7th Asian Film Festival, Pune (2011)
Non Listed Films on IMDB:
Section - Spectrum Asia
1. Kiss of Rain (Iran/2011/95min/Dir.- Majid Mosavian)
2. Gamini (Srilanka/2011/93min/Dir.- Sarath Piyananda)
3. Jumeli (Bengali/India/Dir.- Anumita Dasgupta)
4. National Alley (Kuche Melli) (Iran/2011/82min/Dir.- Mehrshad Karkhani)
5. Farewell Song (China/2011/90min/Dir.- Chi Zhang)
6. Sagarmatha (Indoneshia/2011/100min/Dir.- Emil Heradi)
7. Maina (Nepal/2010/105min/Dir.- K.P. Pathak)
Section - 150th Birth Anniversary Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore : Tagore Stories on Film's
1. Ardhangini - Ek Ardhasatya (Hindi/India/2011/Dir.- Reema Mukherjee)..... Based on "Ghare-Baire" of Tagore
Section - My Marathi
1. Khel Mandala (Marathi/India/2011/102min/ Dir.- Viju Mane)
2. Manya - The Wonder Biy (Marathi/India/2011/Dir.- Sangramsinh Gaikwad)
3. Ha Bharat Maza Desh Ahe (Marathi/India/2011/120min/Dir. -Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar)
4. Vel 9.15 (Sakali Nau Savva Nau Chi Val Hoti) (Marathi/India/2011/Dir.- Gajendra Ahire)
Section - Spectrum Asia
1. Kiss of Rain (Iran/2011/95min/Dir.- Majid Mosavian)
2. Gamini (Srilanka/2011/93min/Dir.- Sarath Piyananda)
3. Jumeli (Bengali/India/Dir.- Anumita Dasgupta)
4. National Alley (Kuche Melli) (Iran/2011/82min/Dir.- Mehrshad Karkhani)
5. Farewell Song (China/2011/90min/Dir.- Chi Zhang)
6. Sagarmatha (Indoneshia/2011/100min/Dir.- Emil Heradi)
7. Maina (Nepal/2010/105min/Dir.- K.P. Pathak)
Section - 150th Birth Anniversary Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore : Tagore Stories on Film's
1. Ardhangini - Ek Ardhasatya (Hindi/India/2011/Dir.- Reema Mukherjee)..... Based on "Ghare-Baire" of Tagore
Section - My Marathi
1. Khel Mandala (Marathi/India/2011/102min/ Dir.- Viju Mane)
2. Manya - The Wonder Biy (Marathi/India/2011/Dir.- Sangramsinh Gaikwad)
3. Ha Bharat Maza Desh Ahe (Marathi/India/2011/120min/Dir. -Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar)
4. Vel 9.15 (Sakali Nau Savva Nau Chi Val Hoti) (Marathi/India/2011/Dir.- Gajendra Ahire)
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- DirectorSiddiq BarmakStarsPeter BussianJoe SubaFawad SamaniTwo American soldiers wounded in the Afghanistan desert stumble across a Russian tank which has a group of Afghanis living inside.Section - Opening Film
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.Section - Center Piece
- DirectorSujay DahakeStarsAnshuman JoshiKetaki MategaonkarDilip PrabhawalkarSet in the 70's in rural India, four 9th grade kids were writing their destiny. Joshi (14) is madly in love with Shirodkar (14) a beautiful Indian looking girl. Both study in the same class. The age old question "What is love anyway?"Section - My Marathi
- DirectorAhmad AbdallaStarsKal NagaYousra El LozyHanan Motawie8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsNilli KarimBushraMaged El-KidwaniUnfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorCellin GluckHideyuki HirayamaStarsYutaka TakenouchiSean McGowanMao InoueDuring the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island. They refuse to surrender and continue to resist after the Emperor surrenders.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorKikuo KawasakiStarsAbdallah El AkalYoni RosenzweigZach CohenIn Jerusalem, friendship develops between a Jewish 9-year-old American coin collector and the abused 9-year-old Arab street urchin trying to extort money from him.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorLi ChoStarsJanine Chun-Ning ChangZhi-Ying ZhuSheng-hao WenYang Ruyi (32), a fashion magazine photographer, lives with her elder sister Yang Ruxing (33), a rational, introverted detective fiction author. Ruyi has inadvertently photographed a couple making madly passionately love. Few days later in a shopping center not far from her home, she finds the woman already married, leading a child and is with a different man. Ruyi shares her secret with Ruxing who is suffering from writer's block. The two sisters begin to observe the couple; gradually Ruxing even writes some of her observations into her novel, without letting Ruyi knows it. Late one night, Ruyi views two people are arguing, but as she picks up her camera to photograph she can only see two vague, dark outlines wrestling one another; Ruyi calls the police but upon arriving, nothing seems out of order. Ruyi is convinced she has mistaken nothing; she enlarges the photo and discovers a third outline looks pretty much like her older sister...Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Sang-kyungMoon So-riYoo Joon-sangTwo friends, while having drinks together, share their memories of visiting the seaside resort of Tongyeong.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorMichal AviadStarsEvgenia DodinaRonit ElkabetzSivan LevyTwo women meet by chance and discover they were both raped by the same rapist. Individually and together they must confront the past and finally integrate the long repressed trauma into their lives.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorSepideh FarsiStarsPournik KavoshMohamad-Reza BaboliHossein AlizadehMorteza, in his fifties and just out of jail, is suspected of being involved in the death of a drowned child. Taher, the police officer in charge of his case, first believes Morteza is guilty, like everybody else does, but then finds out that he knows Morteza. The two men's relationship goes back 30 years, with its roots lying under the cold waters of the lake... Soon convinced by Morteza's innocence, Taher decides to prove it despite everything.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsAsser YassinBasmaMayy KassabA man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorNasiruddin YousuffStarsJaya AhsanFerdous AhmedShampa RezaCommon people struggle during independence war of Bangladesh.Section - Spectrum Asia
- DirectorSiddiq BarmakStarsMarina GolbahariZubaida SaharKhwaja NaderAfter the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.Section - Best of Asia
