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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN INDIA
RIS/1/2004
CURTAIN RAISER
	The Thirty-Fifth International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 29^th November – 9^th December 2004. This reference paper gives salient features of the earlier festivals and a brief note on the forthcoming festival.

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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN INDIA

International Film Festivals aim at providing a common platform to film-makers and cine-goers to witness the internationally acclaimed films, to watch new trends and techniques being adopted by different countries leading to a healthy competition for bringing about an improvement in standards of production. Acquainting one with historical and cultural traditions of other nations through films the festivals create deeper awareness and appreciation bringing about a solid base of understanding between different peoples.

The practice of holding festivals started in Venice in 1932 as part of the city’s traditional international Art Exhibition. The nations represented at this festival were USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the USSR. There were no awards. The Venice festival was followed in 1939 by the Cannes International Film Festival of France. In the course of time the film festivals assumed increasing importance. The nations which were rebuilding their film industry after the World War saw in festivals a chance for world recognition. As international political alliances were being reconstituted, the festivals provided an opportunity for interaction. Festivals were started in Berlin, Moscow, Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia), London, San Francisco and New York City.

In India, the International Film Festival, for the first time, was organised in 1952 in Bombay. It was a non-competitive festival. A special feature of the inaugural function of the festival was the screening of the first film shown in Bombay by the Lumiere Brothers in 1896. After running for over a fortnight in Bombay the festival moved on to Calcutta, Madras and Delhi. The construction of open-air theatres for screening the films was another special feature of the festival. The venue for the second festival held in 1961 which was also non-competitive was New Delhi. The third festival, which happened to be the first competitive festival ever held in India was in 1965 in Delhi. It was graded ‘A’ category by the Paris - based Federation International de Producers de Films (FIAFP). With this recognition the festival in India came on par with Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary and Moscow festivals.

Following this recognition, India adopted, at its fifth festival in 1975, a permanent insignia. This comprises a representation of the peacock, India’s national bird, with a permanent motto of the festival ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (The whole world is a family). The same year it was decided to hold a non-competitive festival of films (Filmotsav) alternating with IFFI. While the Filmotsavs were orgnaised at major film - producing centres of India, IFFI was held in New Delhi only.

The venue being the same for all festivals, the fourth and fifth festivals were held from 5-18 December 1969 and 30 December 1974-12 January 1975 respectively. From the sixth festival onwards the period as well as the dates for the festival were fixed as 3-17 January every alternate year. The sixth festival was held in 1977 and silver peacock for best actor, actress and director was awarded for the first time. A film market was also set up for the first time by the IMPEC. A panorama of Indian regional features was organised.

The seventh festival held in Delhi in 1979, was of special significance as it was the only competitive and exclusive international film festival organised in the entire Third World during 1978-79. (the 1978 Tehran Festival could not be held). For the first time in the history of the Indian Competitive Film Festivals, the jury was headed by a foreigner, Qusmane Sembene of Senegal. Another significant aspect was the participation of women. There were two women on the jury (Chantal Akerman – Belgium, and Marta Maszaves – Hungary).

In the ninth festival held in 1983 a new section for screening of 16mm films was added. An important landmark during the festival was the participation of twenty-two Third World countries. The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has become a major forum of Third World cinema.

For the first time, the festival held in 1985, tenth in the series, had an international panorama of select short films, documedia, in an effort to create an identity for short films.

In 1986 when Filmotsav’ 86 was held in Calcutta, the Festival dates were changed from 3-17 January to 10-24 January.

The Eleventh IFFI held in 1987 gave a breakthrough for commercial cinema, through the introduction of Mainstream section.

The significant change in the 12^th IFFI held in 1989 was that it was made non-competitive following a decision taken in August 1988 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that festivals in future will be non-competitive and all festivals would be called International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Hence the festival held in Calcutta was called the 21^st IFFI instead of Filmotsav 90.

Another important decision taken in June 1989 was that the IFFI will hence - forth be of 10 days duration only. The festival which used to be held from 10-24 January would now be held from 10-20 January. Hence the number of Films in the ‘Cinema of the World’ section which was changed from ‘Information section’ from the 12^th IFFI was reduced though the other sections of the festival remained unaffected.

The 22^nd IFFI was held in Madras. It had a focus on the South Korean cinema. Tributes were paid to the American director Robert Altman. Homage was paid to V. Shantaram, S. Mukherjee, Shankar Nag, Arundhati Devi and Manmohan Krishna. Diamond Jubilee of Indian cinema and Platinum jubilee of Tamil cinema were celebrated during the festival.

The 23^rd IFFI was held in Bangalore. It had a special focus on “Films from Iran”. Retrospectives of Italian director Francisco Rosi and Cashier’s cinema were organised. Tributes were paid to Anne Wheeler and King Ampaw. In the Indian section a retrospective of Kannada cinema was organised and homage was paid to R.R. Panthulu, G. Aravindan and Balraj Sahni.

The 24^th IFFI was held in New Delhi. The festival focussed on Vietnamese cinema. Retrospectives of Ingrid Bergman, Vittorio De Sica, Kaurismaki brothers and Argos Films were organised. Homage was paid to Kanan Devi and Bhalji Pendharkar.

