Press Release: 3rd DNS Film Festival on Nov 15 & 16

• Seven critically acclaimed feature films from four countries

• Around 200 selected students from 10 leading schools of Dhanbad

• Two days of non-stops films and reviews

• Dual theme - Terrorism and Global Warming

The third edition of the DNS Film Festival and Film Appreciation Workshop will be organised on November 15 & 16, 2008 at Fr McFarland Auditorium of De Nobili School, FRI, Dhanbad. Around 200 students from 10 leading schools of the district are expected to participate. Terrorism and Global Warming are the dual themes of the festival, keeping in mind the challenges of the modern world.

The festival would open with the screening of US President elect Barak Obama's victory speech. The other films to be screened at this private event are Khuda Ke Liye (Pakistan), Ladri di biciclette (Italy), To Kill a Mockingbird (USA), Horton Hears a Who!(USA), Dreaming Lhasa (Tibet-in-exile) and Apur Sansar (India).

"The films have been selected keeping in mind their themes and cinematic experience. We hope to give our students an expose to international cinema and global culture. Films like To Kill A Mockingbird is based on the racial divide in the US. This film becomes quite relevant with Obama's win," said Fr George Fernandes SJ, Principal, De Nobili School, FRI.

Global warming is another theme of the festival. The final film of the festival is Baraka. All the parents of the Nobilians have been invited to watch this critically acclaimed movie on November 16, 2008 at 2 PM.

"Climate change is a key challenge to our generation. Our health and our very existence depend on this. The whole world is waking up to this major threat. Dhanbad has been a major victim. As citizens of this place, we have to realise this. Baraka would speak about these issues in a very subtle manner," said Kunal Majumder, Festival Coordinator and an Alumnus of De Nobili School, FRI.

• Opening film: Khuda Ke Liye - In The Name of God (Shoaib Mansoor - 2007) 168 min
• Classical section: Ladri di biciclette - Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica -1948) 93 min
• Classical section: To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan - 1962) 129 min
• Animation section - Horton Hears a Who! (Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino - 2008) 88 min
• Current affair section - Dreaming Lhasa (Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam 2005) 90 min
• Indian classic section - Ghare-Baire - Home and the World (Satyajit Ray -1984) 140 min
• Finale Film - Baraka (Ron Fricke -1992) 96 min
• Audio Section - Life of Beethoven (a BBC production) 30 mins

You can check more details on the film festival at www.denobili.edu.in/filmfest

Press Contact: Ms Pragya Mishel Fidelis, Teacher-in-charge, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it