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| Poster for About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Celan |
- Brian Mendonca
With the mid-fest film About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one realizes one is already halfway through the festival here in Goa.
In the International Competition category tomorrow is the Indonesian film Andragogy which questions stereotypes of gender. Mirbeen tells the tale of the ethnic conflict in Karbi, Assam in 2005.
In the Indian Panorama Feature Film section is Mandali – a gripping tale about how the addiction of an actor effects his performance in the Ramleela.
In the non-feature film category watch Giddh (Scavenger) and Behrupiya. Pradakshina takes up the theme of widow remarriage. While they are stranded at a bus terminus, her father-in-law tries to persuade Suma to marry again.
Watch the India Premier of the Argentine film A Ravaging Wind in the Cinema of the World section. You can also watch The Gospel of the Beast about a teenage fugitive who has killed his classmate. Not a Word from Germany is about the tenuous relationship between mother and son. Asel Zhuraeva, a director from Kyrgyzstan, brings you God’s Gift – the story of a new born baby abandoned at the house of an elderly couple who is childless. Malqueridas is a sensitive portrayal of motherhood in prison. In Latido two women share their pregnancy journeys. Suffocated is about a couple in a storm in the sea.
Bhag Milkha Bhag will be showcased in the Accessible India category with Indian sign language.
The film Let Me Go by Maxime Rappaz from Geneva will be shown in the category, ‘Best Debut Film of a Director.’
In Festival Kaleidoscope watch Essential Truths of the Lake directed by Lav Diaz. In the Mexican film Memories, Sylvia meets Saul at a High School reunion.
For a slice of docu-montage watch The Trial re-enacting the trial of the military juntas of Argentina. There is also the Mexican film Luto about journeying and grieving. Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer is a documentary about the search for Nazis in post-World War II.
In the ‘In Conversation’ slot, listen to young filmmakers speak on the passion of storytelling; in another session listen to producers sharing how one raises finance.
In the UNICEF@IFFI category you can watch Peacock Lament, a film from Sri Lanka.
In the Restored Classics section watch Bidyapati made on the life of the poet saint in 1937 by Debaki Bose.
That’s the bouquet of films coming to you tomorrow. Happy viewing!
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Scripted by RJ Brian Mendonca for broadcast on national hookup as part of a radio report of Day 4 of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa by Akashvani, New Delhi on 24 November 2023 from 10.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Generated by Akashvani, Panaji, Goa.
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