The 25^th IFFI dedicated to Satyajit Ray was held in Calcutta. The festival had its focus on ‘Films from Mongolia’. Homage was paid to Uptal Dutt and Vijay Bhatt. Tributes were paid to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. Retrospectives of Liti and Fons Rademakers, Ingmar Bergman and Greta Garbo were also organised.

The 26^th IFFI was organised in Bombay, the birthplace of Indian Cinema. The event marked the centenary of cinema. A special section was devoted to the film heritage. An exhibition on hundred years of cinema was also organised as part of the festival. Retrospectives of Federico Fellini, Zoltan Fabri, Amos Gitai, Miguel Littin, Krystof Kielowski and Elvis Presley were organised. A section was devoted to the works of the Asian women directors and a special retrospective of Marathi cinema was also organised.

The 27^th IFFI was again held in New Delhi. After many years, the competition was revived on a limited scale. The section on ‘Asian Women Directors’ was made competitive. Retrospectives of Devys Arcaud; Gene Kelly; Marta Meszaros and Nanni Martelli were held. Tributes were paid to Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Zhang Yimon and Louis Malle. The festival focussed on ‘Films from Iran’.

The 28^th IFFI was held in Thiruvananthapuram. The focus of the festival was ‘South Africa’. Retrospectives of the polish director Krzystof Kielowski and the Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf were organised. Homage was paid to the Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni and tribute was paid to the Chilean director Miguel Littin. In the Indian section, Homage was paid to P.A. Backer and Smita Patil and tribute was paid to Tapan Sinha. A special retrospective was devoted to Malayalm cinema giving a panoramic view of 70 years of Malayalm cinema. To mark 50 years of India’s independence, a photo exhibition on the theme of ‘National Integration and Indian Cinema’ was also organised.

The 29^th IFFI was held in New Delhi. The festival focussed on recent African cinema, films from Sarajevo and Iran. Retrospectives of Polish film maker Andrzej Wajda and Carlos Saura were organised. Homage was paid to the Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. In the Indian section homage was paid to Chetan Anand and Basu Bhatacharya. A cinematic tribute was also paid to fifty years of Indian Independence by screening 10 nationalist classics. Another highlight of the festival was that competition which had been restricted to Asian women directors only, was broadened this year to include male directors as well.

The 30^th IFFI was held in Hyderabad from January 10-20, 1999. The Festival focussed on films from Argentina. Two new sections were introduced in this festival, viz., “Visions of India” and “Women in Cinema”. Tributes were paid to Sergei Eisen Setein; Theo Angeleopoulos; Hou Hsiao Hsein and Zsolt Kezdi Kovacs. Homage to noted Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosava was also organised and retrospectives of Wajciech Has and Roland Joffe was also organised. In the Indian section tribute was paid to Bharatan and a retrospective of Telugu films was also organised. A highlight of the festival was the institution of the ‘Lifetime achievement award’ which was conferred on the noted film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci.

The 31^st IFFI was held in New Delhi from January 10-20, 2000. The Festival focussed on films from Australia; in addition, a 'Perspective on China' was also organised. Retrospectives of Italian film-maker Roberto Rosselini and Russian director Karen Shakhnazarov were held. Tributes were paid to the Cinema greats Chen Kaige (China), Fernando E. Solanas (Argentina), Bibi Andersen (Sweden) and Abbas Kiarostami (Iran). Homage was paid to Robert Bresson. In the Indian section, homage was paid to Ritwik Ghatak. The Indian Panorama, the Mainstream and the Market were the regular sections besides which an Asian competition section was also organised. The Highlight of the festival was the 'India and the International Screen' which consisted of foreign films which celebrated the Indian director/actor with a native mindset. The lifetime achievement award was conferred this year on Sri Lankan film-maker Lester James Peries.

The 32^nd IFFI was scheduled to be held in October 2001 in Bangalore but was postponed due to unavoidable circumstances.

The 33^rd IFFI was held in New Delhi from October 1- 10, 2003. The festival this year focussed on two countries, South Africa and Vietnam, in addition, a ‘Perspective on Brazil’ was also organised. 'Cinema of the World' the main section of the festival had 65 films from 45 countries. In the Foreign Retrospective Section a Special Tribute was paid to the renowned actor Marcello Mastroianni. The Indian Panorama, the Mainstream and the market were the regular sections besides which an Asian competition section was also organised. The highlight of the festival was the Reflections Section, which concentrated on films from five countries including France, Netherlands, Japan, Germany and Croatia. The Indian Retrospective Section had two facts comedy films and the various versions of the film Devdas. As many as five seminars were Organised during the festival.

The 34^th IFFI was held in New Delhi from October 9-19, 2004. The festival this year focused on Switzerland. ‘Cinema of the World’, the main section of the festival had 60 films from 35 countries. In the Foreign Retrospective Section, two retrospectives were organized. While one was devoted to the well known French producer/director Marin Karmitz the other one had films from Larsvon Trier from Denmark. A whole section was devoted to ‘Cinema and literature from Norway’. A separate section was devoted to the German shorts. In the Indian segment, the Indian Panorama, the Mainstream and the Market were the regular sections besides which an Asian competition was also organized. A retrospective of veteran film-maker B.R. Chopra was organized. Tribute was paid to K. S. Sethumadhavan. Homage was paid to actress Leela Chitnis. A highlight of the festival was the premiere of three Indian films Pinjar, Chokher Bali and Maqbool. A Technoretro was also organized by the Kodak Company, which traced the development of film technology from its inception to the present times. Two seminars were also organized during the festival.

