Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat's film initiated a fight for tickets in the 2004 festival. This year, Kolkata is set to witness the fighter���s tale, again.

The stars open up about the films they are going to catch on the first day of the 19th Kolkata International Film Fest

The film that is most likely to stand in her way is Jonathan Glazer's German-language Nazi-era drama "The Zone of Interest", the British director's first narrative feature in a decade. While none of these titles can be ruled out outright, only "Fallen Leaves", which bears Kaurismaki's deadpan signature, could be considered to be in with an outside chance of winning Ruben Ostlund and his jury over.

It seems anything pertaining to sexual matters doesn't go down well with university dons even if it pertains to a research topic on pornographic movies for a PhD thesis.

In its 20th year “KIFF is bigger than before”, the authorities have announced on the net. Roaring into cinematic action before the Kolkata press, those on the dais asked the press to check out the details on the net. And the result? International Competition in films by Women Directors shows four stills, rest blank. Asian Select section, which vies for the NETPAC award, shows ‘Lajwanti, Memories on Stone’, ‘Vara — a Blessing’, ‘Monk’, ‘Unlucky Plaza’, ‘Men Who Save the World’, ‘The Move’ and ‘The Inseminator’. Centenary Tribute has three stills. Retrospective — blank. New Horizon — blank. Special Screening — blank. Arab Focus — blank. Great Masters — blank. Cinema International — blank...