IFFI 2017 International Cinema Catalogue

Biennale College 2017 Venezia
This year, for the very first time the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) brings to you films of
the oldest film festival of the World, Venice International Film Festival.
The films of ”BIENNALE COLLEGE 2017 VENEZIA” segment of the Venice International Film
Festival will be screened in this 48th edition of International Film Festival of India, 2017.
Biennale College is the project of La Biennale di Venezia which is dedicated to the formation of
young people in the artistic field and in the activities of the organizational structure of the Biennale.
Thus, Biennale College of Cinema was formed to inspire and promote the young budding film
maker.
This year, four films from La Biennale di Venezia would be screened, namely, Beautiful Things
directed by Giorgio Ferroro (Italy), where the director gives us a sneak peak of the men who
are monks in temples of steel and concrete carrying out their mechanical rituals in silence and
solitude, Martyr directed by Mazen Khaled (Lebanon) gives us the exploration of the journey of life
and death of a man who drowns and becomes a Martyr in Islamic religion and Strange Colours
directed by Alina Lodkina (Australia), a story about a father and a daughter mending a fractured
bond. The fourth film from this package is an Indian film Mukti Bhawan directed by Shubhashish
Bhutiani, showcasing another father-son relationship where the father has a desire to go and die
in the holy city of Varanasi in India and the son is left with no choice.
The young aspiring film makers of India would be both inspired and motivated by seeing films of
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It is only when film festivals collaborate, cinema as an art form is celebrated in the world.
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