Kolkata International Film Festival 2023
This is a list of films to be shown on Kolkata International Film Festival 2023. There are a few movies unavailable on IMDB. I have listed those first.
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Category: Competition on Indian Language's Films
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1. AVNI KI KISMAT
Shonet Anthony Barretto
2. OZHUKI OZHUKI OZHUKI
SANJEEV SIVAN, SANJEEV SIVAN
3. KHERWAL
Uttam Kamati
4. VALLI
MANOJ SHINDE
5. GORAI PHAKHRI (Wild Swans)
Rajni Basumatary
6. KANDEELU THE RAY OF HOPE (Kandeelu The Ray Of Hope,)
K YASHODA PRAKASH
7. SAMARPAN (Surrender)
Arup Manna
8. ONKARA (The Ascension)
Unni KR
9. HEMANTER APARANHA (Autumn Afternoon)
Ashoke Viswanathan
10. A BOY WHO DREAMT OF ELECTRICITY
Jigar Madanlal Nagda
11. JOSEPHS SON
HAOBAM PABAN KUMAR
12. WHISPERS OF FIRE AND WATER
Lubdhak Chatterjee
13. SUZIE Q
Chandan Roy Sanyal
14. NELLIER KOTHA (The Nellie Story)
Parthajit Baruah
15. SAAYAVANAM
Anil Kumar
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Category: Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
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1. TENIRBERDI (Gods Gift)
Asel Zhuraeva
2. NONA PANI (Barren Waters)
Syeda Neegar Banu
3. BROKEN DREAMS STORIES FROM THE MYANMAR COUP
Ninefold Mosaic
4. WALKER
JOEL LAMANGAN
5. NANDA MASTERNKA CHATASALI (Nanda School Of Tradition)
Mr. Pranab Aich
6. DHORPATAN (No Winter Holidays)
Rajan Kathet , Sunir Pandey
7. ND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
SREEMOYEE SINGH
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Category: Competition on Indian Documentary Films
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1. TIGER ARMY
Sourav Sarangi
2. FORGED IN FIRE
Bindu Nair
3. SOMEDAY
Vishal P. Chaliha
4. NOBO JAGORONER GAAN (Music Of Rejuvenation)
Subha Das Mollick
5. LANGUR ''THE MAN MONKEY''
Haider Khan
6. CHALLENGE
Ramen Borah, Sibanu Borah
7. SABAR - ARANYER ANNA KATHA (Shrinking Of The Sturdy : Sabar Tales)
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTY
8. THE DEVINE HEART
Sushma Milind Kuvaleka
9. THE PLASSEY CONSPIRACY
Mujibar Rahman
10. TENZING BODOSA THE STORY OF A TRIBAL ENTREPRENEUR
Mushuka Ramchiary
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Category: Short & Documentary Panorama
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1. JUGOLESHU (The Saga Of A Couplet)
Palash Das
2. PARADISE LOST
Prasun Banerjee
3. SKILLED WORK VS UNSKILLED WORK
Dibyendu Das
4. PADMASHRI WAREPPA NABA : RITUALS TO MAINSTREAM
Bobby Wahengbam
5. MANABZAMIN (Quest For Love)
DEBDOOT BASU, MRINAL JANA
6. YES SIR
Mudit Singhal
7. BETELGEUSE
SUNDER KONAR
8. THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE
CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEE
9. EBAR RAJAR PALA (Now It's The Turn Of The King)
Kaushik Sengupta
10. GIDDH - THE SCAVENGER
Manish Saini
11. MOROK (The Overlay)
Narottam Prasad Sil
12. SADABAHAR
Suyash Kamat
13. CHOCOLATE WRAPPER
Pawan Kamble
14. MESSI: JIBONER KATAKUTI KHELA
Anilava Chatterjee
15. DOCUMENTARY ON CHANDANNAGAR JAGADHATRI PUJA
FRANCOIS JOLY
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Category: Bengali Panorama
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1. MON POTONGO (Mind Flies)
Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti
2. BIJOYAR PORE (Autumn Flies)
ABHIJIT SRIDAS
3. MATRIPAKSHA (Invisible Chord)
Rajesh Roy
4. ABAR ASHIBO FIREY (We Shall Come Back)
Debapratim Dasgupta
5. AWNATH
Anisul
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Category: Special Screening
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1. ASHGHAL HA VA AROUSAK HA (Junks & Dolls)
Manijeh Hekmat
2. KENNEDY
Anurag Kashyap
3. OUTHOUSE
Sunil Sukthankar
4. PORSHI NEELER AARSHINAGAR (Beyond The Blues)
Debalina Majumder
5. CONTINUING TRADITIONS
Donal O Ceilleachair
