- The 4th All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) will be held at PVR Cinemas, Inorbit Mall,Hyderabad from Dec 1-4, 2018.
- The opening movie of ALIIFF 2018 will be the Iran’s OSCAR Runner of this year’s foreign film category “No Date, No Signature “by Vahid Jalilvand
Hyderabad, November 23, 2018– Indywood Film Carnival, the much anticipated entertainment fiesta of the year, will be held at HITEX Convention Centre from December 1st to 5th 2018. The Carnival is expected to accelerate the growth of Indian Film Industry through materialising big budget movie projects, co-production ventures and B2B meet generating business worth Rs 500 crore.
The fourth edition of Indywood Film Carnival (IFC 2018), a flagship venture of 10 billion USD Project Indywood, aims to elevate Indian cinema to an international level. IFC 2018 will be one-stop platform for showcasing the latest technology and future possibilities in the entire spectrum of film making, skill development, pre-production, production, technical support, post-production, distribution, marketing and release among others.
All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) – the flagship event of Indywood Film Carnival, will screen over 100 movies from nearly 50 countries. Cinema lovers can expect a grand visual experience with PVR Inorbit Mall set to open its 4 theater screens for the film festival, as they being the Exculsive Multiplex Partner. The films will be screened in top quality screens with the famous PVR service experience offered in full. Around 16 movies will be screened per day and the films will include premiers of National and International Films.
The 4th edition of ALIIFF will see the screening of feature films with a long list of must watch short films and documentaries from across the world. There will be most awaited films from the World Cinema and the movies from this year’s Oscar race too. A tribute segment to the legendary Iranian director Late Mr. Abbas Kiarostami, is another highlight of the festival. Celebrity red carpet walks, exclusive Media Interactions and Q&A sessions with the industry’s leading directors and celebrities will also be held at the venue during the festival.
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Given below is the list of films that will be screened in the festival’s competition and non competition Sections:
Opening Movie
No Date, No Signature by Vahid Jalilvand
Iran |2017|104 Mins
International Competition for Feature Films
Pupa by Indrasis Acharya
India | 2018 | 109 Mins
The Bird Was Not A Bird by Ahmad Zia Arash
Afghanistan | 2017 | 90 Mins
ROBIN by Toby Schmutzler
Germany | 2018 | 75 Mins
The Third Wish by Vit Karas
Czech Republic | 2017| 102 Mins
INDIGO LAKE by MARTIN SIMPSON
Australia | 2017 | 92 Mins
Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva
Russia | 2018 | 77 Mins
Amir by Nima Eghlima
Iran | 2018 | 106 Mins
International Competition for Debut Director’s Films
Octav by Serge Ioan Celebidachi
Romania | 2017 | 100 Mins
Kupal by Kazem Mollaie
Iran | 2017 | 81 Mins
Miracle of Christmas by Eri Tsukimoto
Japan | 2018 | 115 Mins
Aalorukkam by V C abhilash
India | 2017 | 116 Mins
Delia & Sammy by Therese Cayaba
Philippines | 2018 | 84 Mins
Kiko Boksingero by Thop Nazareno
Philippines | 2017 | 79 Mins
Runaway (Uronchondi) by Abhishek Saha
India | 2018 | 101 Mins
International Competition for Indywood Panorama
Painting Life by Dr.Bijukumar Damodaran
India | 2018| 145 Mins
Karim Mohammed by Pawan Kumar Sharma
India | 2017 | 99 Mins
SINJAR by Sandeep Pampally
India | 2017 | 115 Mins
Dear Molly by Gajendra Ahire
India | 2018| 91 Mins
TOLET by Chezhiyan Ra
India | 2017|99 Mins
The Golden Mountain by Parambrata Chattopadhyay
India | 2018|131 Mins
International Competition for Short Films
MASHHAD by Shabu Kilithattil
U A E | 2018 | 18 Mins
Raagasoothram by Sreejith Nampoothiry
India | 2017 | 27 Mins
The Waiting Place by Karishma Jhalani
India | 2018 | 25 Mins
The President’s Visit by Cyril Aris
U S A | 2017 | 19 Mins
The Gray Line by Saki Farzana
Bangladesh | 2018 | 18 Mins
Banshi (The Flute) by Kaushik Sengupta
India | 2018 | 20 Mins
NAGARUM NODIYIL by Raj Eshwar
India | 2018 | 18 Mins
Let Me Breathe by Donald Roman Lopez
U S A | 2018 | 15 Mins
The Drainage by Vikrant Ramdas Badarkhe
India | 2017 | 15 Mins
Quarter by Vishal Shinde
India | 2018 | 22 Mins
Fhedi by Anne Alfred
Egypt | 2018 | 11 Mins
Sacred Hair by MARIO MORIN
Canada | 2017 | 13 Mins
The Domestic Fly by Áron Horváth
Slovenia | 2017 | 10 Mins
TRACES by Guichart Cecilia
Luxembourg | 2017 | 15 Mins
Midnight Run by Remya Raj
India | 2018 | 14 Mins
Silver Bangles by Roshan Bikram Thakuri
Nepal | 2017 | 15 Mins
