ActFest is the world’s first Actors Only festival, dedicated to actors. It is conceived and organised by CINTAA, India’s largest and oldest association working for Cine and TV Artistes, and the 48 Hour Film Project. ActFest will see 70 personalities from the world of Film,Television, Theatre, Web on one platform.
The schedule of day one of the ActFest, 15th February, is given below –
10.00 am: ActFest inauguration by Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi.
Venue: Bhaidas Hall Foyer

Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi at the inauguration

10.30 am: An Improv (a form of spontaneous comedy) workshop by Ankita Challa – Managing Director, Improv Comedy Mumbai.
Venue: Open Stage Area, Outside Santokba Hall, Next to Mithibai College
10.45am: The magic of make-up is what gives actors the confidence to face camera. A demonstration by India’s foremost make-up and hair artists Bharat & Dorris.
Venue: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Mithibai College.

Archana Puran Singh, Parmeet Sethi, Amit Behl and Sushant Singh

10.45am: Dance workshop with choreographer Ahmed Khan.
Venue: Santokba Hall, Next to Mithibai College
1.15pm: Deepal Doshi introduces participants to the idea of movement in a actor. An insight into what movement really means extremely and internally and it’s relevance in finding truth in a character.
Venue: Santokba Hall, Next to Mithibai College
1.45pm: Opening ActFest Ceremony by Sara Ali Khan and Vijaya Mehta.
Venue: Mukesh Patel Auditorium, Vile Parle
Followed by Johnny Lever and his daughter Jamie as they light up the stage with actor Vrajesh Hirjee in the session ‘Hasna mat Veerjee.’

Johnny and Jamie Lever

2.15 pm: The Art of staying relevant in changing times – a talk by Ashish Vidyarthi
Venue: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Mithibai College
3.15pm: Amit Behl in conversation with Ronit Roy on his acting journey.
Venue: Juhu Jagruti Hall, First Floor, Mithibai College.
3.45pm: The best casting directors like Abhimanyu Ray, Anmol Ahuja, Gautam Kishanchandani, Karan Mally and Tess  Joseph discuss essentials and intricacies of the business. Moderator: Ankita Patel
Venue: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Mithibai College.
3.45pm: Sushant Singh in conversation with Manoj Bajpayee about their contribution to the performing arts.

Manoj Bajpayee

Venue: Mukesh Patel Auditorium, Vile Parle.
5.00pm: Transcending language barriers – in conversation with Divya Dutta, Manoj Joshi, Manav Vij, Ravi Kishan and Sudhanshu Pandey. Moderated by Renuka Shahane.
Venue: Mukesh Patel Auditorium, Vile Parle.
5.15pm: Rajit Kapur on the challenges faced by an actor while making a transition to a new medium.
Venue: Juhu Jagruti Hall, First Floor, Mithibai College.
5.15pm: Art therapy and Live Painting with Rashmi Pitre.
Venue: Open Stage Area, Outside Santokba Hall, Next to Mithibai College
5.15pm: Dance workshop with choreographer Paulson Thomas
Venue: Santokba Hall, Next to Mithibai College
5.45pm: Panel discussion with members of screen writers’ association Ayub Khan, Abhijeet Deshpande, Robin Bhatt, Naved Aslam, Mayur Puri, Sanjay Chohan, Sunil Salgia and Zama Habib in conversation with Sunil Salgia.
Venue: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Mithibai College
6.30pm: Panel discussion with Delnaz Irani, Dilip Joshi, Kritika Kamra, Rohitashv Gour, Rituraj Singh, Rajoo Shreshtha, Ridhi Dogra and Smita Bansal on acting in television moderated by Paayal Nair.
Venue: Mukesh Patel Auditorium, Vile Parle.