IFFI 50, V: Kaleidoscope selection of 20 films announced today

50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) today announced the list of films to be screened in Festival Kaleidoscope, one of the most important sections of the festival.

Festival Kaleidoscope section of 50th IFFI brings under one umbrella exotic films from around the world for film aficionados, who will flock to the festival at Panaji, Goa, in just under three weeks’ time. The section showcases 20 films, hand-picked and curated from various parts of the world, which have already generated a lot of positive buzz about them, in other film festivals. The Palme d’Or Best Film winner of Cannes, Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, the top film of the year, will have its India Première at IFFI.

The other films in this section are:

Venice Film Festival Horizon Award Best Actor winner, “A Son”, by Mehdi Barsaoui

India Première of “And Then We Danced”, by Levan Akin, which has won 9 international awards

Cannes Jury Prize winner “Bacurau”, co-directed by Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho, with 9 international awards

India Première of Locarno Film Festival winner, “Echo”, by Rúnar Rúnarsson

India Première of Silver Berlin Bear Best Director winner, “I was at Home, But”, by Angela Schanelec

India Première of “La belle époque”, by Nicolas Bedos

India Première of “Lara”, by Jan Ole Gerster

Cannes Best Actress winner “Little Joe”, by Jessica Hausner

India Première of Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe Best Director winner “Patrick”, by Tim Mielants

India Première of Silver Berlin Bear Best Screenplay winner “Piranhas”, by Claudio Giovannesi

India Première of Cannes Best Screenplay winner “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”, by Céline Sciamma

Sundance Film Festival Audience award winner, with 9 international awards, “Queen of Hearts”, by May el-Toukhy

India Première of Berlin Silver Bear Best Actor and Actress winner “So Long My Son”, by Xiao-shuai Wang

India Première of Serbian film “Stitches”, with 10 international awards, directed by Miroslav Terzic

Golden Berlin Bear Best Film winner “Synonyms”, by Nadav Lapid

Most sought after film of the year “System Crasher”, with 10 international awards, by Nora Fingscheidt

“Tremors”, by Jayro Bustamante

India Première of Crystal Globe Best Film winner at Karlovy Vary Film Festival “The Father”, by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov

India Première of Venice FIPRESCI Prize winner, “Blanco en Blanco”, directed by Théo Court.