6th IFFK

ALI ZAOUA bags Suvarnachakoram

On the closing of IFFK 2001 at Thiruvananthapuram, the Moroccan film, ALI ZAOUA, directed by Nabil Ayouch wins the best picture award Suvarnachakoram, carrying a purse of Six lakhs Rupees. The film also won the FIPRESCI award for the best film.

According to the jury, the award was given for its heart beating, sensitive portrayal of the life of a group of Moroccan street children and indemonstrable spirit. For its excellent use of cinematic techniques- scripting, photography, editing, music and sound effect and its skilful handling of children- in creating a powerful, socially significant film.
TAKAKI WATANABE who directed the Jaapnese film, Maiden of Spring won the best director award which carries Three lakhs Rupees. The award is for his strong directorial hand displayed in the skillful management of poetical allegory, action, imagery, sound and acting performance by a stellar cast.


Special jury prize for best writers went to Mr. K.P.Kumaran, for his Indian film, Thotram and to Dr.Hadi Karami for the Iranian film, Maral.

FIPRESCI jury awarded two prizes one for ALI ZAOUA and one for the Malayalam film, MANKOLANGAL directed by Subramoniam Santhakumar.

INTERNATIONAL JURY

ISTVAN GAAL (Jury Chairman)

Hungarian filmmaker István Gaál was one of the key directors in Hungarian New Wave cinema. He graduated in 1959 from the Budapest's Academy of Dramatic and Cinematographic Arts and after receiving an Italian State scholarship for his film Palyamunkasok/Surfacemen, Gaál studied at the Centro Sperimentale, Rome. He continued making short films while in Rome under the supervision of different directors. Gaál made his feature-film debut in 1964 with the critically acclaimed Sodrásban/Current. He has since become known for sharp insight into the state of Hungarian society and for his sensitive portrayals of peasant life.

Prof. WOLFGANG LANGSFELD

Wolfgang Langsfeld born in 1937, completed his graduation in Film from H.F.F. Munich. He studied German Literature, Art History,Theatre and Mass Communication. Until 1962 he worked as a writer and journalist. In 1967 he joined the H.F.F. as Assistant professor. In 1990 he was appointed the Vice-president H.F.F. He is the founder and director of the Munich International Festival of Film Schools and of the European project SAGA . He has made around 14 films and is currently writing Interactive Fiction. He also has varied teaching experience in film studies all over the world including India, China, Poland, U,K, Ghana, Singapore, Vietnam, Mexico and Egypt. He is a close friend of India.

MOHSEN MAKHMALBAF

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is the maverick of contemporary Iranian cinema. Born in Tehran in 1957, left school at the age of fifteen to form a group of religious activists in opposition to the regime then in effect. He started working in radio and as a writer. In 1982, he made his first film, ‘Nassouh’s Response’. Makhmalbaf, known internationally for The Peddler, The Cyclist, Gabbeh and Once Upon a Time has directed 18 films. A devout Muslim, in his early realist work he displayed his concern with the poor and dispossessed. His more recent work, however, has moved towards a more poetic style and more self-reflexive forms of film-making. He was awarded the medal of L'Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government last year.

VIJAYA MEHTA

Started as an actress at the age of 17 on the Marathi Stage and worked for 11 years in drama, Vijaya Mehta made the transition into cinema with ‘Pestonjee’ in 1987. Her entry into cinema was an accident, she entered into a small role in Shyam Benegal’s 'Kalyug' to watch his mode of direction. The experience with Benegal gave her enough confidence to go on with 'Smrithi Chitre' a project offered to her by Doordarshan. A short story by B.K. Karanjia extended into a full length feature film,''Pestonjee'' has become a matter for debate, discussion, criticism and appreciation. It is counted among the Indian films of ''exceptional class''

WILLIAM GREAVES

William Greaves has produced more than 200 documentary films that have earned more than 70 international film festival awards, an Emmy, and four Emmy nominations. He has been inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; and was the recipient of a special "homage" at the first Black American Independent Film Festival in Paris; and is also the recipient of the Special Life Achievement Award of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, a nationwide organization. Greaves began his career as a professional actor, and was featured in the Broadway hit, "Lost in the Stars," starring Todd Duncan. The production was written by Maxwell Anderson (based on the book, "Cry, the Beloved Country") with music by Kurt Weill, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. He played a feature role in the groundbreaking hit movie "Lost Boundaries," which starred Mel Ferrer and Canada Lee. He is a long-time member of the Actors Studio, and recipient of its Duse Award, along with Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Jane Fonda, Shelley Winters, Al Pacino Ellen Burstyn, Paul Newman and Estelle Parsons.


