Music M B Sreenivasan Cast Rony Vincent, Shanthi Krishna, Venu Nagavally

Annie is in love with her college mate Manu. Manu is a strange character who is short tempered. Both often quarrels with each other but they soon reunite. Annie is also close with an artist Ananthu which disturbs Manu. Time goes by, and Annie visits a doctor which creates doubt in Manu that she is pregnant. Manu and Annie

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part ways and Manu decides to marry Lali. Annie also attends the wedding and cries after the wedding. On first night Manu realises his mistake and goes to visit Annie.

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The Rain Mazha India/2000/Colour/126’/Malayalam Director Lenin Rajendran Screenplay Kamala Surrayya,

Lenin Rajendran DoP S Kumar Editor Bina Paul Music Raveendran Cast Samyuktha Varma, Biju Menon, Lal

Awards/Festivals Kerala State Film Awards

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Bhadra is married off to an engineer by her parents after they find out that she is infatuated with her music teacher. Her life goes through a tough phase when her husband becomes aware of her past.

Hcp kwKoXm[y]I\pambpÅ `{ZbpsS {]Wbw a\ Ênem¡nb AhfpsS amXm]nXm¡Ä Ahsf Hcp F©n \obdpambn hnhmlw Ign¸n¡p¶p. F¶m Xsâ ]gb {]Wb_Ôw `À¯mhdnbp¶tXmsS `{Z kwLÀj ¯nemhp¶p.

The Ways of God Daivathinte Vikruthikal India/1992/Colour/120’/Malayalam

Director Lenin Rajendran Screenplay M Mukundan, Lenin Rajendran Producer Sowparnika Movie Arts DoP Madhu Ambat Editor N Gopalakrishnan Music Mohan Sitara Cast Raghuvaran, Srividya, Rajan P Dev

Awards/Festivals Kerala State Film Awards

When French rulers were leaving Mahe, Alphonso, who is attached to the place, decides to stay back with his family. But tragedy strikes them as the new social order disrupts his career and earnings.

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amlnbnse {^©v `cWw Ahkm\n¨n«pw IpSpw_ k taXw AhnsS Xs¶ XpScm³ AÂt^m³tkm Xocpam\n ¡p¶p. ]s£ ]pXnb kmaqly {Iaw Abmsf Ipg¸¯n em¡p¶p. AXv AbmfpsS hcpam\s¯t¸mepw _m[n¡p¶p.

The Word Vachanam India/1989/Colour/122’/Malayalam

Director and Screenplay Lenin Rajendan Producer Dr. Jayan Titty George DoP Madhu Ambat Editor Ravi Music Mohan Sitara Cast Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Sitara

The movie revolves around a monastery run by the Spiritual Head Vishnuji and the mystery behind the murder of Ravi. When Ravi goes missing, his friend Gopan suspects that Vishnuji, is behind his disappearance. However, he is forced to take matters into his own hands when the court sets Vishnuji free.

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Dark is the Night Madilim ang gabi Philippines, USA, France/2018/Colour/115'/ Filipino, Tagalog

Director and Screenplay Adolfo Alix Jr Producer Brian Sellers DoP Albert Banzon Editor Adolfo Alix Jr. Music Mikoy Morales Sound Design Aian Caro, Pietro Marco S. Javier Cast Phillip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Bembol Roco

Awards/Festivals Five Flavours Film Festival

In the first scene, Sara, the matriarch of the family, is trying to come clean in the wake of extrajudicial killings that have claimed at least 7,000 lives. However, what concerns her more is the disappearance of Alan, her son. Sara along with her husband sweeps the city to find Alan.

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Highway India/2015/Colour/135'/Marathi

Director Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni Screenplay Girish Pandurang Producer Vinay Vaman Ganu DoP Sudhakar Reddy Editor Paresh Kamdar Music Amit Trivedi Cast Girish Kulkarni, Huma Qureshi, Renuka Shahane

Highway is a story of a simple, routine Mumbai-Pune journey that our characters begin in separate vehicles. They all come from different walks of life, carrying their own baggage of what they are. Each one is in a hurry to reach their respective destinations. The journey does not quite end as they expect it to.

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Muhammed:The Messenger of God Mohammad Rasoolollah Iran/2015/Colour/171'/Farsi, Arabic Hebrew

Director Majid Majidi Screenplay Majid Majidi, Hamid Amjad, Kambuzia Partovi Producer Muhammad Mehdi Heidarian, Mohammadreza Saberi, Majid Majidi DoP Vittorio Storaro Editor Roberto Perpignani Music A R Rahman Cast Mahdi Pakdel, Alireza Shoja Nouri, Sareh Bayat

Awards/Festivals Montreal FF

The film is set in the sixth century where the story revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It also marks the events of seventh- century Makkah.

