Press Trust of India
Bangalore, Dec 5 (PTI) The fourth edition of Bengaluru
International Film Festival (BIFFES) will be held here from
December 15 to 22 to bring the best of world cinema to the
city.
The first film to be premiered at the festival would be
Kannada film 'Rasarushi', Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
Chairman and BIFFES Director, T S Nagabharana, told reporters
here today.
The festival panel was also making all attempts to screen
one of the movies of late Bollywood legend Dev Anand to pay
tribute to him. Dev Anand had died in a London hospital
yesterday.
The fourth edition of the festival would also, for the
first time, screen political dramas like 'The Battle of
Algiers' (Algerian), 'Z' (French), 'Thaneer Thaneer' (Tamil),
'Lemon Tree' (Hebrew) and others, Nagabharana said.
As many as 20 Kannada films would be screened during the
festival out of the total of 179 international and world
films, he said.
Renowned Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui would take
part in the inaugural ceremony and five of his films would be
screened, he said.
The five films would be 'The Cow', 'The Lodgers', 'Sara',
'The Pear Tree' and 'The Music Man', Nagabharana said.
"Under the Indian film category, two Kannada films namely
'Sandhyaraaga' and 'Vasantsena' would be screened," he added.
Selection of the films invited for screening at the
festival was made by an expert committee and prizes would be
awarded by jury panels comprising Indian and International
members, Nagabharana said.
The fourth edition of BIFFES would feature both competition
and non-competition sections, he said, adding that the former
section has four categories namely World Cinema Award, Asian
Cinema Award, Indian Cinema Award and Kannada Cinema Award.
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