Shimla International Film Festival From September 9

By: Aug 12th, 2017 12:10 am

Himachal This Week

htwThe Shimla International Film Festival is all set to hit Gaiety Theatre on September 9. As many as 36 films will be screened during a two-day-long International Film Festival in Shimla. The film festival will be organised by Himalayan Velocity in collaboration with the state Art, Language and Culture Department. The festival will screen short fiction, animation and feature films. National award winning film ‘Panchaki’ directed by Himachali director Sanjeev Rattan would be screened during the film festival. ‘Women of Silk Road’ directed by Iranian documentary filmmaker Yassamin Maleknasr will be the inaugural film in the international category. In Indian category, national award winner documentary film ‘Zikr us parvarish ka’ produced by the Sangeet Natak Academy and directed by Nirmal Chander will be screened. It is based on biography of great gazal singer Begam Akhtar. ‘From the tradition, I keep the ember but not the ashes’ is an environmental film from Portugal directed by Joao Couto C which talks about old tradition of environment-friendly construction. ‘Phulsiri’ is a short fiction directed by Ngima Gelu lama from Nepal. Its narrative is based on Nepal earthquake. Documentary film ‘Krishna’s waiting room’ directed by Kavita Behl and Nandan Saxena that brings out the plight of Hindu widows living in Banaras ghats will also be screened. Another documentary film ‘SOZ-the Ballad of Maladies’ directed by Tushar Madhav and Sarvanik Kaur on Kashmir conflicts will also be screened. Other entrants are ‘Saavat’, a Marathi short film directed by Swapnil Rajshekhar and Kavita Churi that revolves around child marriage and her education and ‘The monsoon’ and ‘The limit’ —two short fictions from the State Institute of Film and Television, Rohtak.

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