The IFFK programme, true to form, remained vast and unapologetically sprawling, with Indian films jostling against weighty retrospectives, restored classics, and a relentless stream of international festival favourites.
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Constantine is a translator and traveller, with occasional critical writing on film and visual culture.
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IFFI itself still resembles a severely scratched Super 8 reel: bloated in places, uneven and a structurally flawed “hot, wet mess”. Yet, it has enduring value as a space of sometimes insane cultural and geographical diversity in one of the best possible settings.
Despite the festival’s light-hearted atmosphere and its scenes of camaraderie and celebration, a shared sense of crisis reverberated across both the international and regional film selections. War, authoritarianism, and the trauma of history formed a common thread.
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