Make Bengal your muse, CM Mamata Banerjee appeals to global film fraternity as 30th KIFF kicks off
The Hindu
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee invites foreign filmmakers to collaborate with local talent at 30th Kolkata International Film Festival.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to foreign filmmakers worldwide to make their films in Bengal and collaborate with local talent, as she inaugurated the 30th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) on Wednesday.
“We wanted to dedicate this year’s festival to our international friends… I humbly request all of you to please see that talent in Bengal is sky-high. Please utilise them. Please depict the beauty and diversity of Bengal in your films, from the mountains to the Bay of Bengal,” the Chief Minister said.
“Please show our country through your cinema too. Generate employment for people here and inspire collaboration between your artists and ours,” she added.
The festival opened with the screening of the 1966 Bengali classic ‘Galpo Holeo Satti‘ by Tapan Sinha, at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata.
Between December 5 and December 11, as many as 175 films from 29 countries will be screened across multiple venues in the city as part of the 30th KIFF. Film enthusiasts can also attend screenings of 21 films from France, KIFF’s focus country this year.
In her address at the KIFF inaugural ceremony, the Chief Minister also said that Bengali films will be celebrated alongside international films with equal fervour.
The inaugural ceremony saw the presence of celebrities like Sourav Ganguly, Sabitri Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Ranjit Mullick, Shatrughan Sinha, Moon Moon Sen, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Deepankar De, and others.
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