Jharkhand

• 15 Oct 2022

3rd Jharkhand Science Film Festival

Why In News?

• On October 14, 2022, Amarendu Prakash, Director-in-Charge, BSL, inaugurated the two-day 3rd Jharkhand Science Film Festival jointly under the aegis of Science for Society (Jharkhand) and BSL in the Main Auditorium of BSL's Human Resource Development Centre.

Key Points

• The film festival began with the screening of the film 'Life of Snail'. Focused on North Chotanagpur, the festival will screen several films including 'Jharia' based on Padma Shri Simon Oraon and young filmmaker Anirudh Upadhyay's short film 'Kameez' among others.
• The two-day science film festival will feature films directed by directors from different states of the country like Green, DK, Water Warrior, An Engineered Dream, Bravo Banana, Arunachal Virtual Archive, Vaade, The Granita Story, Outcome Sounds from Books and Bags, Kameez , Coral Woman and Jadav Molai Payeng will be screened.
• It is noteworthy that this festival is being organized in association with Science for Society, Bokaro Unit and Education Department, SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant in Bokaro and Giridih, Jharkhand, where more than 15 films will be screened in two days.
• These films include documentaries, short films, animation. During this, apart from Jharkhand, P. Movies from states/UTs like Bengal, Kerala, North-East India, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Telangana, Ladakh etc. will be shown.