The 35^th IFFI would be held in Goa from November 29 to December 9, 2004. It is for the first time that the festival is being held in Goa. It is being made the permanent venue. The festival is being organised by the Directorate of Film Festival, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India in collaboration with Government of Goa and Indian film Industry. The festival would be non-competitive in nature but there would be a specialised competitive section for the Asian Directors. The Inaugural function of the 35^th IFFI would be held in the evening of 29^th November 2004. The thespian of Hindi cinema Shri Dilip Kumar would be the Guest of Honour. Vanity Fair by Mira Nair would be the inaugural film of the festival.

‘Cinema of the World’ which is the main section of the festival would consist of about 60 films from around 40 countries made in the last two years representing the best of the latest in world cinema. These will include films that have won awards or have received critical acclaim at international fora. Films from most film-producing countries including Third World Countries will be included with a view to providing a glimpse of current cinematic trends in as wide a cross-section of nations as possible. Some of the important films in this section are Finally, The Sea, Somersault, Gori Vatra, Daughters of the Wind, Mila from Mars, On the Corner, Sabado, Running for Son, Villa Paranoia, The Butterfly, Dancing Figure, Khab-e-khak, Secret File, Bright Future, Moonlight, Utopia, The Return, Yesterday, Strange Crime, Wondrous Oblivion and Finding Home.

The highlight of this festival would be the Asian Competition Section which would present the latest cinematic trends in Asia. Fifteen films would be considered for prizes, namely, ‘Best Film by an Asian Director’, ‘Most Promising Asian Director’ and a ‘Special Jury Award’. The awards would be decided by a five-member jury, headed by noted Indian film director, Mani Ratnam.

Four films would be premiered on the occasion including American Daylight (India), Finding Neverland (UK/USA), The Forgotten (USA) and The Incredibles (USA).

Special screenings of two Indian films would also be held. The films are Hari Om and Chai Pani.

The Foreign Retrospective/Country Focus/Workshop section would include various packages of films that will try to reflect the rich cultural flavours arising from the social milieus of different countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and Canada.

a) IFFI is honoring Ashok Amritraj one of the most successful film producers of Indian origin in Hollywood by screening five of his films. The film Raising Helen would be premiered in India.

b) Homage would be paid to popular and versatile actor of Italy, Virttorio Gassman. Six of his notable films would be screened.

c) A glimpse into the African cinema would be given in the four films of noted director, producer and scriptwriter Jean-Marie Gaston Kabore from Burkina Faso.

d) A retrospective of Jerzy Stuhr, from Poland would also be organised. Four selected films of the actor, director of theatre and cinema would be screened.

e) As an honor to Hubert Bals Fund the IFFI is screening seven HBF films.

f) Eight German films made in Bavaria are also part of the Foreign Retrospective.

g) In the country showcase five films from Canada five from Egypt, five from Portugal and six from Taiwan would be screened.

h) In the ‘Raw Edge film section’ five films of upcoming directors and filmmakers from Australia are being screened.

i) In the ‘Technical Retro-ARRI’ a technical retro on cameras has been arranged for the benefit of cine technicians/film students.

The ‘Indian Panorama’ which showcases the latest in Indian cinema would include 21 feature films and 20 non-feature films. Some of the important films in this section are Bow Barracks Forever, Chokher Bali, Heda Hoda, Maqbool and Shwaas.

As in the past, twelve popular films would be screened in the Mainstream section. Some of these are - Missamma, Autograph, Surya, Baghban, Munnabhai MBBS and Koi Mil Gaya.

In the Indian Retrospective/Homage section, tribute would be paid to noted filmmaker Yash Johar who departed recently. Five of his films would be screened in this section. These are Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Kal Ho Na Ho, Dostana and Agneepath. Tribute would also be paid to celebrated actress of her time Nargis Dutt by screening her films Mother India and Barsaat .

Homage would be paid to celebrities Mehmood, Soundarya, Vijay Anand and Bhabendra Nath Saikia by screening their films, Bombay to Goa (Mehmood), Dweepa (Soundarya), Guide (Vijay Anand) and Kolahal (Bhabendra Nath Saikia). In addition, 50^th anniversary of Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali and 75^th year of Prabhat Film Company would also be celebrated. Its film Sant Tukaram would be screened an the occasion.

For the first time a new interactive workshop for young people would be organised. Called ‘24x7’ the workshop would provide an opportunity to participants within 24 years of age, to conceive, shoot and edit their films. Digital video cameras will be given everyday during the festival to selected participants along with editing systems to edit their films which has to be finished within 24 hours. These short films will be screened during the festival and the best would be awarded at the closing ceremony.

An Animation workshop has also been arranged for school children of Goa between the age group of 7 and 14 to acquaint them with the technique of animation filmmaking.

A Film Market would also be organised at theaters in Kala Academy.

The festival would come to a close on 9^th December 2004 with the awards presentation ceremony. Oliver Stone’s Alexander would be the closing film of the festival.

