Bangalore:
The fourth edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFES) will be held here from December 15 to 22.
The first film to be premiered at the festival would be Kannada film 'Rasarushi', Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy Chairman and BIFFES Director, T S Nagabharana, told reporters here today.
The festival panel was also making all attempts to screen one of the movies of late Bollywood legend Dev Anand to pay tribute to him.
The fourth edition of the festival would also, for the first time, screen political dramas like The Battle of Algiers (Algerian), Z (French), Thaneer Thaneer (Tamil), Lemon Tree (Hebrew) and others, Nagabharana said.
As many as 20 Kannada films would be screened during the festival out of the total of 179 international and world films, he said.
Renowned Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui would take part in the inaugural ceremony and five of his films would be
screened, he said.
The five films would be 'The Cow', 'The Lodgers', 'Sara', 'The Pear Tree' and 'The Music Man', Nagabharana said.
"Under the Indian film category, two Kannada films namely 'Sandhyaraaga' and 'Vasantsena' would be screened," he added.
Selection of the films invited for screening at the festival was made by an expert committee and prizes would be awarded by jury panels comprising Indian and International members, Nagabharana said.
The fourth edition of BIFFES would feature both competition and non-competition sections, he said, adding that the former section has four categories namely World Cinema Award, Asian Cinema Award, Indian Cinema Award and Kannada Cinema Award.
The first film to be premiered at the festival would be Kannada film 'Rasarushi', Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy Chairman and BIFFES Director, T S Nagabharana, told reporters here today.
The festival panel was also making all attempts to screen one of the movies of late Bollywood legend Dev Anand to pay tribute to him.
The fourth edition of the festival would also, for the first time, screen political dramas like The Battle of Algiers (Algerian), Z (French), Thaneer Thaneer (Tamil), Lemon Tree (Hebrew) and others, Nagabharana said.
As many as 20 Kannada films would be screened during the festival out of the total of 179 international and world films, he said.
Renowned Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui would take part in the inaugural ceremony and five of his films would be
screened, he said.
The five films would be 'The Cow', 'The Lodgers', 'Sara', 'The Pear Tree' and 'The Music Man', Nagabharana said.
"Under the Indian film category, two Kannada films namely 'Sandhyaraaga' and 'Vasantsena' would be screened," he added.
Selection of the films invited for screening at the festival was made by an expert committee and prizes would be awarded by jury panels comprising Indian and International members, Nagabharana said.
The fourth edition of BIFFES would feature both competition and non-competition sections, he said, adding that the former section has four categories namely World Cinema Award, Asian Cinema Award, Indian Cinema Award and Kannada Cinema Award.
