Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: The fourth edition of Kashmir World Film Festival (KWFF) will commence from tomorrow at Tagore Hall, Srinagar.
The seven- day film festival has partnered with Zee TV and Zee Cinema to bring world class films to the youth of Kashmir and will conclude on December 4, 2018.
In a press conference, Festival director, Mushtaaque Ali Ahmad Khan said: “We received more than hundred entries for the screenings. For the competitive section, we got more than 60 entries and in non-competitive section we received more than 40 entries.”
Further elaborating, Khan said: “We have selected 11 Kashmiri films, 28 films from rest of States and 5 films from the foreign countries will be screened in the festival. We will be screening selected forty-four films during the festival,” he said and added that they intended to make this festival a regular feature in Kashmir in the ages to come.
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The festival has been receiving participation of films from different parts of India in different languages like English, Bengali, Malayalam, Persian, Gujrati, Marathi, Assamese, Hindi, Urdu, Tibetan, Garhwali, Bangla, Kashmiri, while the festival sections include International Competition, National Competition and Kashmir Competition.
Mushtaaque said that the festival is committed to bring the best of the world’s films to Kashmir and provide a platform to the talented filmmakers of the Valley.
The festival has received the films from the States like Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi. The festival has received the International entries from the countries like Iran, Tunisia, Bangladesh and Tajakistan.
The films that will be screened in this festival include Indu Sarkar, Beyond the Clouds, Parmanu, Laila Majnu, Shri 420, Naya Daur, Jagtay Raho, Made in GouGou, Haldaa, The Fear of Silence, The Illusion Seller and others.
The Advisory Board formed for the festival include the film personalities like, Saeed Mirza, Govind Nihalani, Rajit Kapur, Anjum Rajabali, Anubhav Sinha, Vani Tripathi, Vinod Kapoor, Rahul Mittra, Raju Chadha, Raj Bansal, Ashok Kaul, Arunaraje Patil, Premendra Majumdar, Sayyed Humayun Qaisar and Narendra Mohan.
Apart from the screenings, several workshops will also be held for aspiring directors, actors, scriptwriters and cinematographers. The festival has been traditionally attended by Bollywood celebrities and artists from the neighbouring States.
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