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Festival Films

Mrinal Sen Retrospective


  • Calcutta 71 1972/B&W/101'/Bengali
  • In search of famine/Aakaler sandhane 1980/color/115’/Bengali
  • The ruins/Khandhar 1983/color/106’/Hindi
  • This is my land/Aamar bhuban 2002/color/107’/Bengali
  • Mr. Shome/Bhuvan Shome 1969/B&W/96’/Hindi
  • Suddenly one day/ Ekdin achanak 1989/color/105’/Hindi
  • The Confined/Antareen 1993/color/91’/Bengali
  • Ek Din Pratidin / A day like any other 1997/color/95’/Bengali

Francesco Rosi Retrospective


  • I Magliari /The Weavers |Italy , France/1959/B&W/119'/Italian,German |
  • Le mani sulla città / Hands over the City |Italy, France/1963/ B&W/105'/Italian |
  • Il momento della verità /The Moment of Truth | Italy, Spain/1964/ Col/110'/Italian |
  • Tre fratelli /Three Brothers | Italy, France/1981/ Col/113'/Italian |
  • C’era una volta / More Than a Miracle |Italy, Spain/1967/ Col/104'/Italian|

Arturo Ripstein Retrospective


  • Castle of Purity / El castillo de la pureza Mexico/1974/Colour/116’/Spanish
  • The place without limits/ El lugar sin límites Mexico/1978/110’/ Spanish
  • The Realm of Fortune/ El imperio de la fortuna Mexico/1985/ Colour/ 35mm/135’/ Spanish
  • The beginning and the end/ Principio y fin Mexico/1993/35mm/Colour/188’/Spanish
  • The Queen of the Night/ La reina de la noche Mexico, USA, France/ 1993/ Colour/ 35 mm/ 120’/ Spanish
  • Divine/ El Evangelio De Las Maravillas Mexico, Spain, Argentina/1998/Colour/112’/Spanish
  • The Ruination of Men /La Perdcion de los hombres Mexico/Spain/2000/35mm/B&W/106’/ Spanish

Mikio Naruse Retrospective


  • Her Lonely Lane/Hourou-ki Japan/ B &W / Wide / 1962 / 123 min. / Takarazuka Eiga
  • Husband and Wife Japan /B & W / Standard / 1953 / 87 min / Toho
  • Scattered Clouds Japan/1967/35mm/colour/108’/Japanese
  • The Echo Japan/B & W / Standard/ 1954 / 95 min / Toho
  • Mother Japan/B&W / Standard/ 1952 / 98min / Shin Toho

Jacques Tati Retrospective


  • Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday / Les Vacances de M. Hulot France/1953/ Restored Version /114’/French,English
  • Festival Day/ Jour de fête France/1949/Restored Version/70’/French
  • Play Time France/1967/ Restored Version/155’/French
  • My Uncle/Mon Oncle Italy,France/1958/ Restored Version/117’/French

Contemporary Master in Focus : Raoul Peck


  • Lumumba France, Belgium, Germany/2000/116 Min/Color/French
  • Man by the Shore/L'Homme sur les Quais France/Canada/ Haiti/1993/colour/105’/French
  • Sometimes In April USA/ Rwanda/ 140’/colour/English
  • Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
  • Moloch Tropical United States/ 2009/105’/Color/English, French

Contemporary Master in Focus : Penek Ratnaruang


  • Invisible waves Thailand, Netherlands, South Korea, HK /2006/Colour/118’/English, Japanese, Thai, Chinese
  • Last life in the universe Thailand, Japan/2003/Colour/35mm/112’/Thai-Japanese-English
  • Transistor Love Story /Monrak transistor Thailand/2001/35mm/Colour/ 115’/Thai
  • Ploy Thailand/2007/Colour/105’/Thai/English
  • Nymph / Nang mai Thailand/2009/Colour/35mm/94’/Thai

African Contemporary Cinema


  • Jeruslama Dir: Ralph Ziman |South Africa/ 2008/Colour/120’/English|
  • From a Whisper Dir: Wanuri Kahiu |Kenya/ 2009/B&W/79’|
  • Saint Louis Blues/ Un transport en commun Dir: Dyana Gaye |France /2009/color/48'/ French & Wolof|
  • Ezra Dir: Newton I. Aduaka |France, Nigeria, USA,UK, Austria /2007/Colour /103’/ English|

