# 25th Kolkata International Film Festival

The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 8 to 15 November 2019.

## Inauguration

Hosted by CM of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival was Inaugurated by Amitabh Bachchan followed by a grand inaugural ceremony on Netaji Indoor Stadium. other guests included names like Shah Rukh khan, Jaya Bachchan, Mahesh Bhatt, Rakhee Gulzar etc. The ceremony was also graced by international film personalities like German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, Sex Lies and Videotape actress Andie MacDowell and Slovak film director Dušan Hanák
The Focus Country this year was Germany with 42 films.

## Official Selections
### Competition Categories
#### Asian Select (NETPAC Award)

| Title | Director | Notes |
| Sraboner Dhara | Abhijit Guha, Sudeshna Roy | |
| Devi Aur Hero | Aditya Kripalani | NETPAC Award for Best Film |
| Running To The Sky | Mirlan Abdykalykov | |
| Mystic Memoir | Aparajita Ghosh | |
| The End Will Be Spectacula | Ersin Celik | |
| Chandrabati Katha | N. Rashed Chowdhury | |
| Hava, Maryam, Ayesha | Sahraa Karimi | |
| Gitarista | Jason Orfalas | |

#### Competition on Indian Documentary Films

| Title | Director | Notes |
| ELEPHANTS DO REMEMBER | Swati Pandey | |
| VISIONLESS | Sanjiban Nath | |
| THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN | Moupia Mukherjee | |
| HOUSEFULL | AYAN CHAKRABORTI | |
| THE MOTHERLAND | Shibu Prusty | |
| JANANI'S JULIET | Pankaj Rishi Kumar | |
| IDIOM OF RUG | Dip Bhuyan | |
| PANI PAATA PORATAM | Aditi Maddali | |
| ITI | Nirabari Bandyopadhyay | |
| SONGS FROM THE VALLEY | ISHANI K DUTTA | |
| SWIMMING THROUGH THE DARKNESS | Supriyo Sen | |
| WASTE BAND | Supriyo Sen | |
| ABRIDGED | GAURAV PURI | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Documentary Film |

#### Competition on Indian Language's Films

| Title | Director | Notes |
| VEYILMARANGAL | Dr.Biju | |
| RUN KALYANI | Geetha J | Special Jury Award |
| MAI GHAT CRIME NO 103- 2005 | ANANTH MAHADEVAN | 'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' for Best Film |
| LIHAAF | Rahat Kazmi | |
| GANGODAKA | Shridhar Hegde | |
| KARUP | Deepesh T | |
| MOOSO | Deepankar Prakash | |
| ATLAS | VIKAS KALPANA DWIVEDI | |
| NIRBAN | Gautam Halder | |
| DUBURI | Krishnendu Dutta | |
| PARCEL | Indrasis Acharya | 'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' Award for Best Director |
| NAMEPLATE | Preet | |
| DARK LIGHT | Mayur Hardas | |
| RAMAI | Bal Bargale | |

#### Competition on Indian Short Films

| Title | Director | Notes |
| MADHUBANI | Emraanakbar Enamdar | |
| JONAKI | Abhisek Ronnie Chakraborty | |
| SEKOOL | Stenzin Tankong | |
| MRUGAJAL | Onkar Diwadkar | |
| SWAPNOGACHH - DREAM TREE | Subhas Ghosh, Subhasish Christche | |
| BOD JAAT | Saurav Bhadra | |
| PARESHAN GULLY KA BHAGWAN SIKANDAR | Ishan Sharma | |
| SISYPHUS | Syed Aniruddha Kabir, Aneek Pilsima | |
| FORWARD | Kshitija Khandagale | |
| TIMELESS FLUX | Srisha Chakraborti | |
| PANDIT USMAN | Akram Hassan | |
| PATHAROSA | Hariharasudhan K | |
| FURNITURE | Nazmus Sakib Himel | |
| KRANTODORSHI | RITUPARNA DASDATTA | |
| KAYANTAR | Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | |
| UTHARAKADALASSU | Indu VR | |
| ONIBARJO | Sudipto Shankar Roy | |
| NADI | Nitin Prakash Pednekar | |
| CHAKRABYUHA | Suryoday De | |
| NISHCHIT- ANISHCHIT | siddharth panwar | |
| SUMMER RHAPSODY | Shravan Katikaneni | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Short Film |

