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Of Information) R K Shivaram Registrar Jagannath Prakash Finance Venkatram Festival Coordinator Anand Varadaraj Executive Manager Shivanand Somappa Hospitality Manager Anand Kannan Volunteer Manager & Delegate Registration Coordinator Nikhil Bharadwaj Print Traffic Manager P B Murali Catalogue compilation resource Sunil Reddy Support Staff Shashikala, Sowmya Office Assistance Raghu, Mahendra Kumar, T Samaratha Vardhan Festival Book: Chief Editor H.N. Narahari Rao Coordinating Editors N. Vidyashankar Anand Varadara} Nikhil Bharadwaj Compiled by M.K. Raghavendra B.N. Subrmanya (Kannada Version) Additional resource PB. Murali Sunil Reddy Design Flowergrafic 32nd Cross, 7th Block, Jayanagar Bangalore - 560 011 Printers Gayatri Printers Seshadripuram | Main, Bangalore - 560 020 Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy Published by Badami House, NR Square, Bangalore -560 002 CHIEF MINISTER |am extremely happy that we are having our 6th edition of the BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL being held during December, 26, 2013 to January, 02, 2014 We are quite familiar with cultural estivals like Dance, Music, Theatre and other festivals. Similarly we have hundreds of film festival being held annually all over the world in dif erent countries. The only difference is ve that, Film Festivals have a special significance because we procure a large number of films from a large nun ber of filmmaking countries around the world. Viewing these films w definitely provide an exhilarating experience for the audience. It w | be a richly rewarding experience to enjoy the emotions of the stories, the different cultural backgrounds of different countries and the style of ving of the people in those countries |am Sure our film lovers, the film i idustry and the film students will utilize the opportunity and actively part Cipate in the event and make it a big SUCCESS Siddaramaiah Hon'ble Chief Minister Government of Karnataka ALC > EGRET AR'Y MESSAGE The sixth edition of the BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is all set to be launched on 26th December, 2013 and the festival will be celebrated for a week ending on 02, January, 2014 The festival is now becoming more and more popular with a large number of delegates participating in the event. In order to smoothen the process of Organizing this annual event in a systematic manner, we have realized that we have to plan for providing a better infrastructure with State of the Art facilities for film projection on the similar lines that are available at the otmhajore fesrtiva ls in India The Karnataka Government has provided many incentives to the Karnataka Film Industry and this festival is another incentive which gives a wider perspectivet oc inema as an important cultural event Wishing all the best for the success of this prestigious International event K.R Niranjan IAS Secretary to Government Kannada, Culture and Information Department EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE May | take this opportunity to welcome all the delegates from India and abroad as well to the sixth edition of the BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL to be held during December, 26, 2013 to January, 02 2014. We have found from our experience that there is huge response from the film lovers of Bangalore to register as delegates and watch the films. This year we are able to increase the number of seats by booking bigger halls for screenings so that delegates are not disappointed for want of accommodation. We are also able to fix the venues in such a way that they are Situated within a range of 2 KM from our administrative office We have also made necessary arrangements for the Master classes press conferences, Discussion meetings, and other related activities to be held in the premises of Vartha Soudha, Infantry Road Bengaluru which is ideally located at the centofea lrl t hev enues We also invite valuable suggestions from our delegates so that we can provide better facilities. Wishing you all a Very Happy 2014 and pleasant and enjoyable viewing of the films in the festival With best Wishes N.R Vishukumar Director, Department of Information Government of | and Festival Exec ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MESSAGE On behalf of the staff of the Artistic Department, | take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all the delegates and wish a pleasant watching of the screenings of the wide variety of films from around the world to be showcased in the 6th edition of BIFFes. It has always been our endeavor to put our best efforts to design an innovative programme that caters to the needs of the diverse taste of the vast number of delegates that a festival of this kind attracts It gives me immense satisfaction to record here that within a span of around three months we are able to put across World in Bangalore with around 160 films from 52 countries on a wide range of genres and Topics This edition has some highly acclaimed films in the Asian, Cinema of the world, Fipresci Award winners, and Netpac Award winners sections. Even the Retrospective and country focus sections are quite a good collection The quality of films in the Indian and Kannada competition section has vastly improved and there are many good films which | am sure will be liked by many of our discerning film lovers. On the whole it is a fairly good collection and we wish you all once again a very happy and enjoyable film festival With best wishes fora HAPPY 2014 H.N. Narahari Rao Artistic Director SUCHITRA RUSS) cay le Bangalore IAL / DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS FDAANISH L\ <r Liberté « Egalité + Fraternité REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE FRENCH Ewpassy IN INpgA CONTENTS Opening Film 15 Closing Film 19 Kannada Cinema Competition 23 Indian Cinema Competition 33 Asian Cinema Competition 45 Cinema of the World 59 Festival in a festival: Hof in Bengaluru 117 Country Focus Poland 125 Taiwan 133 Retrospectives Malini Fonseka (Actor) 14] Goran Paskaljevic (Director) 151 Claire Denis (Director) 161 Cinema Study: Mike Leigh 171 Special Genre: Train Films 181 Remembering Dr. Rajkumar 189 Revisiting Classics: Samurai Films 199 Italian Neo Realism 205 Bimal Roy 211 Special Screening: Tulu Film 221 Homage: Rituparno Ghosh 225 D. Rajendra Babu 231 Sundarnath Suvarna 237 NETPAC Award Winners 243 FIPRESCI Award Winners 253 Acknowledgements 261 Index of films 268