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Imphal, Aug 19 (ANI): The 2nd Manipur
International Documentary, Short and Animation Film Festival, 2010 organised by
Films Division, Mumbai, in collaboration with Manipur Film Development
Corporation (MFDC) started here on Wednesday.

“During this festival we are trying to exhibit 27 films. Out of which six
films are Manipuri films, which are produced by the Manipuri directors. There
is a good award wining film that has been screened and awarded during the
Mumbai International Film Festival,” said Dr. K. Sobita Devi, Managing Director
of Manipur Film Development Corporation Limited.

Sobita Devi added that the festival would provide a good platform for the
screening of various documentary films.

“We have initiated to organise such kind of venture since last two years
because we have organised this festival as a venture in the year 2006. After
that in 2007, there was a set back in the MFDC (Manipur Film Development
Corporation Limited) because in that year all companies of MFDC were burned
down and after that we are trying to have such kinds of festival because film
development corporation stands only for promotion of the film activities and
this festival is one of the activities to be organised by MFDC,” said Devi.

‘Vietnam Symphony’, a 52-minute film directed by Tom Zubrycki, which won the
2nd best film award at Mumbai International Film Festival 2006, was the opening
film of the festival.

Altogether 27 films will be screened during the three-day festival that will
continue till Friday.

The films include 14 films from the MIFF package like Vietnam Symphony, Zero
Degrees of Separation, the Black Road and others, six films of Film Division on
Manipur. (ANI)