A film festival will be screened at Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre from November 19 to 22. Organised by the Bidhannagar Film Society (BFS), the festival will screen 85 short films at the two open air theatres at the venue — Ranga Mancha and Mukta Mancha — and the shows will be free of cost.
The festival will be inaugurated by EZCC director, Gouri Basu, mayoral council member Devashis Jana and Biplab K. Ghosh, regional secretary of the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) at 5.30pm on November 19. All the screenings will be held between 4.30pm and 8.30pm and the prize distribution ceremony will be held on November 22 at 5pm. The jury consists of directors Abhijit Guha and Subrata Sen, film critic Rwita Dutta, and actor Tapas Chakraborty.
Both venues are open air and occupancy has been brought down from 300 to 125 people. Seats will be spaced out at a distance of 6ft from one other. No food will be allowed inside but a couple of tea stalls will be lined up outside the entry gates.
“We hope this will provide a welcome break from the daily grind that people have been facing during pandemic,” said Ritesh Basak, assistant secretary, BFS, and regional treasurer, FFSI.