Screening for Short Fiction Film Fest held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 01 2022:
The screening of 2nd International Manipuri Short Fiction Film Festival, 2022 was held today at the auditorium of Manipur Press Club.
The film festival is organised by Ipak Films Production under the supervision of Manipur Film Forum and is sponsored by Department of Social Welfare, GoM under the theme 'Let's make Manipur Drug Free', a statement from Rakesh Naorem, convenor of the film festival, informed.
28 films were submitted for this short fiction film festival out of which 24 are from Manipur, 2 from Assam and one each from Tripura and Bangladesh.
According to the statement, the screening was attended by Rakesh Naorem, convenor of the film festival, S Mangoljao Singh, chairman, Film Forum Manipur and Ngangom Uttam Singh, Director, Department of Social Welfare.
Reputed film maker, editor, actor and officials of the film industry made up the five jury members.
Winners of the eleven awards, Special Jury Mention Award and Ipak Best Popular People Choice Award 2022 will be announced on February 16 at a press conference.
Regarding the awards, it may be mentioned that the Best Film Award comes with a cash award of Rs 55,555, 2nd Best Film with Rs 22,222 and 3rd Best Film with Rs 11,111 cash prize along with a certificate and memento.
Further, Best Director, Best Story, Best Debut Director, Best Editor, Best Cinematography, Special Jury Mention Award, Best Actor Male & Female and Best Child Actor will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 5,555 each along with a certificate and memento.
Lastly, Ipak Best Popular People Choice Award 2022 comprises a certificate, memento and a cash award of Rs 7,777 .