Guwahati International Film Festival (original) (raw)

The Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) (Assamese: গুৱাহাটী আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় চলচ্চিত্ৰ মহোৎসৱ) is an annual film festival held in Guwahati, Assam, India.The State Government-owned Jyoti Chitraban (Film Studio) Society organised the festival in association with the Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute.The first ever Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) to be held in northeast India, which will be inaugurated on 28 October 2017 by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The Assam government supported festival began on 28 October with screening of the Oscar winning ‘The Salesman’, directed by Asghar Farhadi and produced by a joint collaboration of Iran and France.