| Opening film | The Aspern Papers |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Sealed Lips |
| Location | Goa, India |
| Founded | 1952 |
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| Festival date | 20–28 November 2018 |
| Website | iffigoa |
The 49th International Film Festival of India was a film festival held from 20 to 28 November 2018 in Goa. [1] In the 49th event new sections such as "Sketch on Screen (Animation Film Package)", "A Retrospective of Masters" are inculcated. 212 films were being showcased during the event, with Israel being the country of focus. [2] [3] [4]
| Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|
| 53 Wars | Ewa Bukowska | Poland |
| A Translator | Sebastian Barriusco | Cuba,Canada,Spanish,Russia |
| Aga | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, France |
| Divine Wind | Merzak Allouache | Algeria,France,Qatar, Lebanon |
| Donbass | Sergey Loznitsa | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands,Romania |
| A Family Tour | Ying Liang | Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia |
| Here | Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| Our Struggles | Guillaume Senez | Belgium,France |
| The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow | Sulev Keedus | Estonia, Lithuania |
| The Unseen | Nicholas Pueno | Argentina |
| Vang Goghs | Sergey Livnev | Russia |
| When The Trees Fall | Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine,Poland |
| Ee.Ma.Yau | Lijo Jose Pellissery | India-Malayalam |
| To Let | Chezhiyan | India-Tamil |
| Bhayanakam | Jayaraj | India-Malayalam |
| Title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Olu | Malayalam - Inaugural film | Shaji N Karun |
| Sa | Bengali | Arijit Singh |
| Bunkar - The Last of the Varanasi Weavers | English with Hindi | Satyaprakash Upadhyay |
| Nagarkirtan | Bengali | Kaushik Ganguly |
| Uma | Bengali | Srijit Mukherjee |
| Abyakto | Bengali | Arjun Dutta |
| Somoy | Bengali | Suryoday De |
| Uronchodi | Bengali | Abhishek Saha |
| October | Hindi | Shoojit Sircar |
| Bhor | Hindi | Kamakhya Narayanan Singh |
| Sinjar | Jasari | Pampally |
| Walking with the Wind | Ladakhi | Praveen Morchhale |
| Bhayanakam | Malayalam | Jayaraj |
| Makanna | Malayalam | Raheem Khader |
| Poomaram | Malayalam | Abrid Shine |
| Sudani From Nigeria | Malayalam | Zakariya |
| Ee.Ma.Yau | Malayalam | Lijo Jose Pellissery |
| Dhappa | Marathi | Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari |
| Aamhi Doghi | Marathi | Pratima Joshi |
| To Let | Tamil | Chezhiyan |
| Baaram | Tamil | Priya Krishnaswamy |
| Pariyerum Perumal | Tamil | Mari Selvaraj |
| Peranbu | Tamil | Ram |
| Paddayi | Tulu | Abhaya Simha |
| Title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| A Death in the Gunj | Hindi | Konkona Sen Sharma |
| M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | Hindi | Neeraj Pandey |
| Panchlait | Hindi | Prem Prakash Modi |
| Begum Jaan | Hindi | Srijit Mukherji |
| Title | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanati | Telugu | Nag Ashwin |
| Tiger Zinda Hai | Hindi | Ali Abbas Zafar |
| Padmaavat | Hindi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| Raazi | Hindi | Meghna Gulzar |
On 22 November 2018 delegates who had gathered to watch the Danish crime thriller The Guilty began protesting at Kala Academy when they were not allowed to enter the theater. This led to a clash between them and the organizers. In the resulting argument, Rajendra Talak, vice-chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), was quoted as asking delegates from Kerala to "go back home". A complaint was filed by Kerala-based director Kamal KM to IFFI CEO, Ameya Abhyankar. Following this, 29 other Malayali delegates, including 11 National Film winners like Dileesh Pothen and Dr Biju, signed a petition requesting a formal apology from Talak. When asked to comment, Talak replied that he had told the delegates to go back as the show was housefull. [7] [8]
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