14 Movies selected for World Competition Section in PIFF 2019

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Pune, December 20, 2018: The Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), one of the most awaited film festivals of India is going to showcase 14 carefully selected movies in its World Competition Section. The names of these movies are announced by Dr. Jabbar Patel, Director of the festival, today.


The festival organized by Pune Film Foundation and Maharashtra Government, will take place in Pune, in between January 10 and January 17, 2019. This is the 17th consecutive year of this film fest, which will celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi as its central theme.

This year, the festival had received 1634 movies from 114 countries. From these, over 150 movies are to be screened in different movie sections. The World Competition Section will screen 14 selected movies that consists of one Indian movie.

The movies selected for PIFF- 2019 World Competition Section are as follows-

1. Movie Name- ‘Sly’, Director- Kamal Tabrizi, Country – Iran

2. Movie Name- ‘The Red Phallus’ , Director-Tashi Gyeltshen , Country – Bhutan, Nepal and Germany

3. Movie Name- ‘Earth’ , Director- Visakesa Chandrasekaram, Country – Sri Lanka

4. Movie Name- ‘A Translator’ , Director- Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastian Barriuso, Country – Canada, Cuba

5. Movie Name- ‘Too Much Info Clouding Over My Head’ , Director- Vassilis Christofilakis, Country – Greece

6. Movie Name- ‘My Own Good’ , Director- Pippo Mezzapesa, Country – Italy

7. Movie Name- ‘The Man With The Magic Box’ , Director- Bodo Kox, Country – Poland-Italy

8. Movie Name- ‘Domestique’ , Director- Adam Sedlak, Country – Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

9. Movie Name- ‘Girls Of The Sun’ , Director- Eva Husson, Country – France

10. Movie Name- ‘From Where We’ve Fallen’ , Director- Wang Feifei, Country – China

11. Movie Name- ‘Donbass’ , Director- Sergei Loznitsa, Country – Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands and Romania

12. Movie Name- ‘Our Time’ , Director- Carlos Reygadas, Country – Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden

13. Movie Name- ‘Poisonous Roses’ , Director- Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, Country – Egypt, France, Qatar and UAE

14. Movie Name- ‘Ee Ma Yove’ , Director- Lijo Jose Pellissery, Country – India