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Vadachennai India/2018/Colour/164'/Tamil

Director Vetrimaaran Screenplay Vetrimaaran, Naren Sidharth Producer Dhnush DoP Velraj Editor G B Venkatesh Music Santhosh Narayanan Cast Dhanush, Amir, Andreah Jeramiah

Anbu learns to play carroms hoping to become a State-level carroms player. Also, he wants to stay away from the dark side of his neighbourhood and become a respectable government employee. But he unknowingly becomes involved in a trap set by a mafia gang.

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Tumbbad India,Sweden/2018/Colour/109'/Hindi

Director Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad Screenplay Mitesh Shah, Adesh Prasad, Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi Producer Souham Shah, Aanand L Rai, Mukesh Shah, Amit Shah DoP Pankaj Kumar Editor Sanyukta Kaza Music Jesper Kyd Cast Ruchi Bhimani, Tomas Eskilsson, Anand Gandhi

In the rural village of Tumbbad, a decaying castle hides an immeasurable ancestral fortune guarded by something ancient, sinister, and monstrous. Vinayak thinks he can control it, but how long will it be until his own greed destroys everything he’s built?

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23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 227 23rd Iffk Organising Committee

Jaya.F Noushad.R Adv.K. Kalesh Suresh.H Balan Thirumala Manoj Madhavan Sajan.A G.S.Vijayan Kichu Poojapura Sajinlal Velayudhan.P.K N.Subhash Jayan M.A Dr.D.L.Bharadan R.Biju S.Radhakrishnan Adv.Ajithkumar.S.R Akhilesh R.Ratheesh Adv.John Cherian Madhu Janardhanan Shaji.K.Ishara Kalliyoor Sasi Binu.S Dr.R.S Pradeep M.K.Rajendran A.Pradeep B.Pratheep Kumar M.Aravindhan Gopakumar.K K.V.Rejeesh Adv.V.R.Ramkumar Vivek V.S.Sudheer Ghosh N.P.Muraleekrishnan Binyamin Kurian Shabarigiri Suresh Vellimangalam Dr.M.K.D.Nair Leela Panikkar Pramod Payyannur Robin Xaviour Muhsin.M.B Adv.M.Randheesh Sureshkumar.C Jaison Joseph Sajan Peethambaran Payyeri Anil Mukathala Unnikrishnan Rakesh.R.L M.F.Thomas Irshad Ibrahim Gireeshan Chaka Johny Joseph Rahul.S Sunil Vattappara

228 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Shaju Ajayan Kunnil Suvachan Kichu Poojappura Joy.Z John C Skaria Abilash Parappatta P.Vijayakumar Vanchiyoor P Babu C.R.Babulal Suresh Paul P Sheeju.M Vinod Visakhi Majo Adarsh Krishna.G.N Raveendra K Aljihan.H A.K.Bijuraj Sandeep Suresh Babu Kiriath N.Sreedarshan Mrs.Dhanya Rajagopal Namboothiri Thozhuvancodu Jayan Abilash Thattathumala R.Sahadevan Reju.R.Nair A.K.Noushad Prabhakaran Nilovuna Gireeshbabu.K Abhiram Krishnan Adv.Ajithkumar.S.R Subash Anchal Naveen Sankar Shafeekh Shaji Satheesh.M. Anil.S Anas.K. R.Sukathan Rajendran Rajeev Rangan Shahulhameed Arjun Ayillath Binilkumar.S Deepa Gopakumar K.Bala Muralee Krishnan Thomas.K.S Aji Kumarapuram K.Jyothishkumar Niyas.N P.M.Unnikrishnan Sasikumar.K T.R.George Ramakrishnan.V Rajesh.R Anil Medayil Aniru Asokan Radhakrishnan A.V.Soorajkumar Sasi Focus Abhikrishna Shaji Joseph Anil Anil Kumar BT Abiram krishna G.Pramod Jachandran Deepu.R.S Kadambanadu Christudas.B K.Komalakumari Aattukal Thampi Suresh Sivadas A.Lenin Jithesh Damodar K.Sivakumar AV Muzafar C.V.Manojkumar Nishad Ali Sathish P Kurup Adv.S.N.Sajeed Mani.R Rajeev Rangan Adv.Rajesh Soman Jagadeesh.P Boban.B

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 229 Dr.Santhosh Souparnika Pattazhi Sreekumar K.Sasi Kumar Taj Bashir K.G.Mohankumar C.V. Premkumar Musthaqu.E.K U.M. Nahas Sudheesh T.S Adv. K.B.Imtiaz Kanam Thirumala Mohammed K.Jayakrishnan Mamoottil Jayamohan Satheesh Kidarakuzhy Santhivila Dinesh Shameer babu Vanchiyoor Jagadeesh Praveenkumar Vineesh.A.T Adv. H.Josh Sanal Kumar.C.V P.Bindhu Reji Kunnumpuram V.S.Madhu B.Rakesh Sabeesh Babu Jayakumar.P Prabhath.S Jayakumar.P Chindu.S.K.Nair A.L.Abhilash Mohammed Rameez Anil Dev Gopakumar M.Muhammed Salin Girish Kumar Manoj.K.C Chandrakanth.B.T Muhammed Gasnafar Ajith Kumar.A.V Vinodkumar.V Joseph Sebastian G.N. Arun Gopi Rajesh S.S Jayesh chandran Gopakumar.T Krishnan Munnadu Mohan Kupleri Gireesh Kunnummal Kamal Payyannur Surendran Kalikkoottam Alex Vallikkunnu Jithu Kolayadu Sreekumar Beena Kalam Sreeja Ramesh D.Asokan Prakash Thiruvalla Joy Mullukkattil Mohammed Shah

