Patna Film Festival

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Patna Film Festival is an international film festival. Participant countries includes Iran, Canada, China, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Russia, USA and India .[1] Patna Film Festival started in 2006. It was jointly organised by of Union ministry of information and broadcasting, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), directorate of film festival, National Film Archive of India, Federation of Film Societies of India and the state government.[2]

1st Patna Film Festival

First "Patna Film Festival" organized in week of February 11 - February 18 of year 2006 at Mona Cinema hall, Patna. [3]Shekhar Kapoor, Sudhir Mishra, Aziz Mirza, Shatrughan Sinha, Shekhar Suman, Manoj Bajpai, Prakash Jha were among the attendee of festival. [4] A total of 24 films from India, Iran, Canada and China were screened during the festival. Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam language films were also screened at festival. [5]Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi was the inaugural film for the first "Patna Film Festival".

2nd Patna Film Festival

Second Patna Film Festival held in February 2007 at Patna. [6]The foreign segment of second "Patna Film Festival" had one movie each in French, German, Italian, Japanese and Swedish languages.

3rd Patna Film Festival

Third Patna Film Festival held in week of April 5 – April 12 of year 2008 at Regent theater, Patna.[7] Participant countries for 3rd "Patna Film Festival" were Japan, Sweden, Germany, Russia, USA and India. [8]Taare Zameen Par was the inaugural film for the third "Patna Film Festival".[9]Bhojpuri Kannada Marathi and Telugu language films were also part of festival.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.patnadaily.com/news2008/apr/040308/film_festival_2008.html
  2. ↑ http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1411149.cms
  3. ↑ http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1411149.cms
  4. ↑ http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Film_fest_A_treat_for_movie_buffs/articleshow/msid-1411149,curpg-2.cms Guests of First "Patna Film Festival"
  5. ↑ http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Film_fest_A_treat_for_movie_buffs/articleshow/msid-1411149,curpg-1.cms Participants countries of First "Patna Film Festival"
  6. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200702091651.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.patnadaily.com/news2008/apr/040308/film_festival_2008.html 3rd "Patna Film Festival"
  8. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-04/patna/27770782_1_quality-films-bhojpuri-language-films Participants countries of 3rd "Patna Film Festival"
  9. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=ce37408a-9f2b-48ac-8eec-8d66c88bbdc8&&Headline=EMTaare+Zameen+Par+%2fEMto+open+Patna+film+festival
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