‘The Taste of Things,’ ‘Exhuma’ to Bookend Debut Edition of India’s Cinevesture Film Festival
variety.comNaman Ramachandran India premieres of France’s “The Taste of Things” and Korea’s “Exhuma” will open and close respectively the first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival.
Tran Anh Hung won best director at Cannes 2023 for “The Taste of Things,” which was subsequently submitted as France’s official entry to the Oscars’ international feature category.
Jang Jae-hyun’s “Exhuma” is Korea’s biggest box office hit of 2024. International highlights of the program include Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning “The Zone of Interest,” Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster,” Darren Aronivsky’s “The Whale,” starring Brendan Fraser, Steffi Niederzoll’s Berlinale winner “Seven Winters in Tehran,” Anthony Chen’s Singapore Oscar entry “Breaking Ice” and Prasanna Vithanage’s Busan-winning “Paradise.” Indian films include Jayant Digambar Somalkar’s Toronto winner “Sthal,” Karan Tejpal’s Venice title “Stolen,” Rima Das’ Toronto title “Tora’s Husband,” Gurvinder Singh’s Rotterdam film “Adh Chanani Raat,” Lijo Jose Pellissery’s “Malaikottai Vaaliban” amd Sreemoyee Singh’s Berlinale title “And, Towards Happy Alleys.” Open air screenings are scheduled of Satyajit Ray’s “Jalsaghar” (1958), Guru Dutt’s “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959) and “The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone,” a recut of “Godfather 3” by Francis Ford Coppola to mark the 30th anniversary of the film.
The festival will also feature a cinema exhibition to celebrate the centenary of late Indian actor-directors Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand.
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