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsBabek Ahmed PoorAhmed Ahmed PoorKhodabakhsh DefaeiEight-year-old Ahmed has mistakenly taken his friend Mohammad's notebook. He wants to return it, or else his friend will be expelled from school. The boy determinedly sets out to find Mohammad's home in the neighbouring village.Section - Best of Asia
- DirectorMajid MajidiStarsMohammad Amir NajiAmir Farrokh HashemianBahare SeddiqiAfter a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.Section - Best of Asia
- DirectorJan Jakub KolskiStarsKrzysztof MajchrzakBartosz OpaniaGrazyna Blecka-KolskaA young boy dreams of rebuilding a cinematograph constructed by his ancestor. The boy's father, however, does not approve of the idea.Section - European Connection - Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
- DirectorJan Jakub KolskiStarsFranciszek PieczkaDojnica PaladiukJolanta FraszynskaThe runaway circus freak falls for his co-worker, who happens to be a dwarf woman.Section - European Connection - Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
- DirectorJan Jakub KolskiStarsMagdalena CieleckaMarcin WalewskiAgnieszka GrochowskaMarek is in his early teens and dreams of going to Venice. Although the war makes his plans highly unlikely, the boy won't let his dreams drift away too easily.Section - European Connection - Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsClaude MakiHiroko ÔshimaSabu KawaharaThe lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.Section - Focus on Filmmaker : Takeshi Kitano (Director)
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsKen KanekoMasanobu AndôLeo MorimotoDropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them.Section - Focus on Filmmaker : Takeshi Kitano (Director)
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoYusuke SekiguchiKayoko KishimotoA young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.Section - Focus on Filmmaker : Takeshi Kitano (Director)
- DirectorFei XieStarsWen JiangCheng LinHong YueA semi-literate who was deprived of schooling during the Cultural Revolution, Li Huiquan, is released from labor camp. But his attempts to make good are continually thwarted. His street stall selling clothes puts him on the fringe of the black market, and he soon gets lured back into his old neighbourhood gangs. His disenchanted comrades include a nightclub chanteuse as well as an escaped convict.Section -Focus on Filmmaker : Xie Fie (Director)
- DirectorFei XieStarsDanzengzhuogaLaqiongDawangdui'Song of Tibet', displays the last century of Tibetan history by telling the love story of Yeshe Dolma a Tibetan woman, her romance with three men and her whole life. The actors and actress are all of Tibetan nationality.Section -Focus on Filmmaker : Xie Fie (Director)
- DirectorFei XieStarsDalarsurongAojirdaiBayirtcyaBayinbulag and Somiya are brought up, from a young age, as brother and sister by their adoptive grandmother. The three live happily in a yurt on the Mongolian steppes. Just before Bayinbulag is to leave for the city, to be trained as a vet, the grandmother suggests that Bayinbulag and Somiya should eventually marry. Bayinbulag, now training to be a musician, stays away for long periods of time without communicating with Somiya. He finally comes back expecting to marry her.Section -Focus on Filmmaker : Xie Fie (Director)
- DirectorMohamed AminStarsZeinaSaba MubarakEyad NassarTwo virgin women in a society where marriage is part of the female identityAKA "Two girls from Egypt"
Section - Spectrum Asia - DirectorReha ErdemStarsElit IscanErdal BesikçiogluLevent YilmazHayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsNejat IslerSaadet AksoyUfuk BayraktarYusuf, who goes to town for his mother's funeral, meets his mother's friend Ayla. Ayla pressures Yusuf to fulfill her mother's vow.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsMelih SelcukBasak KöklükayaRiza AkinYusuff has a hard time defining his adulthood. In one hand, there are his mother's expectations while on the other hand his passions.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsOnur SaylakMegi KobaladzeSerkan KeskinA man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorHüseyin KarabeyStarsAyça DamgaciHama Ali KahnCengiz BozkurtThree years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, met Ayca on a film-set. He and Ayca, a fiery actress from Turkey, had a passionate love affair before returning to their respective homes.AKA "My Marlon and Brando"
Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsMehmet Ali NurogluSerhat Mustafa KiliçSettar TanriögenStory of a man who is suffering because of a crime and trying to escape of his suffering.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorZiya ÖztanStarsMeltem CumbulMehmet KurtulusHalil ErgünThe film, which started with the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy, reflects events such as the dethronement of Sultan Abdulhamid, the events of March 31 and the arrival of the Operation Army in Istanbul.Section - Focus on Country : Turkey - New Wave in Turkish Cinema
- DirectorHemen GuptaStarsBalraj SahniBaby SonuUsha KiranA poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners.Section - 150th Birth Anniversary Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore : Tagore Stories on Film's
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.Section - 150th Birth Anniversary Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore : Tagore Stories on Film's
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsJingchun WangWenqing LiuGuo Liuxing Zhong11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school's daily gymnastics, his teacher recommends that he wear a new shirt, which forces his family to make a great sacrifice. Soon after, Wang encounters a wounded man on the run and their fates are intertwined.Section - Closing Film
- DirectorAhmad AbdallaStarsKal NagaYousra El LozyHany AdelKhaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a horrific failure. Khaled clashed big time with a changing more conservative Alexandria but He also stumbles upon fresh youth struggling for their under-ground music bands, art and ideas. in the middle of all the confusion, Will it ever all makes sense at the end? A question for the youth and the city to answer.