5th Jagran Film Festival: Films to watch on Day 2

AT PVR SCREEN 5Death amp TanyaDirector Taishi ShiodeLowdown This 80minute long film is as dark as it gets A grim reaper shows human tendencies when he runs into a woman Romance might seem like an awkward possibility but it canrsquot be ruled out No wonder the film has been billed as groundbreakingTime 11amThe Woods are Still GreenDirector Marko NabersnikLowdown During World War I a cruel fight for humanity and dignity rages on at a height of 2200 meters on the Italian front The film is about AustrianHungarian soldiers during the war and is set against the backdrop of a trench not to mention scores of death bodies on both sides of it Time 2pmSupernovaDirector Tamar Van Den DopLowdown Meis is fifteen and lives in the back of beyond and aspires to a grand and stirring life With the passing of the time shersquos basically waiting for the next car to pull in front of her house And it doesTime 330pmGulaab GangDirector Soumik SenLowdown Here a group of pink sareeclad women decide to take matters into their own handsJuhi Chawla and Madhuri Dixit in Gulaab Gang where pink sareeclad women deal with matters in their own wayInterestingly the greatest obstacle they face is not a man but a woman who prefers to stand on the spectrumTime 6pmTo Kill a ManDirector Alejandro FernandezLowdown Jorge a hardworking and poor guy and his family are terrorised by local criminal Kalulersquos clan Jorgersquos teenage son boldly tries to stand up for his father resulting in Kalulersquos murdering the boy Guilt and crime dominate this filmTime 9pm AT CINEMAX VERSOVA SCREEN 2Pannaiyarum PadminiyumDirector Arun KumarLowdown The film dwells on the relationship between technology and rural reality it throws light on how technology raises the status of a commoner in an otherwise ignorant village However therersquos a price to pay as obstacles come up when he decides to own a carTime 2pmTapaalDirector Laxman UtekarLowdown The story revolves around a postman visiting a remote rural village and meeting a schoolgoing boyA still from Tapaal that tells the story of a postman who visits a remote villageEventually it becomes a matter of honour and respect as the bond between the villagers and the postman growsTime 430pmKya Dilli Kya LahoreDirector Vijay RaazLowdown In 1948 two soldiers on either side of the LOC are caught in a crossfire and they have little idea what they are getting into Bullets fly early on but eventually words matter more as they engage in a delightful conversation about peaceTime 9pmAT CINEMAX VERSOVA SCREEN 1Grand IllusionDirector Jean RenoirLowdown An antiwar film that takes place during World War I this French film was the first foreign film to receive the Best Picture Oscar nomination It revolves around a French captain who is willing to risk his life just to ensure that others escapeTime 1115amBlock 12Director Kryiacos TofaridesLowdown The movie is about a dysfunctional family that is forced to move into a small house in the wildnerness due to a financial crisis Life changes when the place becomes the centre of national and international attentionTime 5pmBeatrizrsquos WarDirector Luigi Acquisto and Bety ReisLowdown The first ever fulllength feature film to come out of East Timor the filmrsquos plot is woven around the story of Martin Guerre in 16th century FranceBeatrizrsquos War is the first fulllength feature film to come out ofEast TimorGuerre then fatefully moves to East Timor during the Indonesian occupation It is in competition in the International Film categoryTime 730pm AT PVR CINEMAS SCREEN 4Jagran ShortsTime 2pm A Political Story A realistic film from a finalyear film student named Lander Camarero it is a fresh perspective on what is driving modern politicsCholera The inhabitants of a fictional country take the law into their own hands and face severe consequences but itrsquos not easy to blame them for what they didDemocracia A Spanish filmmaker presents a bold short film on how the manager of a company proposes a bold plan to boost the morale of his coworkersHotzanak yoursquore your own safety In those places where the soul wanders and the body remains without a shelter mdashthatrsquos how this short film has been describedShort endsHere Cyrus Dastur founder of the biggest short film club in the country Shamiana will discus the wide scope of a short film Also present will be Sameer Modi CEO of Pocket Films Manoj Srivastava founderShort Film Centre and Ioakim Milonas director of the Cyprus International Film Festival