Guwahati city to host Chalachitram film festival in September

GUWAHATI: The sixth Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) will be held on September 10-11 at the Rabindra Bhawan in the city. According to a press release, feature, non-feature, documentary and animation films produced between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2022 will be screened in the festival, where the winners of CNFF 21 will be awarded with cash prizes, certificates and trophies.

For the competition section, the films with Hindi or English subtitles from northeast India will be entertained. The theme has been declared as 'Our Heritage Our Pride', but film works with the subject matters of Indian art, culture, tradition, women, patriotism, development, environments, land, family etc., will be also included. In the non-competitive section, the selected feature films will be awarded certificates and trophies.

A number of distinguished directors and film-writers from different parts of the country are expected to grace the occasion.

"Since 2017 Guwahati has been hosting this festival in March, barring

last year while it was organized in August through online arrangements because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, the festival is being organized in September, in line with other film festivals held across India," said Utpal Datta, president of Chalachitram Society and festival director of CNFF 22.

In a recent media briefing, renowned Assamese sound designer and film

director Rajen Rajkhowa, along with journalist-turned-filmmaker Sibanu Bora, released the festival logo, which is designed by acclaimed artist Dhanjit Das. A competition among radio and television programmes and vlogs in digital platforms on the selected theme will also be held.

Moreover, another competition on best book, article and web-blogs on Assamese cinema is also on the cards, informed Bhagawat Pritam, one of the organizers.

"Cinema can be a powerful catalyst of social change and a rich handloom of heritage. However, it remains confined largely as a source of entertainment in our country. Primary purpose of the CNFF is to build a bridge between the traditional and the modern outputs with an aim to enable cinema to travel beyond the mainstream and touch the grass roots," said a declaration of the society, which comprises Pramod Kalita, Pabitra Margherita, Amar Jyoti Deka, Babita Sarmah, Riju Dutta, Sankar Das, Kishor Shivam, etc., adding that interested persons can access all information regarding the festival from the website www.chalachitram.in.

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