IFFI 53, 2022, 07: Ratings of films seen or partly seen

1. Major-India-Hindi-Director Sashi Kiran Tikka: ** ½
2. Fatima-India-Hindi-Sourabh Kanti Dutta: ***
3. Hatibondhu-India-English-Kripal Kalita: ** ½
4. Anhonee-India-Hindi (1973)-Ravi Tandan: ** ½
5. Parinda-India-Hindi (1989)-Vidhu Vinod Chopra: ***
6. Alma and Oskar-Austria-German-Dieter Berner: ***
7. Perfect Number-Poland-Polish-Krsyztof Zanussi: **
8. Cold as Marble-Azerbaijan+France-Azerbaijani-Asif Rustamov: ***
9. Mediterranean Fever-Palestine+Germany+France+Cyprus+Qatar-Arabic-Maha Haj: Walked out
10. Red Shoes-Mexico-Spanish-Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser: ***
11. Self Defense-Argentina-Spanish-Andrea Braga: ***
12. Robe of Gems-Mexico+Argentina-Spanish-Natalia López Gallardo: Walked out
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14. Ann-Ireland-English-Ciaran Creagh: *** ½
15. Happiness-Kazakhstan-Kazakh, Russian-Askar Uzabayev: ** ½
16. Havana-South Korea-Korean-Hong Yongho: ** ½
17. How to Blow Up a Pipeline-USA-English-Daniel Goldhaber: Walked Out
18. Medusa Deluxe-United Kingdom-English-Thomas Hardiman: ** ½
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20. Piaffe-Germany-German, English-Ann Oren: *** ½
21. Night Siren-Slovakia+Czech Republic-Slovak-Teresa Nvotová: ** ½
22. Venus-Spain-Spanish-Jaume Balagueró: ** ½
23. Sixteen-France-French-Philippe Lioret: ***
24. The Green Perfume-France-French-Nicolas Parisar: ** ½
25. The Last Film Show-India-Gujarati-Pan Nalin- ***
26. Drishyam 2-India-Hindi-Abhishek Pathak: ** ½
27. A Minor-Iran-Persian-Dariush Mehrjui: ***

I walked out of some 6-7 other films as well, giving each of them 30 minutes to grasp my attention. Unfortunately, I do not remember even their names.

Over a period of nine days, I saw some 32 films, attended nine press conferences and five dinner receptions. Only two films ranked *** ½, and that means that it was a poor festival for me.

Instead of blaming the selection jury, I will attribute the low score of good films to my own choices. I did not choose to see the films that ended up bagging most of the awards. But this is an occupational hazard, which one has to live with.