Soubin Nath
The prestigious film festival, International Film Festival of Rotterdam's 2017 edition has summed-up yesterday. The indie Indian movie 'Sexy Durga has crowned with Hivos Tiger Award. The Indian short movie Sakhisona has won Hivos Tiger in the category of short films. Here we have the complete list of awardees in main categories.
Source: https://iffr.com/
Directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
Durga, a north Indian migrant and a Keralite youth named Kabeer are running away on a midnight. They are waiting for a transport to the nearest railway station to catch a train to a distant place. Two small time gangsters, transporting arms, offer assistance to the couple. The hapless 'Durga' encounters a cross section of the society through the rest of the night. Parallel to the journey of Durga...
Directed by Niles Arallah
In 1860, a French lawyer dreamt of becoming the King of Patagonia. And he did become just that. Or so it seems.
Directed by Prantik Basu
Near Mogulmari in the south of West-Bengal in India lies a mountain known locally as Sakhisona. The stories about it are still sung by local musicians. A dig nearby recently uncovered the remains of a monastery as well as 6th-century objects. The film shows the objects unearthed and re-enacts the stories and shore.
Directed by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
May 2014: two unarmed Palestinian teens are killed by Israeli soldiers on the West Bank. Abu Hamdan made an audio analysis to ascertain whether rubber or live bullets were used. The film centres on the gunfire, yet no shots are heard. Rubber Coated Steel does not preside over the voices of the victims but seeks to amplify their silence, questioning the ways in which rights are being heard today.
Directed by Jorge Cadena
The wind picks up and tempers fray in the fishing village of Bocas de Ceniza on the northern tip of Columbia. Antonia – in her virginal white dress – undergoes an undefined religious ritual, seemingly carefree. She isn’t easily convinced and chooses her own path. Jorge Cadena’s graduation film is also a visionary tale of contemporary Colombia.
Directed by Barry Jenkins
A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Directed by Mariano Llinás
Almost 10 years in production, some 12 hours of film. In six stories, Llinas uses the same four actresses in various ways.
Directed by Sophie Goyette
Across Americas and Asia, three characters from different cultures and generations are at a turning point in their lives.
Directed by Kirsten Tan
On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of the farm where they grew up together.
Directed by Daan Bakker
With Steve Aernouts, Thomas Bechmann, Thomas Aske Berg, Anneke Blok.
Directed by Ana Cristina Barragán
One of the best moments of the new year, this moving debut from Ecuador.
Directed by Caroline Leone
Sensitive, heart-warming debut about a journey undertaken by a middle-aged brother and sister.
Directed by Rong Guang Rong
Personal, impressive emotional documentary in which the director investigates a group suicide by children in a poor village in the moun
Directed by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
The King of the Belgians lost in the Balkans.
Born and brought up in Kerala, India. Now in Mumbai, India doing first year of my Masters in Film Studies (M.A)..
