By Baiju NT [ June 18, 2009 ]
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SAFF from June 26

The 4th South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) will commence in Goa from June 26, Chief Minister Digamber Kamat announced on Wednesday. The four-day-long festival would be a bouquet of 60 movies from eight SAARC countries, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
 
A special screening of 12 Iranian movies would be held during the SAFF, organized by South Asia Foundation in association with Entertainment Society of Goa and Kala Academy.
 
The films have been chosen by two separate committees whose members include Union Minister Kapil Sibal and prominent film personalities like actor Vinod Khanna, filmmakers Goutam Ghose, Sudhir Mishra, Pankaj Parashar and Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiyar, among others. The films have been divided into four categories: classic, short, documentary and mainstream.
 
Some of the notable films to be screened are Welcome to Sajjanpur, Fashion, A Wednesday, Aha!, Megher Por Megh, The Roots, Opium War, Ramchand Pakistani, Mohabattan Sachian, Death on a Full Moon Night, The Dark Night of the Soul and In An Iranian Market. A seminar on Indian Cinema and South Asia with participation from various directors and actors from the Saarc countries will also be held.
 
Assembly Speaker Pratapsingh Rane, veteran filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt, Pankaj Parashar, Pooja Bhatt, SAFF's Secretary General Rahul Barua and organizing Chairman Jitendra Deshprabhu were also present at the press conference.