Suchitra Bengalooru International Film Festival 2006

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The stage is now set for the ambitiously planned Suchitra Bengalooru International Film Festival 2006.

Curtains will go up for the festival at a formal inaugural ceremony at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 4 PM, when the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr. H. D. Kumaraswamy, unveils the festival logo after a brief and glittering cultural show designed by the Veena Virtuoso, Dr Suma Sudheendra.

On the dais will be the eminent film maker Mr. Shyam Benegal, who is also the President of the Federation of Film Societies of India, Mr. M.V. Krishnaswamy, the doyen of Kannada cinema and the first Kannadiga to hold the prestigious post of the Director of Film Festivals, Govt. of India, Mr. I. M. Vittal Murthy, IAS, Secretary, Kannada and Culture, Information and Tourism, Govt. of Karnataka, Mr. Tallam Nanjunda Setty, President, Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. Parvathamma Raj Kumar, leading producer of Kannada films and industry leader. A galaxy of foreign and Indian delegates attending the festival on special invitation will be presented to the distinguished audience comprising leading stars, producers, directors and technicians, top govt. officers, cultural celebrities, leading citizens and cineasts. The inaugural film, "Mama's Guest", from Iran will be screened after the ceremonies.

On Friday, December 22, 2006, the Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister, Mr B. S. Yediyurappa, will inaugurate the Kannada section of the Festival at the Tribhuvan Theatre at 10.30 AM, in the presence of Mrs. Parvathamma Raj Kumar, Mr. Puneeth Raj Kumar, leading artiste of the film "Bettada Hoovu" which was the landmark Kannada film of Late N. Lakshminarayan, which will be screened on the occasion.

Mr. Shyam Benegal will release on the occasion "Most Memorable Films of the World", written by Mr. H. N. Narahari Rao, a pioneer of the film society movement and the Vice President of the Federation of the Film Societies of India (FFSI). FFSI general secretary and film critic Mr. Sudheer Nandgaonkar will speak about the book.

The festival will have 10 different sections: Cinema of the World World Classics Contemporary Indian Cinema Indian Classics Retrospective of Films by Nagisa Oshima Tribute to Cinematographer V. K. Murthy Felicitations to Cinematographer S. Ramachandra French Comedies Retrospective of Kannada Films Student Cinema. The detailed list of the films being screened at the festival is enclosed.

A lecture demonstration on Digital Technology, world cinema's latest innovation, will be presented by well known Director V. K. Prakash. A few one minute short films by the ace Indian cinematographer Mr. Ramachandra Babu, which are unique three shot narrations of short stories, will also be screened along with some short films made by the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

The foreign delegates who have confirmed their participation in the festival so far are Mr. Hunt Hoe (Canada), Ms. Rada Sesic (Norway), Mr. Somaratne Dissanayake (Sri Lanka), Mr. Prasanna Jayakodi (Sri Lanka) and Ms. Milena Andonova (Bulgaria).