{"id":8823,"date":"2022-09-09T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.festivalsfromindia.com\/?post_type=festival&p=8823"},"modified":"2024-02-29T06:49:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T06:49:13","slug":"habitat-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"festival","link":"https:\/\/www.festivalsfromindia.com\/blog\/festival\/habitat-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitat International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Habitat International Film Festival, launched by India Habitat Centre\u2019s Film Club in 2017, brings critically acclaimed world cinema to film lovers in the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asghar Farhadi\u2019s The Salesman <\/em>and Mohammad Rasoulof\u2019s A Man of Integrity<\/em> from Iran, Mustafa Kara\u2019s Cold of Kalandar <\/em>from Turkey, and Ruben \u00d6stlund\u2019s The Square <\/em>from Sweden are among the award-winning titles shown at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ten-day festival, which was on hiatus from 2019 to 2021, staged its third edition in May 2022. It opened with Lee Joon-ik\u2019s The Book of Fish<\/em>, as part of a package of Korean films presented by the Korean Cultural Centre in Delhi. Other highlights were Asghar Farhadi\u2019s A Hero<\/em>, Filippo Meneghetti\u2019s Two of Us <\/em>from France, Nathalie \u00c1lvarez Mes\u00e9n\u2019s Clara Sola<\/em> from Costa Rica, Roy Andersson\u2019s About Endlessness <\/em>from Sweden, a student film package from Poland, and Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u2019s Parallel Mothers<\/em> from Spain, which closed the proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The line-up of documentaries and shorts, meanwhile, spanned a gamut of subjects, from the impact of environmental disruptions to the strengthening of women\u2019s voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, for the first time, the festival screened Indian films. Each was followed by a talk with a member of the team behind the feature, in most cases the director. The domestic selections included Gurvinder Singh\u2019s Adh Chanani Raat<\/em> (Punjabi) and a special package curated by film writer Anna M. M. Vetticad titled \u2018Origins of the New Malayalam New Wave\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n