17th International Film Festival of Kerala

LADIES OF THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE

Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
France/1945/35mm/BW/86'/French

Direction: Robert Bresson, Production: Raoul Ploquin, Cinematography: Philippe Agostini, Editing: Jean Feyte, Sound: Robert Ivonnet, Rene Louge, Cast: Paul Bernard, Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert, Jean Marchat

PICKPOCKET

France/1959/35mm/BW/French

Direction: Robert Bresson, Production: Agnes Delahaie, Screenplay: Robert Bresson, Cinematography: Leonce-Henri Burel, Editing: Raymond Lamy, Sound: Antoine Archimbaud, Cast: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie, Dolly Scal, Jean Pelegri

THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC

Proces de Jeanne dArc
France/1962/35mm/BW/65'/ French, English

Direction, Screenplay: Robert Bresson, Production: Agnes Delahaie, Cinematography: Leonce-Henri Burel, Editing: Germaine Artus, Music: Francis Seyrig, Cast: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier, Jean Gillibert, Michel Herubel, Andre Regnier, Arthur Le Bau

Award/ Festivals
Cannes (In Competition): Jury Special Prize, OCIC Award, New York

BY CHANCE BALTHAZAR

Au hasard Balthazar
France, Sweden/1966/35mm/BW/95'/French

Direction, Screenplay: Robert Bresson, Production: Mag Bodard, Cinematography: Ghislain Cloquet , Editing: Raymond Lamy, Sound: Antoine Archimbaud, Jacques Carrere, Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Francois Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green, Pierre Klossowski, Jean-Joel Barbier, Marie-Clare Fremont, François Sullerot

MOUCHETTE

France/1967/35mm/BW/78'/French

Direction: Robert Bresson, Production: Anatole Dauman, Screenplay: Georges Bernanos, Robert Bresson, Cinematography: Ghislain Cloquet , Editing: Raymond Lamy, Music: Jean Wiener, Cast: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet

L'ARGENT

France, Switzerland/1983/35mm/colour/85'/French, Latin

Direction: Robert Bresson, Production: Jean-Marc Henchoz, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Screenplay: Robert Bresson, Leo Tolstoy, Cinematography: Pasqualino De Santis, Emmanuel Machuel, Editing: Jean-François Naudon, Cast: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen

THE PRECIPICE

Hyoheki
Japan/1956/35mm/BW/97'/Japanese

Direction: Yasuzo Masumura, Screenplay: Kaneto Shindo , Cinematography: Hiroshi Murai, Music: Akira Ifukube,Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto, Keizo Kawasaki

A WOMAN'S TESTAMENT

Jokyo
Japan/ 1960/35mm/BW/100'/ Japanese

Direction:Yasuzo Masumura, Kozaburo Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Production: Masaichi Nagata, Screenplay:Shofu Muramatsu, Toshio Yasumi, Cinematography: Hiroshi Murai, Editing: Tatsuji Nakashizu, Cast: Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ozawa Eitarou

THE WOMAN WHO TOUCHED LEGS

Ashi ni sawatta onna
Japan/1960/35mm/BW/85'/Japanese

Direction: Yasuzo Masumura , Production: Masaichi Nagata , Screenplay: Kon Ichikawa, Natto Wada, Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Machiko Kyo, Hajime Hana

A WIFE CONFESSES

Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru
Japan/1961/35mm/BW/91'/Japanese

Direction: Yasuzo Masumura, Screenplay: Masato Ide, Masaya Maruyama, Cinematography: Setsuo Kobayashi, Cast:Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eitaro Ozawa

HOODLUM SOLDIER

Heitai yakuza
Japan/1965/35mm/BW/102'/Japanese

Direction: Yasuzo Masumura, Production: Ikuo Kubodera, Masaichi Nagata, Screenplay: Yoriyoshi Arima, Ryuzo Kikushima, Cinematography: Setsuo Kobayashi, Editing: Tatsuji Nakashizu, Sound: Kimio Tobita, Cast: Shintaro Katsu, Takahiro Tamura

A TOWN OF LOVE AND HOPE

Ai to kibo no machi
Japan/1959/ BW/62'/Japanese

Direction, Screenplay: Nagisa Oshima, Production: Koji Uno , Cinematography: Hiroyuki Kusuda, Editing: Yoshi Sugihara, Sound: Shujuro Kurita , Cast: Hiroshi Fujikawa, Yuki Tominaga, Yuko Mochizuki, Michio Ito, Fumio Watanabe, Kakuko Chino, Fujio Suga, Noboru Sakashita

