“IFFI Goa Film Treasures” (India, France, International) (November 24 - 28, 2008)
Since November 2007, a new section entirely devoted to cinema classics, representing significant cultural and historical documents as well as treasures of inspiration for future cinematic creations has been launched: “IFFI Goa Film Heritage Section”. For the second edition and since 2007, this new section is made with and as part of the International Film Festival of Goa and directed by Technicolor Foundation for Film & Television Heritage with Cinémathèque française and with the support of Film & TV Office of French Embassy in India and with Film & Television Institute of India.
“Women!” is the theme of this programming, built around a major event, the screening of the restored version of Lola Montès which was presented as a world premiere in Cannes Classics 2008. Jean-François Rauger, Director of Programming from Cinémathèque française introduces the 2008 selection for “IFFI-Film Heritage section”:
“Max Ophuls’ Lola Montès paints the portrait of a femme fatale from the 19th century. She is an enchantress whose life has been shaped by scandalous affairs and a woman not willing to give up her freedom, or at least the illusive idea she may have of freedom. Since the birth of motion picture films, women have often been portrayed as trying to escape their social conditions or in search of independence. Labelled as victims or rebels, they are represented through many different characters like the impertinent Cluny Brown by Lubitsch, the roles of the two single mothers trying to raise their children who don’t understand them anymore in Imitation of Life by Douglas Sirk; and also the role of Sita, the young girl who runs away with the man she has been in love with since childhood in Subarnarekha, of Nellie, the frustrated wife who finds comfort in the arms of a bad boy in Loulou, of Yukiko, hurt by the indecision of her lover in Floating Clouds and also of Nana, the sublime prostitute of My Life to Live.”
Schedule of the “Women!” 2008 programming
November 24th
6:00pm: “Lola Montès” by Max Ophuls (1955, France-Germany)
November 25th
2:15pm: “Cluny Brown” by Ernst Lubitsch (1946, USA)
7:45pm: “Subarnarekha” by Ritwik Ghatak (1965, India)
November 26th
2:15pm: “Floating Clouds” by Mikio Naruse (1955, Japon)
7:45pm: “Loulou” by Maurice Pialat (1980, France)
November 27th
2:15pm: “Imitation of Life” by Douglas Sirk (1959, USA)
7:45pm: “The Women” by George Cukor (1939, USA)
November 28th
2:15pm:” Belle de Jour” by Luis Buñuel (1967, France)
Workshops:
All delegates of the International Film Festival of India, Goa can attend the workshops.A moderator will conduct the debates with filmmakers and international cinema representatives from Cinémathèque française, Film & Television Institute of India and Technicolor Foundation for Film & TV Heritage.
- November 25th: The restoration project of “Lola Montès: collective efforts for the sake of an author’s work”.
- November 27th: Women and Cinema, Women in Cinema.
> Download the 2007 catalog and the 2008 catalog