Kolkata International Film Festival 2023

by jyotirmoy-pramanik2 • Created 11 months ago • Modified 11 months ago

This is a list of films to be shown on Kolkata International Film Festival 2023. There are a few movies unavailable on IMDB. I have listed those first.

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Category: Competition on Indian Language's Films
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1. AVNI KI KISMAT
Shonet Anthony Barretto

2. OZHUKI OZHUKI OZHUKI
SANJEEV SIVAN, SANJEEV SIVAN

3. KHERWAL
Uttam Kamati

4. VALLI
MANOJ SHINDE

5. GORAI PHAKHRI (Wild Swans)
Rajni Basumatary

6. KANDEELU THE RAY OF HOPE (Kandeelu The Ray Of Hope,)
K YASHODA PRAKASH

7. SAMARPAN (Surrender)
Arup Manna

8. ONKARA (The Ascension)
Unni KR

9. HEMANTER APARANHA (Autumn Afternoon)
Ashoke Viswanathan

10. A BOY WHO DREAMT OF ELECTRICITY
Jigar Madanlal Nagda

11. JOSEPHS SON
HAOBAM PABAN KUMAR

12. WHISPERS OF FIRE AND WATER
Lubdhak Chatterjee

13. SUZIE Q
Chandan Roy Sanyal

14. NELLIER KOTHA (The Nellie Story)
Parthajit Baruah

15. SAAYAVANAM
Anil Kumar

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Category: Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
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1. TENIRBERDI (Gods Gift)
Asel Zhuraeva

2. NONA PANI (Barren Waters)
Syeda Neegar Banu

3. BROKEN DREAMS STORIES FROM THE MYANMAR COUP
Ninefold Mosaic

4. WALKER
JOEL LAMANGAN

5. NANDA MASTERNKA CHATASALI (Nanda School Of Tradition)
Mr. Pranab Aich

6. DHORPATAN (No Winter Holidays)
Rajan Kathet , Sunir Pandey

7. ND, TOWARDS HAPPY ALLEYS
SREEMOYEE SINGH

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Category: Competition on Indian Documentary Films
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1. TIGER ARMY
Sourav Sarangi

2. FORGED IN FIRE
Bindu Nair

3. SOMEDAY
Vishal P. Chaliha

4. NOBO JAGORONER GAAN (Music Of Rejuvenation)
Subha Das Mollick

5. LANGUR ''THE MAN MONKEY''
Haider Khan

6. CHALLENGE
Ramen Borah, Sibanu Borah

7. SABAR - ARANYER ANNA KATHA (Shrinking Of The Sturdy : Sabar Tales)
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTY

8. THE DEVINE HEART
Sushma Milind Kuvaleka

9. THE PLASSEY CONSPIRACY
Mujibar Rahman

10. TENZING BODOSA THE STORY OF A TRIBAL ENTREPRENEUR
Mushuka Ramchiary

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Category: Short & Documentary Panorama
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1. JUGOLESHU (The Saga Of A Couplet)
Palash Das

2. PARADISE LOST
Prasun Banerjee

3. SKILLED WORK VS UNSKILLED WORK
Dibyendu Das

4. PADMASHRI WAREPPA NABA : RITUALS TO MAINSTREAM
Bobby Wahengbam

5. MANABZAMIN (Quest For Love)
DEBDOOT BASU, MRINAL JANA

6. YES SIR
Mudit Singhal

7. BETELGEUSE
SUNDER KONAR

8. THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE
CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEE

9. EBAR RAJAR PALA (Now It's The Turn Of The King)
Kaushik Sengupta

10. GIDDH - THE SCAVENGER
Manish Saini

11. MOROK (The Overlay)
Narottam Prasad Sil

12. SADABAHAR
Suyash Kamat

13. CHOCOLATE WRAPPER
Pawan Kamble

14. MESSI: JIBONER KATAKUTI KHELA
Anilava Chatterjee

15. DOCUMENTARY ON CHANDANNAGAR JAGADHATRI PUJA
FRANCOIS JOLY

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Category: Bengali Panorama
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1. MON POTONGO (Mind Flies)
Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti

2. BIJOYAR PORE (Autumn Flies)
ABHIJIT SRIDAS

3. MATRIPAKSHA (Invisible Chord)
Rajesh Roy

4. ABAR ASHIBO FIREY (We Shall Come Back)
Debapratim Dasgupta

5. AWNATH
Anisul

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Category: Special Screening
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1. ASHGHAL HA VA AROUSAK HA (Junks & Dolls)
Manijeh Hekmat

2. KENNEDY
Anurag Kashyap

3. OUTHOUSE
Sunil Sukthankar

4. PORSHI NEELER AARSHINAGAR (Beyond The Blues)
Debalina Majumder

5. CONTINUING TRADITIONS
Donal O Ceilleachair

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Category: Unheard India: Rare Language Films
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1. PETA DOCHCHO (Bird Thief)
Sounak Kar

2. DHAKAD CHHORIYAAN (Brave Girls)
Rajeev Bhatia

3. PAI TANG (Step Of Hope)
Prabal Khaund

4. MOGGAJANA KOLI (When Dreams Get Feathers)
SANTHOSH MADA

5. GALWAN VEER: THE FIGHTER GANESH HANSDA
SURENDRA TUDU

6. THE MISSING BOY
Malay Kumar Roy

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