International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

Sr.No	Festival Place/Date	Sponsors/Organisers	Status	Chairman of Jury	No of Participating Countries	Feature	Awards/Golden Peacock/Short
1	Bombay- 24 Jan.- 1 Feb. 1952	Films Division	Non-Competitive & Non-Exclusive	----	21	----	----
2	New Delhi-27 Oct-2 Nov. 1961	Min. of I&B & Film Federation of India	- do -	----	38	----	----
3	New Delhi-8-21 Jan. 1965	-do-	Competitive & Exclusive	Satyajit Ray (India)	30	‘Gam Peraliya’ - (Sri Lanka)	Cyclone (Cuba)
4	New Delhi-5-18 Dec. 1969	-do-	-do-	Raj Kapoor (India)	33	‘The Damned’ (USA/Italy)	‘Taking off at 1800 Hours (Cuba)
5	New Delhi 30 Dec. 1974 - 12 Jan. 1975	-do-	-do-	Satyajit Ray (India)	46	‘Dreaming Youth’ (Hungary)	‘Automatic’ (Czechoslovakia)
6	New Delhi 3-17 Jan. 1977	Dte. Of Film Festivals, Min. of I&B, IMPEC & the Indian Film Industry	-do-	Satyajit Ray (India)	54	‘Men and Ino’ (Japan)	‘After the Silence’ (India)
7	New Delhi 3 - 17 Jan. 1979	Dte. Of Film Festivals and Film Finance Corporation	-do-	Ousmano Sambene (Senegal)	39	‘Hungarian’ (Hungary)	‘An Encounter with Faces’ (India) & ‘Olympic Games’ (Poland)
8	New Delhi 3 - 17 Jan. 1979	-do-	-do-	Grigory Tohukhrai	61	‘The Unknown Soldier’s Patent Leather Shoes’ (Bulgaria) & ‘Aakrosh’ (India)	‘A Period of Transition’ (Denmark )
9	New Delhi 3 - 17 Jan. 1983	Dte. Of Film Festivals, NFDC	Competitive & Exclusive	Lindsay Anderson (UK)	52	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
10	New Delhi 3 – 17 Jan. 1985	NFDC, M/o I&B and Indian Film Industry	-do-	Jeanne Moreau (France)	42	‘Bostonians’ (UK) and ‘Ruthless Romance’ (USSR)	‘Narcissus’ (Canada)
11	New Delhi 10 – 24 Jan. 1987	-do-	-do-	Humberto Solas (Cuba)	47	‘Farewell Green Summer’ (USSR)	Not Awarded
12	New Delhi 10 – 24 Jan. 1989	Dte. Of Film Festivals, M/o I&B, NFDC, and Indian Film Industry	Non–Competitive	----	---	----	----
13	Calcutta 10 – 20 Jan. 1990	Min. of I&B, Govt. of West Bengal & Indian Film Industry	-do-	----	30	----	----
14	Madras 10 – 20 Jan 1991	DFF, M/o I&B, Tamil Nadu Government, Indian Film Industry & NFDC	-do-	----	38	----	----
15	Bangalore 10 – 20 Jan 1992	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of Karnataka, Film Federation of India & NFDC	-do-	----	38	----	----
16	Delhi 10-20 Jan. 1993	DFF, M/o I&B, Film Federation of India and NFDC	-do-	----	35	----	----
17	Calcutta 10 – 20 Jan. 1994	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of West Bengal and NFDC	Non–Competitive		40
18	Bombay 10 – 20 Jan.	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of Maharashtra and NFDC	-do-	----	44	----	----
19	Delhi 10 – 20 Jan. 1996	DFF, M/o I&B, NFDC and Film Federation of India	Competition restricted to Asian Women Directors	----	43	----	----
20	Thiruvananthapuram 10 – 20 Jan.1997	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of Kerala and NFDC	- do-	----	48	----	---
21	Delhi 10 –20 Jan. 1998	DFF, M/o I&B, NFDC and Film Federation of India	Competition restricted to Asian Directors	----	35	----	----
22	Hyderabad 10-20 Jan. 1999	DFF, M/o I & B, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and NFDC	Non-Competitive	----	45	----	----
23	New Delhi 10-20 Jan. 2000	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of Delhi and the Indian Film Industry	Competition restricted to Asian Films	----	45	----	----
24	Not held	----	----	----	----	----	----
25	New Delhi 1-10 Oct. 2003	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of Delhi and the Indian Film Industry	Competition restricted to Asian Films	----	40	----	----
26	New Delhi 9-19 Oct.2004	DFF, M/o I&B, Govt. of Delhi and the Indian Film Industry	Competition restricted to Asian Films	----	35	----	----

