7th International Film Festival of Shimla to be Held at Gaiety Theater w.e.f.26th-28th November

“The seventh edition of the International Film Festival of Shimla will be held w.e.f. 26th -28th November, 2021 at Gaiety Theater, The Ridge Shimla,” said Pushp Raj Thakur, Festival Director. He said that this year the films will also be screened at Kanda Jail. The festival’s inauguration will be held on 26th November, 2021 at Gaiety Theater, Shimla.

He said that a total of 58 films from all over the world have been shortlisted for the film festival this year. Films from United States of America, Belgium, Morocco, South Korea, Singapore, Italy, Canada, Spain, Chile, Germany, Austria, Iran, Nepal, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Spain and other countries have been shortlisted for this film festival.

Mr. Push Raj said that this season films in Malyalam, Tamil, Bangali, Marathi and Hindi languages have been shortlisted for the film festival. He told that this season screening of 23 films from sixteen countries will be held in International category. 25 films will be screened in National category and 7 films from Himachal have also been included in the festival. He elaborated that 2 National Award winning films from Directorate of Film Festival and films from Film Division will also be screened in this festival. In the three days film festival screening of music video and animation films will also be held.
Noted Tamil film maker Vijay Anand, Director of award winning film ‘Thalaivaa’ will be celebrity guest of this festival. ‘Aparat’ an Iraqi Film directed by famous director Hassan Najmabadi will be inaugural film of the Festival. ‘Aparat’ tells the story of six teenage boys who decide to work in the village cages so as to earn the money they need to rent an 8 mm camera from a wanderer.
In the National category ‘Khisa’ a Marathi film directed by Raj Pritam More based on the tragic story of loss of innocence of a young boy will also be screened in the festival.

It is worth noting that earlier five editions of the International Film Festival of Shimla have been held at the internationally renowned Gaiety Theater, Shimla, wherein film makers from all over the world have been participating.