FIPRESCI JURY

KLAUS EDER (Chairman)

MOFIDUL HOQUE

REKHA DESHPANDE

IFFK 2001 has two sections, Competition and Non Competition for Long and Short Films.

Theme - 'HUMANISM'

Competition Section

LONG FILMS (fiction films with a minimum length of 70 minutes)
SHORT FILMS (not exceeding 70 minutes in length)

Films that have been made in Asia, Africa and Latin American countries and produced during 1st January and 31st December 2000 and having english subtitles

Non Competition Section

World Cinema- Long
World Cinema- Short
Dogme films
French package
Iranian Young Cinema
Decade of German Cinema
Jurors Films
Retrospective
Homage
Contemporary Indian Cinema
Malayalam Cinema Now
Cinema from Film Schools
Animation Films
Documentaries
Video Films (Short)

Competition section - Long

Maiden of the Spring / 2000/ Col/ 35mm/ 88mts/ Japanese/ Japan
This is My Moon / 2000/ Col/ 35mm/ 104mts/ Singhalese/ Srilanka
Maral / 2000/ 35mm/ 95mts/ Persian/ Iran
Ali Zaoua /2000/ 90 min/ 35 mm/ Col/ France/Morocco/Belgium
Somewhere in the Night /2000/ 35mm/ 104mts/ Spanish/ Chile
Journey Through the Body /2000/ 35mm/ 83mts/ Argentina
A Slender Smile /2000 /35mm /95mts /Col/ India
Déjà Vu /2000/ 35mm/ Col/ 75mts/ India
Thotram /2000/ 35mm/ Col/ 105mts/ India

Competition section - Short

Moosh /2000 /16mm /28min /Hebrew /Israel
Miracle /2000 /Israel
Mooning Around in Fantasy /2000 /35mm /20mts /Iran
On the damp road /2000 /35mm /20mts /Iran
Cluster of Love /2000 /35mm /16mts /Iran
Wearing the face /2001 /35mm /14mts /Indian
Omar and the Glass Splinter /2000 /35mm /16mts /Pakistan

Animation films


Believe in it / Maya Yonesho /India /35mm /90

Bobble Gum /Weili Huang /India

Catnapped /Banipal Witt /Takashi Nakamura /Japan /1995 /Beta /6

Five Warriors The Pandavas /J.D. Jerry /India /2000

Freedom Song The /Narayan Shi /India

Grandma /Sungyeon Joh /India

Music for an owl /Ties Poeth /Netherlands /1999 /Beta /3.20

Offbeat /Edwin Chaim /India /35mm /75

Values /Van phan /USA /2000 /35mm /25

Whose Reality /Vaibhav Kumaresh /India /35mm /5

DOCUMENTARIES

Hybrid /Monteith McCollum /USA /2000 /16mm /92

Love on the Line /Canada /2000

Maximum Penalty /Den Hojeste Straf /Tomas Gislason /Denmark /2000 /89

Ridiing the Tiger /John Haptas & Kristine Samuelson /USA /1999 /16mm /34

Unchain /Desenkadena /Gloria Lowe /Holland /2000 /Beta /30

DOGME FILMS

The Humiliated

Transformer /Stig Bjorkman /Denmark /35mm /52

CINEMA FROM FILM SCHOOLS

Beetle The
Mikre Chiposhit
Inbar Parsi
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
18

Bhor
Ritubarna Chudgar
School Films
India
2000
35mm
30

Bipasha
Debjani Mukherjee
School Films
India
2000
35mm
27

Birth
Jananan
D.Thiyagarajan
School Films
India
2000
35mm
14

Bistar
Jayanta Biswas
School Films
India
2000
35mm
27

Butterflies
Parparim
Bili Tzafrir
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
21

Chittu
Boopalan. G
School Films
India
2000
35mm
14

Dark Room
Cheder Choshech
Tzach Nissinboim
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
25

Dream of Mother A
Chalom Shel Ima
Chava Schein
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
27

Egotic World
Unmathabudham Jagath
Vipin Vijay
School Films
India
2000
35mm
5

Enchanted
Verzaubert
Christian Ditter
School Films
Germany
1999
35mm
19

Flower Who Thought he was a Man The
Haish Shechashav Sheho Perach
Raz Tuchband
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
20

