7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014

7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014 (BIFFES 2014) was inaugurated by the honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on 4 December 2014 in Bengaluru.[1][2] The film festival is showcasing 175 films from 45 countries in 11 screens across the City from 4 to 11 December.[3][4][5]

Bengaluru International Film Festival
LocationBangalore, Karnataka India
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://biffes.in

Participation

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Bengaluru International film festival attracts people of all ages, Film industry people, students. Many of the colleges encouraged their students to participate or volunteer for the festival. Jain University, NMKRV College, St Joseph's College, Central College, National School of Drama's Bengaluru chapter are some of the institutes which actively participated in the festival with their mass communication students.[6]

Photo Exhibition

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The seventh edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), in association with Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, had organized a photo exhibition called Hybrid Modernisation - Movie Theatres in South India by Sabine Haubitz and Stefanie Zoche to provides a view of the surviving single screens in south India.[7]

The exhibition talks about the current status of single-screen theaters in the south Indian region which includes the states Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh between 2010 and 2013.[7]

Here is an extensive listing of the movies screened in BIFFES 2014.

Asian cinema competition

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Film Name Director Country
1
Asha Jadar Majhe (Labour of Love) Aditya Vikram Sengupta India
2
Dreamz - The Movie Sumana Mukherjee India
3
Swapaanam (The Voiding Soul) Shaji N. Karun India
4
Daughter (Dukhtar) Afia Nathaniel Pakistan
5
Ba Digaran (With Others) Nasser Zamiri Iran
6
Akash Koto Dure (The Distant Sky) Samia Zaman Bangladesh
7
Sakkarang Dr. Dharmasena Pathiraja Sri Lanka
8
Prakruti[8] Panchakshari India
9
Aithihannu Mattu Kanaja (Fig Fruit And The Wasps) MS Prakash Babu India
10
The River of Colours Shahneoyaj Cacoly Bangladesh

Indian cinema competition

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Film Name Director Country Language
1
Kranthidhara Himansu Sekhar Khatua India Oriya
2
Yellow Mahesh Limaye India Marathi
3
Ek Phaali Rodh[9] Atanu Ghosh India Bengali
4
Adomya Bobby Sarma Baruah India Assamese
5
Pannaiyarum Padminiyum S U Arun Kumar India Tamil
6
Kuttram Kadithal[10] Bramma G India Tamil
7
Alif NK Muhammed Koya India Malayalam
8
Njaan Ranjith India Malayalam
9
Unto the Dusk Sajin Babu India Malayalam
10
Agasi Parlour(Salon by the fort entrance)[11] Mahantesh Ramdurg India Kannada
11
Munnariyippu Venu India Malayalam

Kannada competition

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Film name Director Country
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Prakruti[8] Panchakshari India
2
Agasi Parlour Mahantesh Ramdurg India
3
Harivu[12] Manjunath S India
4
Ulidavaru Kandanthe Rakshit Shetty India
5
Gajakesari S Krishna India
6
Hajj Nikhil Manjoo India
7
Ingale Marga Vishal Raj India
8
December - 1 P Sheshadri India
9
Sachin Tendulkar Alla S Mohan India
10
Brahmashri Narayana Guru Swamy (tulu) Shekhar R Kotyan India

