IFFI 2021 Kaleidoscope: Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn and The Worst Person In The World Etc.
IFFI unwraps Kaleidoscope package, 11 films to be showcase
IFFI 52 unveils Potpourri of films in World Panorama Section
55 cinematic gems from across the world to be presented at World Panorama Section
Thurs, Nov, 18, 2021, New Delhi, India: The films selected for Festival Kaleidoscope at The 52nd International Film Festival of India are as follows-
- Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn
Director: Radu Jade | Romania, Luxembourg, Croatia,Czech Republic | Romanian
Synopsis: A video goes viral. It shows a man and a woman having sex while wearing masks. The woman is, nevertheless, identified. Too bad she is a teacher and supposed to be a role model. And this, moreover, in a (post-socialist but ultimately any) society that is about to get lost in a social network discourse of would-be healing squeaky-clean attitudes, pseudo-political knowing-it-all, sanctimonious chauvinism and grotesque conspiracy theories. Everyone has an opinion. The debate turns into a tribunal – about consensual sex, pornography and more.
- Brighton 4th
Director: Levan Koguashvili | Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, USA | Georgian
Synopsis: The story of former wrestling champion Kakhi whose devotion to his family leads him on a journey from his home in Tbilisi to visit his son Soso in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. He is not studying medicine, as Kakhi believed, but is working for a moving company to repay a gambling debt to a local mob boss. Kakhi sets his mind to helping his son…
- Compartment No 6
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Germany, Estonia, Russia | Finnish, Russian
Synopsis: A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment no. 6 to face the truth about their own yearning for human connection.
- Feathers
Director: Omar El Zohairy | France, Egypt, The Netherlands, Greece | Arabic
Synopsis: When a magic trick goes awry at a children’s birthday party, the authoritative father of the family turns into a chicken. An avalanche of coincidental absurdities befalls everyone; the mother, whose mundane life was dedicated to her husband and children, is now urged to come to the fore and take care of her family. While moving heaven and earth to bring her husband back and secure their survival, she goes through a total transformation.
- I'm Your Man
Director: Maria Schrader | Germany | German
Synopsis: Alma is a scientist at the famous Pergamon Museum in Berlin. In order to obtain research funds for her studies, she accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment. For three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot whose artificial intelligence has been designed to allow it to morph into that of her ideal life partner. Enter Tom, a machine in (handsome) human form, created to make her happy. What ensues is a tragicomic tale that explores notions of love, longing and what makes us human.
- Red Rocket
Director: Sean Baker | United States of America | English
Synopsis: The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, Red Rocket is a darkly funny, raw, and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.
- Souad
Director: Ayten Amin | Egypt, Tunisia, Germany | Arabic
Synopsis: Souad, a 19-year-old Egyptian, is on the cusp of adulthood. In her everyday life, her desire to explore new kinds of freedom clashes with the expectations of society, her family and religious community which she has internalised. On the one hand, she creates a secret cosmopolitan alter ego on her smartphone and seeks romantic connections online. On the other, she is a diligent student, obedient daughter and big sister. But when Souad’s notions of a self-determined life shatter, the busy noise of her contradictory realities dissipates, clearing the way to reveal an encounter between two people who have nothing in common but their relationship with Souad. Perhaps it is only now, in this encounter, that Souad becomes tangible.
With a sure hand for changes of pace, and skilfully juxtaposing dense and unhurried moments, Ayten Amin gets remarkably close to her characters to depict the longing to know another person and to be recognised ourselves.
- Spencer
Director: Pablo Larraín | Germany, UK | English
Synopsis: The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There’s eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be a whole lot different.
Spencer is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.
- The Story of My Wife
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary, Germany, Italy, France | English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
Synopsis: The Story of My Wife follows the dashing Gijs Naber as the gallant yet damned Captain Jakob Störr, who bets an associate that he will marry the first woman who enters the café they’re sitting in. Destined to converge with Störr’s life, in walks Lizzy and the rest, as they say, is written in the stars.
- The Worst Person In The World
Director: Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark | Norwegian
Synopsis: A modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- Titane
Director: Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium | French|
Synopsis: A young man with a bruised face is discovered in an airport. He claims his name to be Adrien Legrand—a child who disappeared ten years ago. As he’s finally reunited with his father, gruesome murders are piling up in the region.
IFFI 52 unveils Potpourri of films in World Panorama Section
55 cinematic gems from across the world to be presented at World Panorama Section
Goa, November 18, 2021
As many as 55 films across the world will be showcased under the World Panorama Section of 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) this year. The nine-day film festival, being organized in both hybrid and virtual formats, is being held in Goa during November 20 - 28, 2021.
