IFFI 2019: Festival Kaleidoscope To Premiere Cannes 2019 Winner 'Parasite'
News
oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
The
50th
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI)
has
announced
the
list
of
films
to
be
screened
in
Festival
Kaleidoscope,
one
of
the
most
important
sections
of
the
festival.
Every
year,
films
from
across
the
world
make
their
mark
in
the
minds
of
the
festival
audience
with
their
outstanding
calibre
in
terms
of
their
craft,
unique
content
and
brilliance
in
filmmaking.
Some
of
the
films
that
have
already
generated
a
lot
of
buzz
in
the
international
circuit
are
Parasite,
Portrait
of
a
Lady
on
Fire,
Synonyms,
and
lot
more.
The
Festival
Kaleidoscope
section
of
50th
IFFI
brings
under
one
umbrella
exotic
films
from
around
the
world
for
the
film
aficionados
who
will
flock
the
festival
at
Goa.
The
section
showcases
20
films
handpicked
and
curated
from
various
parts
of
the
world
which
have
already
generated
a
lot
of
positive
word
about
them
in
other
film
festivals
across
the
globe.
The
Palme
d'Or
Best
Film
winner
of
Cannes
Film
Festival
2019,
Parasite,
directed
by
Bong
Joon-ho,
the
top
film
of
the
year
will
have
its
India
Premiere
at
IFFI.
The
other
films
in
the
Festival
Kaleidoscope
section
include:
Venice
Film
Festival
Horizon
Award
Best
Actor
winner
"A
Son" by
Mehdi
Barsaoui
India
Premiere
of
"And
Then
We
Danced"
by
Levan
Akin
which
had
won
9
international
awards
Cannes
Jury
Prize
winner
"Bacurau"
co-directed
by
Juliano
Dornelles
and
Kleber
Mendonça
Filho
with
9
international
awards
India
Premiere
of
Locarno
Film
Festival
winner
"Echo"
by
Rúnar
Rúnarsson
India
Premiere
of
Silver
Berlin
Bear
Best
Director
winner
"I
was
at
Home,
But"
by
Angela
Schanelec
India
Premiere
of
"La
belle
époque"
by
Nicolas
Bedos
India
Premiere
of
"Lara"
by
Jan
Ole
Gerster
Cannes
Best
Actress
winner
"Little
Joe"
by
Jessica
Hausner
India
Premiere
of
Karlovy
Vary
Crystal
Globe
Best
Director
winner
"Patrick"
by
Tim
Mielants
India
Premiere
of
Silver
Berlin
Bear
Best
Screenplay
winner
"Piranhas"
by
Claudio
Giovannesi
India
Premiere
of
Cannes
Best
Screenplay
winner
"Portrait
of
a
Lady
on
Fire"
by
Céline
Sciamma
Sundance
Film
Festival
Audience
award
winner
with
9
international
awards
"Queen
of
Hearts"
by
May
el-Toukhy
India
Premiere
of
Berlin
Silver
Bear
Best
Actor
and
Actress
winner
"So
Long
My
Son"
by
Xiaoshuai
Wang
India
Premiere
of
Serbian
film
"Stitches"
with
10
international
awards
directed
by
Miroslav
Terzic
Golden
Berlin
Bear
Best
Film
winner
"Synonyms"
by
Nadav
Lapid
Most
sought
after
film
of
the
year
"System
Crasher"
with
10
international
awards
by
Nora
Fingscheidt
Tremors
by
Jayro
Bustamante
India
Premiere
of
Crystal
Globe
Best
Film
winner
at
Karlovy
Vary
Film
Festival
"The
Father"
by
Kristina
Grozeva
and
Petar
Valchanov
India
Premiere
of
Venice
FIPRESCI
Prize
winner
"Blanco
en
blanco"
directed
by
Théo
Court.
The
year
2019
marks
the
50th
year
of
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI),
which
is
often
counted
amongst
one
of
the
earliest
film
festivals
of
the
Asian
continent.
The
50th
International
Film
Festival
of
India
2019
will
witness
over
200
best
films
from
76
countries,
26
feature
films
and
15
non
feature
films
in
Indian
panorama
section
and
more
than
10,000
people
and
film
lovers
are
expected
to
participate
in
the
golden
jubilee
edition.