Cinema of the world

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Film Name Director Country
1
A Street In Palermo Emma Dante Italy
2
Ariane's Thread Robert Guediguian France
3
Brotherhood of Tears (LA CONFRERIE DES LARMES) Jean-Baptisle Andrea Belgium
4
Kidon Emmanuel Naccache Israel
5
Meetings with a Young Poet Rudy Barichello Canada
6
Now or Never (Maintenant ou jamais) Serge Frydman France
7
Vandal Helier Cisterne France
8
3X3D Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, Edgar Pêra Portugal
9
Natural Sciences Matias Lucchesi Argentina
10
Stray Dogs (Jiao You) Tsai Ming Liang Taiwan
11
THE EMPTY HOURS (LAS HORAS MUERTAS) Aaron Fernandez Mexico
12
The Owners Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan
13
Colette MILAN CIESLAR Slovakia
14
Mrs. Nergis (Nergis Hanim) Gorkem Sarkan Turkey
15
Taste of Poetry Savas Baykal Turkey
16
Overture (Uvertur) Alpgiray M. Ugurlu Turkey
17
Koltuk (The Sofa) Meltem Parlak Turkey
18
Yunus Emre Askin Sesi - Yunus Emre 'The Voice of Love'. Kursat Kizbaz Turkey
19
Les beaux jours (Bright Days Ahead) Marion Vernoux France
20
Gare du Nord Claire Simon France
21
Jappeloup Christian Duguay France
22
Michael Kohlhass Arnaud des Pallières France
23
Un château en Italie (A Castle in Italy) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi France
24
Violette Martin Provost France
25
Monument to Michael Jackson Dark Lungulov Serbia
26
Patchwork Family (Du goudron et des plumes) Pascale Rabate France
27
Ping Pong Summer Michael Tully USA
28
Trapped PARVIZ SHAHBAZI Iran
29
Norte, The End of History Lav Diaz Philippines
30
Son of Trauco Alan Fischer Chile
31
Summer (Zomer) Colette Bothof Netherlands
32
Unlikely Heros Peter Luisi Switzerland
33
The Fool Yuriy Bykov Russian
34
Melbourne Nima javidi Iran
35
Tales Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Iran
36
Hadji Sha Ali Zamani Esmati Iran
37
Marseille (Marsella) Belen Macias Spain
38
Behavior (Conducta) Ernesto Daranas Cuba
39
Refugiado Diego Lerman Argentina
40
Mr. Kaplan Álvaro Brechner Uruguay
41
The Blue Man Utku Celik Turkey
42
The Longest Distance (LA DISTANCIA MÁS LARGA) Claudia Pinto Venezuela
43
Lulu in the Nude ( Lulu, femme nue) Sólveig Anspach France
44
TIMBUKTU Abderrahmane Sissako Mauritania
45
Two Days one Night Jean Pierre/Luc Dardenne Belgium
46
Jimmy's Hall Ken Loach United Kingdom
47
The Search Michel Hazanavicius France
48
Coming Home Zhang Yimou China
49
Stations of the Cross Dietrich Brüggemann Germany
50
In Between Worlds Feo Aladag Germany
51
West Christian Schwochow Germany
52
Ms.Sixty Sigrid Hoerner Germany
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Two Lives Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann Germany
54
Omar Hany Abu-Assad Palestine
55
ZONE PRO SITE CHEN Yu-Hsun Taiwan
56
Juliets HOU Chi-Jan, SHEN Ko-Shang, CHEN Yu-Hsun Taiwan
57
The Lesson Kristinagrozeva / Petar Valchanov Bulgaria | Greece
58
Foreign Body Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
59
Field of Dogs Lech Majewski Poland
60
The Ambassador to Bern (A berni követ) Attila Szász Hungary
61
Illitrate (Las analfabetas) Moisés Sepúlveda Chile
62
Test Aleksandr Kott Russia
63
Fly, Dakota, Fly Seiji Aburatani Japan
64
Reunion Ryoichi Kimizuka Japan
65
Casting Blossoms to the Sky Nobuhiko Obayashi Japan
66
Of Horses and Men Benedikt Erlingsson Iceland

Country focus

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Film Name Director Country
1
Bedevilled Jang Cheolsu Soo South Korea
2
Don't Click Kim Tae Kyoung South Korea
3
Helpless Byun Young Jo South Korea
4
Pained Kyung Taek Kwak South Korea
5
THE CRUCIBLE (SILENCED) Hwang Dong Hyeok South Korea
6
Madly In Love (Smoor Verliefd) Hilda Van Mieghem Netherlands
7
Valentino Remy Van Heuqten Netherlands
8
Shocking Blue Mark De Cloe Netherlands
9
Love Is All (Alles is Liefde) Joram Lursen Netherlands
10
Life in One Day ( Het leven uit een dag ) Mark de Cloe Netherlands
11
Tuscan Wedding Johan Nijenhuis Netherlands
12
Deal Eddy Terstall Netherlands

