SHIMLA: Bollywood actress Divya Dutta will be the celebrity guest for the eight edition of the International Film Festival of Shimla to be held from August 26th to 28th August,2022 at Gaiety Theatre in which over 81 films will be screened.
Pushp Raj Thakur, Festival Director said the festival will be presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.
‘Sheer Korma’ film by Divya Dutta based on transgender starring Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta and Swara Bhaskar in lead roles will also be screened at the festival.
This time a total of 81 films will be screened at festival- 27 films in the international category, 34 Indian films, 4 Himachali films. 15 National Award winning films will be shown in the three days film festival.
This time films from seventeen countries- Canada, America, Lebanon, Spain, Iran, Taiwan, Brazil, Iceland, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Greece, Belgium, Denmark, Russia will be screened in the film festival. These include documentary, animation, feature and short films, he said.
A total of 16 National Award Award winning films received from Directorate of Film Festivals, Government of India will also be screened.
Gujarati feature film 21 M U Tiffin directed by Vijay Giri Baba, Hindi feature film Alpha Beta Gama directed by Shankar Sri Kumar, Kannada feature film Dolu directed by Sagar Puranik will also be screened at the festival.
Then there will be Hindi feature film At Down Toofan Mail directed by Aakriti Singh, Marathi film Funeral directed by Rajendra Dubey, Telugu film Natyam directed by Revanth Kumar Kurukunda, Kannada film Neeli Hakki directed by Ganesh Hegde, Hindi documentary film Jugalbandi directed by Chetan Bhakuni, Marathi documentary film Marble of the Jungle directed by Sohil Vaidya.
Also film fans can also watch the Manipuri director Haubam Pawan Kumar's documentary film Pabung Shyam, Garhwali film Sanpat directed by Rahul Rawat and a host of other regional films.
Assamese documentary film Veerangana directed by Kishore Kalita, Santali language film directed by Jackie R Bala will be the center of attraction at the fest.
Apart from these films, 27 films from different countries will be screened in the International category under the competitive section of the International Film Festival of Shimla, while 35 films will be screened in the National category.
All these films are documentaries, short films, feature films, animation, and music videos. Best film in each category will be awarded in the festival.
50 film directors from across the country and abroad will participate in this film festival. They will also be interacting with the audience at the Gaiety Theatre.
This time a film exhibition is also being organized by the National Film Archives of India, Pune at the International Film Festival of Shimla depicting and deliberating history and growth of cinema in India. Various works related to the films will also be put on display in this exhibition.