Cuban Cinema in Focus


  • City in Red /Ciudad en Rojo | 2009/35mm/Colour/Spanish | Director: Rebeca Chávez
  • Pages from Mauricio’s Diary/ Paginas del diario de Mauricuo | |2006/35mm/color/135’/Spanish | Director: Manuel Pérez Paredes
  • Memories of Underdevelopment/Memorias del subdesarrollo | | 1968/ B&W/78’/Spanish|Director: Tomas Gutierrez Alea
  • The Last supper/ La Ultima cena |1976/color/120’/Spanish | Director: Tomas Gutierrez Alea
  • The Man from Maisinicú/ El hombre de Maisinicú Maisinicú | 1973/B&W/124’/Spanish | Director: Manuel Diaz
  • Viva Cuba |2005/35mm/Colour/80’/Spanish |Director: Juan Carlos Cremata & Iraida Malberti Cabrera
  • Lucia ||1968/16mm/B&W/161’/Spanish | Director: Humberto Solás
  • Omerta |2008/35mm/color/86’/Spanish|Director:Pavel Giroud
  • The Silly Age/'La edad de la peseta' |2006/color/90’/ Spanish|Director: Pavel Giroud

50 years of French New Wave


  • Pierrot Goes Wild/ Pierrot le fou | France-Italy/1965/35 mm/110’/French-English |Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
  • Alphaville/ Alphaville, une etrange aventure de Lemmy Caution |1965/35mm/B&W/99’/French |Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
  • The Girl at the Monceau Bakery/La boulangère de Monceau |1963/16mm/B&W/23’/French |Dir: Eric Rohmer
  • Handsome Serge /Le Beau Serge |1958/35mm/ B&W/98’/French | Dir: Claude Chabrol
  • Cléo de 5 à 7/ Cleo from 5 to 7 |1962/35mm/B&W-Colour/90’/ French | Dir: Agnès Varda
  • Jules et Jim/ Jules and Jim |1962/35mm/B&W/105’/French, German, English | Dir: François Truffaut
  • La Baie des anges /Bay of Angels |1963/35mm/B&W/90’/French | Dir: Jacques Demy
  • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud/Elevator to the Gallows |1958/35mm/B&W/88’/French-German |Dir: Louis Malle

First Time Directors


  • Enough! / Barakat! Dir: Djamila Sahraoui | Algeria /2006 / Col / 92’/French |
  • In Mom’s head / La tête de Maman Dir: Carine Tardieu | France/2006 /Col/ 93’/French |
  • 7 years / 7 Ans Dir: Jean-Pascal Hattu | France/ 2007 /Col / 82’/French |
  • 13 square meter /13 M2 Dir: Barthelemy Grossmann | France/ 2007 /Col/ 80’/French |
  • On the ropes / Dans les cordes Dir: Magaly Richard-Serrano | France/2007/Col/ 89’/French |
  • All is forgiven / Tout est pardonné Dir: Mia Hansen-Löve | France/2007/ Col /105’/French |
  • Water Lilies / Naissance des pieuvres Dir: Céline Sciamma| France/2007/ Col/ 85’/French |

Competition Section


  • Homero Manzi, A poet in the Storm/Un Poeta En la Torment Dir: Eduardo Spagnuolo Argentina/97min/ 2009
  • (Un) Lucky/ Z’har Dir: Zamoum Fatma Zohra Algeria/Fr/78min/2009
  • My Secret Skys /Izulu Lami Dir: Madoda Ncayiyana South Africa/97min/2009
  • There/ Orada Dirs: Hakki Kurtulus & Melik Saracogl Turkey/96min/2009
  • Fishing Platform/Jermal Dirs: Ravi L Bharwani & Rayya Makarim Indonesia/90min/2008
  • The Abscence /L’AbsenceDir:Mama Keita | Senegal, France /2009/82’/Colour/Uolof, French|
  • Birzhan Sal Dirs: Doshan Zholzhaksynov & Rymbek Alpen Kazhakstan /110min/2009
  • True Noon/Ghiyame Rooz Dir: Nosir Siadov Dir: Asghar Farhadi Iran/119/2009
  • About Elly/ Darbare-ye Elly Dir: Asghar Farhadi Iran/119/2009
  • A fly in the Ashes/ La Mosca en la Ceniza Dir: Gabriela David Argentina/98min/2009
  • Masangeles Director: Beatriz flores Silva Belgium,Cuba,Uruguay/2008/color/123’/Spanish |
  • Road to Confluence/ Road to Sangam Dir: Amit Rai | India/141min/2009 |
  • What the Sufi said/ Sufi Paranja Katha India/90min/2008
  • Midsummer/Madhyavenal Dir: Madhu Kaithapuram | India/126min/2009 |
The Films selected to be screened in the Indian Cinema section are as follows:-

