Oscar Winning Film - Hugo to be screened
Date : 21 September, 2019 (Postphoned) :: at MSFDS Auditorium , Imphal
Five Oscar Winning Film- Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese to be screened with interaction on September 21
**** Screening of Hugo on Sept 21 postponed (Updated on Sep 20) ****
The screening of English film-HUGO (2011) directed by Martin Scorsese scheduled to be held on September 21, 2019, the third Saturday at 4 pm at MSFDS Auditorium has been postponed for some time due to repairing of the projector of the auditorium.
As and when the projector is fit for screening the films at the auditorium, the new schedule of the screening of HUGO shall be intimated.
All the members of the Film Society of Manipur and Critics Forum, Manipur and school students are informed to bear with the inconvenience. A statement by Meghachandra Kongbam, President, Film Society of Manipur said.
With the support from Manipur State Film Development Society, Film Society of Manipur will screen English film - Hugo (2011) directed by Martin Scorsese on September 21, 2019, the third Saturday at 4 pm at MSFDS Auditorium here, under the monthly film screening programme with interactive session towards the promotion of good film movement in Manipur.
Hugo is a historical adventure drama film adapted for the screen by John Logan.
Based on Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it tells the story of an orphan boy named Hugo Cabret who lives alone in a railway station in Paris in the 1930s and wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automation. His journey leads the discovery of Georges Méličs, the father of Special Effects in Cinema.
Hugo received critical acclaim and 11 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, more than any other film that year, and it won five awards: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects.
School children from a few schools in Imphal will also attend the film screening and the interactive session so that they can learn the film medium and what the good film is about.
Eminent personalities from the Critics Forum, Manipur and Film Society of Manipur will share the space of the interactive session to be conducted after screening of the film.
All the members of the Film Society of Manipur and Critics Forum, Manipur are informed to attend the screening with their family and children and to take part in the interactive session.
* Meghachandra Kongbam wrote this article for Imphal Times
This Post is webcasted on September 19 2019 and updated on Sep 20
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