Bolivian film “Pacha” to open 1st Kochi International Film Festival

Pacha, a Bolivian film by Héctor Ferreiro will open the first edition of the Kochi International Film Festival today. The festival that will run from December 16-23 will be inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy.

The festival will screen films from Latin America, Europe, Asia and USA, apart from films on the 100 Years of Indian Cinema and Centenary of Masters.

A total of 50 international films and 24 Indian films will be screened. Five films from Thailand, eight from Poland six films from Iran will be a part of the international section. While 18 Malayalam, one Tulu film and three Hindi films are in the line-up.

 

Line up of films:

 

100 Years of Indian Cinema

 

Malayalam Golden 10:

 

Elippathayam (The Rat Trap) by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Chidambaram by G. Aravindan

Danny by T. V. Chandran

Amma Ariyan by John Abraham

Oppol by K. S. Sethumadhavan

Nirmalyam by M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Uppu by Pavithran

Olavum Theeravum by P. N. Menon

Manimuzhakkam by P. A. Backer

Kaliyattam by Jayaraaj

 

Malayalam New Currents:

 

22 Female Kottayam by Aashiq Abu

Thattathin Marayathu by Vineeth Sreenivasan

Ustad Hotel by Anwar Rasheed

Nidra by Siddharth Bharathan

Salt N\’ Pepper by Aashiq Abu

Friday by Lijin Jose

Ee Adutha Kaalathu by Arun Kumar Aravind

Indian Rupee by Ranjith

 

Latin America

 

Los Salvajes by Alejandro Fadel

Neighbouring Sounds by Kleber Mendonça Filho

La Playa by Juan Andrés Arango Garcia

The Dead Men And Being Happy by Javier Rebollo

La Demora by Rodrigo Plá

Gente Del Rio by Pablo Aparo and Martin Benchimol

 

European

Operation Libertad by Nicolas Wadimoff

Sister by Ursula Meier

Clip by Maja Milos

Anton Corbijn Inside Out by Klaartje Quirijns

Flower Buds by Zdenek Jirasky

The Punk Syndrome by Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-P Passi

Tue-moi by Emily Atef

Holy Motors by Leos Carax

Top Floor, Left Wing by Angelo Cianci

Elles by Malgorzata Szumowska

Shameless by Filip Marczewski

Tim Sander Goes to Hollywood by Andreas Schaap

Lore by Cate Shortland

Trattoria by Soleen Yusef

Me and You by Bernardo Bertolucci

Donkeys of Border by Jeton Ahmetaj

Mercy by Matthias Glasner

Beyond the Hills by Cristian Mungiu

Sons of Norway by Jens Lien

Amour (Love) by Michael Haneke

Our Children by Joachim Lafosse

Roman Polanski by Laurent Bouzereau

 

Asian

 

111 Girls by Nahid Ghobadi and Bijan Zmanpira

Kayan by Maryam Najafi

Breakaway by Ian Loreños

Australia by Baz Luhrmann

Azooma by Lee Ji-seung

White Belly by Jordi Lara

The Orange Suite by Dariush Mehrjui

Modest Reception by Mani Haghighi

No Entry for Man by Rambod Javan

The Last Step by Ali Mosaffa

The Weight by Jeon Kyu-hwan

 

U.S.A.

 

Starlet by Sean S. Baker

Hidden Lives by Brandon Irwin and Mike Kaiser

Girls Against Boys by Austin Chick

Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin

 

Centenary of Masters: 

 

Film by Akira Kurosawa

Sanshiro Sugata 2

No Regrets for Our Youth

Quiet Duel

Rashomon

Scandal

Throne of Blood

The Lower Depths

Dodes’ka-den

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