14th Health Film Festival in Pune on December 12 and 13; 31 short films and documentaries to be screened

Entry to the film festival is free, and seats will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.

Advocate Chetan Gandhi, the Director of PM Shah Foundation, said that 31 short films and documentaries shortlisted from a huge collection of 145 entries from both India and Abroad would be screened at the festival. (Express Photo)

The film festival will be inaugurated at 2 pm on Friday by Dr Ravi Kannan R, director of the Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Assam, who has revolutionised cancer treatment in the region. He has won the Padma Shri and the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

The screening of short films and documentaries will start at 3 pm.

The next day, short films and documentaries will be screened from 10 am, and the festival will conclude at 4 pm.

Actress Renuka Daftardar will preside over the closing and prize distribution ceremonies, where awards will be given to the best short films and documentaries.

Entries for the festival have come from the UAE, Australia, Germany, America, Pakistan, Algeria, England, Bangladesh, Senegal, the Philippines, France, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, South Africa, Serbia, and Iran.

Critic and social activist Anuja Deodhar, Dr Leena Borude, and social activist Neeta Mehta selected the documentaries and short films to be screened at the festival.