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Category: Unheard India: Rare Language Films
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1. PETA DOCHCHO (Bird Thief)
Sounak Kar
2. DHAKAD CHHORIYAAN (Brave Girls)
Rajeev Bhatia
3. PAI TANG (Step Of Hope)
Prabal Khaund
4. MOGGAJANA KOLI (When Dreams Get Feathers)
SANTHOSH MADA
5. GALWAN VEER: THE FIGHTER GANESH HANSDA
SURENDRA TUDU
6. THE MISSING BOY
Malay Kumar Roy
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Category: Competition on Indian Language's Films
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1. AVNI KI KISMAT
Shonet Anthony Barretto
2. OZHUKI OZHUKI OZHUKI
SANJEEV SIVAN, SANJEEV SIVAN
3. KHERWAL
Uttam Kamati
4. VALLI
MANOJ SHINDE
5. GORAI PHAKHRI (Wild Swans)
Rajni Basumatary
6. KANDEELU THE RAY OF HOPE (Kandeelu The Ray Of Hope,)
K YASHODA PRAKASH
7. SAMARPAN (Surrender)
Arup Manna
8. ONKARA (The Ascension)
Unni KR
9. HEMANTER APARANHA (Autumn Afternoon)
Ashoke Viswanathan
10. A BOY WHO DREAMT OF ELECTRICITY
Jigar Madanlal Nagda
11. JOSEPHS SON
HAOBAM PABAN KUMAR
12. WHISPERS OF FIRE AND WATER
Lubdhak Chatterjee
13. SUZIE Q
Chandan Roy Sanyal
14. NELLIER KOTHA (The Nellie Story)
Parthajit Baruah
15. SAAYAVANAM
Anil Kumar
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Category: Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
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1. TENIRBERDI (Gods Gift)
Asel Zhuraeva
2. NONA PANI (Barren Waters)
Syeda Neegar Banu
3. BROKEN DREAMS STORIES FROM THE MYANMAR COUP
Ninefold Mosaic
4. WALKER
JOEL LAMANGAN
5. NANDA MASTERNKA CHATASALI (Nanda School Of Tradition)
Mr. Pranab Aich
6. DHORPATAN (No Winter Holidays)
Rajan Kathet , Sunir Pandey
7. ND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
SREEMOYEE SINGH
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Category: Competition on Indian Documentary Films
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1. TIGER ARMY
Sourav Sarangi
2. FORGED IN FIRE
Bindu Nair
3. SOMEDAY
Vishal P. Chaliha
4. NOBO JAGORONER GAAN (Music Of Rejuvenation)
Subha Das Mollick
5. LANGUR ''THE MAN MONKEY''
Haider Khan
6. CHALLENGE
Ramen Borah, Sibanu Borah
7. SABAR - ARANYER ANNA KATHA (Shrinking Of The Sturdy : Sabar Tales)
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTY
8. THE DEVINE HEART
Sushma Milind Kuvaleka
9. THE PLASSEY CONSPIRACY
Mujibar Rahman
10. TENZING BODOSA THE STORY OF A TRIBAL ENTREPRENEUR
Mushuka Ramchiary
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Category: Short & Documentary Panorama
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1. JUGOLESHU (The Saga Of A Couplet)
Palash Das
2. PARADISE LOST
Prasun Banerjee
3. SKILLED WORK VS UNSKILLED WORK
Dibyendu Das
4. PADMASHRI WAREPPA NABA : RITUALS TO MAINSTREAM
Bobby Wahengbam
5. MANABZAMIN (Quest For Love)
DEBDOOT BASU, MRINAL JANA
6. YES SIR
Mudit Singhal
7. BETELGEUSE
SUNDER KONAR
8. THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE
CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEE
9. EBAR RAJAR PALA (Now It's The Turn Of The King)
Kaushik Sengupta
10. GIDDH - THE SCAVENGER
Manish Saini
11. MOROK (The Overlay)
Narottam Prasad Sil
12. SADABAHAR
Suyash Kamat
13. CHOCOLATE WRAPPER
Pawan Kamble
14. MESSI: JIBONER KATAKUTI KHELA
Anilava Chatterjee
15. DOCUMENTARY ON CHANDANNAGAR JAGADHATRI PUJA
FRANCOIS JOLY
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Category: Bengali Panorama
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1. MON POTONGO (Mind Flies)
Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti
2. BIJOYAR PORE (Autumn Flies)
ABHIJIT SRIDAS
3. MATRIPAKSHA (Invisible Chord)
Rajesh Roy
4. ABAR ASHIBO FIREY (We Shall Come Back)
Debapratim Dasgupta
5. AWNATH
Anisul
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Category: Special Screening
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1. ASHGHAL HA VA AROUSAK HA (Junks & Dolls)
