Screening Schedule – SAARC Film Festival 2016

Date Film
1st June 2016 6.30 pm – Inaugural film – Feature Film
Masaan (Adults only)
(India/109min)
Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan
2nd June 2016 3.30 pm – Short film – Open Category
City of Dust
(Afghanistan/13min)
Directed by Mohammad Jamil Jalla		 4.00 pm – Feature film – Open Category
Jalal’s Story
(Bangladesh/2014/109min)
Directed by Abu Shahod Emon		 6.30 pm – Feature film
Travellers and Magicians
(Bhutan/2014/85min)
Directed by Dzongzar Norbu
3rd June 2016 10.30 am
Master Class with the Film Experts
at Russian Cultural Centre Colombo
(for further details 0714539488 – Dhanushka Gunathilake)		 3.30 pm – Short film
Goonga Pehelwan
(India/45min)
Directed by Mit Jani, Prateek,
Gupta, Vivek Chaudhury		 4.30 pm – Feature film
Mikoe Bappa Baey Baey
(Maldives/2014/93min)
Directed by Ravee Farooq
6.30 pm – Feature film
Ho Gaana Pokuna
(Sri Lanka/2014/120min)
Directed by Indika Fernando
4th June 2016 10.00 am – Short film
Apple
(Sri Lanka/15min)
Directed by Chamila Priyanka		 10.30 am – Feature film – Open Category
An Apple from Paradise
(Afghanistan/85min)
Directed by Homayun Morowat		 1.15 pm – Feature Film
Nekabbarer Mahaproyan
(Bangladesh/116min)
Directed by Masud Pathik
3.30 pm – Short film
Living Without Life
(Sri Lanka/28min)
Directed by Eranda Mahagamage,
Sajani Dulanjalee		 4.30 pm – Short Film – Open Category
K2 and the Invisible Footman
(Pakistan/ 59min)
Directed by Lara Lee/Jawad Sharif		 6.00 pm – Short film
Effas
(Maldives/25min)
Directed by Ravee Farooq
6.30 pm – Feature Film
Cinemawala
(India/105min)
Directed by Kaushik Ganguly
5th June 2016 10.00 am – Short Film – Open Category
O Apara Kala (A dream of Apara)
(India/ 24min)
Directed by Abha Naktode		 10.30 am – Feature film
Asham
(Maldives/ 2 hrs 16min)
Directed by Ali Seezan		 3.00 pm – Short film
Benegal’s New Cinema
(India/58min)
Directed by Iram Ghufran
4.30 pm – Feature film
The Cup
(Bhutan/1hr 31min)
Directed by Dzongsar Norbu		 6.30 pm – Feature film
Boradiya Pokuna (Adults only)
(Sri Lanka /101min)
Directed by Sathyajith Maitipe
6th June 2016 6.30pm
Award-Ceremony
8.00 pm
Screening the Winning Film
  • Some of the Films Screened may contain Adult Content, Parental Guidance Advised
  • ENTRANCE FREE

SAARC Film Festival 2016

The SAARC Film Festival held in Colombo, has over the last four years gained momentum for promoting some of the best films from the SAARC Region. The SAARC Cultural Centre, in keeping with its mandate of promoting culture in the region through different modes of art, will once again showcase films from the region as cultural expressions at its forthcoming SAARC Film Festival.  The SAARC Film Festival is different from the rest, in that SAARC Member States nominate some of their best films that showcase the culture of the SAARC countries, in the form of film.  A reputed panel of adjudicators select the best films, and awards are given as incentive to continue producing good films for the region.

The SAARC Film festival in Colombo, marks an event unique to the region, where through the medium of cinema, the festival has become a forum of people to people interaction, as well as the understanding and savoring of culture through the medium of cinema, where the films from the different SAARC Countries, are not merely a tool of entertainment, but rather one of cultural awareness as well as something that would convey an inherent message indigenous to a particular member country of SAARC and to a particular region of the world. The Festival has over the years grown, and this year in 2016, the Festival hopes to expand, with workshops and parallel events that would further enhance South Asian Cinema. The Film Festival will give all member states an opportunity to screen some of the best films from the region.

Cinema is a form of art, and today with easy accessibility of advanced digital knowledge this medium of cinema has become very powerful. The SAARC Region has produced some films with a standard of excellence. In 2016, the SAARC Film Festival will focus on feature and short films first screened AFTER May 2014, from all Member States, inviting directors of these movies for workshops as well as recognizing the best movie- feature film/Short Film screened within the stipulated time frame.

The festival will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka over a period of 6 days from the 1st – 6th of June 2016.  The Festival will also include a workshop with well-known film directors.