The festival will screen 200 films from 55 countries and will include films from both 2020 and 2021
The festival will screen 200 films from 55 countries and will include films from both 2020 and 2021
After a hiatus of a year, the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFF) is back in the city for its thirteenth edition from March 3 to March 10. The festival will screen 200 films from 55 countries and will include films from both 2020 and 2021. Last year the festival was canceled due to the pandemic.
While Orion Mall (11 screens) in Rajajinagar will be the main venue of the festival, select films will be screened not only at Suchitra Film Society in Banashankari and Kalavidara Sangha in Chamarajpet, but also online, for which registrations are still open. Although the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the city has come down drastically, the government has prescribed COVID-19 appropriate behavior in physical examination – entry only after submission of double vaccination certificate and N95 mask mandatory even during screening .
The festival will showcase special packages of films celebrating 75 years of Indian Independence and 50 years of Tulu film industry. A retrospective of New German Cinema writer Volker Schlondorff and Kannada actor Bharathi Vishnuvardhan will also be part of this year’s festival and honors will be paid to deceased actors Puneeth Rajkumar and Sanchari Vijay.
While BIFF has announced that this edition of the festival will focus on North East India among Indian states, the country in focus is yet to be announced. Meanwhile, BIFF has so far only announced the shortlisted films in the competition section and the opening film directed by Sonia Liza – Taylor From Grease, but is yet to announce the full list of films that will be screened at the week-long festival. Due to which the anger of the people broke out. cinematic
The festival will be inaugurated on Thursday evening at Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ballari Road. National Award winning filmmaker Priyadarshan, Kannada actor Bharathi Vishnuvardhan and Darshan Togudeepa will be the chief guests at the opening ceremony, which will be presided over by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
The screening of films will begin on the morning of March 4 across venues and online. Interested people can register at https://biffes.org/delegate-registration/.