My movie selection for the 13th Indian Film Festival (Indisches Filmfestival) Stuttgart (#IFFStuttgart)

For the first time in years, I was able to thoroughly prepare for the Indian Film Festival / Indisches Filmfestival which starts in Stuttgart/Germany today.


I selected all of the movies I am planning to see beforehand by checking the reviews (if available) and trailers. In case you are undecided, maybe the trailers are helpful for you as well:

Parched (Wednesday, July 20, 7 pm, Metropol 1)

Ottaal (Thursday, July 21, 10 am, Metropol 2)

Visaaranai (Thursday, July 21, 2 pm, Metropol 3)

CRD (Thursday, July 21, 4 pm, Metropol 2)

Island City (Thursday, July 21, 6 pm, Metropol 2)

Brahman Naman (Thursday, July 21, 8 pm, Metropol 3)

Monchora (Friday, July 22, 2 pm, Metropol 2)

The Violin Player (Friday, July 22, 4:30 pm, Metropol 2)

Zubaan (Friday, July 22, 6 pm, Metropol 2)

Thithi (Friday, July 22, 8:30 pm, Metropol 2)

Neerja (Friday, July 22, 11 pm, Metropol 2)

Aligarh (Saturday, July 23, 2 pm, Metropol 2)

Nil Battey Sannata (Saturday, July 23, 4 pm, Metropol 2)

Cinemawala (Saturday, July 23, 6 pm, Metropol 3)

I won’t watch this movie because I have already seen it when it was on tour in Germany – it is absolutely wonderful:
Angry Indian Goddesses / 7 Göttinnen (Saturday, July 23, 8 pm, Metropol 2)

Waiting (Saturday, July 23, 8 pm, Metropol 3)

TE3N (Saturday, July 23, 10 pm, Metropol 2)

Bahurupiya (Wearer of Faces) (Sunday, July 24, 10 am, Metropol 3)

plus: Lal Bhi Udhaas Ho Sakta Hai (Even Red Can Be Sad)
Kothanodi (The River of Fables) (Sunday, July 24, 12 pm, Metropol 3)

Cecilia (Sunday, July 24, 2:30 pm, Metropol 3)

Masaan (Sunday, July 24, 4:30 pm, Metropol 3)

I’ll try to tweet short reviews of the movies I have managed to see, with hashtag #IFFStuttgart.

Bonus material 😉

From 2012 – musical interludes with Tannishta Chatterjee

Reports about previous Indian film festivals
Deepa Mehta at 15th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival (#R2RFIFF) / Looking back at Stuttgart’s #IFFSTR15 (2015)
Looking back at River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival 2014 … and some Florence tips (2014)
Movie Talk with Irrfan Khan @River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival (Videos) (2014)
Irrfan Khan at 14th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival / Looking back at last year’s #R2RFIFF (2014)
13th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival: From Ganges to Arno … and Tiber! #R2RFIFF (2013)
Shukriya, Amitabh Bachchan! (Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema at River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival) (2012)
Bollywood and beyond: Looking Back at the 9th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart (2012)
From Ganges to Arno: 11th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival (2011)
Aparna Sen and Rahul Bose at River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival (2010)
7th Film Festival „Bollywood and beyond“: The Tweets (incl. Trailers) (2010)
Einmal Bollywood und zurück, bitte! (2010)
Film Festival „Bollywood and beyond“: The Tweets (2009)
Bollywood (and beyond) im Erlebniszentrum (2009)
Qype: River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival in Florenz (2008)
Bollywood and beyond (2008)
Bollywood, here I come! (2008)

Peter Jebsen