THE SUN'S BURIAL

Taiyo no hakaba
Japan/1960/ 35mm/Colour/87'/Japanese

Direction: Nagisa Oshima, Production: Tomio Ikeda, Screenplay: Nagisa Oshima,Toshiro Ishido, Cinematography: Takashi Kawamata, Editing: Keiichi Uraoka, Sound: Shujuro Kurita, Cast: Masahiko Tsugawa, Kayoko Honoo, Isao Sasaki, Fumio Watanabe, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tanie Kitabayashi

SING A SONG OF SEX

Nihon shunka-ko
Japan/1967/ Color/103'/Japanese

Direction: Nagisa Oshima, ScreenPlay: Nagisa Oshima, Toshio Tajima, Takeshi Tamura, Cinematography: Akira Takada Editing: Keiichi Uraoka, Cast: Ichiro Araki, Akiko Koyama, Kazuyoshi Kushida, Hiroshi Sato, Kazuko Tajima

SINNER IN PARADISE

Kaette kita yopparai
Japan/1968/ 35mm/ color/ 80'/ Japanese

Direction: Nagisa Oshima, Production: Masayuki Nakajima., Screenplay: Masao Adachi, Mamoru Sasaki,Tsutomu Tamura, Nagisa Oshima, Cinematography: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Editing: Keiichi Uraoka, Sound: Hideo Nishizaki, Cast: Kazuhiko Kato, Osamu Kitayama, Norihiko Hashida, Kei Sato, Cha Dei-dang

BOY

Shonen
Japan/1969/35mm/ Color/105'/Japanese

Direction: Nagisa Oshima, Production: Masayuki Nakajima, Screenplay: Nagisa Oshima, Tamura Tsutoma, Cinematography: Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Seizo Sengen, Eiting: Keiichi Uraoka, Music: Hikaru Hayashi, Cast: Akiko Koyama, Fumio Watanabe, Tetsuo Abe

LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST

Topio stin omichli
Greece-France-Italy/1988/35mm/Colour/127'/Greek

Direction: Theo Angelopoulos Production: Theo Angelopoulos, Eric Heumann, Stephane Sorlat, Screenplay: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Thanassis Valtinos, Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis, Editing: Yannis Tsarouchis, Music: Eleni Karaindrou, Cast: Michalis Zeke, Tania Palaiologou, Stratos Tzortzoglu

Awards/Festivals
Sao Paulo, Venice- Silver Lion, C.I.C.A.E. Award, Berlinale- Interfilm Award, San Francisco, London

ULYSSES' GAZE

To Vlemma tou Odyssea
Greece-France-Italy-Germany/1995/35mm/Colour/176'/Greek

Direction, Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Production: Giorgio Silvagni, Eric Heumann, Dragan Ivanovic-Hevi, Ivan Milovanovic, Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis, Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos, Sound: Thanassis Arvanitis, Marton Jankov-Tomica, Yannis Haralambidis, Bernard Leroux, Music: Eleni Karaindrou, Cast: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanassis Vengos

Awards/Festivals
Cannes Film Festival- FIPRESCI Prize, Grand Prize of the Jury, European Film Awards- FIPRESCI Prize

ETERNITY AND A DAY

Mia Aioniotita Kai Mia Mera
Greece-France-Germany-Italy/1998/35mm/Colour/137'/Greek-English-Italian

Direction: Theo Angelopoulos, Production: Theo Angelopoulos, Eric Heumann, Amedeo Pagani, Giorgio Silvagni, Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis, Andreas Sinanos, Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos, Sound: Bernard Leroux, Nikos Papadimitriou, Music: Eleni Karaindrou, Cast: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Achileas Skevis, Alexandra Ladikou.