230 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Patrons

Chief Patron Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala

Festival President Sri. A.K. Balan, Hon'ble Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, Law, Culture and Parliamentary Affairs

Chief Co-ordinator Smt. Rani George, IAS, Secretary, Department of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Kerala

Patrons Sri. P. Sreeramakrishnan, Hon'ble Speaker Sri. V.S. Achuthanandan, Former CM & Bharanaparishkara Commission Chairman Sri. E. P. Jayarajan, Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs Sri. E. Chandrasekharan, Hon'ble Minister for Revenue & Housing Sri. K.T. Jaleel, Hon'ble, Minister for Higher Education and Minority Welfare Sri. Kadakampaally Surendran, Hon'ble Minister for Co-operation, Tourism & Dewasom Sri. M.M. Mani, Hon'ble Minister for Electricity K. Krishnankutty, Hon'ble Minister for Water Resources Smt. J. Mercykutty Amma, Hon'ble Minister for Fisheries, Harbour Engineering & Cashew Industries Sri. A.C. Moideen, Hon'ble ,Minister for Local Self Governments Adv. K. Raju, Hon'ble Minister for Forest, Animal Husbandry and Zoo Sri. Ramachandran Kadannappally, Hon'ble Minister for Ports, Museums& Archaeology

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 231 Sri. T.P. Ramakrishnan, Hon'ble Minister for Labour & Excise Prof. C. Ravindranath, Hon'ble Minister for Education Shri. A. K. Saseendran, Minister for Transport Smt. K.K. Shailaja Teacher, Hon'ble Minister for Health & Social Justice Sri. G. Sudhakaran, Hon'ble Minister for Public Works & Registration Sri. V.S. Sunilkumar, Hon'ble Minister for Agricultural Sri. P. Thilothaman, Hon'ble Minister for food & Civil Supplies Dr. T.M. Thomas Issac, Hon'ble Minister for Finance & Coir Sri. Ramesh Chennithala, Leader of Opposition Adv. V.K. Prasanth, Hon'ble Mayor Sri. V. Sasi, Deputy Speaker Sri. V.K. Ramachandran, Vice Chairman, Planning Board Sri. Innocent, MP Dr. A. Sampath, MP Dr. Shasi Tharoor, MP Sri. Suresh Gopi, MP Sri. Binoy Viswom, MP Sri. K. Ansalan, MLA Sri. C. Divakaran, MLA Sri. K.B. Ganeshkumar, MLA Sri. C.K. Hareendran, MLA Adv. V. Joy, MLA Sri. M. Mukesh,MLA Sri. K. Muraleedharan, MLA Sri. D.K. Murali, MLA Sri. O. Rajagopal, MLA Sri. K.S. Sabarinadhan, MLA Sri. I.B. Satheesh, MLA Adv. V. Sathyan, MLA Sri. V.S. Sivakumar, MLA Sri. M. Vincent, MLA Sri. V.K. Madhu, District Panchayath President, Trivandram Dr. Tom Jose, IAS, Cheif Secretary Sri. M.V. Jayarajan, PS to CM Sri. M. Vijayakumar, Chairman, KTDC Sri. V. Sivankutty, Chairman, KILE Sri. Loknath Behera, IPS, DGP of Kerala Sri. Prabhavarma, Press Advisor to CM Sri. John Brittas, Media Advisor to CM Adv. C.P. Pramod, PS to Cultural Minister Sri. Lenin Rajendran, Chairman, KSFDC Smt. KPAC Lalitha, Chairperson, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy

