Mother and Son
Azerbaijan 2019, IDFA main competition
Documentary by Hilal Baydarov
Synopsis
Just Like That
India 2019, Busan New Currents competition- special mention, Mumbai -Film Critics Guild Award & Best Actress Award
First Feature Film by Kislay Kislay
Synopsis
In the outskirts of a small village in India, Mrs. Sharma is forced to remain a respected middle-class wife and a faithful, wise old woman upon her husband’s death. Her son and his family, who live with her, have no doubt that she will make sacrifices to help them out financially. But Mrs. Sharma has absolutely no intention to do so.
Market
India 2019, Busan A Window On Asian Cinema- Kim Jiseok Award
Feature Film by Pradip Kurbah
Synopsis
Iewduh is the name of the largest and the most vibrant market in Northeast India. Market, whose original title is ‘Iewduh’, tells the story of the people of the Iewduh Bara Bazaar market. Mike is a bathroom cleaner working in the darkest of the dark places in the market. He lives with Hep, a boy who was abandoned by his parents and was later taken in by Mike.
Private Fiction
Argentina 2019, San Sebastian Zabaltegi, IDFA Masters
Documentary by Andrés di Tella
Synopsis
Over several days and nights, an actor and an actress read the correspondence between Torcuato and Kamala, the film director’s parents, he from Argentina, and she from India. The letters, encompassing the decades from the 50s to the 70s, refer to love and idealism, record world travels, talk about socialism and psychoanalysis, about pain and broken dreams. Their reading reveals a relationship between the actors, with similarities and differences. Meanwhile, with his own daughter, the director sets about solving the puzzle of the family memory, an intimate twentieth-century tale.
The Elder One
India 2019, Toronto Special Presentations, Mumbai opening film
Feature Film by Geetu Mohandas
Synopsis
Don’t Look Down
France 2019, London BFI
Feature Film by Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martinot
Synopsis
143 Sahara Street
France/Algeria 2019, Locarno Filmmakers of the Present- Best Director, Toronto Wavelenghts, Seoul DMZDocs Grand Prize, El Gouna Silver Star Award, Montreal RIDM Special Mention, Nantes 3 Continents Silver Mongolfière, Young Jury Prize & Audience Award, Turin Doc competition- Best Film.
Documentary by Hassen Ferhani
Synopsis
Present. Perfect.
USA/ Hong Kong 2019, Rotterdam Tiger Award, Mexico Ficunam Special Mention for Best Film, Paris Cinema du Reel Young Jury Award Special Mention, Montreal RIDM Grand Prize.
Documentary by Shengze Zhu
Synopsis
Bulbul Can Sing
India 2018, Toronto & Busan 2018, Berlinale Generation 2019- special mention
Feature Film by Rima Das
Synopsis
Bulbul, Bonny and Suman live an idyllic life, playing in the rain, climbing trees and swimming in the river. On the cusp of puberty, the inseparable trio go through their schooling days as a unit, discovering love, sexual awakenings and rebellion together. When a group of villagers discover the teens engaged in acts that outrage their moral modesty, the trio’s friendship is put to the test through violent punishment and tragedy. Continuer la lecture