Awards/Festivals
Cannes- Palme d'Or, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury,
Sao Paulo-Audience Award Runner Up, Toronto,
Mar del Plata

TRILOGY: THE WEEPING MEADOW

Trilogia: To Livadi Pou Dakryzei
Greece-France-Italy-Germany /2003/35mm/Colour/170'/Greek

Direction, Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Production: Phoebe Economopoulos, Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos, Editing: Giorgos Triantafyllou, Sound: Marinos Athanassopoulos, Music: Eleni Karaindrou, Cast: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vassilis Kolovos Eva Kotamanidou, Toula Stathopoulou, Michalis Yannatos, Thalia Argyriou, Grigoris Evangelatos

Awards/Festivals
European Film Awards- FIPRESCI Prize
Fajr Film Festival- Special Jury Award
Berlin International Film Festival

HALLELUJAH THE HILLS

U SA/1963/35mm/BW/88'/English

Direction, Screenplay: Adolfas Mekas, Production: David C. Stone, Cinematography: Ed Emshwiller, Editing: Louis Brigante, Adolfas Mekas, Sound: Ray Malon, Phillip Burton Jr., Cast: Peter Beard, Martin Greenbaum, Sheila Finn, Blanche Dee, Ed Emshwiller, Peter Emshwiller, Susan Emshwiller, Jerome Hill, Taylor Mead, Jerome Raphael

Award/Festivals
Silver Sail award from Locarno International Film Festival, 1963, Cannes Film Festival, 1963

THE BRIG

USA/1964/35mm/B/68'/English

Direction: Jonas Mekas, Production: David C. Stone, Screenplay: Kenneth H. Brown, Cinematography: Jonas Mekas Editing: Adolfas Mekas, Cast: Warren Finnerty, Jim Anderson, Henry Howard, Tom Lillard, James Tiroff

WIND FLOWERS

USA/75min/196

Direction, Screenplay: Adolfas Mekas, Cinematography: Bruce G. Sparks ,Editing: Adolfas Mekas, Sound: William Reilly ,Cast: John Kramer, Pola Chapelle, Ronnie Gilbert, Maxton Latham, Tina Stoumen

ADOLFAS MEKAS ACCEPTS THE BARD AWARD

(2004, 12 minutes, video)

Video by Sean Mekas. At the President's dinner, with Adolfas Mekas, Peter Hutton, and Leon Botstein & David Schwab

THE SAGA OF WINDFLOWERS

US/2001/color/ video/ 15'/English

Adolfas speaks about the making of WINDFLOWERS.

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AMBASSADOR FROM LAPLAND

US/1967/ BW/video/ 03'/ English

Adolfas starred in, directed, and edited this Vietnam comedy, produced by Pola Chapelle and shot by Jonas. Assistance from Shirley Clarke.

SKYSCRAPER

US/1965/ 16mm/BW/03'/ English

Directed and produced by Adolfas Mekas for the Broadway show of the same name.

GOING HOME

USA/1972/ 35mm/BW/61'/English

Direction, Cinematography: Adolfas Mekas, Pola Chapelle, Production, Editing: Adolfas Mekas, Sound: Pola Chapelle, Cast: Adolfas Mekas

CHEMMEEN

India/1965/Colour/140'/Malayalam

Direction: Ramu Kariat, Production: Babu Ismail, Screenplay: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Cinematography: Marcus Bartley, U. Rajagopal, Music: Salil Choudhari, Cast: Sathyan, Madhu, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, S.P. Pillai, Sheela, Adoor Bhavani

Awards/Festivals
President's Gold Medal, National Award, India, 1966

SEVEN INDIANS

Saat Hindustani
India/1969/Colour/144'/Hindi

Direction, Production, Screenplay: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Cinematography: S. Ramachandra, Editing: Mohan Rathod, Music: J.P. Kaushik, Cast: Madhu, Utpal Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Jalal Agha

WAVES AND SHORE

Olavum Theeravum
India/1970/35mm/B&W/110'/Malayalam

Direction: P N Menon, Production: P A Backer, Screenplay: M T Vasudevan Nair, Cinematography: Mankada Ravivarma, Editing: Ravi, Music: Baburaj, Cast: Madhu, Usha Nandini, Nellikkode Bhaskaran, Philomina, Jose Prakash, Paravoor Bharathan, Kunjandi Pariyanampatta

THE SELECTION

Swayamvaram
India/1972/B&W/35mm/123'/Malayalam

Direction, Screenplay: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Cinematography: Mankada Ravivarma, Editing: Ramesan, M. Mani Sound: Devadas Music: M.B. Srinivasan, Cast: Saradha, Madhu, Lalitha, Thikkurissi, P.K. Venukuttan Nair, Karamana, Adoor Bhavani

