The Fifth edition of the Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF), an eagerly-awaited event, will be held between March 8-17 with Germany as the Focus Country.
The ten-day HIFF opens with the screening of the German film Teacher’s Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer) directed by Ilker Catak. The German offerings include six feature films, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Perfect Days, The Ordinaries, Orphea in Love, and Sisi and I. Two coming-of-age films — Mission Ulja Funk and One in A Million – and a German documentary, Seven Winters in Tehran (directed by Steffi Niederzoll), will also be screened.
Another attraction of the HIFF is the second edition of VROOOM – A Virtual Reality Experience. This section will showcase a new set of groundbreaking and interesting works of filmmakers from around the world, who are using Virtual Reality or 360° filmmaking to convey their powerful stories (ranging from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech to Philippine mythology, from the story of first German women pilots to the beginning of African Diaspora to Latin America). They include David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies by Lewis Ball; El Beat VR by Irene Lema and Sergio Bromberg; AUFWIND by Florian Siebert; and MLK: Now is the time by Fabian Limbert.
An in-person conversation with Steffi Niederzoll (Director of Seven Winters in Tehran), and masterclasses with Kai Eiermann (Film Editor of The Ordinaries), and Ulrich Schrauth (Curator of VROOOOM) are also scheduled.
The Habitat International Film Festival 2024 returns with a stellar lineup of films.
10 days, 30 countries, over 60 films, award-winning and critically acclaimed cinema from across the globe with a special package from Germany which is our Focus Country this year.
Date | Program | Venue | Time |
8th march | HIFF 2024 – Opening film. Focus Country Germany. Das Lehrerzimmer/The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany/ German, Turkish, Polish, English/ 2023/98 mins) Dir. İlker Çatak. | Stein Auditorium | 06:00 pm |
Date: March 8th – 17th
Venue: India Habitat Centre