Manijeh Hekmat
2. KENNEDY
Anurag Kashyap
3. OUTHOUSE
Sunil Sukthankar
4. PORSHI NEELER AARSHINAGAR (Beyond The Blues)
Debalina Majumder
5. CONTINUING TRADITIONS
Donal O Ceilleachair
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Category: Unheard India: Rare Language Films
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1. PETA DOCHCHO (Bird Thief)
Sounak Kar
2. DHAKAD CHHORIYAAN (Brave Girls)
Rajeev Bhatia
3. PAI TANG (Step Of Hope)
Prabal Khaund
4. MOGGAJANA KOLI (When Dreams Get Feathers)
SANTHOSH MADA
5. GALWAN VEER: THE FIGHTER GANESH HANSDA
SURENDRA TUDU
6. THE MISSING BOY
Malay Kumar Roy
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Centenary Tribute: Mrinal Sen - DirectorMrinal SenStarsSatya BanerjeeRadhamohan BhattacharyaDhritiman ChatterjeeA film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943.
Centenary Tribute: Mrinal Sen - DirectorMrinal SenStarsAnjan DuttMamata ShankarSreela MajumdarThe servant boy, a minor, engaged in a middle class family dies mysteriously locked in a kitchen.
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- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandHema MaliniPran SikandMonu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the goon and takes refuge in a car boot. Years later Sohan goes on to become a CID officer called Sohan Kumar, who solves his cases taking up different guises. He takes the identity of Johny a petty thief and gets himself in Jail, befriends Heera (Jeevan) and goes to solve a case wooing Rekha (Hema) and finding the criminal.Centenary Tribute: Dev Anand
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsAshok KumarDev AnandVyjayanthimalaA Police Commissioner's son comes under suspicion for being a jewel thief.Centenary Tribute: Dev Anand
- DirectorMohan SinhaStarsSuraiyaDev AnandKanhaiyalal ChaturvediIndia has finally won independence from British rule, and there are signs of progress among the population. One such sign of progress is in the village where two childhood sweethearts, namely Jeet and Vijay live. Vijay lives with his mom and brother Ratan. Ratan, who lives abroad, returns home to India, with all new ideas of progress and advancement. This is not met well with some of the villagers, including Jeet and Vijay themselves. Ratan overhears a conversation that Vijay is not his real brother, and asks Vijay to leave the house, despite of his mother's protests. Self-respecting Vijay leaves the house, and Ratan plans to marry Jeet, and schemes with some villagers that will revolutionize his plans for progress, and make Vijay the culprit.Centenary Tribute: Dev Anand
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandWaheeda RehmanLeela ChitnisWhen mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.Centenary Tribute: Dev Anand
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsDev AnandShakilaJohnny WalkerA newspaper editor gets murdered when he was about to expose the underworld links of a rich person. So, a C.I.D inspector gets assigned to investigate the murder case.Centenary Tribute: Dev Anand
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsDev AnandGeeta BaliKalpana KartikAn ace gambler is forced to join a gambling syndicate in order to pay for the treatment of his ill sister and is framed for murder when he expresses his desire to get out.Centenary Tribute: Dev Anand
