9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017

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9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017
Location Bengaluru, Karnataka India
Founded2006
Awards Special Jury Award ()
No. of films240 films
Festival date2–9 February 2017
Website Official website
Bengaluru International Film Festival chronology
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9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017 (BIFFES 2017) was inaugurated by former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on 2 February 2017 in Bengaluru. [1] A total of 240 films from 60 countries including Oscar nominees of the year such as The Salesman by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and A Man Called Ove by Swedish director Hannes Holm were screened [2] from 2 February to 9 February 2017. [3]

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Asian cinema competition

Film nameDirectorLanguageCountryWinnerReferences
A Father's Will Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar UuluKyrgyzKyrgyzstanBest film - A Father's Will [4]
A House on 41st StreetHamid Ghorbani, Hamid Reza GhorbaniPersianIran
By the Time It Gets Dark Anocha Suwichakornpong ThaiThailand
Destiny Zhang WeiChineseChina
Four Chinese PoemsCui RenMandarinChina
Land of the Little PeopleYaniv BermanHebrewIsrael
Letters from Prague Angga Dwimas SasongkoIndonesianIndonesia
Light AroseChathra Weeraman, Baratha Gihan HettiarachchiSinhalaSri Lanka
Lost DaughterJacob ChenMandarinTaiwan
Red Butterfly DreamPriyantha KaluarachchiTamilSri Lanka
The Narrow Path Satish BabusenanMalayalamIndia
The Road to Mandalay Midi Z MandarinTaiwan
U Turn Pawan Kumar KannadaIndia
Wihite BlessingSengedorg ChanchivdorgMongolianMongolia

Indian cinema competition

Film nameDirectorLanguageWinnerReferences
Chronicles Of Hari Ananya Kasaravalli KannadaBest film - Chronicles Of Hari [5]
K Sera SeraRajeev ShindeKonkani
Lady Of The Lake Haobam Paban KumarManipuri
Lathe Joshi Mangesh JoshiMarathi
Maj Rati Keteki Santwana Bordoloi Assamese
Revelations Vijay JayapalTamil
Search for the Self G. PrabhaSanskrit
The Golden WingBobby Sarma BaruahRajbangshi
Kalichaat Sudhanshu SharmaHindi
ChitrokarSaibal MitraBengali
Ekk Albela Shekhar SartandelMarathi
Kaasav Sumitra Bhave Marathi
Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Dr. Biju Malayalam

Kannada cinema competition

Film nameDirectorWinnerReferences
6/3R MahanteshBest film - Rama Rama Re... [4]
Actor Dayal Padmanabhan
KandhaaSolomon K George
KahiArvind Sastry
DhvaniSebastin David
Rama Rama Re... D. Satya Prakash
Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Sumana Kittur
Uppina Kagada B. Suresha
Alemariya AatmakatheAmaradeva
BekkuBaragur Ramachandrappa
PallataRaghu S P
Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Hemanth M. Rao
AwardFilmResultReferences
Popular Kannada Cinema Kotigobba 2 1st [4]
Jaggu Dada 2nd
Doddmane Hudga 3rd

Jury Mention Award

Film nameDirectorProducerCountryLanguageReferences
Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Dr. Biju Sophia PaulIndiaMalayalam [4]

FIPRESCI Critics Award

Film nameDirectorProducerCountryLanguageReferences
Lady of the LakeHaoban Paban KumarOli PicturesIndiaManipuri [4]

Jury Award for Kannada Cinema

Film nameDirectorProducerCountryLanguageReferences
Uppina Kagada B. Suresha Shylaja Nag, B. SureshaIndiaKannada [5]

Jury Special Award

Film nameDirectorProducerCountryLanguageReferences
Lathe Joshi Mangesh JoshiAmol Kagne, Sonali JoshiIndiaMarathi [5]

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