Fipresci

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Film Name Director Country
1
Ida Pawel Pawlikowsk Poland
2
Bad Hair Mariano Randon Venezuela
3
Winter Sleep Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey
4
The Ballad Of Poor Jean Fellipe Barbosa Brazil
5
No One's Child Vuk Rsumovic Serbia
6
Calvary John Michael McDonagh Ireland

NETPAC

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Film Name Director Country
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Fish & Cat (Mahi va gorbeh) Shahram Mokri Iran
2
Night of Silence Reis Çelik Turkey
3
Shakespeare Must Die Ing Kanjanavanit Thailand
4
A Cradle For Mother PANAHBARKHODA REZAEE Iran
5
13 (Sizdah) Hooman Seyadi Iran
6
28 Prasanna Jayakody Sri Lanka

Retrospecitive

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Film Name Director Country
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Dead Calm Phillip Noyce Australia
2
Rabbit - Proof Fence Phillip Noyce Australia
3
Newsfront Phillip Noyce Australia
4
Backroads Phillip Noyce Australia
5
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
6
Persona Non grata Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
7
Life as a fatal STD Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
8
Camouflage Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
9
The Illumination Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
10
CWAL Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
11
Supplement Krzysztof Zanussi Poland

Premier

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Film Name Director Country
1
Devara Nadalli B Suresha India
2
Haggada Kone Dayal Padmanabhan India

Gender violence

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Film Name Director Country
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Oblivion ( Difret) Zersenay Berhane Mehari Ethiopia
2
Mission Rape Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen Denmark
3
Stoning of Soraya Cyrus Nowrasteh USA
4
The Paternal House Kiandoosh Ayyari Iran
5
Osama Siddiq Barmak Afghanistan
6
Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan Ireland

Homage

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Film Name Director Country
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Bara MS Satyu India
2
Maadi Madidavaru K M Shakarappa India
3
Kokila Balu Mahendra India
4
Life of Riley Alain Resnais France

Special tribute

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Film Name Director Country
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U. R. Ananthamurthy: Not a biography, but a hypothesis Girish Kasaravalli India
2
Samskara Pattabhirama Reddy India
3
Ghatashraddha Girish Kasaravalli India
4
Avasthe Krishna Masadi India
5
Mouni Lingadevaru India
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Film Name Director Country
1
Ek Hazarachi Note Shrihari Sathe India
2
Zahir Sidhartha Siva India
3
A Rainy Day Rajendra Talak India
4
Raag - The Rhythm of Love Rajni Basumatary India
5
Gour Hari Dastan Ananth Mahadevan India
6
Kariya Kanbitta Kavitha Lankesh India
7
Chitramandiradalli Venkatachala India

Centenary remembrance - Honnappa Baghavathar & Hunsur Krishnamurthy

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Film Name Director Country
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Jagajyothi Basaveshwara T V Singh Thakore India
2
Asha Sundari Hunsur Krishnamurthy India

Texts for master classes

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Film Name Director Country
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Light of Asia (Prem Sanyas) Franz Osten, Himansu Rai India
2
Hatim Tai Prafulla Ghosh India
3
Shakespeare Wallah James Ivory India
4
Pyasa Guru Dutt India
5
Mayabazar Kadri Venkata Reddy India

Grand classics

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Film Name Director Country
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Pépé le Moko Julien Duvivier France
2
Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise) Marcel Carné France
3
Casque d'Or Jacques Becker France
4
Pickpocket Robert Bresson France
5
Les yeux sans visage (Eyes without a face) Georges Franju France
6
Jour de Fete (The Big Day) Jacques Tati France

Restored cinema

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Film Name Director Country
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Kasturi Nivasa Dorai - Bhagwan India
2
A Woman of Paris Charlie Chaplin USA
3
Limelight Charlie Chaplin USA

References

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  7. ^ a b "A nostalgic trip through the world of single screens". The Hindu. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Debutant Director Shines With Sensitive Period Film". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  9. ^ "'Ek Phaali Rodh' in Bengaluru International Film Festival competitive section". DNAIndia. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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  11. ^ "Agasi Parlour Well Received". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  12. ^ "The Passage Through Human Mortality". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.