ProMASS News Bureau: Sep 06, 2016: M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting has said that the New age cinema from the BRICS nations speak to a wider audience with socially relevant themes, and are not afraid of communicate in the way they desire. This inspires young film makers to make films that are not only entertaining but also enlightening. As a powerful medium it sends across the right message that can counter the negativity emerging from acts of Terrorism worldwide. The Minister stated this at the closing ceremony of the First BRICS Film Festival.
The Kannada Movie “Thithi” from India was awarded the Best Film from the Jury members, while the Special Jury was awarded for the movie “Between Valleys” from Brazil. Mr. Huo Jianqi from China was awarded the Best Director award for the Movie, “Xuan Chang” . Mr. Thabo Rametsi from South Africa was awarded the Best Actor (Male) award for his acting in the movie “Kalushi (The story of Solomon Mahlangu)” and Ms. Yulia Peresild from Russia was awarded the Best Actor (Female) award for her role in the movie “Battle for Sevastopol”. The jury also recommended Special Mention awards to the Movie “Songs of the Phoenix” from China and the movie “14+” from Russia.
The BRICS Film Festival was held from September 2nd to September 6th, 2016. In the course of 5 days of the event, 20 movies was screened in the competition section, 4 from each of the countries. The opening film at the Film Festival saw the World Premiere of the Malayalam movie, Veeram directed by Shri Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair and starring Kunal Kapoor.
