BHUBANESWAR: The 6th National Short and Documentary Film Festival on Art and Artist started at the IDCOL Auditorium here on Wednesday. With the presence of renowned personalities from various quarters of the society, the festival was inaugurated by Governor of Odisha Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare.
The three-day film festival organised by the JD Centre of Art (JDCA) have planned for screening of around 27 hours of film within the stipulated time and already started some films based on great artists of the country from its inaugural day of the festival. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Celebrating and Reminiscing Masters.’
While inaugurating the ceremony, the Governor said culturally Odisha is the richest State in the country and its artists are very talented. A poster poem which was a new publication of JDCA by the nationally acclaimed Odia poet Padmashree Jayanta Mahapatra released in the inaugural ceremony.
According to the eminent Odia painter and JDCA chairman Jatin Das, this year they have tried to highlight the life of great artists of the country and their contribution towards the society in the field of art.
For the first time, the five-minute duration short films made by the students of different corners of the country will be awarded in the festival by the organisers. Thirty films will be screened including the feature film ‘Makar Manju’ on artist Ravi Varma by Rajendran Lenin. Shahji N Karun will present his film ‘Waiting’. A new film produced by JDCA ‘Meeting Husain’ by Bidisha Roy Das premiered in its first day of the festival.
Among others, noted Odia writer Padma Vibhushan Sitakant Mahapatra, renowned poet Padmashree Jayant Mahapatra, veteran Odia film director Nirad Mahapatra, GP Das, Cinematographer Raghu Rai and other famous personalities were present in the inaugural ceremony of the festival.
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