17th Mumbai Film Festival
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- DirectorLukas Valenta RinnerStarsEva BiancoPablo SeijoMartín ShanlyIn the company of housewives, professionals and a retired tennis instructor, Hernán is part of a middle-class community that is preparing for the eventual arrival of the end of the world at a holiday resort in the marshy Tigre delta.International Competition
- DirectorMirlan AbdykalykovStarsJibek BaktybekovaTaalaikan AbazovaAnar NazarkulovaA family of nomads live in the high, remote mountains of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia; elderly herdsman Tabyldy, his wife Karachach, their daughter-in-law Shaiyr and their 7 year old granddaughter Umsunai. Shaiyr's son studies in the city and visits them only during the summer holidays. Her husband died many years ago when he was drowned in a mountain river, trying to save a foal. Shaiyr decided to stay with the family due to her strong attachment to the wonderful land and its people. The family breed horses and life goes on as normal amidst the beautiful scenery of the mountain gorge. But another resident of the area appears in Shaiyr's life, meteorologist Ermek, whose weather station is located near to the family's home...International Competition
- DirectorSamanou Acheche SahlstrømStarsLisa CarlehedPeter PlaugborgJohanna WokalekMaria is a caring young nurse who wants to break free. Niels is an incurable patient who wants to travel to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide. Together they embark on an intense journey that will bring them closer to their dreams--and to each other.International Competition
- DirectorYorgos ZoisStarsAlexandros VardaxoglouMaria KallimaniAlexia KaltsikiA post modern theater adaptation of a classic Greek tragedy takes place in a central theater of Athens. Like every night, the audience take their seats and the play begins. Suddenly, the lights on stage go out. A group of young people, dressed in black and carrying guns, come up on stage. They apologize for the interruption and invite people from the audience to participate on stage. The audience is captivated by the ambivalence, still not realizing if this is part of the play or not. The play resumes with a main difference; life imitates art and not vice versa.International Competition
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroyMaría TelónManuel AntúnOn the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.International Competition
- DirectorBi GanStarsYongzhong ChenFeiyang LuoLixun XieWhile travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.International Competition
- DirectorCésar Augusto AcevedoStarsHaimer LealHilda RuizEdison RaigosaAfter having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.International Competition
- DirectorYosef BarakiStarsFarzana NawabiHashmatullah FanaiQadir Aryaie12 year-old Mina cooks, sews, washes and works selling knick-knacks on the war-torn streets of Kabul to feed her neglectful father and senile grandfather. Nobody praises her. She spends her life walking without looking back or stopping.International Competition
- DirectorAndrew CividinoStarsJackson MartinNick SerinoReece MoffettWhile spending the summer in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior, three teens cope with boredom by testing the limits of their experience.International Competition
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsJohn ReddyJashaun St. JohnIrene BedardWith an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.International Competition
- DirectorLaura BispuriStarsAlba RohrwacherEmily FerratelloLars EidingerYears after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of Albania, Hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modern-day Milan.International Competition
- DirectorRaam ReddyStarsThammegowda S.ChannegowdaAbhishek H.N.In a South Indian village, a centenarian's funeral brings together his free-spirited son, inheritance-hungry grandson and girl-crazy great-grandson.International Competition
- DirectorLouis GarrelStarsGolshifteh FarahaniVincent MacaigneLouis GarrelTwo best friends have their relationship tested when Abel tries to help his friend Clement with the latter's love interest Mona.International Competition
- DirectorDodo DayaoStarsJoel LamanganVictor NeriAnthony Falcon'Four men with nowhere to go and everything to lose are about to have the worst night of their lives. A film about the end of the world. And the demon in all of us'International Competition
- DirectorGurvinder SinghStarsSuvinder VickyGurpreet BhanguRajbir KaurFear and paranoia pervade life in rural Punjab of the '80s, before and after Operation Blue Star, as separatists clash with security forces.India Gold
- DirectorRahul DahiyaStarsRajveer Ankur SinghNeha ChauhanVibha TyagiSet in the badlands of Haryana, known for high rates of female foeticide, G Kutta Se explores the murky world of sexual transgression and honour killings in India.India Gold
- DirectorHeer GanjwalaKarma TakapaAbhishek VarmaStarsAparnaaRamesh PaniYuvraj Singh AzadAn author's struggle between what he wants to write and what others might want to read culminates into a surrealist novel.India Gold
- DirectorVetrimaaranStarsDineshSamuthirakaniAnandhiFour labourers are tortured by the police to confess to a theft they have not committed.India Gold
