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| Poster of Endless Borders by Abbas Amini |
-Brian Mendonca
Just a few days more for the curtains to come down on the 54th iffi here in Goa. To help make your Sunday count here’s a teaser of what’s coming your way tomorrow.
In
the International competition section is Iranian filmmaker Abbas Amini’s film
about the Taliban called Endless Borders. Party of Fools is about a ball
held in a mental asylum.
Exciting
fare in the Indian Panorama, feature section tomorrow. Watch Neela Nira Sooriyan about Aravind
from Pollachi, who is transitioning to be a female. The film is directed by
Samyukta Vijayan, a transgender woman. Aaraariraaro is a Kannada movie which
explores the nuances between a thief and an old lady who is dumb. Trapped in an abusive marriage, Harshita
finds solace in writing letters in the Hindi film Dhai Aakhar. Aptly
titled 2018: Everyone is a Hero, this Malayalam film is about the Kerala
floods in 2018.
In
the non-feature section is the Assamese movie Kathabor. Also look out
for Back to the Future, an NFDC film on the journey of cinema from
analogue to digital.
In
the Cinema of the World section, Palimpsest from Finland makes two
elderly roommates young again. The Russian film Tzadik catalogues
the trek of Jewish women to freedom from Nazi-occupied Belarus. Rain Town from
Malaysia is about how a parent denies his children their dreams. Brand
Bollywood Downunder is about the globalization of popular Hindi cinema in
Australia and the world.
How
does an actor deliver a compelling performance? Find out from Rani Mukherji in
conversation. Don’t miss a Masterclass on preservation of digital motion
pictures by Theodore Gluck.
The
Mexican-US border is the scene of action in the festival kaleidoscope pick Upon
Open Sky. From South Korea comes Concrete Utopia where Seoul is
flattened by an earthquake. Join the odyssey of Seydou and Moussa as they make
their way from Dakar to Europe in Io Capitano [Me Captain]
The
inspiring story of one lawyer’s fight is presented in the Hindi film Sirf Ek
Bandaa Kaafi Hai in the Accessible India section with audio description.
Singaporean
filmmaker Anthony Chen directs Drift - about two rootless people
who find each other - for the ICFT-UNESCO prize.
Animation
films tomorrow include Four Souls of Coyote about an oil pipeline on
native American land, and Prabho Shivaji Raja on the life of the Maratha
king.
In
the best debut feature film of a director, IFFI showcases Turkish director Umut
Subasi’s take on the new generation with Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster.
There is also Sleep by South Korean director Jason Yu.
In
the restored classics section you can watch the Telugu film Pathala Bhairavi
about the love between a princess and a gardener. Don’t miss Twilight by
Hungarian film director Gyorgy Feher about the assault and murder of a young
girl.
Finally,
Lumberjack the Monster by Japanese director Takashi Miike is included in
the section ‘Macabre Dreams.’
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Script and voice by Brian Mendonca. Broadcast on national hookup as part of iffi report by Akashvani, New Delhi on Saturday, 25 November 2023 from 10.30 p.m. to 10.50 p.m. Generated by Akashvani, Panaji, Goa. Received on 105.4 FM Rainbow, Panaji, Goa.
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