Karnataka
Chief
Minister
Jagadish
Shettar
inaugurated
the
fifth
edition
of
Bangalore
International
Film
Festival
(BIFFES-5)
on
Thursday
(December
20).
BIFFES-5
will
screen
140
films
selected
from
50
countries
for
which
a
budget
of
Rs
2
crore
has
been
sanctioned
by
the
government.
The
films
consists
of
different
sections
like
-
Cinema
of
the
World,
Asian
Cinema,
Kannada
Cinema
and
Retrospectives.
The
screening
kick-started
with
Netherlands
language
film
Cow
Boy
and
ended
with
screening
of
Brazil
country
The
Clown.
The
film
festival
will
be
held
in
Bangalore
from
December
20
to
December
27.
The
festival
is
being
organised
by
the
Karnataka
Chalanachitra
Academy
for
Government
of
Karnataka
supported
by
Karnataka
Film
Chamber
of
Commerce.
There
will
be
seminars,
master
classes
for
the
students
on
different
aspects
of
cinema,
and
a
forum
for
studying
the
growth
of
Indian
cinema
to
mark
the
celebration
of
its
centenary
year.
Koormavatara,
Narassajjana
Nursery,
Prasaad,
Kamsaale,
Kaisaale,
Shikaari,
Ball
Pen,
Bhageerathi,
Olavina
Ole,
and
Krantiveera
Sangolli
Rayanna
are
the
Kananda
films,
which
are
selected
for
screening
this
year
along
with
Konkani
film
Ujjwaadu
(The
Light),
Tulu
film
Naa
Puttana
Mann
(The
Soil
of
my
Birth)
and
Badi.