Pather Panchali, Decision To Leave to be screened at the first G20 film fest

The Ministry of External Affairs is organising a 17-day G20 Film Festival in collaboration with the G20 members and India International Centre (IIC) . The inaugural edition of the festival will be held from August 16 to September 3 a nd will showcase and celebrate the cinema of G20 nations.
An informed source says, “On one side, we have France, which has a long history of cinema with some of the greatest films of all time, and on the other side, we have South Korea, which has vast cinematic wealth ; and the recent international success of Korean films and series is not a secret. The film festival has been curated to give an opportunity to cinephiles to watch some remarkable films.” KN Shrivastava, Director, IIC, adds, ‘With India’s presidency theme Vasudhai va Kutumbakam (One Earth, One Family, One Future), these award-winning feature films mirror issues and concerns of each country, navigating questions of identity, engaging with memories, and social polity, among others.”
Some of the films featured in the festival include The Cathedral from the US, Decision to Leave from South Korea, and Noah Land from Turkey. The closing film is Footprints On Water from the UK, directed by Nathalia Syam, which focuses on the constant anxiety and threat faced by the illegal immigrant community in the country Pather Panchali, Decision To Leave to be screened at the first G20 film fest The film festival will begin with Satyajit Ray’s 1955 classic, Pather Panchali, on August 16 in the presence of G20 officials and veteran actor Victor Banerjee, who started his career with Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khiladi.
An informed source says, “Satyajit Ray is a giant, not just in Indian but world cinema . Hence no other film but Ray’s Pather Panchali would be apt for the opening ceremony of the first ever G20 film festival”