New Delhi: The 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) shifted its focus from stars to cinema - apart from actor Shah Rukh Khan at the inaugural ceremony, the usual dose of Bollywood glitz and glamour was missing and good cinema came into focus.

And capturing everyone's imagination was the gut-wrenching Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which opened the festival.

In fact the response to the film was so overwhelming that repeat screenings had to be organized.

Set in a small town in Romania during the last years of Communism in the late eighties, the film is about the cathartic journey of two teenage girls, one of whom is pregnant, and the other her friend who helps her through an illegal abortion.

Directed by Cristian Mungiu, the film had won the coveted Palme D'Or at Cannes in May.

Also for the first time ever a Pakistani film was screened at IFFI and Shoaib Mansoor's controversial Khuda Ke Liye did not disappoint. Delving into issues of religious fundamentalism, contemporary Muslim identity and the status of women in Islamic society, the film was screened to a packed house.

Marathi film Tingya by a debutante director, 26-year-old Mangesh Hadawale, too, found favour with the critics and audience alike. A tale of a boy and his love for his bull, the film also tackles the issue of farmer suicides in rural Maharashtra.

The ten-day long, film festival came full circle on Sunday with a live performance by singer Shaan who belted out his hits from Saathiya to Saawariya.