I got up today morning thinking about the movies I had seen during the Bangalore International Film Featival- 2014. Though it was just a 2 and a half days activity for me where I could just manage 8 movies, it left a deep impact on me. The Festival otherwise was a 7 days of showcase of movies around the world and different genres.
I have a tilt towards the Iranian, Turkish and other islamic movies. I like to see their culture and their stories. Most of the movies show inhuman treatment to female in their region. The movies are mostly banned in their own country and the Film Festivals are a great opportunity to catch these rare genres
The Movies which I selected to watch are:-
1) The Paternal Home(Iran)
2) Stonning of Soraya(USA)
3) Omar(Palestine)
4) Labor of Love (India)
5) Night Of Silence(Turkey)
6) Winter Sleep(Turkey)
7) 2 Days One Night(Belgium)
8) Bad Hair (Venezuela)
I tried to cover all genres of movie like Country Focus, Asian Competition,Gender Violence,Cinema of World.
This was my 3rd chance to attend the film festival and I am totally in love with the concept and opportunity to watch outstanding piece of art.
My favourite of the lot which has left the deepest impact on me is the Labor of Love.
Set up in Kolkata during the industrial recession is a story of a couple and their daily affair with the difficulties called life. The film beautifully depicts the unsaid love,understanding between a married couple.
The violence against the female gender cannot be shown more brutally than the films like Paternal Home and Stonning of Soraya. There was evident noise and uneasiness in the theatre when the Soraya was stonned even by her sons. The movie gave me a goose dumps.
The Paternal Home showed how a father and a son can kill a daughter and a sister for the honor of their family. Both these movies speak volumes about the way women are treated around the world especially in Islamic countries.
2 Days and One night was a breath of fresh air. The story was simple and beautifully executed. The Lady who was suffering from the ill health had the challenge to save her job which the management had decided to do away with by paying bonus to the rest of her colleagues. The story evolves as to how she convinces people to let go their bonus for her sake. It was a nice movie.
Bad Hair was about the obsession of a boy with straight hair. The only purpose in his life was to get rid of his curly hair which he thought was the cause of his bad looks and hence the hatred of his mother.
The BIFFS was a great learning experience, it was also my first solo trip to theatre after having a baby.
Looking forward to BIFFS-2015.biffes.in
I have a tilt towards the Iranian, Turkish and other islamic movies. I like to see their culture and their stories. Most of the movies show inhuman treatment to female in their region. The movies are mostly banned in their own country and the Film Festivals are a great opportunity to catch these rare genres
The Movies which I selected to watch are:-
1) The Paternal Home(Iran)
2) Stonning of Soraya(USA)
3) Omar(Palestine)
4) Labor of Love (India)
5) Night Of Silence(Turkey)
6) Winter Sleep(Turkey)
7) 2 Days One Night(Belgium)
8) Bad Hair (Venezuela)
I tried to cover all genres of movie like Country Focus, Asian Competition,Gender Violence,Cinema of World.
This was my 3rd chance to attend the film festival and I am totally in love with the concept and opportunity to watch outstanding piece of art.
My favourite of the lot which has left the deepest impact on me is the Labor of Love.
Set up in Kolkata during the industrial recession is a story of a couple and their daily affair with the difficulties called life. The film beautifully depicts the unsaid love,understanding between a married couple.
The violence against the female gender cannot be shown more brutally than the films like Paternal Home and Stonning of Soraya. There was evident noise and uneasiness in the theatre when the Soraya was stonned even by her sons. The movie gave me a goose dumps.
The Paternal Home showed how a father and a son can kill a daughter and a sister for the honor of their family. Both these movies speak volumes about the way women are treated around the world especially in Islamic countries.
2 Days and One night was a breath of fresh air. The story was simple and beautifully executed. The Lady who was suffering from the ill health had the challenge to save her job which the management had decided to do away with by paying bonus to the rest of her colleagues. The story evolves as to how she convinces people to let go their bonus for her sake. It was a nice movie.
Bad Hair was about the obsession of a boy with straight hair. The only purpose in his life was to get rid of his curly hair which he thought was the cause of his bad looks and hence the hatred of his mother.
The BIFFS was a great learning experience, it was also my first solo trip to theatre after having a baby.
Looking forward to BIFFS-2015.biffes.in