Gaze by Farnoosh Samadi
Italy | 2017 | 14 Mins
A Gentle Night by QIU Yang
China | 2017 | 15 Mins
The Son, the Father… by Lukas Hassel
U S A | 2017 | 13 Mins
Joy by Vladimir Munkuev
Russia | 2018 | 23 Mins
International Competition for Student Short Films
Rouff by Markus Eschrich, Johannes Lumer, Benjamin Brand, Julius Rosen, Johannes Engelhardt
Germany | 2017 | 7 Mins
Mimesis by Rafael Trejo Ortega
Mexico | 2018 | 30 Mins
The Lie Game by Jyothi Kalyan Sura
U S A | 2018 | 14 Mins
Behind High Walls by Sherine Sabry, Frank Bartscheck II
Egypt | 2018 | 12 Mins
Lakshmi by Shashank Mhasawade
India | 2018 | 27 Mins
Saad (Calling) by Kunika Kharat
India | 2017 | 20 Mins
Hers Truly by Sherine Sabry, Frank Bartscheck II
Egypt | 2018 | 12 Mins
Breaking Out by Heshvanth Gurukul
India | 2018 | 24 Mins
Through the looking glass by Rakesh Varma
India | 2018 | 22 Mins
International Competition for Documentaries
ABDUL and JOSE by Luigi Acquisto
Australia | 2017 | 52 Mins
The Girl and The Picture by Vanessa Roth
U S A | 2018 | 39 Mins
The Borrowed Dress by Leen Alfaisal
U A E | 2017 |56 Mins
The Barre by hyuk-rho LEE
South Korea| 2018 | 47 Mins
Women and Religion in India by Disha Arora
India | 2018 | 36 Mins
Wounded Gold by Mustafa Hadziibrahimovic
Netherlands | 2017 | 50 Mins
Art and Lega Power by Richard UYER THUMITHO
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2017 |47 Mins
Out of Competition Category
Children & Animated Films
Pale white by Gholamreza Jafari
Afghanistan| 2017 | 8 Mins
Leo Minor by Tai Wedekind
France| 2017 | 8 Mins
Blows With The Wind by Hazhir As’adi
Iran| 2017 | 7 Mins
The Fixies: Top Secret by Vasiko Bedoshvili ,Andrey Kolpin,Ivan Pshonkin
Russia | 2017 | 80 Mins
Short Film Show case
TYSON by SANJAY BHATIA
India |2018 | 13 Mins
A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart
U K| 2018 | 12 Mins
UNDO by CV Ramana
India| 2018| 18 Mins
The Opaque by Anish Kunnath
Singapore | 2018 | 15 Mins
THE REHABILITATION (PUNARUTHARANAM ) by NAVARAJ R S
India| 2018 | 11 Mins
VIGHATANE by Ram Manjjonaath
India | 2018 | 8 Mins
Chime by Ram Emani V S Nanda Kishore
India | 2018 | 10 Mins
World Cinema
The Frozen Fire by Anuruddha Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka| 2018 | 130 Mins
Memories by Soo Sung Lee
South Korea | 2017 | 96 Mins
I’Father by Mark Norfolk
Kosovo| 2018 | 91 Mins
Village Rock star by Rima Das
India | 2017 | 87 Mins
According to Mathew by Chandran Rutnam
Sri Lanka | 2018 | 120 Mins
The Road to Sunrise by Charles Shemu Joyah
Malawi | 2017 |145 Mins
Tribute to Abbas Kiarostami
Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran| 1997 | 95 Mins
Wind will carry us by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran| 1999 | 118 Mins
Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran| 2010 | 106 Mins
Special Screening
Aickarakkonathe Bhishaguaranmaar by Biju Majeed
India| 2018 | 129 Mins
Firdaws by Mayur Puri
India | 2017 | 17 Mins
Baba Joom by Yuval Delshad
Israel | 2015 | 91 Mins
NAWAL THE JEWEL by RENJILAL DAMODARAN
India | 2017 | 121 Mins
ANDARKAHINI [SELF-EXILE] by Arnab K Middya
India | 2017 | 86 Mins
Guest Country – Iran
Forbidden by Hassan Yekta Panah
Iran| 2017 | 98 Mins
Lollipop by Mohammad Hossein Farahbakhsh
Iran | 2016 | 83 Mins
Privacy by Ahmad Moazzami
Iran | 2017 | 80 Mins
TIME TO LOVE by Alireza Raissian
Iran | 2015 | 95 Mins
Locked In by Nadira murray, Pavel shepan
Iran | 2017 | 15 Mins
Shoor Abad by Arash seyfi
Iran | 2018|15 Mins
Focus Country – Russia
Hymn to the Great City by Andrei Yehmov
Russia | 2018|49 Mins
My Name is Makhaz by Inar Narmania
Russia | 2018|14 Mins
Two Halves (SOUL MATES) by Baybulat Batullin
Russia | 2017|15 Mins
Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva
Russia | 2018 | 77 Mins
The Fixies: Top Secret by Vasiko Bedoshvili , Andrey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin
Russia | 2017 | 80 Mins
A Hellish Chaos by Sergey Debizhev
Russia | 2017 | 110 Mins
Joy by Vladimir Munkuev
Russia | 2018 | 23 Mins
About Indywood
NRI businessman Sohan Roy, Chairman and CEO of UAE based Aries Group of Companies, is the
founder director of 10 billion US dollar Project Indywood which aims to elevate the Indian Film
Industry to global standards in the next five years through a consortium of 2000 Indian
billionaires and corporates. A serial entrepreneur who is consistently featured in Forbes Middle East’s list of Top 50 business owners and a Hollywood filmmaker of Indian origin, Sohan Roy aims to establish 10,000 4K projection multiplex screens, 100,000 2K/4K projection home cinemas, 8K/4K film studios, 100 animation/VFX studios and film schools adhering to international standards through Indywood.