Indian Cinema now


  • Harishchandrachi Factory , Dir: Paresh Mokashi
  • Calcutta My Love/ Kaalbela Dir: Goutam Ghosh | Bengali/120min/2008|
  • Just one Chance (Last Chance Mumbai)/ Ek tho Chance Dir: Saeed Akhtar Mirza |Hindi/100min/2008|
  • Smell/Gandh Dir: Sachin Kundalkar | Marathi/90min/2009|
  • The Well/ Vihir Dir Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Marathi/120min/2009|
  • Native Village / Sontha Vooru Dir: P.Suneel Kumar Reddy | Telugu/100min/2009 |
  • Maya Bazar Dir: Joydeep Ghosh | Bengali/120min/2009 |
The Films selected to be screened in the Malayalam Cinema section are as follows:-

Malayalam Cinema Today


  • Kerala Cafe , Producer: Ranjith | 143min/2009 |
  • Remember me/Orkuka Vallapozhum Dir: Sohan Lal | 91min/ 2008 |
  • Night Sky/Ramanam Dir: M.P.Sukumaran Nair | 116min/2009 |
  • Seasons/Ritu Dir: Shyamaprasad | 130min/2009 |
  • Stars in the day/Pakalnakshtrangal Dir: Rajeev Nath | 110min/2008|
  • The Mother Earth/Bhoomi Malayalam Dir: T.V.Chandran | 90min/2008 |
  • Train in the tenth floor/Patham Nilayile Theevandi Dir:Joshy Mathew | 102min/2009|