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsLy AbdoulayAlbourahBoron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working man.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMbissine Thérèse DiopAnne-Marie JelinekRobert FontaineA black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsThierno LeyeMyriam NiangSeune SambA corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsAndongo DiabonRobert FontaineMichel RenaudeauAs World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsTabata NdiayeAlioune FallMoustapha YadeIn protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo (outsiders) kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsAbou CamaraMarie Augustine DiattaYama DiedhiouBurial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. A satiric portrayal of religion and politics, sometimes humorous, sometimes deadly serious.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMakhouredia GueyeYnousse N'DiayeIsseu NiangA money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.
Centenary Tribute: Ousmane Sembene - DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid WoodRichard WarwickIn this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
Mandabi
1968 | Movie
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Centenary Tribute: Lindsay Anderson - DirectorBasu BhattacharyaStarsRaj KapoorWaheeda RehmanDulariA naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling courtesan.
Mandabi
1968 | Movie
7.3 (1,403)
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Centenary Tribute: Mukesh & Sailendra - DirectorKen LoachStarsDave TurnerEbla MariClaire RodgersonThe future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.Cinema International
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsTandin WangchukTandin PhubzKelsang ChoejayAn American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.Cinema International
- DirectorLuc JacquetStarsLuc JacquetA visually stunning adventure from the few thousand kilometers that separate Patagonia from the South Pole, a definitive tribute to a disappearing continent.Films on Environment
- DirectorShaunak SenStarsSalik RehmanMohammad SaudNadeem ShehzadAmidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.Films on Environment
- DirectorAnil ThomasStarsRani SarranFilms on Environment
- DirectorBiplab DasStarsJoyeeta BanerjeeAditi Ghosh MallickKaushik MandalThis movie is inspired by works of Traditional Farmers from Indian state of West Bengal. As a tribute to those relentless protectors of Uncorrupted Nature and FoodFilms on Environment
- DirectorRakshith ThirthahalliStarsSuchendra PrasadAshika SomashekarKeshav GutthalliTimma, a Western Ghat local, seeks funds for his son's education and a new home. Disrupting his belief in spirituality, he goes on to find king cobra's eggs (considered divine) for money on behest of outsiders (Snake Research team).Films on Environment
- DirectorÁlvaro GagoStarsMaría VázquezSanti PregoTatánA woman in a Galician fishing village is struggling to get by with hard work and rough charm. With her 18-year-old daughter now ready to stand on her own two feet, Ramona begins to question her life up to this point.Focus Country: Spain
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEthan HawkePedro PascalPedro CasablancAfter twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.Focus Country: Spain
- DirectorElena MartínStarsElena MartínMila BorràsClàudia MalageladaA sexual awakening causes a woman to reconsider her past relationships.Focus Country: Spain
- DirectorVíctor EriceStarsManolo SoloJose CoronadoAna TorrentA Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.Focus Country: Spain
- DirectorRodrigo SorogoyenStarsMarina FoïsDenis MénochetLuis ZaheraAn expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.Focus Country: Spain
- DirectorEstibaliz Urresola SolagurenStarsSofía OteroPatricia López ArnaizAne GabarainDuring a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that will change their lives forever.Focus Country: Spain
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie MorassiThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.Focus on Australian Horror
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRachel RobertsAnne-Louise LambertVivean GrayDuring a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.Focus on Australian Horror