Awards/Festivals
President's Gold Medal, National Award, India, 1972

ITHA IVIDE VARE

India/1977/Colour/Malayalam

Direction: I.V. Sasi, Production: Hari Pothen, Screenplay: P. Padmarajan, Cinematography: Ramachandra Babu Editing: K. Narayanan, Music: G. Devarajan, Cast: Madhu, M.G. Soman, Jayan, K.P. Ummer, Adoor Basi, Sarada, Jayabharathi, Vidhubala

CHAMBAKKULAM THACHAN

India/Colour/1992/Malayalam

Direction: Kamal, Production: Madhavan Nair, Screenplay: Sreenivasan, Cinematography: Salu George, Editing: K. Rajagopal, Music: Raveendran, Cast: Madhu, Murali, Vineeth, Sreenivasan, Jagathy, Nedumudivenu, K.R. Vijaya, Amritha, Monisha

KUDUMBASAMETHAM

India/1992/128'/Colour/Malayalam

Direction: Jayaraj, Production: Mumtaz Basheer, Screenplay: Kaloor Dennis, Cinematography: S. Kumar, Editing: V. Lenin, V.T. Vijayan, Music: Johnson, Cast: Madhu, Manoj K. Jayan, Narendraprasad, Sreevidhya, Monisha, Kaviyoor Ponnamma

CONTRAS CITY

Senegal/1969/35mm/colour/22'/Wolof

Direction, Production: Djibril Diop Mambety, Cinematography: Georges Bracher, Editing: Jean Bernard Bonis, Marino Rio, Sound: Dovidis, Cast: Djibril Diop Mambety, Inge Hirschwitz

BADOU BOY

Senegal/1970/35mm/Colour/56'/Wolof

Screenplay, Direction: Djibril Diop Mambety, Cinematography: Baidy Sow, Production: Djibril Diop Mambety, Music: Lalo Drame, Christoph Colomb, Cast: Lamine Ba, Al Demba Ciss, Christoph Colomb, Aziz Diop Mambety

TOUKI BOUKI

Senegal/1973/35mm/colour/85'/Wolof

Screenplay Direction: Djibril Diop Mambety, Cinematography: Pap Samba Sow, Georges Bracher, Editing: Siro Asteni, Sound: El Hadji Mbow, Cast: Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall, Ousseynou Diop

TELL US OF GRANDMOTHER

Parlons grand-mere
Burkino Faso/1989/DVD/Colour/Documentary

Direction: Djibril Diop Mambety, Production: Matthias-Film GmbH

NINKI NANKA: THE PRINCE OF COLOBANE

France/1991/16mm/Colour/45'/Wolof

Screenplay, Direction: Laurence Gavron, Production: Eldorado film, Channel 4, TV5, Cinematography: Bara Diokhane, Sound: Ndiouga Moctar Ba

HYENAS

Ramatou
Senegal/1992/35mm/colour/110/Wolof

Direction: Djibril Diop Mambety, Screenplay: Djibril Diop Mambety, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Producer: Pierre-Alain Meier, Alain Rozanes, Cinematography: Matthias Kalin, Editing: Loredana Cristelli, Music: Wasis Diop, Cast: Ami Diakhate, Djibril Diop Mambety, Mansour Diouf, Calgou Fall, Faly Gueye, Mamadou Mahouredia Gueye, Issa Ramagelissa Samb

LE FRANC

Senegal, Switzerland, France/1994/35mm/Colour/44'/Wolof

Direction,Screenplay: Djibril Diop Mambety, Production: Silvia Voser, Cinematography: Stephan Oriach, Editing: Stephan Oriach, Sound: Alloune MBow, Cast: Dieye Ma Dieye, Aminata Fall, Demba Ba

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO SOLD THE SUN

La Petite Vendeuse du Soleil
Senegal, France, Suisse/1998/35mm/Colour/45'/Wolof

Direction, Screenplay: Djibril Diop Mambety, Production: Maag Daan, Cinematography: Jacques Besse ,Editing: Sarah Taouss-Matton, Music: Wasis Diop, Cast: Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall, Tayerou M'Baye, Oumou Samb, Moussa Baldé, Dieynaba Laam, Martin N'Gom