The film festival, kicking off on Friday, will be screening films that won accolades from other festivals around the world. The move is great news for Indian filmmakers hoping to gain more prominence through festivals such as this one. The films being screened are:

The Ballad of Rustom (directed by Ajitha Suchitra Veera)
Deool (directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni)
Drapchi (directed by Arvind Iyer)
Koormavatara (directed by Girish Kasaravalli)
Touring Talkies (directed by Gajendra Ahire)
500 & 5 (directed by Raghu Jeganathan)

[TheHindu.com]