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Imphal, March 28: A five-day Festival of MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival) Award Winning Films organized by the Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Manipur, Manipur State Film Development Society and Film Society of Manipur will commence from March 30, 2017 at 5 pm at State Information Centre, Palace Gate here.
Eminent film critic R. K. Bidur who bagged Swarna Kamal Award for Best Film Critic of National Film Awards 2008 will inaugurate the Festival with the screening of Shivendra Singh Dungapur’s International acclaimed film- The Immortals and two musical films- Ingo Putze’s Solo Finale (USA) and Snigdha Banerjee’s Nuptial Memoirs.
About 15 films of different languages – Polish, Danish, Khasi, Malayalam, Gujarati, English, Manipuri and Marathi will be screened in the festival. All the films are award winning films of MIFF 2016. Film screenings will be held at 5pm every day during the festival which will be followed by a talk on the films by a film personality for throwing the discussion on the thematic, cinematic and aesthetic values of the films among the audience.
Film Critic and documentary film maker Bobby Wahengbam will talk on the films on the first day. Film personalities- Dr.Meena Longjam, Oinam Doren, James Khangembam and Borun Thokchom will speak on the films on the remaining days.
Film society of Manipur invites all the film society members and intellectuals to attend the festival for sharing their valuable thoughts on the films towards the promotion of good films movement in Manipur.