The first Guwahati International Documentary Film Festival (GIDFF) will begin from tomorrow and documentary films from various countries, including Bulgaria, Australia, Poland, Germany, Canada and Egypt will be screened. "We organise the biennial Mumbai International Film Festival. We have decided to extend it to other cities, so we are holding this festival for the first time in Guwahati," Films Division Director General Manish Desai said at a press conference here. Films Division Director Swati Pandey said the festival will be an annual affair from next year and it will be clubbed with Guwahati International Film Festival, to be held for the first time in October this year. Speaking on the occasion, eminent filmmaker Jahnu Barua said, "India does not have a culture to watch documentary films.

Source: dna June 20, 2017 18:33 UTC