A five-day International Spiritual Film Festival is being organised simultaneously in Bharat Bhavan, Tribal Museum and State Museum in the form of cultural dimension of the ongoing Ekatm Yatra in the State.
Films from world cinema based on spirituality will be screened during the festival. Giving this information Principal Secretary Culture Manoj Shrivastava told that the event is being organised by the Culture Department in coordination with ISFFI Kolkata.
Coordinated by Bhojpuri Sahitya Academy, the fest will commence with the screening of film on Adi Shankaracharya by well-known filmmaker GV Iyer at Bharat Bhavan on January 19 at 11 am. In the same venue, a discussion will be held on ‘Chetna Jagata Cinema’ besides screening of films Gaur Hari Dastan, Uppina Kakda etc. The same day films will be screened and a workshop will be organised from 2 pm at State Museum.
The films to be screened for review include Samvad, Mukti Bhavan, Buddha and The Thinking Body.
On the second day, films including Coffee Maker, Prakash Baba Amte, Redha and Adaminte Maakan Abu will be screened besides discussion on importance of spiritualism in cinema, music and arts will be held at Bharat Bhavan.
Films including Yog Karyashala, In search of Shankara, Outcast-The house that Carol built and Path to Happiness will be screened at Bharat Bhavan from 10 am.
Discussion will follow screening of films including Yatrik, Ras-Yatra, Awake: The life of Yogananda etc at Bharat Bhavan on January 21 from 11 am. On the same day a film Bekku-The cat will be screened besides a workshop at Tribal Museum from 10 am.
On the fourth day, the festival will begin with screening of films like Kathopnishad, Soubala, Khob etc. apart from workshop, address and dialogue session from 10 am at Bharat Bhavan.
The same day a photography workshop will be organised apart from screening of film Banaras-The Unexplored.
On the last day on January 23, films including Algeria-A Humanitarian Expedition, Swami Vivekanand, Samadhi Maya The Illusion and Dhun mein Dhyan will be screened from 10 am at Bharat Bhavan.
The festival will conclude the same day at 6 pm at Bharat Bhavan.
The Principal Secretary told that well known national and international film artistes, cine analysts, media persons and critics will take part in the film festival.
Among those who will present their views during the dialogue and discussion sessions include Anant Narayan Mahadevan, Ajit Rai, Ratnottama Sengupta, DR Kartikeya, Rajeev Mehrotra, Soma Ghosh, Akhilesh, Mansi Mahajan, Binny Sarin, U Radhakrishnan, TS Nagbharana and Chandrashekhar Tiwari. Filmmaker Sumana Mukherji will curate the festival.