"The Forlorn," a psychological thriller directed by Saptaswa Basu opened the film festival. It is a Bengali film, features iconic actor from Bengal and Dadasaheb Phalke award winner Soumitra Chatterjee in a lead role.
"A total of 61 short films have participated in the film festival. There are a total of 45 short films made by Indian filmmakers and 16 films by filmmakers outside the country," Mohen Naorem, festival director said.
"Our main objective is to promote quality film making in Manipur. Insurgents’ outfits have banned the Hindi films in Manipur since last several years. The filmmakers in this part of the country only make Manipuri films. However, off late we have seen Manipuri filmmakers bagging national and international awards. So, by organizing the international film festival, we wanted the filmmakers to be exposed to the various concepts and themes of international filmmaking," he said.
There are over 30 militant outfits in Manipur, who till few years back banned screening of Hindi movies about ten years ago. While the move had affected the industry in the state, it had led to growth of more regional cinema, particularly short films.
While many renowned short filmmakers of the country participated in the festival, the festival will showcase four Spanish films, four Bangladeshi films and four films from Poland. Besides, there are films from Iran, Pakistan, Italy and Argentina.
With 16 films by foreign filmmakers, the Imphal International Film Festival is also dubbed as one of the biggest event in the northeastern region of India.
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