Kolkata Film Festival to start tomorrow
Thursday,
November
09,
2006
Kolkata
(UNI):
The
International
Forum
of
New
Cinema
under
the
broad
framework
of
12th
Kolkata
Film
Festival
will
be
held
here
from
tomorrow
to
November
17,
screening
a
total
of
67
films
from
23
countries.
Kolkata's largest film society, Cine Central, is organizing the Forum of New Cinema. Its General Secretary Sadhan Chakravarty said the award winning Kannada film Nayi Neralu (In the Shadow of the Dog), directed by Girish Kasaravalli, would be screened at the opening of the festival.
Mr Kasaravalli would also be present on the occasion, Mr Chakravarty said.
He said Brazil, Uruguay, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, US, China, Japan and Korea are participating in the festival and claimed that majority of these films had received international award despite being made very recently.
Haryana Governor Dr A R Kidwai would formally inaugurate the event in the presence of noted filmmaker Mrinal Sen and actor Soumitra Chatterjee, also the chairman of the Kolkata Film Festival, Mr Chakravarty added.
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