Short film fest in tribal languages

Jamshedpur: Following the success of the recently concluded sixth Santali and Regional Film Festival-cum-Santali Cine Award here, All India Santali Film Association (AISFA) decided to organize the 1st All India Indigenous Short Film festival here in November.

15-minute-long indigenous short films made in tribal languages only will get entry in the festival, AISFA president Ramesh Hansdah said here today.

Addressing a press conference here today, Hansdah, accompanied by his director-producer brother Dasrath Hansdah, said the motive behind organizing the festival is to promote and attract tribal youths towards their languages.

Hansdah said movies that won awards in the 6th Santali and Regional Film Festival that concluded last week will soon be screened in various places across the country like Mumbai, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.

Hansdah also appealed the Regional TV channels to spare sometime for the Santali and other tribal language.