152 films from 45 countries in Bengaluru International Film Festival ( BIFFes)

The eight-day sixth Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), being held in the city from December 26, will see participation of 152 films from 45 countries.won awards at major international film festival such as Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Moscow, Venice and Toronto.Karnataka government has given Rs 2 crore for the film festival, Noted film icon Kamal Haasan will be attending the inaugural function .Films of celebrated filmmakers such as Andrzej Wajda, Asghar Farhadi, Istvan Szabo, Francois Ozon, Susan Blier, Goran Paskaljevic, Mike Leigh, Claire Denis and Thomas Vinterberg are to be screened.The highlight of the present edition is  a bunch of highly-acclaimed Asian films from China, Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan, Phillippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.14 films selected had been entries for the 86th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film (Oscar).

6th Bengaluru International Film Festival ( BIFF) Dec 26, 2013- Jan 2 , 2014

Bengaluru International Film Festival ( BIFFes) is being organized by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the Govenment of Karnataka supported by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce.

The ensuing edition is the sixth  one ,to be held between December 26th, 2013 and January 2nd, 2014 will have diverse sections viz:

1. Cinema of the World
2. Asian Cinema
3. Chitrabharathi(Indian Cinema)
4. Kannada cinema
5. Retrospectives
6. Country Focus
7. NETPAC award winners
8. FIPRESCI award winner
9. Special genre: Train films

Competition sections for Indian Cinema and Kannada Cinema will also be held with handsome cash prizes in addition to a Special award to be presented by NETPACfor Asian Cinema.The festival will also host various forums for academic interactions like seminars, workshops and master classes for the students on different aspects of cinema.