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Overwhelming response to Biffes

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It was beyond our expectations, say organisers

20 feature films in different categories were screened
Film buffs appreciate the orderly conduct of
this edition

— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

Admiration: Actor Ramesh going around the photo exhibition at the inauguration of the animation workshop, as part of Biffes, at Vision Cinema in Bangalore on Friday.

Bangalore: The third edition of the weeklong Bengalooru International Film Festival received an overwhelming response at all the venues — Vision Cinema complex, K.H. Patil Auditorium, Badami House and Suchitrra Film Society — here on Friday.

Inauguration of Chitra Bharati, a tradition of showcasing the country’s cinema along with international films set by the Suchitra film society since 1983, documentary and short film section, animation workshop and children’s section and the release of DVD on the evolution of Kannada film music marked the second day of the festival.

Although the festival was inaugurated on Thursday, it was opened to public on Friday.

Twenty feature films in different categories, including three Kannada films that marked the 75 years of Kannada cinema, and three documentary films were screened.

Organisers of the festival said that the public response to the festival on Thursday and Friday were beyond expectations. Films were screened to packed houses and people were seen watching them standing at some of the halls at the Vision Cinema Complex.

Unlike the confusion, chaos and complaints heard in the previous edition of Biffes, a majority of the film buffs appreciated the orderly conduct of this edition.

The venue has a large parking space, but it was full right from morning, and people were forced to park vehicles on the roadside, attracted action from the traffic police. A senior traffic police personnel said parking on the busy K.H. Road was not allowed. However, people could park their vehicles at the parking lot at the Hombegowda Nagar bus terminus, he suggested.

Inaugurating the children’s films, Geetha Narayanan, managing trustee of Shristi School of Art, Design and Technology, said that such films should be encouraged. Child prodigy Master Kishan said the success of the festival lies in the encouragement from children by visiting theatres.

The animation workshop at the Vision Cinema was inaugurated by actor and director Ramesh. Film director Girish Kasarvalli explained the history of animation with a power point presentation. “16 mm-Memories, Movements and a Machine” by K.R. Manoj was the first documentary that was shown.

The second documentary by Maya Chandra was “Dr. Rajkumar: An analysis of a Phenomenon.”

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