The 4th edition of Kalinga Global Film Festival (KGFF) was inaugurated at KIIT School of Film and Media Sciences. The inauguration ceremony was graced by Tusharkanti Behera, Minister of Sports and Youth Service, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of Odisha; Anubhav Mohanty, MP, Lok Sabha; Satyabrata Tripathy, Chairman of Odisha Film Development Corporation; Bijay Kumar Nayak, Director of Culture Department, Government of Odisha; Pankaj Saxena, professor of Screen Studies and Research, FTII, Pune; Dr Achyuta Samanta, Founder of KIIT and KISS and Himanshu Khatua, CEO of KIIT School of Film and Media Sciences.
While inaugurating, Behera said, “Odia cinemas have to improve more. It should maintain their uniqueness.” Professor Saxena said that students of KIIT should reflect what they learn from Odisha in their films.
The objective of this film festival is to encourage and ignite young minds, enrich intellectually inclined cineastes and promote aspiring film makers. “KGFF intends to organise a festival that would connect regular movie-goers, budding filmmakers and distinguished filmmakers so as to bring greater understanding of the art and craft of film making,” said Khatua.
KGFF presented a selection of feature films, short films and documentaries from all over Asia. There were three panel discussions on Film Society Movement, Film Appreciation and Critical Analysis and Film Education.
