Janakpur International Film Festival is going to be held. According to the organizing organization Samvad Foundation, this festival will be held in Janakpurdham of Madhesh province from February 16 to 18.
The festival will be organized with the aim of internationalization of the film industry, market promotion and the search for possibilities and opportunities to promote the film culture. Films under various titles like International Panorama, Nepali Panorama, Student Panorama will be screened at the festival. So far, more than 114 films from more than 140 countries have applied for the festival.
Actress Rekha Thapa, introducing herself as a girl from Madhesh, thought that this film festival to be held in Madhesh province would represent the entire Nepali art and culture. "Mithila is the mother of art and women, as our original culture and language are being encroached upon, this kind of festival will help in the promotion of art and Nepali cinema," she said. According to the
organizers, the list of competing films and the judges of the festival will be announced soon.
