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49th International Film Festival of India
Opening film The Aspern Papers
Closing filmSealed Lips
Location Goa, India
Founded1952
Awards
Hosted by
Festival date20–28 November 2018
Website iffigoa.org
International Film Festival of India

The 49th International Film Festival of India was a film festival held from 20 to 28 November 2018 in Goa. [1] In the 49th event new sections such as "Sketch on Screen (Animation Film Package)", "A Retrospective of Masters" are inculcated. 212 films were being showcased during the event, with Israel being the country of focus. [2] [3] [4]

Winners

Special Awards

Official Selections

Opening Film

Closing Film

  • Sealed Lips

International Competition

Original title Director(s) Production country
53 Wars Ewa Bukowska Poland
A Translator Sebastian Barriusco Cuba,Canada,Spanish,Russia
Aga Milko Lazarov Bulgaria, Germany, France
Divine Wind Merzak Allouache Algeria,France,Qatar, Lebanon
Donbass Sergey Loznitsa Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands,Romania
A Family Tour Ying Liang Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
Here Hadi Mohaghegh Iran
Our Struggles Guillaume Senez Belgium,France
The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow Sulev Keedus Estonia, Lithuania
The Unseen Nicholas Pueno Argentina
Vang Goghs Sergey Livnev Russia
When The Trees Fall Marysia Nikitiuk Ukraine,Poland
Ee.Ma.Yau Lijo Jose Pellissery India-Malayalam
To Let Chezhiyan India-Tamil
Bhayanakam Jayaraj India-Malayalam

Indian Panorama

Title Language Director(s)
Olu Malayalam - Inaugural film Shaji N Karun
Sa Bengali Arijit Singh
Bunkar - The Last of the Varanasi Weavers English with Hindi Satyaprakash Upadhyay
Nagarkirtan Bengali Kaushik Ganguly
Uma Bengali Srijit Mukherjee
Abyakto Bengali Arjun Dutta
Somoy Bengali Suryoday De
Uronchodi Bengali Abhishek Saha
October Hindi Shoojit Sircar
Bhor Hindi Kamakhya Narayanan Singh
Sinjar Jasari Pampally
Walking with the Wind Ladakhi Praveen Morchhale
Bhayanakam Malayalam Jayaraj
Makanna Malayalam Raheem Khader
Poomaram Malayalam Abrid Shine
Sudani From Nigeria Malayalam Zakariya
Ee.Ma.Yau Malayalam Lijo Jose Pellissery
Dhappa Marathi Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari
Aamhi Doghi Marathi Pratima Joshi
To Let Tamil Chezhiyan
Baaram Tamil Priya Krishnaswamy
Pariyerum Perumal Tamil Mari Selvaraj
Peranbu Tamil Ram
Paddayi Tulu Abhaya Simha

State Focus - Jharkhand (Special Section)

Title Language Director(s)
A Death in the Gunj Hindi Konkona Sen Sharma
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Hindi Neeraj Pandey
Panchlait Hindi Prem Prakash Modi
Begum Jaan Hindi Srijit Mukherji

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Mainstream Cinema Section

Title Language Director(s)
Mahanati Telugu Nag Ashwin
Tiger Zinda Hai Hindi Ali Abbas Zafar
Padmaavat Hindi Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Raazi Hindi Meghna Gulzar

Controversy

On 22 November 2018 delegates who had gathered to watch the Danish crime thriller The Guilty began protesting at Kala Academy when they were not allowed to enter the theater. This led to a clash between them and the organizers. In the resulting argument, Rajendra Talak, vice-chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), was quoted as asking delegates from Kerala to "go back home". A complaint was filed by Kerala-based director Kamal KM to IFFI CEO, Ameya Abhyankar. Following this, 29 other Malayali delegates, including 11 National Film winners like Dileesh Pothen and Dr Biju, signed a petition requesting a formal apology from Talak. When asked to comment, Talak replied that he had told the delegates to go back as the show was housefull. [7] [8]

References

  1. ^ Desk, TV News. "The 49th International Film Festival of India Highlights".
  2. ^ "IFFI 2018 to showcase 212 films". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. ^ History. "Film Sections". Iffi Goa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. ^ Last updated Nov 6, 2018. "49th IFFI to showcase 212 films, Israel in focus – The Shillong Times". Theshillongtimes.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2018.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)
  5. ^ "Opening Film of IFFI 2018 - The Aspern Papers". IFFI Goa. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Special Day at IFFI Promotes Jharkhand as a film making destination". Press Information Bureau of India.
  7. ^ Malkarnekar, Gauree (23 November 2018). "At Iffi, Rajendra Talak tells Kerala delegates: Go back home". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ^ Soman, Deepa (26 November 2018). "IFFI controversy: Rajendra Talak expressed interest to meet after the incident, but I didn't want to go, says K M Kamal". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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