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A `travelling festival' of video films from the campus

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: Short films can serve as a bridge for students aspiring to enter the world of cinema, said film director Anwar Rasheed.

Rasheed was speaking after inaugurating the National Students' Video Film Festival organised by Jehangirabad Media Institute, Lucknow, Chetana Media Institute, Thrissur and Chavara Cultural Centre at Sacred Heart College, Thevara, on Monday.

He said students interested in cinema were now being offered far more opportunities and facilities than earlier. Several colleges were conducting courses on filmmaking and corresponding technologies. Likewise, institutions offering courses in filmmaking had also sprung up.

Rasheed presented the award to Albert Kurien, who made `Xeno,' one of the award-winning short films included in the package.

The festival package included 15 short films that had won various awards at the National Students' Video Festival organised by Jehangirabad Media Institute, Lucknow, in April. The films are being taken around the country as a travelling festival.

A five-minute short film titled, `Use Me,' made by the students of S.H. College, along with a couple of students from the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, was also screened at the festival. The film deals with environmental issues.

S.H. College manager Cheriyan Kuniyanthodathu presided over the function. Chetana Media Institute director Benny Benedict also spoke.

Nearly 30 students spoke at the Open Forum held in the afternoon discussing issues, including social reality and Indian reality.

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