F I L M O T S A V

Sr.No	Festival	Place	Date	Organiser	Countries participated	Seminar / Symposium
I	International Film Festival of other cinemas	Calcutta	14-27 Nov. 1975	Dte. Of Information & Public Relations, West Bengal and Dte. Of Film Festivals, Ministry of I&B	27	The Cinema of Social Relevance
II	Festival of Films International	Bombay	3-17 Jan. 1976	Dte. Of Film Festivals, FFC, IMPEC and the Indian Film Industry	41	Women in Cinema
III	Filmotsav’ 78	Madras	3-17 Jan. 1978	Dte. Of Film Festivals, FFC, Govt. of Tamil Nadu & the Indian Film Industry	43	Strategies in marketing of films
IV	Filmotsav’ 80	Bangalore	3-17 Jan. 1980	Dte. Of Film Festivals, Govt. of Karnataka & the Indian Film Industry	35	Economics of Cinema
V	Filmotsav’ 82	Calcutta	3-17 Jan. 1982	Dte. Of Film Festivals, Govt. of West Bengal, the Indian Film Industry	37	Cinema 2000
VI	Filmotsav’ 84	Bombay	3-17 Jan. 1984	Dte. Of Film Festivals, Govt. of Maharashtra & the Indian Film Industry	53	Video, Cinema and Society
VII	Filmotsav’ 86	Hyderabad	10-24 Jan. 1986	Dte. Of Film Festivals, NFDC, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh & the Indian Film Industry	42	The impact of new technology on cinema
VIII	Filmotsav’ 88	Trivandrum	10-24 Jan. 1988	Dte. Of Film Festivals, NFDC, Govt. of Kerala & The Indian Film Industry	35	Video Piracy and Problems of Copyright in Films

