The 7thJagran Film Festival announced its international
selection in the feature film category today. The Festival is set to begin next
month in New Delhi and travel to 15 other cities thereafter.
To be screened under the section World Panorama, the
Festival line up has ‘Sievanevada’ (Romania) directed by Criti Puiu, ‘Road to Istanbul’ (Algeria)
directed by Rachid Bouchareb, ‘The Patriarch’ ( New Zealand) by Lee
Tamahori, ‘The First, The Last’ (France-
Belgium) by Bouli Lanners, ‘The Plants ’ (Chile) by Roberto Doveris, ‘Discordia’
(Romania) by Ion Indolean, ‘The Market’ ( Canada) by Bobby Del Rio, ‘The
Oedipus King’ (Argentina) by Javier Molo, ‘Two Nights Till Morning’ (Finland)
by Mikko Kuparinen, Yellow Flowers on Green Grass (Vietnam) by Victor Vu, ‘Chatô
The King of Brazil’ ( Brazil) by Guilherme Fontes, Thank you for Bombing
(Austria) by Barbara Eder, ‘The
Surprise’ (Italy) by Ivan Polidoro, ‘Wonderland’ (Switzerland), directed by ten
Directors, ‘The Sum of Histories’ (Belgium) by Lukas Bossuyt, ‘Pop Up’
(Australia) by Stuart McBratney, ‘Hear the Silence’ (Germany) by Ed Ehrenberg,
‘Farewell Analog’ (Iran) by Hiwa Aminejad, ‘Eddie Reynolds and the Iron Angels’
(Mexico) by Gustavo Moheno, ‘Zoe’ (Spain) by Ander Duque, ‘Utopia, An Adult’s
Fairytale ( Greece) by Nikos Kourou.
The selection includes films that been screened in major
film festivals like Cannes 2016, Berlinale 2016 and many others but this year
onwards the Festival has begun to pick up films that have not participated in
any film festival. These films would be screened across sections Indian and
International under the banner, ‘Jagran Discovery’.
Elaborating the objective of ‘Jagran Discovery’, the
Festival’s Strategic Consultant Manoj Srivastava says, “We wanted to pick up
promising films which would be sourced and premiered first time at the Jagran
Film Festival and then travel to other festivals. Generally Festivals run after
the films screened at prestigious international film festivals and pick up
films from their selection but we wanted to create our own distinct identity
and decided to look for Debut Films and exciting work from unknown, unexplored
and even renowned film makers which had remained unexposed. Therefore, this
time we have created a great mix of ‘the known and the unknown’. We hope our festival
delegates will love our discovery.”
The Preview Panel that selected these unexplored films is
equally excited about the films selected. Talking about a film ‘Chato, The King
of Brazil, two times National Film Award winning Director, Arun Chadha, who was
on the Preview Panel says, “Chiseled characterization, intriguing screenplay
will keep you hooked throughout….”
The wheels of this mammoth travelling film festival begin
to churn on July 1,2016 at New Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditoria. One can register as
a Film Delegate by visiting the Festival’s website www.jff.co.in.
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