232 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Sri. P. Sreekumar, Chairman, Cultural Welfare Board Sri. K. Harikumar, Chairman, KNIVSA Sri. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Secretary, CPI M Sri. M.A. Baby, Former Minister Sri. A. Vijayaragavan, LDF Convenor Sri. P.P. Benny Behanan, UDF Convenor Sri. Mullapalli Ramachandran, President KPCC Sri. Kanam Ranjendran, Secretary, CPI State committee Sri. Neelalohithadasan Nadar, State President, Janatadal Secular Sri. K.P.A. Majeed, State Secretary, Indian Union Muslim league Sri. Anavoor Nagappan, District Secretary, CPI (M) Sri. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Film Director Sri. M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Writter & Director Sri. K. Sethu Madhavan, Film Director Sri. Shaji.N. Karun, Film Director Sri. K.G. George, Film Director Sri. Sreekumaran Thampy, Film Director & Lyricist Sri. Hariharan, Film Director Sri. Balachandra Menon, Film Director Sri. T. Rajeevnath, Film Director Sri. S. Priyadarsan, Film Director Sri. T.K. Rajeev Kumar, Film Director Sri. Madhu, Actor Sri. Mamootty, Actor Sri. Mohanlal, President, AMMA Sri. Soorya Krishnamoorthy Sri. B. Unnikrishnan, General Secretary, AIFEC/FEFKA Sri. K. Vijayakumar, President, Kerala Film Chamber Sri. G. Sureshkumar, President, Producers Association Sri. Siyad Koker, President, Distributors Association M.C. Boby, General Secretary, FEUOK Sri. V. Mohanan, President Exhibitors Association G.S. Vijayan, General Secretary, FETKA Directors Union T.V. Chandran, Film Director P.T. Kunju Muhammad, Film Director P.V. Gangadharan, Film Producer K.P. Kumaran, Film Director Baby Mathew, MD, Somatheertham Resorts M.V. Govindhan Master P.Rajeev, Chief Editor, Deshabhimani R.S. Babu, Chairman, Kerala State Media Academy Dr. K.N.Harilal, Memeber Planning Board Dr. B.Iqbal, Memeber Planning Board

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 233 Sub Committees

Hospitality and Reception Committee M.Vijayakumar, Chairman, KTDC, Chairman P.Sreekumar ( Chairman, Kerala State Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board), General Convenor Palayam Rajan, Vice - Chairman Baby Mathew, Somatheertham, Vice - Chairman Pradeep Chokli, Co-ordinator B.Rakesh, Film Producer, Convenor Sivakumar (KSCA), Incharge

Members E.M. Radha, Vanitha Commission Member Adv. Ajith Karimkulam, AILU Lalu Joseph Puthanambalam Sreekumar, Govt .Sec Poovathur Chithrasenan, Govt .Sec S.U.Sanjeev, KGOA K.Lalkumar, Excise Department N. Jeevan, PEX Adv. Raman Sajin Lal, Sathyajit Roy Film society D. Asokan, DYSP Adv. Anil Nagendran Prof. Rajashekharan, PUKASA Sunil, State Protocol officer P. Jagadeesh, Sports council Balan Thirumala, Sec., Film Critics Association Adv. Hari S Nair A.J. Peter, Kairali TV Taj Basheer, CONTACT Gopan Shasthamangalam, Devarajan Smrithi Manakkad Ramachandran, Vayalar Samskarika Vedhi Asok Sasi Script Writer K. Raveendran (RR Ravi), Censor Board Member

234 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Dr.R.S.Pradeep, Adoor Bhasi TV Forum Adv.Kalesh.R. S.Badhusha, Thekkankattu A.Prabhakaran, Former DD, AIR R.Anilkumar (AC, Kazhakuttom Police) Adv.Josh G.Jayakumar (TV Fraternity) M.V.Sasikumar (AIR)

Programme Committee Sibi Malayil, Chairman Bhagya Lakshmi (Actress), Vice – Chairperson M. Ranjith, General Convenor Sajitha Madathil, (GC Member, KSCA), Convenor Vimal Kumar (PM (P), KSCA), Incharge

Members Akhilesh, TV Director Premkumar (Actor) Prof.Aliyar Pramod Payyannur Mohammed Shah, Secretary, CONTACT Soumya S. Kumar Abhiram Krishnan, Music Fraternity Sreekutti S S Radhakrishnan, Deputy Dir AIR Mushthaq Aji Kumarapuram Rajalakshmi, Singer Attukal Thampi, TV Fraternity Sasthamangalam Gopan, Devarajan Music Trust Manacaud Ramachandran, Vayalar Vedi

Finance Committee Kamal, Chairman, KSCA, Chairman Muhammed Rijam (Treasurer, KSCA), Vice Chairman Mahesh Panju ( Secretary, KSCA), Secretary

Members V.K.Joseph, (Finance Committee Member, KSCA) S. Ajithkumar (Nominee from Finance Department) Zainulabdeen (Nominee from Cultural Department)

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 235 Media Committee S.R Shakthidharan, Chairman Subhash T.V IAS, Director I&PRD, General Convenor P.M. Manoj, Resident Editor, Deshabhimani, Vice Chairman Suresh Vellimangalam, President KUWJ, TVM Dist. Convenor Suresh.I.O. Press Release, PRD, Convenor N.P Sajeesh, DD(P), KSCA, Co-ordinator H Shaji. DD(F), KSCA, Co-ordinator