World Cinema Section


  • Sweet Rush//Tatarak Dir: Adrezej Wajda | Poland/2009/35mm/Colour/85’/Polish |
  • Scheherazade Tell Me a Story/ Ehky Ya Schahrazad Director:Yousry Nasrallah |Egypt/2009/35mm/Colour/134’/Arabic |
  • Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl / Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura Dir:Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal-Spain-France/2009/35mm/Colour/64’/Portuguese|
  • Nothing Personal Director: Urszula Antoniak |Ireland-Netherlands/2009/35mm/Colour/85'/English|
  • Bad Day to go Fishing Director: Alvaro Brechner |Spain-Uruguay/2009/35mm/Colour/Spanish |
  • Empty Nest / El nido vacío Director: Daniel Burman |Argentina, Spain, France-Italy/2008/35mm/Colour/91’/Spanish-Hebrew|
  • Looking for Eric Director: Ken Loach | UK, France,I taly, Belgium-Spain/2009/Colour/116’/English |
  • Tales from the Golden Age/Amintiri din epoca de aur Directors: Cristian Mungiu, Ioana Maria Uricaru, Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Constantin Popescu|Romania-France/2009/35mm/Colour/155’/Romanian|
  • The Time That Remains/ Le temps qu'il reste Director: Elias Suleiman |UK, Italy, Belgium, France/2009/35mm/Colour/109’/Arabic-Hebrew|
  • Shirin Director:Abbas Kiarostami|Iran/2008/HDcam/Colour/94’/Persian|
  • Storm/ Sturm :Hans-Christian Schmid | Germany, Denmark, Netherlands/2009/35mm/Colour/105’/English, German, Bosnian,
  • A Year ago in Winter/ Im Winter ein Jahr Director: Caroline Link | Germany/2008/35mm/Colour/128'/German |
  • Jerichow Director: Christian Petz | Germany/2008/35mm/Colour/91’/German-Turkish |
  • The Blessing / Velsignelsen Director: Heidi Maria Faisst | Denmark/2009/35mm/Danish |
  • Anti Christ Director: Lars Von Trier | Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden-Italy/2009/35mm/Colour-B&W/104’/English | Thailand, Japan/2003/Colour/35mm/112’/Thai-Japanese-English
  • Vision / Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen 119. Director: Margarethe Von Trotta| Germany/2009/35mm/Colour/111’/German |
  • Broken Embraces/ Los abrazos rotos Director: Pedro Almodovar |Spain/2009/35mm/Colour/127’/Spanish-English|
  • Taking Woodstock Director: Ang Lee | USA/2009/35mm/Colour/120’/English |
  • Katalin Varga Director: Peter Strickland | Romania, UK, Hungary/2008/35 mm/Colour/84’/ Hungarian-Romanian |
  • Around a Small Mountain/ 36 vues du Pic Saint Loup Director: Jacques Rivette | France-Italy/2009/35mm/Colour/84’/French |
  • Nucigen House/La maison Nucingen Director : Raúl Ruiz | France, Chile/2008/35mm/Colour/94'/French-Alemany-Spanish |
  • Operation Danube / Operace Dunaj Director: Jacek Glomb | Poland,Czech Republic/2009/Colour/ Polish/Czech/Russian |
  • General Nil Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Poland/2009/Colour/125’/Polish |
  • Fish Child/ El niño pez Diretor: Lucia Puenzo | Argentina , France,Spain/2009/35mm/Colour/96’/Spanish |
  • The Other Bank/ Gagma Napiri Director: George Ovashvili | Georgia, Kazakhstan/ 2009/Colour/90’/Georgian-Abkhazian-Russian |
  • Be Calm and Count to Seven/ Aram Bash va ta haft beshmar Director: Ramtin Lavafipour| Iran/2008/Colour/89’/ Farsi |
  • Fortress/Qala Director: Shamil Najafzada| Azerbaijan/2008/83’/ Azeri,Russian |
  • Agrarian Utopia/Sawan baan na Director: Uruphong Raksasad | Thailand/2009/35mm/Colour/122’/Thai |
  • Love Life of a Gentle Coward/ Ljubavni zivot domobrana Director: Pavo Marinkovic| Croatia/2009/Colour/95’/Croatian |
  • The Long Night/ Al Lail Altaweel Director: Hatem Mohammad Ali | Syria / 2009 / 94 min. / Color / 35 mm / Arabic / English |
  • Three Wise Men/ Kolme Viisasta miesta Director: Mika Kaurismaki |Finland/2008/Color/98’/Finnish |
  • Lights in the dusk / Laitakaupungin Valot Director: Aki Kaurismaki | Finland,Germany France/2006/color/78’/ Finnish,Russian |
  • Tango Singer Director: Gabriel Arregui | Argentina/ 2009/35mm/Colour/ 105’/Spanish |
  • A step into Darkness/ Büyük oyun Director: Atil Inaç | Turkey/2009/Colour/ 120’/Turkish-Turkmen-Kurdish -Arabic |
  • Love in a wknd/Amor en fin Director: Salvador Aguirre | Mexico/2008/color/100’/Spanish |
  • Eastern Plays Director: Kamen Kalev| Bulgaria/2009/Colour/89’/Turkish,Bulgarian |
  • 24 City/ Èr shí sì chéng jì Director: Jia Zhangke | China/2008/Colour/112’/Mandarin |
  • Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja Director: T.Hariharan | India/2009/color/ 194’/Malayalam |
  • Dev D Director : Anurag Kashyap|India/2009/color/138’/Hindi |
  • Brave New Voices Director: Russell Simmons |USA/2009/color/140’/English|
  • The Damned Rain/Gabhricha Paus Director : Satish Manwar |India/2008/color/100’/Marathi|
  • Dream/Bi-Mong Director : Kim Ki-Duk
  • Whisper with the wind Director: Shahram Alidi|Iraq/2009/color/77’/Kurdish|
  • Land of Scarecrows/ Heosuabideuleui ddang Director: Roh Gyeong-Tae |Korea/France/2008/35mm color/90’/ Korean, Tagalog |
  • Revisited /Rewizyta Director: Krzysztof Zanussi |Poland/2009/color/90’/Polish|
  • Puska’s Hungary/Puskas: The Legend of the Magical Magyar Director: Tamás Almási |Hungary/2009/color/118’/ Hungarian|
  • Witch Circle/Boszorkánykör Director: Dezso Zsigmond |Hungary/2009/color/90’/Hungarian|
  • Twenty Director: Abdolreza Kahani | Iran/2009/ color/88’/Persian |
  • Treeless Mountain Director: So Yong Kim |USA, South Korea/2008/color/35mm/89’|
  • Pokkisham Director:Cheran |India/2009color/137’|
  • Long Street Director: Revel Fox |South Africa/2009/color/96’|
  • Straight to the Heart /En Plein Coeur Director : Stephane Gehami |Canada/2009/color/109’|

Lohithadas Retrospective


  • Bhoothakanadi / The Magnifying Lens Director: Lohithadas 1997/color/35mm/115’/Malayalam
  • Kireedom Director: Sibi Malayil 1990/color/35mm
  • Aadharam Director: George Kithu 1992/color/35mm
  • Thaniyavarthanam Director: Sibi Malayil 1987/color/35mm
  • Aryangalude Veedu Director: Lohithadas 2000/color/35mm
  • Venkalam Director: Bharathan 1993/color/35mm

  • Homages


    • Murali: Neyythukaran
    • Rajan P Dev : Thommanum Makkalum
    • Madhavikutty: Mazha
    • Shobhana Parmesweran Nair: Morapenn
    • Adoor Bhavani : Kadalpalam
    • K.P.Thomas : Manimuzhakam

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