Fifteen Films Set for the International Competition at India's 57th IFFI
Fifteen films will compete for prizes in the International Competition at the 57th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which runs from 20 to 28 November in Goa, according to Variety.
Three of the fifteen are from India. Rishab Shetty's Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 is one of them. The original Kantara played in the same section of the festival in 2023. Kamakhya Narayan Singh's The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond is also in the line-up. It is a sequel to The Kerala Story from 2023, produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah.
The third Indian entry is Gajendra Ahire's Paro – The Untold Story of Bride Slavery. It is an India-U.S. production, produced by and starring Trupti Bhoir.
The other twelve titles come from around the world. Volker Schlöndorff's Visitation is from Germany. Maha Harada's directing debut, In My Father's Room, is from Japan. Miroslav Terzić's 3 Weeks After is also in the section.
Several films are co-productions, made by teams in more than one country. Meritxell Colell Aparicio's Far From the Trees comes from Spain, Peru and Italy. Manuela Martelli's The Meltdown is listed as Chilean, American, Spanish and Mexican. Lê Bảo's Hearing has the most partner countries of the group, with backing from Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand and Taiwan.
Others are more closely tied to one or two nations. Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale's The River Train is from Argentina. Suzanne Andrews Correa's The Huntress comes from Mexico and the United States. Daniel Monzón's Pray for Us is from Spain and France. Narghiza Dotieva's Skylark is from Kyrgyzstan. Mees Peijnenburg's A Family is from the Netherlands and Belgium. Tiago Guedes' Aquí is a Portugal-France co-production.
For a general viewer, the list is a quick map of where films are being made right now. Most of the titles will reach audiences in their home countries and at other festivals long after Goa. A competition slot is one stage in a long chain of decisions, from financing and filming to editing, selling and screening. Festival lists like this one show which of those films have reached that stage.
The festival closes on 28 November.