Jung Humne Bhi Larithi. Lekin
Manu Gautham
School Films
India
2000
35mm
37

Krishna
T.Muthu Kumar
School Films
India
2000
35mm
11

Meena Jha
Anjalika Sharma
School Films
India
2000
35mm
38

Navigator The
School Films
Germany

Pitrijan
Sougata Purakayastha
School Films
India
2000
35mm
22

Playtime
Rikoz
Ran Naor
School Films
Israel
1999
Beta
31

Quiero Ser
School Films
Germany

Shadow
Niyal
Salil . A.R
School Films
India
1999
35mm
14

Superman is only a movie
Superman ze rak Basratim
Sharon Pais
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
21

Surprise
School Films
Germany

These Kilometeres are for real
Hakilometrim Haelo Amiti'im
Amir Liani
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
24

Visits
Bikorim
Avi Kaner
School Films
Israel
2000
Beta
14

FRENCH PACKAGE

Blues of Cities The /Le bleu des villes /France

Chin up /Haut les coeurs /France

Dilettante The /La Dilettante /France

Dream life of Angeles The /la vie revee des anges /France

Love me /France

Nothing to do /Rien a faire /France

Venus Beauty /Venus Beaute /France


DECADE OF GERMAN CINEMA

23 /Germany

Beyond Silence /Germany

Broken Silence /Wolfgang /Germany

Buena Vista Social Club /Wim Wenders /Germany /1999 /101

Comedian Harmonists /Joseph Vilsmaier /Germany /1997 /127

Kaspar Hauser /Petersehr /Germany /35mm /137

Run Lola Run /Germany

Schtonk /Germany

Short Sharp Shock /Fatih Akin /Germany /1998 /100

Untouchable /Oskar Roehler /Germany /2000 /103


HOMAGE

Homage to noted Bengali film maker Ritwik Ghatak and malayalam film actors, Bahadur, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Balan .K.Nair.

Ritwik Ghatak
Komal Gandhar /Ritwik Ghatak /India

Nagarik /Ritwik Ghatak /India

Meghe Dhaka Thara /Ritwik Ghatak /India

Subarnarekha /Ritwik Ghatak /India

Titash Ekdi Nadir naam /Ritwik Ghatak /India


Bahadur
Kandam vacha kottu /India

Kuttikkuppayam /India


Karamana Janardanan Nair
Yatrayude Anthyam /K.G.George /India

Mukhamukham /Adoor Gopalakrishnan /India


Balan. K Nair
Oru vadakkan Veeragatha /Hariharan /India

Oppol /K.S.Sethumadhavan /India


CONTEMPORARY INDIAN CINEMA

Between the Devil and the Deep River /Dvi paatan ke Beech Mein /Arvind Sinha /India /1999 /16mm /116

Bharathi /Gnana Rajasekharan /India /2000 /35mm /150

Calmness /Shantham /Jayaraj /India /2000 /35mm /95

Different Season A /Ek Alag Mausem /K.P.Sasi /India /2000 /128

Guardians of the Earth /Mankolangal /Subramanian Santhakumar /India /2000 /35mmm /117

Kuttappan, The Witness /Kuttappan Sakshi /V.K.Pavithran /India /2000 /35mm /85

Malaise /Asookh /Rotuparno Ghosh /India /1998 /35mm /141

Mazha /Lenin Rajendran /India /2000 /35mm /145

Namgyal /Roman Meyer Zweierstrasse /India /2001 /35mm /92

Preface A /Munnudi /P.Sheshadri /India /2000 /35mm /125

Salvation /Moksha /Ashok Mehta /India /2000 /Scope /150

Sayahnnam /R.Sarath /India /2000 /35mm /390

When the Breeze Beckons /Kattu Vannu Vilichappol /C.Sasidharan Pillai /India /2000 /35mm /115

IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA

All and fairy /Ali va pari /Hassan Sarajian /1999 /35mm /30

Alone with the land /Tanha Ba Zamin /Vahid Mousaian /1999 /35mm /17

Anis /Iavad Ershad /1999 /35mm /27

Apoosh /Ahalfazl Tavakauli /1999 /35mm /20

Birth The /Tavaloud /Saeed Loutfi /1999 /35mm /4

Charsho /Mahvash Sheikholeslami /1999 /35mm /15

House is White The
Khaneh Sefid Ast
Tayebeh Falakian
1999
35mm
17

Intimate Color The
Range Ashena
Kaveh Bahrami Moghadam
1999
35mm
30

It was dawn
Dar Falagh Boud
Mohammad Hadi Karimi
1999
35mm
25

Kandovan, Diyare Aftab
Kandovan, Diyare Aftab
Mohammad Reza Arab
1998
35mm
13

Music, songs, spirits
Taraneya Baraye Arvahe
Bahram Tavakouli
1999
35mm

On the waves of memory
Masoumeh Arab Khani
1998
16mm
7

Pilgrimage
Ziarat
Mehdi Jafari
1998
35mm
20

Railroad patrolman
Rahban
Reza Sobhani
35mm
14

Sad old song of the rainy evening The
Tasnife Ghadimi Va Namnak
Majid Barzegar
1999
35mm
30

Secret of Vision The
Raze Negah
Mona Zandi Haghighi
1998
35mm
13

Silvern dream The
Rouyaye Noghreet
Masoud Mirnaghibi
1998
35mm
22

Sisters The
Dou Khahar
Bijan Mir Bagheri
1999
35mm
18

So far Distance
Ta an andazeh dour
Ali Mohammed Ghasemi
1999
35mm
11

Taranoum-e-dasht
Fariba Hajinejad
15

Telephone
Telefon
Masoud Keramati
1999
35mm
22

Third The
Sevoumi
Paris Shihandeh
1999
35mm
31

Wave on the shore The
Moj Bar Sahel
Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
1999
35mm
28

Well of Dream The
Chahe Khiyal
Hamid Salimian
2000
35mm
7

You had a struggle to revive
Tou Kare Sakhty Anjam Dadi
Moustafa Ale Ahmed
1998
35mm
18

JURORS FILMS

Pestonji
Vijaya Mehta/
India
35mm

Marriage of blessed
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Boycott
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Once upon a time cinema
Mohsen Makmalbaf
Iran

Estezah
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Images from Quojan Dynasty
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Actor The
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Pedler
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Cyclist
Mohsen Makmalbaf/
Iran

Ralbh Bunche
William Greaves/
U.S.A

First World Festival of Negro Arts
William Greaves/
U.S.A

Ida B Wells: Passion for justice
William Greaves/
USA

MALAYALAM CINEMA NOW

Devadoothan
Sibi Malayil
India

Mankolangal
Subramanyam Santhakumar
India

Mdhuranombarakaatu
Kamal
India

Palathulli Peruvellam
K.Mohan Kumar
India

Sayahnam
Sarath. R
India

VIDEO FILMS (Short)

A Small Life
A Small Life
Michael Heath
New Zealand
2000
70mm
52

After the sprint of '68
Allona van der Horst
Netherlands
2000
Beta
58

An Echo away
Oru Vilippadakaley
Rajesh R. Pillai
India
2000
Beta
20

Building Heaven, Remembering Earth
Oliver Hockenhull
Canada
1999
Beta
104

Call it Love
Dann nenn es halt Liebe
Mira Gittner
Germany
2001
Beta
13

Compulsion
Zwang
Roland Reber
Germany
2000
Beta
8.10

Fallen Earring The
Noel Stephens
UK
2000
Beta
18

Our Boys
Amader Chelera
Manzare Hassin
Bangladesh
2000
42

Out of Tibet
Jenseits Von Tibet
Solveig Klaben
Germany
2000
Beta
88

Room The
das zimmer
Roland Reber
Germany
2000
Beta
70

Saia
Florent Marcie
France
2000
Beta
30

Shadows of the innerscape
Manilal
India
2000
Beta
8


WORLD SECTION- LONG

Bhopal Express
Mahesh Mathai
USA
2000
35mm
98

Black Name
Dong, Cheng-liang
Taiwan
2000
35mm
100

Blue August
Lanse Bayue
Alex LAI
Hong Kong
2000
35mm
83

Blue Tower
Katsumi Sakaguchi
Japan
2000
146

Chasing the Dragon
Alexander Samaan
USA
2000
Cinemascope
120

Child and the Soldier The
Seyyed Reza Mir - Karimi
Iran
35mm
90

Close to the Border
Rodolfo Duran
Argentina
1999
35mm
90

Compensation The
Bennett Rathnayaka
Srilanka
2001
35mm
113

Death of a Dog
Paul Hipp
USA
2000
16mm
85

Durian Durian
Liulian Piao Piao
Fruit Chan
Hong Kong
2000
35mm
117

Girl In the Sneakers The
Dakhtari Bx Kofshhaya Katani
Rassul Sadr Ameli
Iran
1999
35mm
100

