9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017 (BIFFES 2017) was inaugurated by former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on 2 February 2017 in Bengaluru. A total of 240 films from 60 countries including Oscar nominees of the year such as The Salesman by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and A Man Called Ove by Swedish director Hannes Holm were screened from 2 February to 9 February 2017.
Asian cinema competition
Film name Director Language Country WinnerReferences A Father's Will Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan Best film - A Father's Will A House on 41st Street Hamid Ghorbani, Hamid Reza Ghorbani Persian Iran By the Time It Gets Dark Anocha Suwichakornpong Thai Thailand Destiny Zhang Wei Chinese China Four Chinese Poems Cui Ren Mandarin China Land of the Little People Yaniv Berman Hebrew Israel Letters from Prague Angga Dwimas Sasongko Indonesian Indonesia Light Arose Chathra Weeraman, Baratha Gihan Hettiarachchi Sinhala Sri Lanka Lost Daughter Jacob Chen Mandarin Taiwan Red Butterfly Dream Priyantha Kaluarachchi Tamil Sri Lanka The Narrow Path Satish Babusenan Malayalam India The Road to Mandalay Midi Z Mandarin Taiwan U Turn Pawan Kumar Kannada India Wihite Blessing Sengedorg Chanchivdorg Mongolian Mongolia
Indian cinema competition
Film name Director Language WinnerReferences Chronicles Of Hari Ananya Kasaravalli Kannada Best film - Chronicles Of Hari K Sera Sera Rajeev Shinde Konkani Lady Of The Lake Haobam Paban Kumar Manipuri Lathe Joshi Mangesh Joshi Marathi Maj Rati Keteki Santwana Bordoloi Assamese Revelations Vijay Jayapal Tamil Search for the Self G. Prabha Sanskrit The Golden Wing Bobby Sarma Baruah Rajbangshi Kalichaat Sudhanshu Sharma Hindi Chitrokar Saibal Mitra Bengali Ekk Albela Shekhar Sartandel Marathi Kaasav Sumitra Bhave Marathi Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Dr. Biju Malayalam
Kannada cinema competition
Film name Director WinnerReferences 6/3 R Mahantesh Best film - Rama Rama Re... Actor Dayal Padmanabhan Kandhaa Solomon K George Kahi Arvind Sastry Dhvani Sebastin David Rama Rama Re... D. Satya Prakash Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Sumana Kittur Uppina Kagada B. Suresha Alemariya Aatmakathe Amaradeva Bekku Baragur Ramachandrappa Pallata Raghu S P Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Hemanth M. Rao
Kannada Popular Entertainment
Award Film ResultReferences Popular Kannada Cinema Kotigobba 2 1st Jaggu Dada 2nd Doddmane Hudga 3rd
Jury Mention Award
Film name Director Producer Country Language References Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Dr. Biju Sophia Paul India Malayalam
FIPRESCI Critics Award
Film name Director Producer Country Language References Lady of the Lake Haoban Paban Kumar Oli Pictures India Manipuri
Jury Award for Kannada Cinema
Film name Director Producer Country Language References Uppina Kagada B. Suresha Shylaja Nag, B. Suresha India Kannada
Jury Special Award
Film name Director Producer Country Language References Lathe Joshi Mangesh Joshi Amol Kagne, Sonali Joshi India Marathi
References
External links of BIFFes 2017