Cinema of the World

Country	Film	Directior	Festival Details
Argentina	18-J	10 Different Directors	San Sebastian
Argentina	Finally, The Sea	Jorge Dyszel	2003-Venice, Vina Del Mar, Trieste, London, Heulva, Havana, 2004–Santo Do Go, Mar Del Plata, Lleida, Dilat, Marselle, Miami Latino, Chaicago Latino, Shanghai, Los Angeles Latino
Australia	Somersault	Kate Shortland	2004–Cannes, Sydney, Los Angeles, Toronto, Karlovy, Edinburgh
Bosnia And Herzegovina	Gori Vatra (Fuse)	Pjer Zalica	Locarno, Sarajevo, Toronto, Flanders, Thessaloniki, Amiens, Rotterdam + 12 More IFFs
Bosnia And Herzegovina	Summer In the Golden Valley	Srdjan Vuletic	Toronto, Sarajevo, Pusan, Rotterdam, Paris, Brussels, Jerusalem + 8 IFFs
Brazil	Celeste & Estrela	Betse De Paula	Chicago Latin American FF, Brasilia, Cinesul 2003, Buenos Aires, Miami, Uruguay,
Brazil	Daughters of the Wind (Filhas do Vento)	Joel Zito Araujo	Brazil
Brazil	Under the Surface - A Journey up the Sao Francisco River	Marcus Vinicius Cezar	Miami, Belem, Brasilia, Intl. Festival of Environmental Film And Video (FICA)
Bulgaria	Mila From Mars	Zornitsa Sophia	Warsaw FF, Mannheim, Pusan, Thessasloniki, Haifa FF, Mar Del Plata, Bribeca IFF,
Canada	Hold on to Your Hat	Denis Boivin	2003-Montreal, Jakarta, 2004-Reel World Intl. FF-2004 (Toronto)
Canada	Manners of Dying	Jeremy Peter Allen	2004-Venice,
Canada	Manners of Dying	Jeremy Peter Allen	2004-Venice,
Canada	On the Corner	Nathaniel Geary	2004-Valencia IFF, Vancouver IFF
Canada	On the Corner	Nathaniel Geary	2003-Vancouver
Chile	Sabado	Matias Bize	Heidelberg
China	Running For Son	Ning Jing Wu	-------
Croatia	The Horseman (Konjanik)	Branko Ivanda	2003-Pula FF, 2004-Mardel Plata (OFF. Compe)
Denmark	Terkel in Trouble	Stefan F Jeldmark	Cannes, NY, Vancouver, Toronto, Warsaw + 6 More IFFs
Denmark	Tvilling (GE I)	Hans Fabian Wullenweber	Robert Festival + 5 More IFFs
France	A Real Man (Un Homme Un Vrai)	Larrieu Jean Marie	2003-London, Prague, Boston, Turin, Yokoham, 2004 - Boston, Natfilm
France	French Men (Le Coeur Des Hommes)	Esposito Marc	2003-Sydney, French, Montreal, Seoul, Yokoham, 2004-Athens, Cesar
France	His Brother (Son Frere)	Chereau Patrice	2003-Berlin, Ghent, Los Ang., Montreal, Moscow, San Francisco, San Sebastin, Yokoham, 2004-Cesar, Lumiere, Vienna,
France	Nickel and Dime (A La Pettite Semaine)	Karmann Sam	2003 - Cairo, French, London, 2004-Richmond French, Shanghai, Berlin,
France	Only Girls (Filles Uniques)	Jolivet Pierre	Shanghai-2004, Cairo, London, Richmond
France	The Butterfly (Le Papillon)	Philippe Muyl	St Louis IFF.
France	5X2 (5X2 Cinq Fois Deux)	Francois Ozon	2004-Venice FF
France	Flower of Evil (Fleur Du Mal, La)	Claude Chabrol	2003-Berlin IFF, 2004-Goya Awards.
Greece	To the Inn (Tancalak)	George Bakolas	-------
Hungary	Dancing Figure	Ferenc Grunwalsky	2003-Hungarian FF
Hungary	Hungarian Beauty (Magyar Szepseg)	Peter Gothar	2003-Copenhagen, Hungarian Film Week
Hungary	The our of Happiness (A Boldogsag Szine)	Jozsef Pacskovszky	Houston World Fest-2004, Budapest,
Iran	20 Fingers	Mania Akbari	Venice, Vancouver, Sao Paulo, AF IFF, Los Angeles IFF
Iran	Butterfly In The Wind	Abbas Rafei	53^rd Mannheim Heidelberg IFF-2004, Oslo IFF-2004, FJAR Film Fest -2004
Iran	Khab-E-Khak (Dreams of Dust)	Ms. Sepideh Farsi	Montreal –2003, Rotterdam-2004 More than 8 IFFS
Iran	Maiden	Mohammad Dourmanesh
Israel	The Syrian Bride (Hacala Hasurit)	Eran Riklis	Montreal, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Locarno, + 8 More IFFs
Israel	The Promised Land	Amos Gitai	2004- Venice FF
Italy	Pater Familias	Francesco Patierno	Berlin - 2003, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Paris, 2003: Selected to the Variety Critics Choice & European Film Promotion, + 10 More IFFs
Italy	Secret File (Segreti Di Stato)	Paolo Benvenuti	Venice-2003, Toronto, London, NY, Thessoloniki, + 10 More IFFs
Italy	The Heart is Everwhere (II Cuore al Trove)	Pupi Avati	Cannes-2003, NY Toronto, Chicago, London, + 12 More IFFs
Japan	Bright Future	Kurosawa Kiyoshi	2004–Rotterdam IFF, 2004-Cannes FF, 2004-22^nd San Francisco IAAFF
Mexico	La Tregua (The Truce)	Alfonso Rosas Priego	2003–Chamizal Independent FF, 2004-Arial Awards, Mexico, 2^nd Latino FF
Netherland	Kees De Jongen	Andre Van Duren	2004-Netherlands FF
Netherland	Moonlight	Paula Van Der Oest	Holywood FF, Moscow IFF, Netherlands FF,
Netherland	Shouf Shouf Habibi	Albert Ter Heerdt	Official Selection-At Berlin-2004, Louvain, Karlovy Vary, Festroia, Jerusalem, Brisbane, Sale, Vancouver, Rio De Janeiro, Tbilisi, Chicago, Dubai
New Zealand	Fracture	Larry Parr	2004-St Tropez FF 2004- HOF FF
Norway	Chlorox, Ammonia and Coffee (Salto, Salmiakk Og Kaffe)	Mona J. Hoel
Norway	Utopia	10 Directors	------
Peru	Dias De Santiago	Josue Menez	Edinburgh IFF, Lima Latin American FF,
Peru	Dias De Santiago	Josue Menez	Rotterdam IFF
Poland	Przemiany (Changes)	Lukasz Barczyk	2004-Polish FF
Russia	The Return (Vozvrashcheniye)	Andrei Zvyagintsev	2003-Cottbus, Gijon, Ljubljana, Locarno, Thessalonoki, Venice IFFS, 2004-Buster, Fjar, Palm Springs, Tromso IFFs
Russia	Masha	Sergey Tkachev	------
Serbina and Montenegro	Memo	Milos Jovanovic	Taor A BNL FF-2004, Roma Grande, Palic IFF, London Raindance FF, 2004-Raindance FF
South Africa	Yesterday	Darrell James Roodt	Venice
Spain	Dos Tipos Duros	Juan Martinez Moreno	2003-Malaga Spanish FF , 2004- Cinema Writers Circle Awards
Canada	Je N’ Aime Que Toi	Claude Fournier	------
Spain	Machuca	Andres Wood	2004-Flanders and Lima Latin American FFs.
Spain	Sindrome	Liberto Rabal	2004-Montreal FF
Spain	Strange Crime (Sotto Falso Nome)	Roberto Ando	2004-Avignon FF, 2004-Copenhagen FF, 2004-Cannes FF, 2004-5^th Seoul European FF
Syria	Dreamy Visions (Ruaa Halema)	Waha Alraheb	------
U.K.	Wondrous Oblivion	Paul Morrison	2003-Giffoni and Edinburgh, 2003- Dinard British FF
United Kingdom	Take 3 Girls	Baz Taylor	------
Uruguay	La Espera	Aldo Garay	2003-Miami, Rosario, Los Angeles, Bogota, Trieste
USA	A Closer Walk	Robert Bilheimer	2003-Durban, Tribeca, Denver, Queens, Texas, Maine, Amnesty Human Rights IFFs.
USA	Cuba Libre (Drea G of Julia)	Juan Gerard	2003- Bratislava IFF
USA	Finding Home	Lawrence David Lolodes	Montreal, Sarasota, Santa Barbara, Monaco,

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LIST OF ASIAN COMPETITION FILMS

