IFFK is set to screen more than 60 movies for the first time in India, including five from prominent German director F W Murnau. There are nine movies screening in India for the first time in the international competition category and five in Indian cinema now section. F W Murnau’s Nosferatu, which is based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, will also make its Indian premiere at this festival, among the five silent movies.

Kim Ki Duk’s last movie, Call of God, which tells the story of two lovers who meet at the crossroads, is also preparing for its first Indian screening. Tarik Saleh’s political thriller Boy from Heaven, based on Egypt’s religious politics, and Iranian movie Leila’s Brothers, which won award at the Cannes, will also make their Indian premiere.