Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 07 2010:
The five day Re-Play 2010 International Documentary Film Festival organised by the Hun-Tre! International Manipur Projects will be held from June 9 to 13 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy.
Talking to reporters at a press conference held the residence of MK Binodini today, the director of the film festival, Somi Roy asserted the objective of the organising the film festival as to popularize, expose and performance Manipuri films outside the state.
The international documentary film festival was co-sponsored by the Art and Culture Department and Manipur Film Development Corporation.
State Governor is the founding sponsored.
A total of 22 documentary films from 14 countries will take part in the festival.
The longest film to be shown in the festival is two hours while the shortest will be 10 minute.
Nan Melville, a film maker from South Africa who also took part in the press briefing observed that she will able to extract some idea of film making from the festival.
During the festival workshops and discussions on film will be held.