49th International Film Festival of India


The 49th International Film Festival of India was a film festival held from 20 to 28 November 2018 in Goa. In the 49th event new sections such as "Sketch on Screen ", "A Retrospective of Masters" are inculcated. 212 films were being showcased during the event, with Israel being the country of focus.

Winners

Opening Film

Original titleDirectorProduction country
53 WarsEwa BukowskaPoland
A TranslatorSebastian BarriuscoCuba,Canada,Spanish,Russia
AgaMilko LazarovBulgaria, Germany, France
Divine WindMerzak AllouacheAlgeria,France,Qatar, Lebanon
DonbassSergey LoznitsaGermany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands,Romania
A Family TourYing LiangTaiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
HereHadi MohagheghIran
Our StrugglesGuillaume SenezBelgium,France
The Manslayer/The Virgin/The ShadowSulev KeedusEstonia, Lithuania
The UnseenNicholas PuenoArgentina
Vang Goghs Sergey LivnevRussia
When The Trees FallMarysia NikitiukUkraine,Poland
Ee.Ma.YauLijo Jose PellisseryIndia-Malayalam
To LetChezhiyanIndia-Tamil
BhayanakamJayarajIndia-Malayalam

Indian Panorama

Mainstream Cinema SelectionsLanguageDirector
MahanatiTeluguNag Ashwin
Tiger Zinda HaiHindiAli Abbas Zafar
PadmaavatHindiSanjay Leela Bhansali
RaaziHindiMeghna Gulzar

Controversy

On 22 November 2018 delegates who had gathered to watch the Danish crime thriller The Guilty began protesting at Kala Academy when they were not allowed to enter the theater. This led to a clash between them and the organizers. In the resulting argument, Rajendra Talak, vice-chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa, was quoted as asking delegates from Kerala to "go back home". A complaint was filed by Kerala-based director Kamal KM to IFFI CEO, Ameya Abhyankar. Following this, 29 other Malayali delegates, including 11 National Film winners like Dileesh Pothen and Dr Biju, signed a petition requesting a formal apology from Talak. When asked to comment, Talak replied that he had told the delegates to go back as the show was housefull.