IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 2021, 13: Ratings of films seen

My ranking, out of five stars

A Common Crime ** ½         

Into The Darkness ***

Under Construction ** ½      

Roland Reber’s Cabaret of Death ** ½

An Old Lady ***

Sonar Kella***          

Light for The Youth *** ½   

Green Blackberries ***

Kalira Atita ***

Jaadoo (Short) * ½     

One on One ***         

Basant Bahar ***

Long Time No See *** ½

Sweetie, You Won't Believe It*** ½            

Palmyra***

Moral Order ***

The Domain ** ½

Only Human***

Karnawal ** ½

The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night *** ½     

I Never Cry ***

Mehrunisa ** ½         

Spiral...Fear Is Everywhere **           

Another Round ***

I saw some more films, but walked out of them, because they were not interesting.

Overview

Not a single film that I saw rated more than *** ½ on my scale. Just my bad luck, I guess.

I was very disappointed that The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night did not bag any awards, and that a rank amateurish short film like Jaadoo, and a few more, found their way into the festival. Since there were only film shows on the agenda, and no other activities at Panaji, I had a disappointing IFFI 51.