NEW DELHI: Ladakh will host the first edition of The Himalayan Film Festival 2021 from September 24 to 28 in Leh. The five-day festival, aimed at giving a leg-up to the Himalayan region’s tourism and culture, will promote aspiring filmmakers to showcase Ladakh and other Himalayan states as attractive destinations for film shoots.
The festival will be organised by the Union territory in collaboration with the information & broadcasting ministry, and follows the launch of the highest and first-ever inflatable theatre in Leh last month.
Open to filmmakers from Ladakh, Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, the festival, officials said, will focus on recognising local talent in short and documentary filmmaking, connecting the filmmaking community through networking and collaborative projects, and “centre-staging the filmmaking process and incentivising local talent to pursue a career in filmmaking”.
The festival will be organised by the Union territory in collaboration with the information & broadcasting ministry, and follows the launch of the highest and first-ever inflatable theatre in Leh last month.
Open to filmmakers from Ladakh, Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, the festival, officials said, will focus on recognising local talent in short and documentary filmmaking, connecting the filmmaking community through networking and collaborative projects, and “centre-staging the filmmaking process and incentivising local talent to pursue a career in filmmaking”.
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