List of movies that were part of the World Competition category in the 18th Pune International Film Festival 2020
Movie Name: Bik Eneich: Un Fils
English Title: A Son
Country of Origin: Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar
Year: 2019
Languages: Arabic (Tunisian dialect)
Run time: 96 minutes
Cast: Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah, Youssef Khemiri
Director: Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Movie Name: Adults In The Room
English Title: Adults In The Room
Country of Origin: France, Greece
Year: 2019
Languages: English, Greek, French, German
Run time: 127 minutes
Cast: Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Ulrich Tukur, Daan Schuurmans, Josiane Pinson, Aurelien Rocoing, Vincent Nemeth, Valeria Golino
Director: Costa-Gavras
Movie Name: Dylda
English Title: Beanpole
Country of Origin: Russia
Year: 2019
Languages: Russian
Run time: 137 minutes
Cast: Vikroria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Timofey Glazkov, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov
Director: Kentemir Balagov
Movie Name: Evge
English Title: Homeward
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Year: 2019
Languages: Ukranian
Run time: 96 minutes
Cast: Akhtem Seitablaev, Remzi Bilyalov
Director: Nariman Aliev
Movie Name: Istoria Lizy
English Title: Liza’s Tale
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Year: 2019
Languages: Ukranian, Russian
Run time: 111 minutes
Cast: Marianna Akhrarova, Vladislav Pogribniy, Darya Tvoronovich, Mykola Perestyuk
Director: Alexander Zhovna
Movie Name: Marighella
English Title: Marighella
Country of Origin: Brazil
Year: 2019
Languages: Portuguese
Run time: 155 minutes
Cast: Seu Jorge, Adanilo, Adriana Esteves, Bruno Gagliasso, Bella Camero Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Ana Paula Bouzas
Director: Wagner Moura
Movie Name: Ïewduh
English Title: Market
Country of Origin: India
Year: 2019
Languages: Khasi, Jaintia, Garo, Hindi
Run time: 94 minutes
Cast: Albert Mawrie, Denver Pariat, Richard Kharpuri, Baia Marbaniang, Anvil Laloo, Lapynhun Sun
Director: Pradip Kurbah
Movie Name: Ma Sai Ke Shao Nv
English Title: Mosaic Portrait
Country of Origin: China
Year: 2019
Languages: Mandarin
Run time: 108 minutes
Cast: Wang Yantui, Wang Chuanjun, Zhang Tongxi
Director: Zhai Yixiang
Movie Name: Supernova
English Title: Supernova
Country of Origin: Poland
Year: 2019
Languages: Polish
Run time: 78 minutes
Cast: Marek Braun, Marcin Hycnar, Marcin Zarzeczny, Agnieszka Skibicka, Anna Mrozowska
Director: Bartosz Kruhlik
Movie Name: Apro Mesek
English Title: Tall Tales
Country of Origin: Hungary
Year: 2019
Languages: Hungarian, Russian
Run time: 112 minutes
Cast: Tamas Szabo Kimmel, Vica Kerekes, Levente Molnar
Director: Attila Szasz
Movie Name: Yumorist
English Title: The Humorist
Country of Origin: Russia, Latvia, Czechia
Year: 2019
Languages: Russian
Run time: 101 minutes
Cast: Aleksey Agranovich, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Alisa Khazanova, Pavel Ilyin, Artem Volobuev
Director: Michael Idov
Movie Name: The Painted Bird
English Title: The Painted Bird
Country of Origin: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia
Year: 2019
Languages: Slavic Esperanto, Czech, Russian, German
Run time: 169 minutes
Cast: Petr Kotlar, Udo Kier, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Cvancarova, Stellan Skarsgard, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands
Director: Vaclav Marhoul
Movie Name: Hiruk- Pikuk Si Al- Kisah
English Title: The Science of Fictions
Country of Origin: Indonesia, Malaysia, France
Year: 2019
Languages: Indonesian, Javanese
Run time: 106 minutes
Cast: Gunawan Maryanto, Ecky Lamoh, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, Alex Suhendra, Lukman Sardi,Rusini, Asmara Abigail, Marissa Anita
Director: Yosep Anggi Noen
Movie Name: Die Lehrerin
English Title: The Teacher
Country of Origin: Germany
Year: 2019
Languages: German
Run time: 77 minutes
Cast: Julia Franszke, Olivier Dovergne
Director: Denis Dercourt
Images: Pune International Film Festival website.
Written by: Afrose Shaikh