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| I&B Minister Anurag Thakur to inaugurate 1st Himalayan Film Festival | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 22: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Anurag Thakur will inaugurate the first Himalayan Film Festival on 24th September, 2021. The festival spanning five days is being held at Leh, Ladakh from 24th to 28th September 2021.
The inaugural of the festival will witness the presence of makers and cast of the super hit movie Shershah, including Director Vishnuvardhan and the lead actor Siddharth Malhotra. Shershah is also the opening feature film of the festival.
The festival will comprise of various segments to enthrall the audience and film buffs alike, viz screening of popular films during the 5-day festival, Workshops, Masterclasses, and In-Conversation sessions, Competition section- Short and documentary film competition.
Along with these components the film festival will also cater to various palette of the audience with Food festival, Cultural Shows and Music Fest wherein young musicians of Ladakh have been invited to do shows at the venue.
The Himalayan region of India attracts filmmakers from all around the globe due to its unique scenic endowment. The unique geography of the region is widely documented along with its indigenous people, traditional skills, and occupations. Film festival in this context presents an opportunity for the local filmmakers to narrate their stories to a wider audience.
In the last two decades, the Independent film industry in the region has taken shape with filmmakers producing local-language films. The same period has also seen rapid electrification in the region which is the prerequisite for the development of the audio-visual sector.
With these developments, a popular film produced in India reaches Ladakh but stories from Ladakh still remain untold, especially from the perspective of local filmmakers.
The Himalayan Film festival also envisions institutionalizing a Himalayan film fraternity which will have productive repercussions for filmmaking in the Himalayan parts of India. Popular films from the Himalayan region and other filmmaking states of India will be showcased during the 5-day festival.
Jury of the Competition Section consisted of Manju Borah, Chairperson (Assam), GP Vijayakumar, Member (Tamil Nadu) and Raja Shabir Khan, Member (Jammu & Kashmir). |
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