# 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017

9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017 (BIFFES 2017) was inaugurated by former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on 2 February 2017 in Bengaluru. A total of 240 films from 60 countries including Oscar nominees of the year such as The Salesman by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and A Man Called Ove by Swedish director Hannes Holm were screened from 2 February to 9 February 2017.

## Asian cinema competition

| Film name | Director | Language | Country | Winner |
| A Father's Will | Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyzstan | Best film - A Father's Will |
| A House on 41st Street | Hamid Ghorbani, Hamid Reza Ghorbani | Persian | Iran | Best film - A Father's Will |
| By the Time It Gets Dark | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thai | Thailand | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Destiny | Zhang Wei | Chinese | China | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Four Chinese Poems | Cui Ren | Mandarin | China | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Land of the Little People | Yaniv Berman | Hebrew | Israel | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Letters from Prague | Angga Dwimas Sasongko | Indonesian | Indonesia | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Light Arose | Chathra Weeraman, Baratha Gihan Hettiarachchi | Sinhala | Sri Lanka | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Lost Daughter | Jacob Chen | Mandarin | Taiwan | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Red Butterfly Dream | Priyantha Kaluarachchi | Tamil | Sri Lanka | Best film - A Father's Will |
| The Narrow Path | Satish Babusenan | Malayalam | India | Best film - A Father's Will |
| The Road to Mandalay | Midi Z | Mandarin | Taiwan | Best film - A Father's Will |
| U Turn | Pawan Kumar | Kannada | India | Best film - A Father's Will |
| Wihite Blessing | Sengedorg Chanchivdorg | Mongolian | Mongolia | Best film - A Father's Will |

## Indian cinema competition

| Film name | Director | Language | Winner |
| Chronicles Of Hari | Ananya Kasaravalli | Kannada | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| K Sera Sera | Rajeev Shinde | Konkani | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Lady Of The Lake | Haobam Paban Kumar | Manipuri | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Lathe Joshi | Mangesh Joshi | Marathi | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Maj Rati Keteki | Santwana Bordoloi | Assamese | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Revelations | Vijay Jayapal | Tamil | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Search for the Self | G. Prabha | Sanskrit | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| The Golden Wing | Bobby Sarma Baruah | Rajbangshi | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Kalichaat | Sudhanshu Sharma | Hindi | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Chitrokar | Saibal Mitra | Bengali | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Ekk Albela | Shekhar Sartandel | Marathi | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Kaasav | Sumitra Bhave | Marathi | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |
| Kaadu Pookkunna Neram | Dr. Biju | Malayalam | Best film - Chronicles Of Hari |

## Kannada cinema competition

| Film name | Director | Winner |
| 6/3 | R Mahantesh | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Actor | Dayal Padmanabhan | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Kandhaa | Solomon K George | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Kahi | Arvind Sastry | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Dhvani | Sebastin David | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Rama Rama Re... | D. Satya Prakash | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu | Sumana Kittur | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Uppina Kagada | B. Suresha | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Alemariya Aatmakathe | Amaradeva | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Bekku | Baragur Ramachandrappa | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Pallata | Raghu S P | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |
| Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu | Hemanth M. Rao | Best film - Rama Rama Re... |

## Kannada Popular Entertainment

| Award | Film | Result |
| Popular Kannada Cinema | Kotigobba 2 | 1st |
| Popular Kannada Cinema | Jaggu Dada | 2nd |
| Popular Kannada Cinema | Doddmane Hudga | 3rd |

## Jury Mention Award

| Film name | Director | Producer | Country | Language | References |
| Kaadu Pookkunna Neram | Dr. Biju | Sophia Paul | India | Malayalam | |

## FIPRESCI Critics Award

| Film name | Director | Producer | Country | Language | References |
| Lady of the Lake | Haoban Paban Kumar | Oli Pictures | India | Manipuri | |

## Jury Award for Kannada Cinema

| Film name | Director | Producer | Country | Language | References |
| Uppina Kagada | B. Suresha | Shylaja Nag, B. Suresha | India | Kannada | |

## Jury Special Award

| Film name | Director | Producer | Country | Language | References |
| Lathe Joshi | Mangesh Joshi | Amol Kagne, Sonali Joshi | India | Marathi | |