Overview
The third edition of Nitte International Film Festival (NIFF 2019) was held at Bharat Cinemas, Bharat Mall, Mangaluru between the 8th and 11th April. NIFF 2019 saw 70 films being screened and had 40 film makers participating.
The festival was inaugurated by P Sheshadri, award winning Kannada film maker who has directed eight National Award winning films and presided over by Prof Dr M Shantharam Shetty, Pro Chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University). The festival, which opened with the Kannada film "Mookajjiya Kanasugalu", showcased critically acclaimed cinema from across India and the world to the public in Mangaluru, while providing a platform for film-makers and film-viewers to have a conversation.
As is the practice every year, this year too all film-screenings and discussions at the festival were free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis. Screenings were followed by an interactive session with the film makers, which saw enthusiastic participation by the public of Mangaluru.
Recognising the lacuna in Mangaluru’s arts and culture landscape for a major film festival, NIFF was launched in 2017 as a student-run festival organized by Nitte Institute of Communication.
Over the years, there has been a steady increase in the number of people visiting and actively participating in the film festival, with many shows running to packed houses this year
Movies Screened
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Director: Alagiya Asura
Language: Tamil
Director: Alagiya Asura
Language: Tamil
Ammachi Yemba Nenapu
Director: Champa P Shetty
Language: Tamil
Director: Champa P Shetty
Language: Tamil
Bettada Jeeva
Language: Kannada
Language: Kannada
Kaala
Director: P.A Ranjith
Director: P.A Ranjith
Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
Director: P Sheshadri
Language: Kannada
Director: P Sheshadri
Language: Kannada
The Mosquito Philosophy
Director: Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan
Language: Tamil
Director: Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan
Language: Tamil
Nana - A Tale of us
Paarane
Director: Shreelesh s Nair
Language: Tamil
Director: Shreelesh s Nair
Language: Tamil
Painting Life
Director: Dr, S SaiKumar
Director: Dr, S SaiKumar
Samhita
Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
Language: Marathi
Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
Language: Marathi
The Coffin Maker
Director: Veena Bakshi Sukthankar
Language: Hindi
Director: Veena Bakshi Sukthankar
Language: Hindi
Baaram
Director: Priya KrishnaSwamy
Language: Tamil
Director: Priya KrishnaSwamy
Language: Tamil
Ek Je Chilo Raja
Director: Srijit Mukherji
Language: Bengali
Director: Srijit Mukherji
Language: Bengali
Dithee
Director: Sumitra Bhave
Language: Marathi
Director: Sumitra Bhave
Language: Marathi
Kumbalangi Nights
Director: Madhu C Narayanan
Language: Malayalam
Director: Madhu C Narayanan
Language: Malayalam
Astu
Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
Abyakto
Director: Arjun Dutta
Director: Arjun Dutta
Bloscopewala
Director: Deb Medhekar
Language: Hindi
Director: Deb Medhekar
Language: Hindi
Hamid
Director: Aijaz Khan
Language: Hindi
Director: Aijaz Khan
Language: Hindi
Joseph
Director: N Padmakumar
Language: Malayalam
Director: N Padmakumar
Language: Malayalam
Kunju Daivam
Director: Jeo Baby
Language: Malayalam
Director: Jeo Baby
Language: Malayalam
Love And Shukla
Director: Siddarta Jatla
Language: Hindi
Director: Siddarta Jatla
Language: Hindi
Maravi
Director: Santosh & Satish Babusenan
Director: Santosh & Satish Babusenan
Mehsampur
Director: Kabir Singh Chowdhry
Language: Hindi
Director: Kabir Singh Chowdhry
Language: Hindi
October
Director: Shoojit sirkar
Language: Hindi
Director: Shoojit sirkar
Language: Hindi
Periyerum Perumal
Director: PA Ranjith
Director: PA Ranjith
The sweet Requiem
Director: Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam
Director: Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam
Vada Chennai
Language: Tamil
Language: Tamil
Beti
Director: P Shehshadri
Language: Hindi
Director: P Shehshadri
Language: Hindi
Bhaong
Director: Shivaji Lotan Patil
Language: Hindi
Director: Shivaji Lotan Patil
Language: Hindi
Mahanati
Director: Nag Ashwin
Language: Telugu
Director: Nag Ashwin
Language: Telugu
Guest List
| Ms. Anjali Patil | Mr. Abhaya Simha | Mr. Aakash Bhatia | Mr. Karan Pandit | Ms. Veena Bakshi |
| Mr. Baradwaj Rangan | Mr. Shivaji Lotan Patil | Mr. Amartya Bhattacharyya | Ms. Sumitra Bhave | Mr. Mohan Agashe |
| Mr. Shekhar Kulkarni | Mr. Sheshadri P | Mr. Manjunatha S | Dr. Biju Kumar | Mr. Prakash bare |
| Mr. Dayalan Padmanabhan | Mr. Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan | Mr. Lenin R | Mr. Aijaz Khan | Ms. Nina Chakraborthy |
| Mr. Anubhav Kanjilal | Mr. Arjun Dutta | Mr. Kabir Singh Chowdhry | Ms. Sowmya Rajendran | Mr. Santhosh Babusenan |
| Mr. Satish Babusenan | Ms. Shilpi Marvaha | Mr. Dominic Sangma | Mr. Subash Sahoo | Mr. Jatla Siddartha |
| Mr. Ranjan Ghosh | Mr. B Vijaya Kumara | Mr. S Jayanth Seege | Mr. Shibu G Suseelan | Ms. Sunanda Bhat |
| Ms. Priya Krishnaswamy | Ms. Adra Swaroop | Mr. Pampally | Mr. Jeo Baby |
Panel Discussions
In addition to the screenings, the festival also saw national award-winning film critic Manu Chakravarthy in conversation with P Sheshadri, on ‘Film as Text: Understanding the Writings of Shivaram Karanth through Cinema’.
A panel discussion on film criticism with noted film critics Baradwaj Rangan, Sowmya Rajendran and Roshan Nair was moderated by film maker Aijaz Khan.
