As Jagran Film Festival starts September 26, we list the top 10 films that you just cannot afford to miss
Rachid Bouchareb’s Road To Istanbul (Algeria)
Elisabeth cannot comprehend what has possessed her daughter, Elodie, to join a war in a far off country that, as far as she can see, has nothing to do with her life. With no official help in sight, she decides to make her way across the Turkish border into Syria to bring Elodie home.
6.30 pm, Sept 26
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Ed Ehrenberg’s Hear The Silence (Germany)
Set in 1941, a small, lost unit of German soldiers is looking for shelter in a remote, snowy village in Ukraine, which is enemy territory.
4.15pm, Sept 27
Lee Tamahori’s Mahana (New Zealand)
Simeon, the 14-year-old scion of Mahana clan, dares to rebel against his authoritarian grandfather and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing enmity with the Poata clan.
9.15 pm, Sept 30
Guilherme Fontes’ Chatô – The King of Brazil (Brazil)
Biopic of the mogul of communications, Assis Chateaubriand aka Chatô, one of those responsible for bringing TV to Brazil. The film traces his rise and fall.
7.15 pm, Oct 1
Roberto Doveris’ Las Plantas (Chile)
For a whole summer, 17-year-old Florencia has to look after her brother, who is in a vegetative state. She becomes obsessed with a comic book ‘Las Plantas’, which is about plant souls taking control of human bodies on full moon nights. Images of her monotonous daily routine and a vibrant fantasy world merge as she self-determines her sexual awakening.
9.15 pm, Sept 29
Bouli Lanners’ The First, The Last (Belgium)
Esther and Willy are handicapped, in love, and on the run. But who/ what are they running from? Oh, and there’s a mummy in the sleeping bag.
9.15 pm, Oct 1
Mutana Mohmed’s Dana Dana (Iraq)
A young Iraqi singer’s struggle to overcome stereotypical impressions post migration to Britain in his journey to become a successful musician.
12.30 pm, Oct 2
Ahmad and Mohammad Malas’ World Cup (Syria)
Passion for football across the political spectrum, social strata and warring factions in war-ravaged Syria today.
3 pm, Oct 2
Critsi Puiu’s Sieranevada (Romania)
Lary, a doctor in his forties, is at a family gathering to commemorate the deceased, three days after the terrorist attack on offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and 40 days after his father’s death. Forced to confront his past, he is constrained to tell his version of the truth.
6 pm, Oct 2
Youssef Britel’s Al Massira, The Green March (Morocco)
Intertwined fates of a handful of men and women, who have a common objective: to fight for the freedom of their colonised territory. Tells the story of Zhor, whose aim was to give birth to her child on her late husband’s land, the occupied Moroccan Sahara.
9.15 pm, Oct 2
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