Bengali films make an entry to the int’l section at KIFF

Churni Ganguly is on cloud nine. The actress-cum-director, who has grown up watching films at

Kolkata International Film Festival

, had to pinch herself to believe that she got an official mail from

KIFF

that her film is selected in International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images. “I still can’t believe that Tarikh (A Timeline) is part of such a prestigious section of the festival. Whether the film wins or not is secondary as being a part of the festival itself is so prestigious. For the first time, my film will be shown at KIFF and I do feel honoured,” said Churni. The film is about three friends, their families and a group of students. The other Bengali film to be featured in this section is Runanubandha (The HE without HIM) by Amartya Bhattacharyya.

OTHER FILMS TO BE SHOWN AT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: INNOVATION IN MOVING IMAGES
Unicórnio (Portuguese) Yomeddine (Arabic) Olu (Malayalam) Endless? (Persian) Runanubandha (The He Without Him) (Bengali) La negrada (Black Mexicans) (Spanish) Sibel (Turkish) The Third Wife (Vietnamese) PERSONS OF INTEREST (Philipino) Genezis (Hungarian) Imi este indiferent daca in istorie vom intra ca barbari (I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS) (Romanian) Stranniki Terpeniya (Strangers of Patience) (Russian) BEI FANG YI PIAN CANG MANG (THE WIDOWED WITCH) (Mandarin) FORNACIS (French).