- DirectorRuchika OberoiStarsVinay PathakAmruta SubhashTannishtha ChatterjeeA collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office 'Fun Committee Award', which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option... The second story begins with a domineering head-of-the-family, Anil, who is on life support. Seeking some relief, his family decides to buy a TV, which Anil had banned. Now every night the family plugs into a popular soap whose hero, Purshottam, is a man ideal in every way and they are smitten. Then suddenly, comes the news that Anil is better and may be home soon. Will they have to let Purshottam go?... The third one centers on Aarti whose repetitive existence is slowly making her more and more mechanical and numb. Deep inside ferments a disconnect and unease that she is unable to articulate to anyone. Then one day there arrives a most intimate letter and everything changes...India Gold
- DirectorBhaskar HazarikaStarsSeema BiswasAdil HussainZerifa WahidFour folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.India Gold
- DirectorNilaanjan Reeta DattaStarsMonuj BorkotokyKriti Kamal DasMrigendra Narayan KonwarAn encounter with ones own past, as the mainstream engulfs all sub cultures and ethos and tries to create one world order.India Gold
- DirectorPrashant NairStarsAashish BhattUplaksh KochharMegh PantAn ambitious man leaves his small Indian village for America. But when his letters to home stop coming, his brother sets out on his own adventure.India Gold
- DirectorBauddhayan MukherjiStarsAdil HussainRitwick ChakrabortyNayani DixitThe Violin Player is the story of one day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.India Gold
- DirectorShlok SharmaJatinkumar Jagdishbhai PatelStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiShweta TripathiTrimala AdhikariA selfish, manipulative schoolteacher takes advantage of a schoolgirl's vulnerability to gratify his dark, narcissistic desires.India Gold
- DirectorYann Arthus-BertrandStarsLuis CancuAtmanBerthonyA collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsPili GroyneBenoît PoelvoordeCatherine DeneuveDid you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJesuthasan AntonythasanKalieaswari SrinivasanClaudine VinasithambyDheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorAlice WinocourStarsMatthias SchoenaertsDiane KrugerPaul HamyVincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility in Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsSimon AbkarianAriane AscarideGrégoire Leprince-RinguetIn the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles Tessier, a young cyclist who was passing at that moment, is seriously injured. Aram, on the run, joins the Armenian Liberation Army in Beirut, the hotbed of international revolution in those years. Gilles is trying to understand when Anouch, Aram's mother, arrives in his hospital room to beg his forgiveness. She admits that her son planted the bomb. Aram clashes with his comrades in Beirut and decides to meet his victim to make him his spokesman.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelStarsClotilde CourauStanislas MerharLena PaugamPierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabeth, he falls for her, but wants to keep Manon at the same time. But the new girl in his life finds out that Manon has a lover. When she tells Pierre, the time comes for difficult decisions all round.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorZoltán MayerStarsYolande MoreauJingjing QuDong Fu LinLiliane, a provincial nurse in her peaceful fifties, must cope with the accidental death of her son in China. She decides to fly there in order to repatriate the body. This mourning journey will soon turn out to be a trip of discovery of her son whom she didn't see for years and a trip to make a fresh start through the insight of a new culture.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsAnge DargentThéophile BaquetDiane BesnierTwo young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsQuentin DolmaireLou Roy-LecollinetMathieu AmalricPaul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.RENDEZVOUS
- DirectorM.S. SathyuStarsBalraj SahniA.K. HangalGeeta KakIn post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.RESTORED CLASSICS
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoStarsAiko NagayamaChinatsu NakayamaMasaya TakahashiAfter being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.RESTORED CLASSICS
- DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsSupriya ChoudhuryAbanish BanerjeeAnil ChatterjeeA highly critical look at the role of "progressive" art and artists in a changing society.RESTORED CLASSICS
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsGuru DuttWaheeda RehmanMala SinhaVijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.RESTORED CLASSICS
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKanu BannerjeeKaruna BannerjeeSubir BanerjeeImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.RESTORED CLASSICS
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsPinaki SenguptaSmaran GhosalKamala AdhikariFollowing his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.RESTORED CLASSICS
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSharmila TagoreAlok ChakravartyThis final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.RESTORED CLASSICS