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The 10-day celebration besides films will also host interactions with filmmakers,exhibitions on film posters and so on. In the fortcoming days,audience will be treated to the following films:

* The inaugural film Darbareye Elly, About Elly was screened yesterday post the grand inaugration by veteran director Dev Anand. Directed by Asghar Farhadi its a story of a group of young friends from Teheran who take a three-day break at a Caspian beach resort. It’s one of those rare films that can on one level purely be a satisfying drama,but that which encompasses a rich,independent inner life,centred on questions about right and wrong,social coercion and the lies people tell themselves and each other.

* Set in 1918 and Finland’s civil war yet another film Tears of April bring out a stirring testament to the possibility of human connection even in the most inhuman circumstances.

* Gergely Fonyo’s Made in Hungaria is a musical about 1960s-era Communism and the inceptions of rock ‘n’ roll behind the Iron Curtain.

* The Cannibals by Manoel de Oliveira shoots at the dissection of upper-class values as an opera,complete with mechanical limbs falling off,musical interludes and the cannibalism that the title promises.

* A year ago in winter is a powerful story in which the tragic loss of a loved one that becomes the catalyst for each family member to rediscover themselves and redefine their relationships.

* I saw the sun recounts the experiences of three families as they struggle to find peace in alien surrounding Hans-Christian Schmid in his film Storm shows how political decisions are placed over individual’s lives.

* Aradhana,Zanjeer ,Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam will be screened as a tribute to the movie’s director’s.

* Anand,Pinjra,Pratidhwandi will be shown as lifetime achiever awardees’ films.

* Rita,Pasanga,Do BighaZameen,Basundhara-The Earth,A Cup Of Tea,Angshuman’s Film,Anarkali,Natrang will be some of the other Indian entries.

* Samana directed by Jabbar Patel will be shown as a tribute to Nilue Phule & Bhaskar Chandawarkar.