New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh will host its maiden International Tribal Film Festival (ITFF). The event is organized by the State government and the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), in accordance with the Directorate of Film Festivals and the Government of India.
The ITFF will be observed for two days, on Saturday and Sunday. The festival will open in the Dirang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, March 05, 2022.
Films Semkor, Crossing bridges, A Dog and his Man, Onataah (National award-winning Khasi film), Nine Hills One Valley (2011 Bilingual Manipuri film), and Ma Ama (National award-winning Garo movie) will be screened at the festival.
The films will be projected on Mobile Digital Movie Theatre (MDMT) provided by Picturetime Digiplex.
ITFF will host panel discussions on the pros and cons of shooting in the North-eastern states and the importance of tribal films. The festival has also organized an interactive session with a National award-winning sound designer, Debajit Gayan.
Founder and CEO of Picturetime Digiplex, Sushil Chaudhary, announced the festival on Friday and said, “We achieve yet another milestone by bringing our theatres to the beautiful and remote valley of Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh. And with this, our journey of taking films to the doorstep of Indian interiors continues.”
“In a country like ours, where the love for cinema is unmatchable, everyone deserves to have a multiplex-like cinema watching experience. The International Tribal Film Festival will be a fantastic platform for upcoming talented filmmakers from the region to interact with their international counterparts,” he added.
(Avya Mathur)