The finale week of 7th Jagran
Film Festival commenced with an electrifying opening ceremony on September 26
at Cinepolis theatre, Andheri (Mumbai). The coveted film festival got off to a
rousing start with the ceremonial tradition of lighting the lamp by Chief Guest
Arjun Kapoor.
The festival began with the screening of the French film, Road To Istanbul,
a 92-minute feature film that talks about the issue of young Europeans
converting to Islam and taking up the Jihadi cause.
Produced by John Brehat in association with 3B Productions, Tassili Films,
Arte France and Scope Pictures and directed by Rachid Bouchareb, the film stars
Astrid Whettnall, Pauline Burlet, Patricia Ide and Abel Jafri. The film, a
unique piece of art, has been screened at various international film festivals
this year including Berlin International Film Festival and Eurasia
International Film Festival among others.
Other film screened on the opening day of the festival was a Spanish film,
In The Name Of Girl, written and directed by Tania Hermida and features Eva
Mayu Mecham Benavides, Markus Mecham Benavides and Martin Leon.
While interacting with the media, Arjun Kapoor said, “Our budding filmmakers want to understand cinema,
learn from cinema. Hindi or English films are not enough, films across the
world can influence us, especially actors, filmmakers and
technicians.."This is the purest form of education our budding filmmakers
can get. It is not corrupted by commercialisation in anyway.
Manoj Srivastava,
Strategic Consultant of Jagran Film Festival said at the event, “The first day
of the finale week of Jagran Film Festival set pace for the week-long cinematic
extravaganza.”
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