Festival of National Award Winning Films 2008 Begins

“It is very important to bring National Award Winning Films to the public for screening for the better and bigger exposure. This creative content handed over to us by the film makers of this country must be appreciated in large” said S.M.Khan Addl Director General and Director, Directorate of Film Festival of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India as the opening remark of 18 days long screening of National Award 2008 Winning films at Sri Fort Auditorium. “It was my honour to be on the National Jury of Non Feature Film Category. The fact is that all the big film makers of the World start their film carrier and journey with short films or Documentaries These films make you realize your caliber, capabilities and capacities” said Sandeep Marwah the president of Marwah Studios and the producer of largest number of short films in the World while inaugurating the festival in a jam packed hall. The screening started with the short film ‘Three Of Us’ which begged Best Cinematography Award to Shariqua Badar Khan who was also facilitated there followed by the screening of Feature Film ‘Antaheen’ recipient of Best Feature Film National Award 2008. Other who spoke and present on the occasion were jury members Santosh Desai and Sudesh Sayal.