Sr. No.	Film	Director	Country	Festival Details
1.	Lalon	Tanvir Mokammel	Bangladesh	48^th London FF-2004
2.	Endless Way (Gui Qu Lai)	Shen Wensheng	China	------
3.	Shanghai Story	Xiaolian Peng	China	Shangai IFF-2004 + 5 More IFFs
4.	Butterfly (Hu Die)	Yan Yan Mak	Hong Kong	61^st Venice FF, 9^thPusan IFF Toyko IFF
5.	Bow Barracks Forever	Anjan Dutt	India	------
6.	Shwaas	Sandeep Sawant	India	Official Entry to Oscar-2004
7.	Beautiful City	Asghar Farhadi	Iran	2003-Budapest, Copenhagen, Schlinge IFF.
8.	Turn Left at the End of the World	Avi Nesher	Israel France	Karlovy Vary-2004
9.	Walk on Water	Eytan Fox	Israel	Berlin, Montreal, NY + 7 More IFFs
10.	Puteri Gunung Ledang	Saw Teong Hin	Malaysia	Malaysia’s Entry To Oscar
11.	Old Women	Gennady Sidorov	Russia	Angers European FF and Nika Awards–2004, Molodist IFF– 2003
12.	The Rider Named Death	Karen Shakhnazarov	Russia	Mocow, Montreal, Vancouver + 8 IFFs
13.	Against The Tide	Sudath Devapriya	Sri Lanka	------
14.	Fire Fighters (Sooriya Arana)	Somaratne Dissanayake	Sri Lanka	Commonwealth FF, Houston, Greece, Zimbabwe, Fukuoka
15.	Beautiful Boxer	Ekachai Uekrongtham	Thailand	Berlin 2004, Thailand + 8 More IFFs

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PREMIERES

Sr. No.	Film	Director	Country
1.	American Daylight	Roger Christian	India
2.	Finding Neverland	Marc Forster	UK/USA
3.	The Forgotten	Joseph Ruben	USA
4.	The Incredible	Brad Bird	USA

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Sr. No.	Film	Director	Country
1.	Hari Om	Ganapathy Bharat	India
2.	Chai Pani	Manu Rewal	India

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RETROSPECTIVES/COUNTRY FOCUS/WORKSHOP

Films of Ashok Amritraj

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Walking Tall	Kevin Bray
2.	Raising Helen	Garry Marshall
3.	Moonlight Mile	Brad Silberling
4.	Bandits	Barry Levinson
5.	Bringing Down the House	Adam Shankman

Gassman's Films.

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	The Easy Life (II Sorpasso)	Dino Risi
2.	For Love And Gold (L’Armata Brancaleone)	Mario Monicelli
3.	C'eravamo Tanto Amati (We All Loved Each Other So Much)	Ettore Scola
4.	Profumo Di Donna (Scent of A Woman)	Dino Risi.
5.	The Family (La Famiglia)	Ettore Scola
6.	The Desert of The Tartars (II Deserto Dei Tartari)	Valerio Zurlini

Gaston Films

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Rabi
2.	Zan Boko
3.	Wend Kuuni
4.	Buud Yam

Retro of Jerzy Stuhr

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Camera Buff	Krzysztof Kieslowski
2.	Top Dog (Wodzirej)	Feliks Falk
3.	Love Stories (Historie Milosne)	Jerzy Stuhr
4.	A Week of the Life of the Man (Tydzien Z Zycia Mezczyzny)	Jerzy Stuhr

Films Funded by Hubert Bals Fund (HBF)

Sr. No.	Film	Director	Country
1.	Leila	Dariush Mehrjui	Iran
2.	Na Cidade Vazia (Hollow City)	Maria Joao Ganga,	Angola
3.	How I Killed A Saint	Teona Mitevska,	Macedonia
4.	Waiting For Happiness (Heremakono)	Abderrahmane Sissako	Mauritania
5.	25 Watts	Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll	Uruguay
6.	Domesticas	Fernando Mereilles & Anado Olival	Brazil
7.	The Moonless Night (Nata Pa Hene)	Artan Minoralli,	Albania

German Films-Made In Bavaria

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Agnes And His Brothers (Agnes Und Seine Bruder)	Oskar Roehler
2.	Das Wunder Von Bern (The Miracle Of Bern)	Sonke Wortmann
3.	Jennerwein	Hans-Gunther Bucking
4.	Ganz Und Gar (Breaking Loose)	Kreuzpaintner
5.	Hierankl (A Birthday To Remember)	Sebastian Steinbichler
6.	Quiero Ser (I want to be....)-Short	Florian Gallenberger
7.	“Bjorn-the hurdles of bureaucracy”- Short	Andy Niessner
8.	Die Blutritter	Douglas Wolfsperger

COUNTRY FOCUS

Canada

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Ararat	Atom Egoyan
2.	Invasions Barbares (Les Invasions Of Barbarians)	Benys Arcand
3.	La Grande Seduction	Jean-Francois Pouliot
4.	Touch Of Pink	Ian Iqbal Rashid
5.	Spider	David Cronenberg

Egypt

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Oh My Country Oh (Ah Ya Balad Ah)	Hussein Kamal
2.	The Forgotten (El Mansy)	-----
3.	Serae Fil Nil	Atef Salem
4.	His Excellency The Minister (Maali El Wazir)	Samir Sife
5.	Denteilla	Inas El Deghedy

Portugal

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Temptation (Tentacao)	Joaquim Leitao
2.	Gold River (O Rio Do Ouro)	Paulo Rocha
3.	Adam And Eve (Adao E Eva)	Joaquim Leitao
4.	Hell (Inferno)	Joaquim Leitao
5.	The Root Of The Heart (A Raiz Do Coracao)	Paulo Rocha

Taiwan

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Ming-Liang Tsai
2.	Bear Hug	Shaudi Wang
3.	The Missing	Kang-Shen Lee
4.	Love Of May	Hsiao-Min Hsu
5.	Blue Gate Crossing (Lanse Da Men)	Chin Yen Yee
6.	Formula 17 (Shi Qi Sui De Tian Kong)	D.J. Chen, Yin-Jung Chen

