BHUBANESWAR: Much to the cheer of the connoisseurs of world cinema, city-based well-known film society "Inscreen" will host a two-day film festival at Jayadev Bhawan here commencing on Wednesday.

Christened Hollywood fair, the two-day event will feature four outstanding movies that Hollywood has produced in recent years.

Inscreen secretary and documentary filmmaker Kapilas Bhuyan informed that the society's thrust was on hosting thematic festivals.

"We try to focus on a filmmaker or a genre and encourage the viewers to have an interaction among themselves over the focus. This helps in educating them while expanding a serious film culture in the city," he said. "The last festival on Kiesloski received rave response," he added.

Poignant tale

The festival will open on Wednesday at 6 pm with "Lost in Translation", an US-Japan international co production of 2003, directed by Sofia Coppola. The film, shot extensively in Japan, is a poignant tale of the culture shock of two Americans, it was learnt.

"Frida", the other film of the evening, is a biographical sketch of artist Frida Kahlo who could excel in her creativity despite a crippling injury. The film was made in 2006 by Julie Taymor with a collaborative production of Canada, USA and Mexico.

Tuesday's screening will start with "Babel" by Alejandro Gonzalez, a film that has been shot extensively in Moroccan desert followed by the Germany-USA co production "The Company" by Robert Altman. The society has undertaken a special membership drive recently with an objective to enroll more young students of film studies, Bhuyan informed.

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