The 32nd Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) that will run from 21 to 31 July will have a special focus on ‘India Independents’.
The festival will present over 200 screenings at venues across the Durban district.
“The remarkably diverse cinema of India is celebrated at DIFF this year, with a focus on both the classic and the daringly contemporary,” reads the official website of the festival.
As part of the special focus, the festival will present a Satyajit Ray Retrospective along with new works by fresh Indian talents. The six films of Ray that would be screened are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Charulata, Kapurush, Ghare Baire and Ray’s final film, Agantuk.
Leena Manimekelai’s film The Dead Sea will have its World Premiere at the festival. Onir’s I Am, Sanjoy Nag’s Memories In March, Kaushik Mukherjee’s Bengali film Gandu and Aamir Bashir’s Autumn will also be screened. "
Bollywood – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, a documentary directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist will be presented in the Documentary section of the festival.
There will also be an exhibition of artworks by Ranjit Dahiya of India titled ‘History of Bollywood Cinema’, in association with Alliance Française as part of the Indian focus.
