Film Festival organised in New Delhi

Film Festival organised in New Delhi

Question: Which Film Festival was inaugurated in New Delhi on January 4?
(a) International Film Festival
(b) Indian Panorama Film Festival
(c) Bring Your Own Film Festival
(d) Kashish Film Festival
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • Indian Panorama Film Festival organised from 4-13 January 2019 was inaugurated by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
  • This ten day festival was organized by Directorate of Film Festival, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. The opening film of the festival was ‘Olu’ directed by Shaji N. Karun.
  • The festival will conclude on January 13th, 2019. Prominent director Mrinal Sen who passed away in recent days was remembered.
  • 26 Feature Films and 21 Non-Feature Films were screened in the festival. Indian Panorama is a flagship component of International Film Festival of India. It works for the promotion of arts by screening best of contemporary Indian films. This was started in 1978.

Links:

http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1558716

https://www.dff.nic.in/IndianPanorama.aspx

http://www.uniindia.com/ten-day-indian-panorama-film-festival-to-open-january-4/india/news/1457083.html