Three-day film festival in Kolkata showcases finest cinematic works from across the world      

Films Division of India, in association with Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), has organised a three-day festival here to showcase some of the award-winning movies from different corners of the world to the city's cinephiles.

In total, 22 documentaries, short and animation films, are chosen from the award-winning collection of Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) of 2020 and 2022. They are screened at SRFTI Auditorium from August 11-13, the films division said in a statement. "This film festival is an effort at expanding the horizons of knowledge as well as inspiring the people of Kolkata," the statement added.

The closing film will be director Nagraj Manjule's fictional work An Essay of Rain. Other films sorted for premiere include If Memory Serves Me Right (India) by Rafeeq Ellias, Dhobighat (India) by K S Shridhar, Bebaak: Dying wind in her hair (India) by Shazia Iqbal, Among us Women (Germany) by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Screaming Butterflies (India) by Aimee Barua, Brother Troll (Faroe Islands) by Gudmund Helmsdal and Closed to the Light (Italy) by Nicola Piovesan.