Shershaah to be screened at Himalayan film fest
The beautiful landscapes of Ladakh will witness the first edition of ‘The Himalayan Film Festival 2021’ (THFF) from September 24 to 28 as part of the celebration of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence. are going.
‘Shershah’ directed by Vishnuvardhan will be the opening film, while the Ladakhi film ‘Shepherds of the Glaciers’ directed by Christian Mordlet and Stanzin Dorjai will be the closing film. ‘Sher Shah’ will be screened in the auditorium of Sindhu Culture Center and at Picturetime’s Inflatable Theatre. It is being hosted by the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Experiencing the joy of watching movies on Ladakh now on the big screen and sharing his thoughts on the upcoming film festival in Ladakh, Sushil Choudhary, Founder & CEO, PictureTime said: “Last month we set up the theater at an altitude of 11,562 feet, Where we screened ‘Bellbottom’, there was an overwhelming response and we are now excited to collaborate with the administration of UT Ladakh and participate in ‘The Himalayan Film Festival’, the highest altitude film festival in the world.”
Selected Indian panorama films will be screened during the festival, apart from popular films from Himalayan states like Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh.
The festival is being organized in association with the Directorate of Film Festivals under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and will be held at the Indus Culture Center in Leh. The administration of Ladakh has also collaborated with Picturetime (an inflatable cinema theater company) to screen films at a Picturetime theatre. There will also be a competition section for short films and documentaries to recognize talented filmmakers in the Himalayan region of India.
The Himalayan Film Festival will host rich and interactive conversation sessions by film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Anupama Chopra and actress Kirti Kulhari. National Award winning Indian filmmaker, writer, director and editor who works primarily in Hindi and Tamil cinema, Priya Krishnaswamy will conduct a session on editing, Indian filmmaker and director Neela Madhab Panda will conduct a masterclass on directing .
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