Mangaluru gears up for second edition of Nitte Film Festival

Mangaluru is slowly and steadily warming up to the film festival culture and the Nitte Film Festival has a significant contribution in this regard. Having been initiated last year, the festival is in its second edition and is set to be held in a bigger avatar this year. To be held from April 16 to 19, the event will be held at a mall in the city, the entry to which is free.
“Even though we have only held one edition so far, the response was overwhelming; we received 10,000 footfalls last year. So this year, we are naturally expecting enhanced numbers,” says Raviraj, Head of the Department of Journalism and Communication, Nitte University.
The event will see 40 filmmakers in attendance along with the screening of more than 80 films across various Indian languages, including Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati and Odia, along with a few foreign-language movies.
The festival will also have interactive sessions and workshops with leading film personalities like cinematographer GS Bhasker, who will hold a workshop on the nuances of cinematography, Manu Chakravarthy on film appreciation, Raj B Shetty on his film , Hemanth Rao on the making of , Sachin Kundalkar on , Adarsh Eswarappa on and BS Lingadevaru on .
“We want to popularise the film-viewing culture in the city, and give them a platform to view movies from not just India but across the globe. This festival is the perfect place to indulge in a quality movie-watching experience,” sums up Raviraj.