- 1000 Dreams directed by Marat Sarulu
Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz
- A Film About Couples directed by Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
Dominican Republic | Spanish, Catalan
- A Higher Law directed by Octav Chelaru
Romania | Romanian
- Absence directed by Ali Mosaffa
Iran, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic | English, Persian, Czech
- Abu Omar directed by Roy Krispel
Israel | Hebrew, Arabic
- Anais in Love directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
France | French
- Asterrarium directed by Armen H'Akopian
Russian Federation | Russian
- Atlantide directed by Yuri Ancarani
Italy, France, US, Qatar | Italian
- Bebia, À Mon Seul Désir directed by Juja Dobrachkous
Georgia, UK | Georgian, Russian
- Bergman Island directed by Mia Hansen Love
France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden | English
- Captain Volkonogov Escaped directed by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov
Russia| Estonia| France | Russian
- Celts directed by Milica Tomović
Serbia | Serbian
- Clara Sola directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Sweden, Costa Rica, Belgium | Spanish
- Dark Matter directed by Iman Tahsin
Andorra | Turkish
- Fathers directed by Salem Salavati
Iran | Persian
- Hinterland directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Austria, Luxembourg | German
- Holy Island directed by Robert Manson
Ireland | English
- Humanization directed by Giulio Musi
Sweden | Swedish
- Islands directed by Martin Edralin
Canada | Filipino, Tagalog, English
- Lamb directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson
Iceland, Sweden, Poland | Icelandic
- Love Songs for Tough Guys directed by Samuel Benchetrit
France, Belgium | French
- Luzzu directed by Alex Camilleri
Malta | Maltese
- Miss Osaka directed by Daniel Dencik
Denmark, Norway, Japan | English, Japanese, Danish
- Nightride directed by Stephen Fingleton
United Kingdom | English
- Ninjababy directed by Yngvild Sve Flikke
Norway | Norwegian
- Our Father directed by David Pantaleón
Spain | Spanish
- Out of Sync directed by Juanjo Giménez
Spain, Lithuania, France | Spanish
- Patio of Illusion directed by Shangshi Chen
Macau | Cantonese
- Private Desert directed by Aly Muritiba
Brazil, Portugal | Brazilian-Portuguese
- Promises directed by Thomas Kruithof
France | French
- Pure White directed by Necip Caghan Ozdemir
Turkey | Turkish
- Rafaela directed by Tito Rodriguez
Dominican Republic | Spanish
- Rhino directed by Oleh Sentsov
Ukraine, Poland, Germany | German, Ukrainian, Russian
- Saloum directed by Jean Luc Herbulot
Senegal | French, Wolof
- Silent Land directed by Aga Woszczyńska
Poland, Italy, Czech Republic | Polish, English, Italian, Franch
- Tailor directed by Sonia Liza Kenterman
Greece, Germany, Belgium | Greek
- The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See the Titanic directed by Teemu Nikki
Finland | Finnish
- The Book of Delights directed by Marcela Lordy
Brazil | Brazilian-Portuguese
- The Exam directed by Shawkat Amin Korki
Germany, Iraq, Qatar | Kurdish
- The Giants directed by Bonifacio Angius
Italy | Italian
- The Girl and The Spider directed by Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher
Switzerland | German
- The Gravedigger’s Wife directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
France, Somalia, Germany, Finland | Somali
- The Guest directed by Ana Mancera
Spain | Spanish
- The Hotel directed by Alexandr Baluyev
Russian Federation | Russian
- The Innocents directed by Eskil Vogt
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, United Kingdom | Norwegian
- The Night Belongs to Lovers directed by Julien Hilmoine
France | French
- The Odd-Job Men directed by Neus Ballús
Spain | Spanish, Catalan
- The Preacher directed by Tito Jara H.
Ecuador, Colombia, Spain | Spanish
- The Red Tree directed by Joan Gómez Endara
Colombia, Panama, France | Spanish
- The Restless directed by Joachim Lafosse
France, Belgium, Luxembourg | French
- The Seed directed by Mia Maariel Meyer
Germany | German
- The Staffroom directed by Sonja Tarokić
Croatia | Croatian
- The Sun of that Moon directed by Setareh Eskandari
Iran | Balochi
- Unbalanced directed by Juan Baldana
Argentina | Spanish
- What We Know directed by Jordi Núñez
Spain | Spanish