#### International Competition

| Title | Director | Notes |
| CAT STICKS | Ronny Sen | |
| SUD YOD | Ashima Aiyer | |
| OMAR VE BIZ | MARYNA ER GORBACH | |
| LA IMAGEN DEL TIEMPO | Jeissy Trompiz | |
| Women Run With The Wolves | Amir Athar Soheili | |
| Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom | Pawo Choyning Dorji | |
| SHPIA E AGES | Lendita Zeqiraj | Special Jury Award |
| ISTORIA LIZY | Alexander Zhovna | |
| MYSLENNIY VOLK | Valeriya Gai Germanika | |
| KIRSCHBLUETEN & DAEMONEN | Doris Doerrie | |
| One Man Dies a Million Times | Jessica Oreck | |
| THE PAINTED BIRD | Vaclav Marhoul | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director |
| LA LLORONA | Jayro Bustamante | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film |
| MAADATHY | Leena Manimekalai | |
| MINDANAO | Brillante Ma. Mendoza | |

### Non-Competition Categories
#### 50 years Celebration-RESTORED CLASSICS

| Title | Director |
| GOOPY GYNE BAGHA BYNE | Satyajit Ray |
| BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID | George Roy Hill |
| MIDNIGHT COWBOY | John Schlesinger |
| EASY RIDER | Dennis Hopper |
| THE WILD BUNCH | Sam Peckinpah |
| TRUE GRIT | Henry Hathaway |
| TOPAZ | Alfred Hitchcock |
| THE ITALIAN JOB | Peter Collinson |

#### Alexander Kluge (Focus: Germany)

| Title | Director |
| Yesterday Girl | Alexander Kluge |
| The Power of Feelings [de] | Alexander Kluge |
| The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time | Alexander Kluge |
| Germany in Autumn | Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupe, |
| Circus Comes to the City | Alexander Kluge |
| Artist in the Room | Alexander Kluge |
| On the Knife's Edge | Alexander Kluge |
| Happy Lamento | Alexander Kluge |

#### Bengali Panorama

| Title | Director |
| BORUNBABUR BONDHU | ANIK DATTA |
| BAKI ITIHAS | Tushar Ballov |
| TOBUO NANDINI | Subrata Sen |
| MONALISA | Satyajit Dutta |
| PRAAN | Sankar Debnath |
| DIN RATRIR GOLPO | Prosenjit choudhury |

#### Cinema International

| Title | Director |
| A Son | Mehdi Barsaoui |
| Synonyms | Nadav Lapid |
| BACURAU | JULIANO DORNELLES, Kleber Mendonca Filho |
| Beanpole | KANTEMIR BALAGOV |
| WHITE LIE | Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas |
| CAT IN THE WALL | Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva |
| SIBYL | Justine Triet |
| Battered Husband | Ralston Gonzales Jover |
| PARWARESHGAH | Shahrbanoo Sadat |
| LES MISERABLES | Ladj Ly |
| AN EASY GIRL | Rebecca Zlotowski |
| ENDE DER SAISON | Elmar Imanov |
| SYSTEMSPRENGER | Nora Fingscheidt |
| LIU YU TIAN | Feng Zu |
| DERE E HAPUR | Florenc Papas |
| LIBERTE | Albert Serra |
| ADAM | Maryam Touzani |
| PELIKANBLUT | Katrin Gebbe |
| VERDICT | Raymund Ribay Gutierrez |
| INSTINCT | Halina Reijn |
| RESIN | Daniel Joseph Borgman |
| GUERILLA | Gyorgy Mor Karpati |
| POLSESTRA | Damjan Kozole |
| LINA DE LIMA | Maria Paz Gonzalez |
| UN DIVAN A TUNIS | Manele Labidi |
| ROAM ROME MEIN | Tannishtha Chatterjee |
| ALPHA | Nasir Uddin Yousuff |
| PERDRIX | Erwan Le Duc |
| CANCION SIN NOMBRE | Melina León |

## Winners

Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film : LA LLORONA - Jayro Bustamante
Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director : THE PAINTED BIRD - Vaclav Marhoul
'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' for Best Film : MAI GHAT CRIME NO 103- 2005 - ANANTH MAHADEVAN
'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' Award for Best Director : Parcel - Indrasis Acharya
NETPAC Award for Best Film : Devi Aur Hero - Aditya Kripalani Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Documentary Film : ABRIDGED - Gaurav Puri
Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Short Film : SUMMER RHAPSODY - Shravan Katikaneni