Jornal da Mostra

India is the guest of honour at this 48th Mostra. The collection of 30 feature films, both contemporary and classic, brought together in the Spotlight on India selection and in the retrospective in honour of Satyajit Ray, offers a comprehensive view of the country`s cinematography, a world leader in film production.

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), in addition to signing the poster art for this edition, is also being honoured with a retrospective that brings together seven films from the first and most decisive decade of the director`s filmography, as a delicate x-ray of the transformations and tensions in Indian society, and which includes the films of the Apu Trilogy.

The selection of contemporary Indian films in the Mostra reveals that the filmmakers of the new generations are still keeping their eyes and ears open to capture the realities of a country in which modernity and tradition, exuberance and simplicity go side by side. Titles screened and awarded at festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice take us to this culture that seems far away, but which cinema brings much closer.

One of the highlights of Spotlight on India is the restored version of ‘Kummatty’ (1979). Govindan Aravindan`s classic is part of the 1st Mostrinha, along with ‘Boong’.

See below the full list of films that are part of Spotlight on India at the 48th Mostra.

Satyajit Ray Retrospective

Song of the Little Road (Pather Panchali), by Satyajit Ray (India)

The Lonely Wife (Charulata), by Satyajit Ray (India)

The Big City (Mahanagar), by Satyajit Ray (India)

The Coward (Kapurush), by Satyajit Ray (India)

The Hero (Nayak), by Satyajit Ray (India)

The Unvanquished (Aparajito), by Satyajit Ray (India)

The World of Apu (Apur Sansar), by Satyajit Ray (India)

Spotlight on India

Gulmohar (Gulmohar), by Rahul V. Chittella (India)

Nocturnes (Nocturnes), by Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta (India, USA)

Scavenger of Dreams (The Scavenger of Dreams), by Suman Ghosh (India)

Stolen (Stolen), by Karan Tejpal (India)

Spotlight on India | New Directors Competition

The Fable (The Fable), by Raam Reddy (India, USA)

The Adamant Girl (Kottukkaali), by Vinothraj PS (India)

Until I Fly (Until I Fly), by Kanishka Sonthalia, Siddesh Shetty (India, France)

Celestina & Lawrence (Celestina & Lawrence), by Vikram Kumar(India)

Dilli Dark (Dilli Dark), by Dibakar Das Roy (India)

And, Towards Happy Alleys (Be Kucheye Khoshbakht), by Sreemoyee Singh (India)

In Retreat (Be-Qayaam), by Maisam Ali (India)

Marching in the Dark (Marching in the Dark), by Kinshuk Surjan (India, Belgium, Netherlands)

In the Belly of a Tiger (In the Belly of a Tiger), by Siddhartha Jatla (India, USA, China, Indonesia, Taiwan)

Naangal (Naangal), by Avinash Prakash (India)

Second Chance (Second Chance), by Subhadra Mahajan (India)

Sister Midnight (Sister Midnight), by Karan Kandhari (India, United Kingdom, Sweden)

Tractor (Tractor), by Ramesh Yanthra (India, France)

All We Imagine as Light (All We Imagine as Light), by Payal Kapadia (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust (Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust), by Ishan Shukla (India, France, Germany)