Uttar Falguni
Asit Sen
India. 1963. 135 min
Cast : Suchitra Sen, Bikash Roy, Chhaya Devi
This is the story of a women dogged by misfortune. Devjani,s engagement to Manish is cancelled as he has to go abroad to return as a barrister. She is thus doomed to marry Rakhal, who has lent money to her father. Soon, she is with a child but Rakhal has treated her all along so brutally that she attempts to escape and put an end to her life.
Saptapadi
Ajoy Kar
India. 1961. 160 min
Cast : Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Khitish Acharya
Set in World War II, the reverend Krishnendu runs a military hospital in Bankura. A drunken Anglo-Indian woman soldier is brought to him for treatment and he recognized her as his former love Rina Brown.
“The 15th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival will kick out next 17 may in Madrid.
A prelude of the festival has had its space at the headquarters of B The Travel Brand Xperience in April and will continue in may and June.
A total of 71 films in 14 sections, 7 venues (Filmoteca Española, B The Travel Brand Xperience, Teatro del barrio, Casa Asia, Función Lenguaje, Russian Center of science and culture, CC Pilar Miró) for 16 days will give good account of the independent film scene.
Comedies, thrillers, dramas and much more where the public can choose to their taste!
To highlight the films on/of Russian director Igor Savchenko, the Indian actress Suchitra Sen and the most outstanding concerned about social inequalities Indian director Shyam Benegal.
Abound in the sections which reflect the efforts of the great institutions of India as the Tata Institute (TISS), or Public Broadcasting Service (PSBT) that year after year bring to the festival films from research on social trends, gender rights, situations of conflict, among many other social issues.
If everybody’s mouth echoes the word Bollywood with the imminence of their awards in Madrid, Imagineindia has for 15 years been showing great Maestros who have left their mark in our lives through “other cinema”.
PRESS CONFERENCE :
Day : 11 may, wednesday. 12.00 h
Venue : B The Travel Brand Xperience. Calle Miguel Ángel 33. Madrid
Invitees : El Gran Wyoming, Sergio Pazos, Yolanda Font (Actriz), David Marqués (director), Alicia Lledó (Kamala Producciones), Sara Casasnovas, Qazi Abdur Rahim.
More info : www.imagineindia.net
Rauf
Soner Caner, Baris Kaya
Turkey. 2016. 90 min
Cast : Alen Huseyin Gursoy, Arif Arifogullari, Metin Asasin
Venue : Función Lenguaje
Date : 21 may. 19.00h
Rauf hopes to win over his big crush, the older Zana, with the help of the colour pink. But what does pink really look like anyways, and will he even be able to find it in his snowy little Kurdish village up in the mountains? Meanwhile, disturbing rumours sweep in from the outside world.
The Sea and the Flying Fish
Mehrdad Ghafarzadeh
Iran. 2015. 78 min
Cast : Homayoun Ershadi, Akbar Fallah, Amir Hossein Rostami
Venue : Función Lenguaje
Date : 22 may. 20.00h
Ehsan could neither speak nor hear but with his innocent eyes he could see the flight of flying fish over the sea of freedom.
The Silence
Gajendra Ahire
India. 2015. 90 min
Cast : Nagraj Manjule, Anjali Patil, Raghuvir Yadav
Venue : Casa Asia
Date : 19 may. 19.30h
The film is based on a true story of a little girl Chini in rural Maharashtra. Her father has been going through difficult times since the demise of his wife. He is at a loss when his daughter gets her first period and asks her maternal uncle to take her to a nearby town, where he and his wife live. The events after her departure require a great deal of endurance even from an emotionally hardened viewer. There is a myriad of emotions stirring up in one’s mind ranging from fury, helplessness and frustration to a seed of hope and inevitability of the passing.
Withered Leaf
Duminda Sanjeewa
Sri Lanka. 2016. 90 min.
Cast : Manuranga Wijesekera, Chaminda Sampath.
Withered Leaf, explores the plight of widows and their children in Sri Lankan society. It’s the story of a country woman who turns to be a widow and a single mother is forced to choose between life and death by poverty, gender inequality and ignorance of the society.
Duminda Sanjeewa, was born in 1984 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He possesses a keen cinematic eye that has enabled him to create some of Sri Lanka’s out-of- the box ,Tvcs , musicvideos and films. He carries a deep passion for motion graphics and special FX while greatly enjoying the process of filmmaking that allows audiences to escape the harsh realities of day to day life.
His film Withered Leafs has been selected for “57th Asian Pacific Film Festival” Hangzhou, China.
Rajkahini
Srijit Mukherji
India. 2015. 160min
Cast : Rituparna Sengupta, Saayoni Ghosh, Koushik Sen
Venue : Función Lenguaje
Date : 29 may. 20.00h
In 1947 August, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee’s movie Rajkahini is weaved around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 women.
Radio set
Hari Viswanath
India. 2015. 80 min
Cast : Lakshmanan Koratur, Ramanujam Tvv
Venue : Casa Asia
18 may. 19.30h
Radiopetti (Radio set), the story of a man lost in another world, a world of the past, brought alive to his ears by a radioset. How his life journeys with his love for this inanimate thing alongside his family and friends. Where will this love take him?
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