3rd International Film Fest in Nagpur Begins

Nirzar Film Society has organized the third edition of the International Film Festival in Nagaland from March 16, 2012. The festival will be inaugurated by former Miss World Yukta Mookhey and filmmaker and Chairman of Asia Film Festival Kiran Shantaram.

The seven-day-festival will see the screening of 24 films at about five shows per day at Smruti theatre. It will conclude on March 22. The inaugural event will be followed by the screening of Italian film 8½.

The much-awaited event will offer film buffs some of the best films made by Asian and European filmmakers. The ones to be looked forward to include the Czech film 'Closely watched trains,' 'Orange Girl' made in Norway, Swedish film 'Hugo and Josephine,' French film 'Love like poison' and Japanese film 'Seven Samurai.'

The Nagaland Film Fest will screen eight Bangla movies this year in its regional films segment titled Banglar Gorbo or Bengal's Pride. The segment includes Bhalo Theko starring current rage Vidya Balan and two films made by filmmakers from Bangladesh.

To increase the participation of city youth, a short film contest for amateurs and professionals is part of the festival this year. The contest carries three cash prizes of Rs 15000, Rs 10000 and Rs 5000. A jury panel — Ganesh Matkari, Rima Amrapurkar and Dhrubo Banerjee — will judge the entries that had been invited earlier.

The season pass for Rs 500 is available at Smruti theatre and a single day entry pass is priced at Rs 100. Two documentaries, 'A tale of Jain Saint' and 'Kavya Ka Karishma' by Manju Jain, will also be screened.