Udaipur International Film Festival (UIFF) – 2012
WELCOME TO MOVIE LAND
As discussed today in a press conference held at FnB Masters Cafe Rocks – Udaipur International Film Festival 2012 will commence on this 15th September at 10:00 AM in Darpan Auditorium, Shilpgram. The special guest of honour on the opening will be film maker Govind Nihalani, film director Subhash Kapoor and film writer Jalish Sherwani.
The film festival will be organized on 15th and 16th September, 2012 with the support of Western Zone Cultural Center.
The UIFF will feature Films, Documentaries, Animation and Short Films.
The opening of the festival will be done by the short film named ‘Open Doors’ and ended with the beautiful Bangladeshi film ‘Meherjaan’.
2 venues, 21 countries, 2 days and 47 films
Film Screening will take place on 15th and 16th of September in Darpan Auditorium – Shilpgram from 10:00 AM onwards till 9:00 PM. The screening of the films will also take place in The Celebration Mall – Lower Ground Atrium from 2:00 PM noon till 8:00 PM.
It is a great opportunity for Udaipurites to see 47 outstanding films from India and other countries of the world including The United States, France, England, South Africa, Germany, India, Iran, Peru, Canada, Australia, Spain, Iraq, Norway, Georgia and Bangladesh etc.
The commencement of the festival will be done by paying tribute to 3 legendary film personalities, who left us forever in the year 2012. They are Kaka – Rajesh Khanna, Dara Singh and A K Hangal.
Seminar and Workshop
The festival will be organized in The Celebration Mall. Here on the 16th of September a seminar namely ‘The 100 years of Indian Cinema’ will be conducted. The seminar will be held from 2:00 PM till 3:00 PM in the evening.
There will be the organization of the cultural concerts along with the seminars and workshops for the youngsters on the important subjects like ‘Film Script Writing Workshop’ at Darpan Auditorium both days.
Exhibition:
On the same venue and at Darpan Auditorium, there will be a beautiful poster exhibition, The exhibition will be spellbinding in itself as it will comprise of original posters of the landmark films like Mother India and Mughal-E-Azam etc.
REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE
The registration for participating in the film festival is FREE of cost which can be done at Darpan Auditorium or The Celebration Mall. Interested people can also Register @ www.jiffindia.org
SURPRISE !!!!!!
Great news for all the supporters is that in next year there will be 3 grand festivals to be organized to bring the world community to Udaipur. These includes Udaipur International Film Festival 2013, Udaipur Literature Festival and ‘Asia-hi-Asia’, a remarkable festival on the Asian and world cultures. So Udaipur be prepared to enjoy these Feasts. 😉
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