IFFR 2008

Spandan Banerjee

A poetic and exciting documentary on the contemporary music group Indian Ocean. The film depicts the creative struggle of four musicians who are together on their artistic journey, sharing their inner joy, fears, laughs, thoughts and putting it all in their songs.

Time & Tide: Hinglish

Beware Dogs

Dev Benegal

A HINGLISH film that stands as a landmark within the upcoming challenging cinematic approach of the new Indian cinema. One of the first Indian films that openly explores sexuality and shows boldly with a satirical note the life of an urban-bred boy transferred to the countryside.

English, August

Vipin Vijay

A closer look at a taboo subject in India: menstruation and how it is embedded in Hindu rituals and beliefs, dating back to ancient times. A short docu-fiction in the enigmatic, associative narrative style typical for this award winning South Indian director.

A Flowering Tree

Kalpesh CI Patel

Innovative and vibrant in style, the story concentrates on the adventures of two street hustlers in their search for a 201-carat diamond that inexplicably disappears and reappears. This fairy-tale plot is situated in today’s Mumbai where people are trying to become rich overnight.

Freaky Useless Spicy Story

Rituparno Ghosh

Mega Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of a formerly famous drama actor who gets the chance to play the lead in a movie. The delicate triangle between his co-star (played by famous Preity Zinta) and his life partner comes to a peak after he has a tragic accident.

The Last Lear

Partho Sen-Gupta

Exploring life within several social strata of Mumbai, this film stands as one of the strongest cinematic stories within India’s contemporary production. Three friends share similar dreams but also dilemmas - to leave or not - while confronted with India’s complex social developments: booming globalisation and political tensions.

Let the Wind Blow

Ram Madhvani

Radhika is pregnant. How to tell her husband that the child is not his? Kammerspiel psychological drama of two Indians dealing with infidelity. Structured very creatively as a dramatic spectrum of the wife’s imagination of the possible emotional reactions of her husband.

Let's Talk

Rajat Kapoor

Situated in two of Mumbai’s big worlds of today - film and mafia - the main hero, an insignificant Bollywood actor, is forced to impersonate a major underworld don. His acting drive leads him to take the challenge, reaching a point of no return.

Mithya

Sudhir Mishra

Mid-seventies brought the scent of rock ‘n' roll and flower power, but were also a political ordeal for India. Through the story of a passionate love, friendship and ideological devotion, all layers of the agony of a nation’s search for its own identity are delicately given.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025