{"id":8266,"date":"2019-10-31T21:08:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-440531-1379741.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=8266"},"modified":"2019-10-31T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:01:09","slug":"3rd-guwahati-international-film-festival-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=8266","title":{"rendered":"3rd Guwahati International Film Festival began,Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the 3rd  GIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress-440531-1379741.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0-1.jpg?resize=40%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"> ASSAM TIMES POST<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guwahati: The 3rd Guwahati International Film Festival \u00a0 began with fanfare on Thursday with a platter of 100 acclaimed films from 65 countries that is likely to attract over 5,000 domestic and foreign delegates in the next one week.<\/p>\n<p>Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the 3rd Guwahati International Film Festival . &#8220;Assam has rich cultural heritage and is full of natural beauty. The state is also full of talents,&#8221; he said while welcoming a host of dignitaries here.In presence of the National Award winning actor Adil Hussain, Sonowal said the Assamese actor has conquered the world with his acting prowess.Sonowal invited filmmakers to shoot their films in Assam and assured all possible support from the state government in this direction.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was also attended by Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi and National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Zanussi highlighted the heights that cinema has achieved over the years.<\/p>\n<p>During the festival, nearly 70 film personalities from India and abroad will take part with their flicks, while Ambassadors from South Korea, Hungary, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Argentina and Bangladesh will be present among other diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>The Assam Government-owned Jyoti Chitraban (Film Studio) Society is the organiser of the festival, which will be held from October 31 to November 6, in association with Dr Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd GIFF will begin with streaming of the Iranian film &#8216;Charcoal&#8217; (Komur) by renowned director Esmaeel Monsef, while &#8216;To The Desert&#8217; (Al Desierto) by Argentinian director Ulises Rosell will be the closing film.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from these countries, films from Sri Lanka, Hungary, South Korea, Spain, Israel, the US, Taiwan, Italy, Iceland, China, Canada, Philippines, Bangladesh, France, Portugal, Bhutan, Bolivia, Poland, Russia, Japan, Nepal, Germany, Belgium, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Qatar, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Syria, Denmark and Tunisia will also be screened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 ASSAM TIMES POST Guwahati: The 3rd Guwahati International Film Festival \u00a0 began with fanfare on Thursday with a platter of 100 acclaimed films from 65 countries that is likely to attract over 5,000 domestic and foreign delegates in the next one week. 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