Members Radhakrishnan M, Secretary, Press Club. G. Pramod, President, Press Club. Kiran Ram, Secretary, KUWJ, Tvm (News18) N.K.Girish, Manorama TV News M. Raghunadh, Deshabhimani Daily Renji Kuriyakose, Manorama Daily K.G.Kamalesh, Asianet News G.S. Gopikrishnan, Amrita TV E.Basheer, Madhyamam Daily Aneesh Jacob, Mathrubhumi L. Walter D’cruz, Deputy Director, PRD C. Rahim, Malayalam News G.Rajeev, Times of India B.T.Anil Kumar, Information Officer, PRD Saritha Varma,Financial Express Abdul Gafoor, Janayugam Daily S.L.Shyam, Big News S.Mahinsha, The Hindu Daily A.V Musafir, Deccan Chronicle C.Anoop, Asianet News P.V. Murukan, Mflint.com C.V Sidharthan, Mangalam Daily Editor, News, AIR Editor, Doordarshan News A.C. Reji, Kaumudi TV S. Anil, New Indian Express Sajeesh, Media One, Tvpm K. Balachandran, Kala Kaumudi Daily N.J.Nair, The Hindu Daily Sabu John, Deepika Daily P. Rajeev, Flash, Kerala Kaumudi Group C.Raja, Janmabhumi Daily

236 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Sathikumar T.S, IO,I&PRD Nisar Mohammed, Veekshanam Daily, Bureau Chief Abhijith, Bureau Chief, ACV News G.K. Suresh Babu, Janam TV V. Syamlal, Freelance Journalist Sreedevi Pillai, Manorama TV News Anas, Chandrika V. S. Rajesh, Kerala Kaumudi Beena Kalam, P.R.O, Victers Channel K.G. Dinakar, Bureau Chief, Kairali TV Aniru Asokan, Madhyamam Daily Biju Neyyar, Jeevan TV N.V. Balakrishnan, People TV Prince Pangadan, Asianet News T.R Remya, Mathrubhumi Daily N.P. Muraleekrishnan, Kerala Kaumudi Daily K. Santhosh kumar, Addl. Director I&PRD M.T. Balan, Jaihind TV U.Vikraman, Janayugam Daily Mathew.C.R, Jaihind TV Mamoottil Jayamohan, Target Masika V.D. Selvaraj, Kalakaumudi Weekly Indra Babu, Kalakaumudi Daily Jaison, Deshabhimani Daily R.S.Babu, Media Academy Prasannakumar, Keralakaumudi Daily Sumesh Balan, Deshabhimani Daily G.Sekharan Nair, Mathrubhumi Daily Vayalar Gopakumar, Madhyamam Daily Spot Suresh

Delegate Cell Committee V.K. Joseph, GC Member, KSCA, Chairman K.G. Mohan Kumar, FFSI, KSFDC Board Member, General Convenor Prasanna Kumar (FFSI), Co-ordinator Rijoy .K.J. (KSCA), In charge

Members Shiju Lukos KSCA, IT Consultant K.Prabhakaran, FFSI Ismail Hassan, FEFKA Bindu Sreekumar, Councillor, Sasthamangalam Dr.M.K.P.Nair, Filca

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 237 R.Biju, Secretary, Banner Film Society. Madhavankutty, Film Society, Kollam Preejith Raj, Nellu Online Shamlal.S.S, KSCA Staff M.F. Thomas, Film Critic Boban Manacaud (AG’s Office) Prbhakaran.M.G

Technical Committee Sunny Joseph, Cameraman, GC Member KSCA, Chairman Bina Paul, Vice Chair Person, KSCA, Vice Chairman K.G. Soman, KR Narayan Institute, General Convenor S. Gopeekrishna, KSCA, Convenor

Members N.Harikumar, Sound Engineer Leenus L.K., Editor, KSID Ajith P.George, Prasad Film Lab Udayan Ambadi, Cameraman Sunny Abraham, Rtd. Exe.Engineer Jayadas, Rtd. Executive Engineer P.S.Vinod, Sound Engineer

ADVT & Publicity /Sponsorship Committee R.S. Babu, Chairman Karamana Hari, Chairman, Kerala Automobiles Ltd., General Convenor NemomPushparaj, Chairman, Kerala Lalithakala Academy, Vice Chairman V.K. Narayanan, Secretary, Chalachitra Film Society, Convenor Sajith, PM (F) KSCA, Co-ordinator

Members Mohamad Gasnafar, Photographer, Museum & Zoo Murukesh Iyer, Photogrpher Anil Swamy, Film Director Prasanth. V, Designer, C-dit Dr. G. Balachandran KG. Suraj, Aksharam online Manu.M, KSCA Staff Jayan Thozhuvancode

238 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Nitin R. Viswan C.V. Premkumar, Film Director Adv.Lalu Joseph, Adv. V.Anil, (PP, KAT) Hylesh, Designer Ratheesh, Photographer Hari Swami Adv. John Cheriyan

Theatre Committee Adv.V. K. Prasanth, Hon'ble Mayor, Patron Adv.Rakhi Ravikumar, Deputy Mayor, Chairperson Deepa D. Nair IFS MD, KSFDC, General Convenor Secretary, Corporation, Convenor Sunny Joseph, Co-ordinator Sivakumar & Gopeekrishna, Incharge, KSCA

