*NORTHEAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (NEFF) Day 1; Mahima Chaudhry, Padmini Kolhapure & Gulshan Grover graced the event*
NORTHEAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (NEFF) held at NFDC Campus, Mumbai.
The festival took place on 24th March, It is an Initiative by Sikkim Film Board in association with NFDC & Find Studioz to encourage content creators from the North Eastern (NE) States of India. The festival is being organized in Mumbai to provide maximum exposure to the creative talents of the North-Eastern States to the mainstream Industry.
NEFF 2023 featured excellent films, short films, and documentaries from various sectors of Northeast India. The event was attended by the chief guest Rahul Rawail, and film personalities like Mahima Chaudhary, Gulshan Grover, Padmini Kolhapure, Abhinav Kashyap, Akshaditya Lama, Mrs Pooja Sharma, Shri Armstrong Pame and many others.
Mr Amstrong Pame, Director I&B, Govt of India addressed the audience and appealed to people to come and make films in the states of Northeast. Films which were shown on the opening day are Padma Shri Wareppa Naba (Rituals to Mainstream), The Horse From Heaven, Mask Art of Majuli & Summer of Soul.
The festival aims to work towards the supporting and promoting of films across genres, cultures and languages of the North Eastern Region with a vision of connecting the creative talents of the region to the mainstream industry and promoting the North East both in terms of the scenic geographical beauty and content.
Filmmakers from Bollywood & Northeast India attended the film festival, and the NEFF is receiving positive feedback in terms of film and documentary participation. The film festival witnessed a strong response from the northeastern states, with filmmakers from Manipur, Assam, Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and other northeastern states attending.
For more information please visit the site. WWW.NEFILMFEST.COM