Friday, September 14, 2012
75th AAFT Festival of Short Films Inaugurated With New Records
“A huge and rigorous labour and a patience has brought us today to a platform where we all are now part of the history of celebrating & creating World Record of having 75th AAFT festival of Short Digital films during the year when we are also enthusiastic about completing 100 years of Indian Cinema” Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios introduced festival to large gathering of people from all over India and abroad.
“It is par excellence to do so much of work in entertainment field. The purpose will be doubled if films are made to serve the society too. The biggest source of communication must be utilized to motivate the audience of the country to come forward to help downtrodden” said Dr. Balram Jakhar the former Speaker of Lok Sabha and Governor of Madya Pradesh while inaugurating the festival.
Lipika Sud Social Worker, W.M. Rizvi Chief Director of National Cooperative Development Corporation, Dr. Beni Prasad Agarwal Former Ambassador to Greece & Bulgaria, Nasreen Hamid Chairperson Global Women’s Lib were also present on the occasion.
The festival was divided into two parts. The first part had films of this year and the second part was the retrospective- collection of best films from last 74 festivals.