Members HO, Corporation Health Department Executive Engineer, KSEB Chief Engineer, Water Authority DMO, Health Fire Force Directorate Balachandran, Manager, New Theatre Pradeep, Manager, Sreekumar/Sreevisakh Soman, Manager, Dhanya/Remya Joy, Manager, Ariesplex Gopakumar, Manager, Kairali Theatres Srikanth, Manager, Tagore Theatre Sajith, KSFDC, Kalabhavan Superintendent, Kanakakkunnu Ajithkumar, KSFDC Sajeev Pazhoor, Cultural Officer, Tagore Theatre Hariharan Nair, Projectioninst Manager, Sreepadmanabha Theatre Jackson, Manager, Ajantha Theatre Ratheesh Panikkar, Manager, Kripa Anil, Manager, Kalabhavan Theatre

Volunteer Committee V. Sivankutty, Ex MLA, Chairman, KILE, Chairman Vanchiyoor. P.Babu, Standing Committee Chairman, Corporation, Vice Chairman

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 239 Radhakrishnan.S, NGO Union, General Convenor Prathin Saj Krishna, Convenor MS Sreevalsan, FSCTO, Convenor Shijith, Convenor S.S. Minu. KMCSU, Control Room Co-Ordinator Sivakumar. P.S, KSCA, Incharge

Members N.Babu, NGO Union South B.Anilkumar, secretory, NGO Union South U.M.Nahas, NGO Union North Deepu Soman Binu I.P, Kunnukuzhi Ward Councilor Vanchiyoor S. Preman, LCS, Vanchiyoor Shajahan, KGOA Jinraj KGOA Thulasi, Tourism Minister office Venugopal, KSTA P.K. Sudeer Babu, Rtd. Police Association Najeeb, KSTA Binil Kumar. S. Kerala Congress Pushpalatha AIDWA M.Praveen Saji Thampuran Mukku Rajesh, PMG Branch Secretary Adv. Sajeed

Audience Poll Committee T.K.Rajeevkumar, Chairman K.Manoj Kumar, Former ADPR, I&PRD, Convener Bina Paul, Vice Chairperson, KSCA, Co-ordinator M.K.Vivekanandan Nair, Former DD, PRD, Polling Officer Gopeekrishna, KSCA, Incharge

Members Anirudhan Nilamel P.B. Achuth, Script Writer Thomas K.S, SBI Adv. Ajithkumar.S.R. Georgekutty, Journalist online media Sree Mayi

240 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala KSCA Executive Board

Sri. Kamal Chairman & Festival Director Kerala State Chalachithra Academy Smt. Bina Paul Vice-Chairperson & Artistic Director Kerala State Chalachithra Academy Sri. Mahesh Panju Secretary & Executive Director Kerala State Chalachithra Academy Sri. Y Muhammad Rijam Treasurer Kerala State Chalachithra Academy Sri. Manoj Joshi, IAS Principal Secretary, Finance Department Smt. Rani George, IAS Secretary, Department of Cultural Affairs Sri. Sibi Malayil

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 241 KSCA General Council

Sri. Resul Pookutty Smt. Manju Warrier Smt. Sajitha Madathil Sri. V.K. Joseph Sri. Neelan Sri. G.P. Ramachandran Sri. Sunny Joseph Smt. Deedi Damodaran Sri. Pradeep Chokli Sri. Madhu Janardhanan Sri. T. V. Subhash IAS Director, I & PRD Sri. G Jayaraj Registrar, C-DIT Smt. Deepa D Nair MD, KSFDC Sri. Baiju Chandran Programme Head Doordarshan, Thiruvananthapuram

242 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala INDEX Films

A Family Tour 85 Before the Flood 180 A Land Imagined 86 Bhonsle 69 A Tramway in Jerusalem 87 Bilathikuzhal 49 A Twelve Year Night 88 Birds of passage 97 Abraham 68 Black Peter 205 Aga 89 BlacKkKlansman 98 All The Gods In The Sky 90 Body Deep 50 Alpha, The Right to Kill 91 Border 99 Amadeus 204 Bulbul Can Sing 76 And Breathe Normally 92 Capernaum 100 Announcement, The 151 Chuskit 77 Apocalypto 178 Climax 101 Apparition, The 79 Cold War 102 Apparition, The 152 Core of the World 103 Ash is the Purest White 93 Cries & Whispers 192 At War 94 Crystal Swan 104 August at Akiko’s 95 Dark Is The Night 122 Autumn Sonata 191 Dark Room 39 Ave Maria 48 Day I Lost My Shadow, The 153 Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 96 Debt 30 Beasts of The Southern Diane 105 Wild 179 Die Tomorrow 106 Bed, The 38 Dogman 107

