IFFI 50, IV: 17 films in specially curated Master Frames section
2019 marks the 50th year of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The 50th International Film Festival of India, 2019, will witness over 200 selected 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.
On the occasion, a special section has been curated, called Master Frames, in which films made by current and recently acknowledged masters will be shown.
The section has 17 films, by film-makers 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 Room by Costa Gavras, his first film in seven years, based on a book with the same title
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 Glove by Fatih Akin
The Halt by Lav Diaz
The Truth by Hirokazu Koreeda
The Weasel’s Tale by Juan José Campanella
Young Ahmed by Dardenne Brothers
Most of the films in this category are being shown for the first time in India, which is a matter of pride for IFFI.
