Qaushik Mukherjee’s Gandu (Asshole) will compete at the 17th Athens International Film Festival that opens on Thursday.
The opening film of the festival is Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist.
Around 175 titles will be presented at the festival under 15 sections. The festival will pay tribute to Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura and Dutch filmmaker Johan van der Keuken. The country in focus will be Norway.
The festival will close on September 25 with Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation.
International competition lineup:
Bellflower, dir Evan Glodell (USA)
Silver Tongues, dir Simon Arthur (USA)
Volcano (Eldfjall), dir Runar Runarsson (Iceland)
Asshole (Gandu), dir Qaushik Mukherjee (India)
Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus), dir Stephane Lafleur (Canada)
Natural Selection, dir Robbie Pickering (USA)
Sensation, dir Tom Hall (Ireland)
Submarine, dir Richard Ayoade (UK, Us)
Sidewalls (Medianeras), dir Gustavo Tarreto (Argentina)
Bullhead (Rundscop), dir Michael Roskam (Belgium)
Love, dir William Eubank (USA)
Silver Forest (Silberwald), dir Christine Repond (Switzerland)
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The opening film of the festival is Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist.
Around 175 titles will be presented at the festival under 15 sections. The festival will pay tribute to Japanese filmmaker Yasuzo Masumura and Dutch filmmaker Johan van der Keuken. The country in focus will be Norway.
The festival will close on September 25 with Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation.
International competition lineup:
Bellflower, dir Evan Glodell (USA)
Silver Tongues, dir Simon Arthur (USA)
Volcano (Eldfjall), dir Runar Runarsson (Iceland)
Asshole (Gandu), dir Qaushik Mukherjee (India)
Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus), dir Stephane Lafleur (Canada)
Natural Selection, dir Robbie Pickering (USA)
Sensation, dir Tom Hall (Ireland)
Submarine, dir Richard Ayoade (UK, Us)
Sidewalls (Medianeras), dir Gustavo Tarreto (Argentina)
Bullhead (Rundscop), dir Michael Roskam (Belgium)
Love, dir William Eubank (USA)
Silver Forest (Silberwald), dir Christine Repond (Switzerland)
On the Ice,...
- 9/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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