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 243 Donbass 108 Lemonade 124 Dovlatov 109 Load, The 159 Dressage 110 Loves of a Blonde 206 Ee.Ma.Yau 31 Man who bought the El Angel 32 Moon, The 160 Everybody knows 25 Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom 181 Faces 84 Manohar & I 71 Fanny & Alexander 193 Manslayer. The Virgin. Fear 51 The Shadow, The 161 Firemen’s Ball, The 209 Manta Ray 125 Flight, The 70 Manto 72 Foxtrot 111 Mary Magdaelene 126 Fragments, The 217 Maya 127 Genesis 112 Mayaanadhi 55 Gentle Indifference of the Memories of My Body 128 World, The 154 Midnight Runner 129 Girls Always Happy 113 Mid-Summer Sun 216 Graveless, The 40 Muhammad: The Heiresses, The 155 Messenger of God 224 Here 52 Namme 130 High Life 114 Night Accident 33 Highway 223 Non-Fiction 131 Horizon 115 One Flew Over the Hotel by the River 117 Cuckoos Nest 207 House of My Fathers 118 One Step Behind the Seraphim 132 House that Jack Built, The 156 Our Time 133 Human, Space, Painting Life 73 Time And Human 119 Parava 56 Humans of Someone 53 Paris Square 134 I Do Not Care If We Go Persona 194 Down in History as Barbarians 120 Pilgrimage 135 Image Book, The 157 Pity 136 In the Aisles 121 Poisonous Roses 34 Interpreter, The 158 Pope Francis: A Man of His Word 182 Jumpman 122 Quest, The 80 Knife + Heart 123 Rafiki 136 Kottayam 54

244 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Rain, The 218 Talent Competition 208 Ray & Liz 138 Tel Aviv on Fire 150 Recite 57 Tetrahedron, The 59 Red Phallus, The 41 Third Wife, The 165 Reports on Sarah and Too Late to Saleem, The 162 Die Young 169 River, The 163 Transit 170 Rojo 139 Tumbbad 227 Roma 140 Vada Chennai 225 Rona, Azim’s Mother 141 Vellapokkathil 183 Scenes from a Vision 171 Marraige 195 Volcano 172 Screwdriver 142 Ways of God, The 219 Searching for Ingmar Widow of Silence 43 Bergman 190 Wild Pear Tree, The 166 Sew the Winter to My Skin 143 Woman at War 173 Shoplifters 144 Word, The 220 Silence, The 42 Working Woman 167 Sinjar 78 World is Yours, The 168 Sisters Brothers, The 164 Yomeddine 175 Sivaranajani and Two Other Yuli 176 Women 74 Sleeplessly Yours 58 Smiles of a Summer Night 196 Sophia Antipolis 145 Sorry Angel 146 Sudani From Nigeria 35 Suleiman Mountain 147 Summer Interlude 197 Summer Survivors 148 Summer with Monika 198 Sunset 148 Swathi Thirunal 216 Sweet Requiem, The 81 Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis 36 Tale of The Sea 37

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 245 INDEX Directors

Aashiq Abu 55 Christopher Adesh Prasad 227 Makoto Yogi 95 Adilkhan Yerzhanov 154 Ciro Guerra 97 Adolfo Alix Jr. 122 Claire Denis 114 Ahmed Fawzi Saleh 34 Cristina Gallego 97 Ajithkumar B 52 Daniel Sandu 132 Aleksey German 109 Darya Zhuk 104 Alfonso Cuarón 140 Devashish Makhija 69 Ali Abbasi 99 Dominga Sotomayor Álvaro Brechner 88 Castillo 169 Amitabha Chatterjee 71 Elizaveta Stishova 147 Amos Gitai 87 Emir Baigazin 163 Anamika Haksar 36 Fisher Stevens 180 Arup Manna 80 Garin Nugroho 128 Asghar Farhadi 25 Garth Davis 126 Ash Mayfair 165 Gaspar Noe 101 Babis Makridis 136 Goutham Soorya 58 Bahman Farmanara 37 Hannes Baumgartner 129 Bassam Jarbawi 142 HirokazuKoreeda 144 Beatriz Seigner 42 Icíar Bollaín 176 Benedikt Erlingsson 173 Ingmar Bergman 186-199 Benh Zeitlin 179 Ioana Uricaru 124 Benjamin Naishtat 139 Isold Uggadottir 92 Bijukumar Damodaran 73 Ivan I. Tverdovskiy 122 Bijukuttan P.K. 57 Jacques Audiard 164 Binu Bhaskar 54 Jafar Panahi 84 Bobby Sarma Baruah 79 Jahmil X.T. Qubeka 143 Brillante Ma Mendoza 91 Jamshid Mahmoudi 141 Buddhadeb Dasgupta 70 Jayaraj 183 Carlos Reygadas Barguín 133 Jayaraj 51 Christian Petzold 170 Jean-Luc Godard 157 Christophe Honoré 146 João Botelho 135