Girl's Room The
Girl's Room The
Irene Turner
USA
2000
35mm
101

Goodbye Casanova
Mauro Borrelli
USA
2000
35mm
84

Highway Crossing The
Ristumine Peateega
Arko Okk
Estonia
1999
35mm
68

Hochelaga
Michel Jette
Canada
2000
70mm
127

Images of the Absence
Imangenes de la Ausencia
German Kral
Argentina
1999
16mm
89

Inscrutable Americans
Chandra Siddartha
USA
2000
35mm
120

Jaime
Autruio Celns
Luxembourg
1999
35mm
114

My Father's Angel
Canada

North by North
E'szak, E'szak
Csaba Bollok
Hungary

Omar 2000
Ahmed Atef
Egypt
2000
35mm
128

One
One
Tony Barbieri
USA
1998
35mm
102

Oriundi
Ricardo Bravo
Brazil
1999
35mm
97

Runner The
Iran

Sea That Thinks The
Gert de Graff
Netherlands
2000
100

Ties and Ropes
L'Amour En Suspens
Herman Van Heykev
Luxembourg
2000
35mm
85

Uneasy Riders
France

Winter Sleepers
Tom Tykwer
Spain
1997
35mm
124


World Cinema- Short

$5 Movie The
$5 Movie The
Devin Scott
USA
2000
16

15' Without ground
Bart Van den Bempt
Belgium
2000
Cinemascope
20

Abandoned
Hylaty
Tuomas Launonen
Finland
2000
16mm
24 Min

Ankle bracelets (Nupur)
Nupur
Aparna Malladi
India
10

Bicycle
Ofanaim
Ronen Menachem
Israel
2000
16mm
23 Min

Boris And Jeremias
Pedro Caldas
Portugal
2000
35mm
16

Breathing (Under water)
Antonia Ferreira
Portugal
2000
35mm
45

Case of Majella McGinty The
Kristen Sheridan
Ireland
1999
35mm
23

Chips
Augustine Ma
USA
1999
16mm
13

Crystal Photographer The
Thomas Dreijer
Denmark
1999
10

Daddy's Little Girl
Mathijs Geijskes
Holland
1999
35mm
10

Daisy
Dianne Ouellette
Canada
1999
35mm
13

Enter
Viet Bastian
Germany
1999
35mm
55

Eternity
Steve Moreau
France
2000
35mm
9

Ex.#No 1870-4
Christophe Van Rompaey
Belgium
2000
35mm
15

Finally Feedom
Finally Freedom
Salvatore P. Migliore
USA
2000
16mm
12.45

Goblin Hunters The
I Kinigi ton Ksotikon
Nicolas Spanos
Greece
2000
35mm
13 Min

Gray Fruit
Gray Fruit
Thouly Dosios
USA
2000
16mm
16

Haoto
Hayakawa
Japan
2000
16mm
64

I Want to Die
Quiero Morir
Toni Meca
Spain
2000
35mm
14 Min

In the Refrigerator
Leslie Ann Coles
Canada
1999
16mm
40

Journey through the Night
Joram ten Brink
Denmark

Killing Time
Carlo De Rosa
Switzerland
2000
35mm
11

Land of Buddhism to the land of Buddha The (FD)
Ms. Shalini Shah
India
2000
35mm
20

Le Grand Final
Morten Hartz Kaplers
Denmark
2000
35mm
18

Mathi
Lenin.B
India
2000
35mm
12

Mausi
Sarba Das
USA
2000
16mm
10

Motorcycle
Motorcycle
Aditya Assarat
Thailand
2000
16mm
14 Min

Stars And Namghars of Assam (FD)
Bhupen Hazarika
India
2000
35mm
20

State of Bliss
Kenneth Sperling
Denmark
2000
35mm
18

Transformation The
Barry Strugatz
USA
1999
25

Undertone
Yuichi Okuno
Japan
2000
16mm
50

Wake The
Agripnia
Arsenis Polymenopoulos
Greece
2000
16mm
19

Walk The
O passeio
Cristina Haustr
Portugal
2000
35mm
8.30

Yolk
Agustine Ma
USA
1999
16mm
20