The 2nd Kalinga International Film Festival, organised jointly by the KIIT School of Film and Media Sciences and the KIIT Film Society with support of the Federation of Film Societies of India, commenced at the KIIT campus on Tuesday.
The festival was inaugurated by film director Susant Mishra in the presence of KIIT & KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta and KIIT University VC Prof PP Mathur.
Mishra said films are born in mind and die on paper and reborn in studios. The KIIT has provided enormous facilities to its students for development of their creativity in various fields. As a result, many KIIT students have excelled in various fields. lalit Paikray and Kartik Bhagat are two among them.
lalit is the co-producer of Udta Punjab, producer of Dangerous Husn and actor in Impossible Murder. Currently, he is producing Syndicate Queen with Michael Bregman of Bregman Production.
Amit Pandey, another alumnus of KIIT, is the project manager of Fox life, an American show. Kartik Bhagat, yet another alumnus, is now a photographer of international repute.
During this three-day festival, six films from latvia, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus, Austria and India will be screened.