Chandigarh International Film Festival to begin on Feb 5

Chandigarh, Sep 16 (UNI) Third Chandigarh International Film Festival will begin in the city on February 5 with focus on women's contribution in cinema.

Organised by Chandigarh Tourism Department in collaboration with Society for Tourism and Entertainment Promotion (STEPS), the theme of the film festival, which will go on till February 8, is contribution of women in cinema as directors, actors, writers, musician, choreographer and designers.

In the four-day festival, films will be categorised under children movies, main stream cinema and international movies.

Workshops based on the theme "Cinema through my vision" will also be conducted.

Prominent among those who are likely to attend the festival are Dev Anand, N Chandra, Meghna Gulzar, Deepa Mehta, Tanuja Chandra, Nandita Das and Gurinder Chadha.

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