246 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala Justin Chadwick 181 Rahi Anil Barve 227 Kent Jones 105 Richard Billingham 138 Khavn 96 Rima Das 76 Kim Ki-duk 119 Ritu Sarin 81 Konarak Mukherjee 68 Romain Gavras 168 Lars von Trier 156 Roman Bondarchuk 172 László Nemes 148 Rouhollah Hejazi 39 Lenin Rajendran 212-220 Sameh Zoabi 150 Lijo Jose Pellissery 31 Samuel Maoz 111 Lúcia Murat 134 Sang-soo Hong 117 Luis Ortega 32 Sergey Loznitsa 108 Mahmut Fazil Coskun 151 Shawky A.B. 175 Majid Majidi 224 Siew Hua Yeo 86 Marcelo Martinessi 155 Soubin Shahir 56 Marija Kavtaradze 148 Soudade Kaadan 153 Martin Sulík 158 Spike Lee 98 Matteo Garrone 107 Stéphane Brizé 94 Mel Gisbon 178 Suba Sivakumaran 118 Mia Hansen-Love 127 Sudeep Elamon 58 Michal Aviad 167 Sulev Keedus 161 Milko Lazarov 89 Sumesh Lal 53 Milos Forman 202-209 Tashi Gyeltshen 41 Monica Lairana 38 Temirbek Birnazarov 33 Mostafa Sayyari 40 Tenzing Sonam 81 Muayad Alayan 162 Thomas Stuber 121 Nadine Labaki 100 Tinatin Kajrishvili 115 Nandita Das 72 Umesh Kulkarni 223 Naomi Kawase 171 Unnikrishnan Avala 50 Natalya Meshchaninova 103 Vasanth S Sai 74 Nawapol Vetrimaran 225 Thamrongrattanarit 106 Vinu A K 49 Nuri Bilge Ceylan 166 Vipin Radhakrishnan 48 Ognien Glavonic 159 Vipin Vijay 59 Olivier Assayas 131 Virgil Vernier 145 Pampally 78 Vuslat Saracoglu 30 Paolo Zucca 160 Wanuri Kahiu 136 Pawel Pawlikowski 102 Wim Wenders 182 Philippe Lesange 112 Xavier Giannoli 152 Phuttiphong Yang Mingming 113 Aroonpheng 125 Yann Gonzalez 123 Pooya Badkoobeh 110 Ying Liang 85 Praveen Morchhale 43 Zakariya 35 Priya Ramasubban 77 Zaza Khalvashi 130 Quarxx 90 ZhangkeJia 93 Radu Jude 120

23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 247 INDEX Countries

Afghanistan 141 Kenya 136 Albania 160 Kyrgyzstan 33, 147 Argentina 32, 38, 88, 134, 139, Lebanon 100, 153 160, 169 Lithuania 103, 130, 148 Australia 126 Luxembourg 150 Austria 158, 175 Malaysia 85 Belarus 104 Mexico 97, 123, 133, 140, 162, 178 Belgium 92, 150, 152 Nepal 41 Bhutan 41 Netherlands 38, 86, 108, 162, 169 Brazil 38, 42, 109, 134, 169 Norway 109, 163 Bulgaria 89, 120, 132, 151 Palestine 142, 162 Canada 112, 124 Paraguay 109, 155 Chile 169 Philippines 91, 96, 222 China 93, 113, 125 Poland 102, 114, 136, 163 Colombia 42, 97 Portugal 134-135 Cuba 176 Qatar 34, 142, 169 Czech Republic 132, 158 Republic of Macedonia 166 Czechoslovakia 205-206, 208-209 Romania 120, 124, 132 Denmark 97, 99, 133, 156 Russia 103-104, 122 Egypt 34, 175 Serbia 159 Estonia 161 Singapore 85-86 France 26, 34, 42, 86-87, 89-90, Slovakia 158 93-94, 101-103, 107-108, 111, 114, South Africa 143, 181 120, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131-133, South Korea 117, 119 145-146, 150, 152, 154, 156-157, 159, 166, 168, 170-171, 173, 182, Spain 26, 32, 88, 176 190, 193, 222 Sri Lanka 118 Georgia 115, 130 Sweden 92, 99, 115, 124, 133, 156, Germany 38, 41, 89, 104, 108-109, 191-198, 227 111, 114, 120-121, 124, 127, 132- Switzerland 111, 123, 129, 157, 133, 143, 156, 162, 166, 170, 172, 182 176, 182, 190 Syria 153 Greece 136 Taiwan (PRC) 85 Hong Kong 85 Thailand 106, 125 Hungary 148 Turkey 151, 166 Iceland 92, 173 Turkey 30 India 31, 35-36, 43, 48-59, 68-81, UAE 34, 183, 216-220, 223, 225, 227 UK 102, 114, 118, 126, 138, 176, Indonesia 128 181 Iran 37, 39-40, 84, 110, 141, 224 Ukraine 108, 172-173 Ireland 103 Uruguay 88, 109 Israel 87, 111, 150, 167 USA 86, 95, 98, 104-105, 114, 126, Italy 26, 107, 160, 182 140, 142, 164, 175, 178-180, 204, Japan 93, 144, 171 207, 222 Jordan 152 Vietnam 165 Kazakhstan 154, 163 West Germany 191, 193

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