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The 31st variation of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is acceptable to item films by maestro Ritwik Ghatak, with screenings of six of his films during the festival betwixt November 6 and November 13.
The lawsuit is scheduled to beryllium held crossed 21 venues, with a full of 215 films from 39 countries selected for screening.
The festival volition besides honour Ritwik Ghatak arsenic it is the director’s 100th twelvemonth commencement anniversary. As portion of a Centenary Tribute, Ghatak’s films including Ajantrik (1958), Bari Theke Paliye (1958), Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (1973), and Subarnarekha (1965) volition beryllium screened.
Centenary tributes are besides being held successful honour of Welsh histrion Richard Burton, American filmmaker Sam Peckinpah, and histrion Santosh Dutta, euphony manager Salil Chowdhury, and filmmaker Raj Khosla from India.
The works of Shyam Benegal, David Lynch, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Redford, Arun Roy, Raja Mitra and Shashi Anand are besides acceptable to beryllium screened successful the KIFF arsenic portion of a peculiar tribute.
“The 35mm celluloid of Raja Mitra’s 1997 movie Nayantara is scheduled to beryllium screened connected Nov 12 astatine Kolkata’s Radha Studio arsenic portion of the 31st KIFF,” West Bengal curate Aroop Biswas said.
Film lovers volition besides get to ticker 5 films by Filipino filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza arsenic portion of a retrospective.
Ramesh Sippy to present memorial lecture
Additionally, manager of the celebrated 1975 movie Sholay, Ramesh Sippy, volition beryllium delivering the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture arsenic portion of the 31st KIFF astatine Kolkata’s Sisir Mancha connected November 7, Principal Secretary of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department said.
He besides announced a slew of seminars and exhibitions scheduled to beryllium held during the festival.
These see the Ritwik Ghatak Memorial Conversation betwixt filmmakers Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Anup Singh, a centenary tribute to Ritwik Ghatak, a masterclass by filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza, seminars connected Guru Dutt, Polish cinema, displacement and migration, and AI successful cinema.
The absorption state for this year’s movie festival is Poland. Around 19 Polish films volition beryllium screened arsenic portion of the Poland focus, nether categories similar Contemporary Polish Cinema, Centenary Tribute to Wojciech Has, Polish Great Masters, Polish Animation and Family Focus, Animated Shorts, and Indo-Polish documentaries.
Special categories person besides been dedicated to films connected displacement and migration arsenic good arsenic environment, and sports.
Mr Biswas announced that the inaugural ceremonial of the 31st KIFF volition beryllium held connected November 6 astatine the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium. The 1961 Bengali classic, Saptapadi, directed by Ajoy Kar and starring Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and others, volition beryllium screened arsenic the inaugural movie of the 31st KIFF.
Among the 215 films selected for screening are 132 feature-length films and 83 abbreviated films and documentaries, spanning competitory and non-competitive categories.