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RAW EDGE FILM SECTION

Sr. No.	Film	Director
1.	The Boys	Rowan Woods
2.	Praise	John Curran
3.	Walking On Water	Tony Ayres
4.	Chopper	Andrew Dominik
5.	Lantana	Ray Lawrence

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INDIAN PANORAMA

Feature Films

Sr. No.	Film	Language
1.	Akale	Malayalam
2.	An Ode To Lost Love	English
3.	Bow Barracks Forever	English
4.	Chameli	Hindi
5.	Chayam	Malayalam
6.	Chokher Bali	Bengali
7.	Hazaarron Khwahishen Aisi	Hindi
8.	Heda Hoda	Hindi
9.	Iti Srikanta	Bengali
10.	Juye Poora Xoon	Assamese
11.	Kaya Taran	Hindi
12.	Maargam	Malayalam
13.	Mahul Banir Sereng	Bengali
14.	Manasarovar	English
15.	Maqbool	Hindi
16.	Mathia	Kokborok
17.	Meenaxi : Tale Of 3 Cities	Hindi
18.	Not Only Mrs. Raut	Marathi
19.	Pravaaha	Kannada
20.	Sancharam	Malayalam
21.	Shwass	Marathi

Non-Feature Films

Sr. No.	Films	Director
1.	Saanjh	Jasmine Kaur
2.	Ek Aakash	Sudhakar Reddy
3.	A Journey With Kakmaras	Dhanonjoy Mandal
4.	Shantiniketan – A Flashback	Arun Khopkar
5.	The Green Warriors- Apatanis	Jyoti Prasad Das
6.	An Encounter with a Life Living	Suja
7.	L.L. chandru IV B	Prabhu Radhakrishnan
8.	Oadh	Dhiraj A Meshram
9.	Rabin	Budhadeb Dasgupta
10.	I couldn’t be your Son, Mom	Sohini Dasgupta
11.	Passing On	K. Bikram Singh
12.	Invisible Parsis	Kaevan Umrigar
13.	Is God Deaf	Sanjivan Lal
14.	Once Upon a Time	Ani Thomas
15.	Chale Chalo-The Lunacy of Filmmaking	Satyajit Bhatkal
16.	Chauras Chand	Vibhu Puri
17.	Agni	K.R. Manoj
18.	An Unfinished Movie	Avira Rebecca
19.	Nongdi Tarak-Khidare	Ningthouja Lancha
20.	War and Peace	Anand Patwardhan

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MAINSTREAM INDIAN CINEMA

Sr. No.	Films	Language	Director
1.	Autograph	Tamil	Cheran
2.	Perazhagan	Tamil	Sashi Sankar
3.	Missamma	Telugu	Neelakanta
4.	Varsham	Telugu	Shoban
5.	Velli Nakshatram	Malaylam	Vinayan
6.	Suray	Bengali	Haranath Chokraborty
7.	Ram Laxman	Bengali	Babu Rai
8.	Parivar	Bengali	Anup Sengupta
9.	Pachadlela	Marathi	Mahesh Kothare
10.	Baghban	Hindi	Ravi Chopra
11.	Munnabhai MBBS	Hindi	Rajkumar Hirani
12.	Koi Mil Gaya	Hindi	Rakesh Roshan

Annexure VIII

35^th IFFI (2004)

INDIAN RETROSPECTIVE / HOMAGE

Tributes

Yash Johar

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2.	Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum
3.	Kal Ho Na Ho
4.	Dostana
5.	Agneepath

Nargis Dutt

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Mother India
2.	Barasaat

Homages

Mehmood

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Bombay to Goa

Soundarya

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Dweepa

Vijay Anand

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Guide

Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Kolahal

50^th Anniversary

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Pather Panchali

75 Years of Prabhat Film Company

Sr. No.	Film
1.	Sant Tukaram

References: Services of National Documentation Centre on Mass Communication, PIB Releases and Newspaper Clippings.

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CURTAIN RAISER

The Thirty-Fifth International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 29th November – 9th December 2004. This reference paper gives salient features of the earlier festivals and a brief note on the forthcoming festival.

NATIONAL DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ON MASS COMMUNICATION

Cinema of the World

PREMIERES

India

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Dino Risi

Ettore Scola

Gaston Films

Retro of Jerzy Stuhr

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Jerzy Stuhr

Dariush Mehrjui

Iran

Teona Mitevska,

Macedonia

Oskar Roehler

Hans-Gunther Bucking

Florian Gallenberger

Andy Niessner

Douglas Wolfsperger

COUNTRY FOCUS

Ararat

Atom Egoyan

Jean-Francois Pouliot

Egypt

Hussein Kamal

Atef Salem

Inas El Deghedy

Joaquim Leitao

Joaquim Leitao

Goodbye Dragon Inn

Ming-Liang Tsai

Kang-Shen Lee

RAW EDGE FILM SECTION

The Boys

Rowan Woods

Praise

Tony Ayres

Malayalam

Jasmine Kaur

Tamil

Cheran

Nargis Dutt

Homages

Soundarya

The Thirty-Fifth International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 29^th November – 9^th December 2004. This reference paper gives salient features of the earlier festivals and a brief note on the forthcoming festival.