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) TitleDirectorNotesrefSraboner DharaAbhijit Guha, Sudeshna RoyDevi Aur HeroAditya KripalaniNETPAC Award for Best FilmRunning To The SkyMirlan AbdykalykovMystic MemoirAparajita GhoshThe End Will Be SpectaculaErsin CelikChandrabati Katha N. Rashed ChowdhuryHava, Maryam, AyeshaSahraa KarimiGitaristaJason Orfalas
Competition on Indian Documentary Films TitleDirectorNotesrefELEPHANTS DO REMEMBERSwati PandeyVISIONLESSSanjiban NathTHE DAY I BECAME A WOMANMoupia MukherjeeHOUSEFULLAYAN CHAKRABORTITHE MOTHERLANDShibu PrustyJANANI'S JULIETPankaj Rishi KumarIDIOM OF RUGDip BhuyanPANI PAATA PORATAMAditi MaddaliITINirabari BandyopadhyaySONGS FROM THE VALLEYISHANI K DUTTASWIMMING THROUGH THE DARKNESSSupriyo SenWASTE BANDSupriyo SenABRIDGEDGAURAV PURIGolden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Documentary Film
Competition on Indian Language's Films TitleDirectorNotesrefVEYILMARANGALDr.BijuRUN KALYANIGeetha JSpecial Jury AwardMAI GHAT CRIME NO 103- 2005ANANTH MAHADEVAN'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' for Best FilmLIHAAFRahat KazmiGANGODAKAShridhar HegdeKARUPDeepesh TMOOSODeepankar PrakashATLASVIKAS KALPANA DWIVEDINIRBANGautam HalderDUBURIKrishnendu DuttaPARCELIndrasis Acharya'Hiralal Sen Memorial Award' Award for Best DirectorNAMEPLATEPreetDARK LIGHTMayur HardasRAMAIBal Bargale
Competition on Indian Short Films TitleDirectorNotesrefMADHUBANIEmraanakbar EnamdarJONAKIAbhisek Ronnie ChakrabortySEKOOLStenzin TankongMRUGAJALOnkar DiwadkarSWAPNOGACHH - DREAM TREESubhas Ghosh, Subhasish ChristcheBOD JAATSaurav BhadraPARESHAN GULLY KA BHAGWAN SIKANDARIshan SharmaSISYPHUSSyed Aniruddha Kabir, Aneek PilsimaFORWARDKshitija KhandagaleTIMELESS FLUXSrisha ChakrabortiPANDIT USMANAkram HassanPATHAROSAHariharasudhan KFURNITURENazmus Sakib HimelKRANTODORSHIRITUPARNA DASDATTAKAYANTARRajdeep Paul, Sarmistha MaitiUTHARAKADALASSUIndu VRONIBARJOSudipto Shankar RoyNADINitin Prakash PednekarCHAKRABYUHASuryoday DeNISHCHIT- ANISHCHITsiddharth panwarSUMMER RHAPSODYShravan KatikaneniGolden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Short Film
International Competition TitleDirectorNotesrefCAT STICKSRonny SenSUD YODAshima AiyerOMAR VE BIZMARYNA ER GORBACHLA IMAGEN DEL TIEMPOJeissy TrompizWomen Run With The WolvesAmir Athar SoheiliLunana: A Yak in the ClassroomPawo Choyning DorjiSHPIA E AGESLendita ZeqirajSpecial Jury AwardISTORIA LIZYAlexander ZhovnaMYSLENNIY VOLKValeriya Gai GermanikaKIRSCHBLUETEN & DAEMONENDoris DoerrieOne Man Dies a Million TimesJessica OreckTHE PAINTED BIRDVaclav MarhoulGolden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best DirectorLA LLORONAJayro BustamanteGolden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best FilmMAADATHYLeena ManimekalaiMINDANAOBrillante Ma. Mendoza
Non-Competition Categories
50 years Celebration-RESTORED CLASSICS TitleDirectorNotesrefGOOPY GYNE BAGHA BYNESatyajit RayBUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KIDGeorge Roy HillMIDNIGHT COWBOYJohn SchlesingerEASY RIDERDennis HopperTHE WILD BUNCHSam PeckinpahTRUE GRITHenry HathawayTOPAZAlfred HitchcockTHE ITALIAN JOBPeter Collinson
Alexander Kluge (Focus: Germany) TitleDirectorNotesrefYesterday GirlAlexander KlugeThe Power of EmotionAlexander KlugeThe Assault of the Present on the Rest of TimeAlexander KlugeGermany in AutumnVolker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupe,Circus Comes to the CityAlexander KlugeArtist in the RoomAlexander KlugeOn the Knife's EdgeAlexander KlugeHappy LamentoAlexander Kluge
Bengali Panorama TitleDirectorNotesrefBORUNBABUR BONDHUANIK DATTABAKI ITIHASTushar BallovTOBUO NANDINISubrata SenMONALISASatyajit DuttaPRAANSankar DebnathDIN RATRIR GOLPOProsenjit choudhury
Cinema International TitleDirectorNotesrefA SonMehdi BarsaouiSynonymsNadav LapidBACURAUJULIANO DORNELLES, Kleber Mendonca FilhoBeanpoleKANTEMIR BALAGOVWHITE LIEYonah Lewis, Calvin ThomasCAT IN THE WALLVesela Kazakova, Mina MilevaSIBYLJustine TrietBattered HusbandRalston Gonzales JoverPARWARESHGAHShahrbanoo SadatLES MISERABLESLadj LyAN EASY GIRLRebecca ZlotowskiENDE DER SAISONElmar ImanovSYSTEMSPRENGERNora FingscheidtLIU YU TIANFeng ZuDERE E HAPURFlorenc PapasLIBERTEAlbert SerraADAMMaryam TouzaniPELIKANBLUTKatrin GebbeVERDICTRaymund Ribay GutierrezINSTINCTHalina ReijnRESINDaniel Joseph BorgmanGUERILLAGyorgy Mor KarpatiPOLSESTRADamjan KozoleLINA DE LIMAMaria Paz GonzalezUN DIVAN A TUNISManele LabidiROAM ROME MEINTannishtha ChatterjeeALPHANasir Uddin YousuffPERDRIXErwan Le DucCANCION SIN NOMBREMelina 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
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