AAFT Mobile Cinema Poster Launched at Cannes Festival |
Cannes: AAFT- Asian Academy
of Film And Television is participating in the first ever Mobile Cinema
Presentation at Cannes, France during the 72nd International Film
Festival at Cannes.
A poster of this first
presentation was launched at the India Pavilion to highlight first ever Mobile
Cinema Competition. “ We are feeling proud to be the part of this first ever
Mobile Cinema Presentation at Cannes. I am thankful to Ministry of Information
And Broadcasting, Government of India for providing us this platform to launch
the poster,” said Sandeep Marwah
President of ICMEI.
“I am happy to be here and
privileged to release the poster of AAFT presentation in Mobile Cinema,” said
Padamshri A.K.Bir renowned filmmaker and National Award winner from India.
“We started the first ever
Mobile Film Festival in the World 12 years back in India –International
Festival of Cellphone Cinema and now it has grown very big. This time we
received 6500 entries from all over the World. We started another one in
Budapest Hungry and now part of Cannes Cellphone Cinema Competition,” said
Prof. Karl Bardosh filmmaker from New York.
Many filmmakers from all
over the World attended the event. The India Pavilion was full of excitement
and appreciation. AAFT Alumnus Amit Agarwal and renowned actress from United
Kingdom Katianna Ley joined in poster
release.
Leena Jaisani Assistant
Secretary General FICCI, Ankit Shukla Senior Assistant Director FICCI, Amit
Tyagi Additional Director FICCI, Dr. Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar Auther &
Film Maker, Marianne Borgo of Goa Film Alliance, Sonia Jean Baptiste of Chelsea
Film Festival were also present there.
Aleksandr Nikitin General Director Supra Events of Czech
Republic, David of Shreyas Chinga, Ingrid Jean Baptiste of Chelsea Film
Festival, Manish K Mani of Shanghai YC Media & Film, Raed Faridzadeh Vice
Managing Director Farabi Cinema Foundation, Rajesh K Mohanty Producer 24 FPS
Entertainment, Sandrine Jacquinot fashion editor & Stylist , Jedd Tan Model
from Paris and Luba Balagova Kandour President
Sochi Awards also met Sandeep Marwah.