Three-day international film festival in Latur city from March 26

A three-day international film festival organized in partnership with the Maharashtra government will begin on March 26 in Latur, Maharashtra, one of the organizers announced on Thursday.

According to him, the festival is organized by the Vilasrao Deshmukh Foundation in partnership with the Pune Film Foundation, the Abhijat Film Society, and the state government with the goal of introducing foreign film to the local public.

Former Maharashtra minister Amit Deshmukh will kick off the celebration on March 26 at 6 p.m. Jabbar Patel, president of the Pune Film Foundation and renowned director, would be attending, as will Samar Nakhate, former dean of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), and others, he said.

“The objective of this festival is to let the audience know about the selection of themes for awards at the Oscars and other festivals, the inspiration behind them, the scripts, among other things. During the festival, the people of Latur will be able to enjoy foreign films as well as those made in our country. Although the festival is free for all, registration is required for that at PVR theatre from March 23,” the organiser said.

After the inauguration on Sunday, the festival will begin with the screening of Swedish director Tariq Saleh’s film ‘Boy From Heaven’. Three Marathi films – ‘Girki’ directed by Kavita Dater and Amit Sonawane, ‘Diary of Vinayak Pandit’ directed by Mayur Karambalikar and ‘Global Adgaon’ directed by Anil Salve – will be screened during the festival.

Films in other Indian languages, including ‘The Star is Moving’ (Tamil), ‘Soul of Silence’ (Assamese) will also be shown.

International films – ‘The Case’ (by director Nina Gauseva from Russia), ‘Sonne’ (by director Kurdvin Ayub from Austria), ‘Lailaj Brothers’ (by director Saeed Roussoi from Iran), ‘The Channel’ (by director Thierry Binshti from France, Belgium), ‘Lyra’ (by director Alison Miller from Ireland), ‘Habib’ (by director Benoit Mari from Belgium, France), ‘Divertimento’ (by director Marie Caistal from France), ‘Ritual ‘ (by director Hans Hervos from Belgium, Germany) ‘Broker’ (by director – Hirokju Korida from South Korea) will be part of the festival.