BIFFes 2025: Over 200 movies from 60 nations to be screened; registrations open for delegates
Over 200 movies from 60 nations can be screened within the 11 screens of PVR Cinemas in Orion Mall, Rajajinagar, within the sixteenth version of the Bengaluru Worldwide Movie Competition (BIFFes), which can be held from March 1-8.
Among the highlights of the occasions embody interactive periods with filmmakers comparable to Chidambaram of Manjummel Boys (2024)fame, Rajkumar Periasamy, the director of the latest hit biopic Amaran, and ace cinematographer Ravi Varman, who lately obtained inducted into American Society of Cinematographers.
The organisers have additionally deliberate a full-day seminar on the usage of Synthetic Intelligence in movie manufacturing.
The pageant can have centenary tributes to legendary filmmakers Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor, and Ritwik Ghatak and common Kannada actor Ok.S. Ashwath. BIFFes can also be set to display the restored model of Girish Kasaravalli’s Nationwide Award-winning Ghatashraddha. The Movie Heritage Basis together with Martin Scorsee’s The Movie Basis’s World Cinema challenge restored the 1977 Kannada movie in 2024.
BIFFes 2025 is ready to have a retrospective part on Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, and German filmmaker Wim Wenders. Ankur (1974), Nishant (1975), Bhumika (1977), Manthan (1976),and Mammo (1994)are a number of the movies of Benegal to be screened on the pageant. The filmmaker handed away on December 23, 2024, on the age of 90. Within the up to date world cinema part, Oscar favourites Anora and Emilia Perez can be screened.
Tent cinema
Throughout a press convention on Wednesday, actor Sadhu Kokila, chairman of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, stated that the organisers are considering holding open-air movie screenings. “We need to display outdated classics like Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974)and Naagarahaavu (1972) utilizing a 16mm projector. Just like the olden days, we would like individuals to expertise the enjoyment of watching movies in an out of doors setting,” stated Mr. Kokila, including that the concept continues to be within the strategy planning stage.
Registrations open
Registrations for the pageant are open on the official web site Biffes.org. Whereas most of the people has to pay ₹800, movie trade professionals, movie society members, college students, and senior residents should pay ₹400. After finishing the web registration, passes might be collected on the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (Nandini Structure) or on the Karnataka Movie Chamber of Commerce (Shivananda Circle) from February 18. For the complete schedule, go to Biffes.org.
Revealed – February 12, 2025 08:57 pm IST
