Manipur to host two-day tunisian film festival 2019 on may 25, 26

Manipur is hosting a two-day Tunisian Film Festival 2019 to be held at Manipur State Film Development Society (MSDFS) Auditorium in Imphal on Saturday and Sunday, according to Film Society

of Manipur (FSM). The two-day festival is jointly organized by the Federation of Film Societies of India, FSM with the support of Tunisian Embassy in New Delhi and the MSDFS. Ready for a

challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Advisor Dr N Tombi Singh of Critics Forum, Manipur (CFM) will initiate the interaction session on the first film – _Porto

Farina_ directed by Ibrahim Letaief on the first day of the festival while Sahitya Akademi awardee Yumlembam Ibomcha will interact with the audience on the second film – _Mostafa Z_ directed

by Nidhal Chatta. President Dr Lamabam Gojendro of CFM will lead the interaction session of the third film – _Shattered Waves_ directed by Habib Nestiri, said President Meghachandra Kongbam

of FSM. The film is about Hassouna, an officer in the French army who in spite of himself is faithful to the cause of the independence of his country. Disregarding the risks, he transmits

information to the network of separatist activists. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! On the last day, former president Dr I S Kangjam of CFM

who is the president of Manipuri Sahitya Parishad will initiate the interaction session of the film – _Whispering Sands_ directed by Nacer Khmir. The film narrates an encounter in the desert

between a lady brought by the tragic past of her family and a guide who discovers, at the end, the dark future of his family. Vice president Dr N Premchand of CFM will interact with the

audience on the film – _Visit (El Ziara)_ directed by Nawfel Saheb Ettabaa. A dreamlike journey of Youssef, 30 years old sick with the amnesia. Theatre director Loitongbam Dorendro who is

the treasurer of the CFM will talk on the last film – _Sweet Smell of Spring_ directed by Ferid Boughedir. Aziz, young unemployed graduate, leaves his village on the border of Sahara for

Tunis and becomes installer of satellite dishes on house roofs. The Federation of Film Societies of India is organizing the Tunisian Film festival at different cities of the country like

Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Imphal, Guwahati, Delhi, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Madurai, Thiruvanathapuram, Kochi, Thrissur and some other places to propagate the

film culture of Tunisia country. Commissioner (Art & Culture) M Lakshmikumar Singh will inaugurate the festival on Saturday afternoon in Imphal.