The 50th IFFI will be having World Premiere of Turkish Master Semih Kaplanoglu’s film Commitment which is the Oscar entry from Turkey this year.
50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be having World Premiere of Turkish Master Semih Kaplanoglu’s film Commitment which is the Oscar entry from Turkey this year.
In 2019, IFFI celebrates the Golden Jubilee of its journey and this year also as tradition a section for such Master filmmakers is curated like previous editions titled Master Frames.
The section has 17 films in it by filmmakers of international repute like Pedro Almodovar, Lav Diaz, Xavier Dolan, Dardenne Brothers, Costa Gavras, Wernor Herzog, Hirokazu Koreeda, Fatih Akin and more.
The films in this category are, About Endlessness by Roy Andersson, Adults in the Roomby Costa Gavras, By The Grace Of God by Francois Ozon, Commitment by Semih Kaplanoglu, Daniel by Niels Arden Oplev, Devil Between The Legs by Arturo Ripstein, Family Romance LLC by Werner Herzog, Guest Of Honor by Lifetime Achievement Award Winner of IFFI 2017 Atom Egoyan, Matthias & Maxime by Xavier Dolan, Mr. Jones by Agniezka Holland, Pain And Glory by Pedro Almodovar, The Golden Gloveby Fatih Akin, The Haltby Lav Diaz, The Truthby Hirokazu Koreeda, The Weasel’s Taleby Juan José Campanella and Young Ahmedby Dardenne Brothers.
Nearly most films in this category are premiering for the first time in India since their completion of production which is a matter of pride for IFFI.
The 50th International Film Festival of India,2019 will witness over 200 best films from 76 countries, 26 feature films and 15 non feature films in Indian panorama section and more than 10,000 people and film lovers are expected to participate in the golden jubilee edition.