Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival
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| Location | Prasad Film Labs, Hyderabad, India |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Awards | Viewers Choice |
| Hosted by | Bengalis in Hyderabad |
| Festival date | 1–3 July 2016 |
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Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) is a Bengali film festival in the city of Hyderabad and is organized annually in Prasad Film Preview Labs, Hyderabad (adjacent to L V Prasad Eye Institute). The first edition of the film festival was held in the year 2014, and since then it is organized annually. The format is same over the years- eight movies, each being screened twice, over two and half days (Friday-Sunday). It is the only curated Bengali film festival in India.
The festival is organized by a Hyderabad-based registered Bengali group- Bengalis in Hyderabad (popularly known as BiH). The third edition of the HBFF was held from July 1 to July 3. The festival screened eight Bengali movies- each with two shows. All the seasons of the festival were attended by the directors, casts and crews of the movies being screened, and there are several panel discussions and Q&A sessions with directors organized.
The first edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) was organized in 2014, from July 18 to July 20. Over two and a half days, movies such as Apur Panchali, Jaatishwar, Nayan Chapar Dinratri, , Phoring, , Meghe Dhaka Tara & Rupkotha Noy were screened. Famous guests in attendance included national award winning actress Rupa Gangooly (lead actress of movie Nayan Chapar Dinratri), Director Sekhar Das (director of movie Nayan Chapar Dinratri), Director duo and Sudeshna Roy (directors of movie Jodi Love Dile Na Prane, as well as movies like Teen Yaari Kotha and ) among others. Shows ran to full houses, the film fraternity as well as aficionados of the twin cities were all praise for the great initiative. The event concluded on July 20, and was widely covered in media.
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