The sixth River to River Fest in Florence: highlights

The sixth River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival, directed by Selvaggia Velo, will take place in Florence from December 8th to 14th 2006.

The Festival is sponsored by the Cinema Department of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture of Rome, the Council for Culture of the Municipal Government of Florence, the Regional Council of Tuscany, Banca Toscana, Apt, Hotel Roma, Instyle, India Tourism Office of Milan, Kuonigastaldi Tour Operator, The Florentine as the media partner, in collaboration with Mediateca Regionale Toscana, under the patronage of the Indian Embassy in Rome.

River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival is the first festival in the world completely focussed on Indian cinema and films about India; to offer the viewers a wider picture of India, the Festival also hosts films from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Deadline for entries is October 15th, 2006.

The Festival, which is growing year by year, will take place, as usual, over seven days and promises to cooperate with the Festival dei Popoli of Florence, due to end on December 7th to open the way to River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival.

The calendar of River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival includes feature films, short films, documentaries and a retrospective, in the cinema hall.

As usual, a high number of directors and actors will be at the Festival to meet the audience and the press.

The film of each category that will be voted by the viewers will win the Florence Indian Film Festival Digichannel Audience Award: a passage from the film up to 15 minutes long can be viewed in streaming mode throughout 2007 on the website www.digichannel.net

During 2006, River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival has started collaborating with other festivals: in August, the package of short films from the 2005 Festival was hosted by the Open Cinema festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in November the short films from the 2005 Festival will be at the Visionaria Festival in Siena.

Between one film and the next, do not miss the food tastings offered by Ristorante India, the Maharajas’ food heaven in Fiesole and Pisa.