The Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25) opened on Friday with great enthusiasm at the Anthropological Survey of India auditorium. The festival will continue till 8 September. This year, F5IFF received over 550 film submissions from 69 countries, reflecting its fast-growing international recognition, with 30 films selected for screening. F5IFF returns with a thematic focus on environmental concerns.
The festival was inaugurated by actress and Padma Shri awardee Mamata Shankar and attended by Gauri Basu, former director EZCC; Prof. Manoshi Roychowdhury, co-chairperson, Techno India Group; Dr Amit Ghosh, deputy director of Anthropological Survey of India; Prof. Shalini Lihitkar, DLIS of Nagpur University among others.
Mamata Shankarsaid: “Cinema has always been a mirror to society, and a festival like F5IFF, with its focus on environment, climate change, and human dignity, is deeply relevant in today’s times.”