JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ TO KICK START THE DELHI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The 4th International Film Festival will be hitting the national capital from 5th December to 10th December, 2015 to celebrate the 100 glorious years of Delhi and Hindi cinema which started in 2012. Organized by Social Circle the chief guest for the Fourth Edition of the film festival will be Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia.
Where the opening ceremony of the Delhi International Film Festival 2015 will be held at Central Park in Connaught Place, with Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez’s film ‘Definition of Fear’, the closing ceremony will pay tribute to ‘The Show Man’ legendary actor Raj Kapoor with Russian Documentary ‘Comrade Raj Kapoor’.
The first film produced by YouTube, ‘Zero’ a short science fiction directed by David Victory will also be featured at the film festival.
Ketan Mehta, director of the much acclaimed film of the year ‘Manjhi’ will be awarded with the prestigious Minar-E-Dilli award.
Stalwarts like Tigmanshu Dhulia, Ketan Mehta, Rehana Sultaan, Mehul Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Piyush Mishra, Omi Vaidya, Arvind Gupta, Rituporna Sengupta and many other Actors and Film Makers from around the world will take part in the festival. The event which will last for a week will showcase more than 150 films from 90 countries, 200 artworks, fashion show, sufi night, kavi sammelan, including works from across India. More than 210 Films from 68 Countries will be showcased in 6 days. 50 NRI and Indian poets will be the part of the festival.
After the inaugural event at Central Park, the Festival will continue from 6th December to 10th December at the N.D.M.C Convention Centre.