THE HEAT IS ON

THE COMPETITION SECTIONS AT THE UPCOMING KOLKATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PROMISE A TREASURE TROVE OF INTERESTING FILMS

- Devarsi Ghosh

The 29th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival, to be held between December 5 and 12, is featuring multiple competitive sections for national and international feature-length films, short films, and documentaries.

Leading the roster is the International Competition section. Carlos Daniel Malave's Venezuelan film One Way is an immigration drama tracking a mother caught in a social and economic crisis. Globalisation is also the theme of Spanish actor-turned-filmmaker Liz Lobato's debut directorial project Land of Our Mothers, a farcical look at a village slowly getting sold away while its inhabitants prefer to look the other way to keep the community intact. Meanwhile, Asa Helga Hjorleifsdottir's Icelandic film A Letter From Helga is in sombre contrast and follows a scandalous affair between a farmer and his poet neighbour in a village in the 1940s.