{"id":13085,"date":"2016-04-13T15:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=13085"},"modified":"2016-04-13T19:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T19:27:34","slug":"16th-nyiff-2016-schedule-and-film-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/16th-nyiff-2016-schedule-and-film-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"16th New York Indian Film Festival to Screen Six Bengali Films by National Film Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most awaited New York City events in May; New York Indian Film Festival 2016 has unveiled its list of Indian films along with the schedule of screenings from May 7 to May 14<\/strong>. The festival celebrates regional cinemas of India including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English through screening of short films, documentaries and feature films from different genres of cinema like independent, art house, offbeat and alternate.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the schedule of NYIFF 2016 features six Bengali films by National Film Award winners including Aparna Sen, Kaushik Ganguly, Srijit Mukherjee and Sumon Ghosh from Kolkata<\/a><\/span>. Here is why these Bengali films are worth watching:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cinemawala<\/em><\/strong> by Kaushik Ganguly <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cinemawala on the NYIFF 2016 schedule of screenings is one of the few films awaited by Indians in New York. Kaushik Ganguly depicts the changing world of a retired film exhibitor from a small town in Bengal<\/a><\/span> and his unhappy relationship with his only son who sells pirated DVDs of films.<\/strong> The protagonist owns a movie theatre which stops operating due to lack of digital technology and does not like his son\u2019s aberrant business.<\/p>\n

\"Kaushik<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the finest Indian filmmakers, Kaushik Ganguly is known for his award-winning unconventional movies like Shabdo, Arekti Premer Galpo <\/em>and Chotoder Chobi<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n