By NNN-PTI,
Lahore : The widely acclaimed Indian films “Gandhi” and “Calcutta 71” will be part of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) film festival that kicks off in Pakistan’s cultural capital today.
“Calcutta 71”, a Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen, will be screened on day two of the festival. Released in 1972, the film is based on four short stories, each presenting a study of the political turmoil of the 1970s.
Richard Attenborough’s 1982 Oscar winning film “Gandhi” will be screened on the fourth day of the festival. The movie captures the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of India’s non-violent resistance movement against British colonial rule.
The event titled “A Festival of Resistance” has been organised by the Lahore Film and Literary Club an initiative of SAFMA.
The six-day festival will begin with the screening of “The Motorcycle Diaries”. Released in 2004, the film is based on the memoirs of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara, recounting his journey across South America with his friend Alberto Granada as a youngster in 1952.
The 1995 French film “La Haine” (Hate), a dark urban thriller about three teenage friends in an urban ghetto in modern suburban Paris will be shown on April 20.
The fifth day will see the screening of “In the Name of Father”. Based on a true story, the movie revolves around Gerry Conlon, a small time thief from Belfast who was falsely implicated in a bombing that killed several people in London.
Pakistani film “Jago Hua Savera” will be screened on the final day of the festival.
“Our country is starving culturally and people do not have access to healthy activities on the weekends. Trying to fill this gap, SAFMA has initiated this club,” SAFMA general secretary Imtiaz Alam said.