Bengaluru: The 9th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival will be held in Bengaluru and Mysuru simultaneously. The Inauguration of the Festival will be held on February 2 in Bengaluru and the closing ceremony and award distribution will be held on February 9, in Mysuru.
Regular screenings for the Delegates will commence on February 3 and the screenings would be held at 11 screens – PVR Cinemas – ORION MALL, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru and four screens -INOX Cinemas, Mall of Mysuru.
Around 180 films from nearly 150 countries would be screened during the film festival.
Lists of films selected for the competition section will be announced in the first week of January. Like in the previous edition, there will also be an additional International Jury for Kannada Cinema which will culminate in a special NETPAC (Network for Promotion of Asia and Pacific Cinema) award. A new International Critics Jury will be installed for Indian Cinema.
Films made by world renowned filmmakers such as Zoltan Fabri from Hungary, Ken Loach from UK, Asghar Farhadi from Iran, Kim Ki Duk from Korea, Cristian Mungiu from Romania and others are being screened in the event.
Documentary films section was started from the previous edition. In this edition of the festival the section is being curated by Ace Cinematographer G.S. Bhaskar and Documentary film maker Vinod Raja by bringing a retrospective of acclaimed American cinematographer, documentary film maker Haskell Wexler who passed away last year.
There will also be a special section on Biographical pictures generally referred to as “BIOPICS” which includes documentaries made on film makers, Writers, Artists , Musicians etc., The section includes films on Artist Van Gogh, Film Maker Fritz Lang, Poet Pablo Neruda, Kannada Scholar M. M. Kalburgi amongst others.
The scheduled programmes
1. Dadasaheb Award Winner Late V.K. Murthy memorial lecture likely to be delivered by Mr. Chris Menges, the renowned British Cinematographer.
2. Workshop on Sound Design / Editing.
3. Special discussion on emerging technologies – various possibilities of adapting Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality in Film Festivals – promoting culture with the Future Technology.
4. Seminar on “Gender Sensitivity” – “Response to Women Power” section in the festival.
5. Master Classes on Scripting, Documentary film making.
6. Round table on promotion of Asian Regional Cinema at various film festivals with new initiatives – Online promotion and distribution.
7. Interaction between film makers and Critics on Film Criticism, Book release etc., by FIPRESCI, a global collective of film critics
8. Highlights of 60 years of Karnataka with special focus on Kannada cinema – A Panel review
All the above events are scheduled to be held in one of the screens at PVR cinemas.
Delegate Registration
Delegate registration will commence from first week of January 2017 at: Office of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (BIFFes camp), Badami House, N.R. Square, Bengaluru 560002 and Information Department Office at Mysuru. Online registration facility is also available.
Delegate fee
Rs 600 for general public, and Rs 300 for students, Film Society members, Senior citizens and KFCC film family.
