Bhubaneswar To Host Intl Film Fest On Art & Artists From Feb 7

Bhubaneswar: The state Tourism and Culture Department and JD Centre of Art will jointly organise the 13th International Film Festival on Art & Artists from February 7 to 9 in Bhubaneswar.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the festival, which will showcase fiction, documentaries and animation films on art from across the country and abroad.

As many as 48 films from 13 countries will be screened (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Myanmar, UK and USA). These films will span the gamut of arts: visual and performing arts, traditional arts and crafts, design and architecture, communities & culture and animation.

Besides, illustrated lectures, workshops, performances and an exhibition will also be held on the occasion.

There will be performances by singer Vidya Shah, tribal dancers and musicians of Odisha; workshops by Nandan Saxena on digital film making; illustrated lectures on BV Doshi’s ‘Vastushilp’ by his partner, architect Rajeev Kathpalia, on the works of structural designer of iconic Indian buildings Mahender Raj by architect Rohit Raj, filmmaker and actor Nandita Das on the art of making a period film and Raghu Rai on his photographs.

Internationally-recognised artist Bose Krishnamachari will also give an illustrated lecture on the Kochi Biennale.

Besides this, master classes will be conducted by Chinese artist Weipu Chang on Chinese painting.