Posted By jessy On August 30, 2010 @ 4:14 pm In Indian News
The Mother Teresa film festival was a resounding success with over 45,000 people attending the four-day event organizers in Kolkata say.
It was an honor for the West Bengal state government and its film center to host the event, said Nilanjan Chatterjee.
Chatterjee, the head of the government film center, was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Third Mother Teresa International Film Festival on Aug. 30.
I was proud to be part of the festival that marked the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, he said.
Nandan, the film center, along with Calcutta Archdiocese co-organized the festival.
The event made history by giving the disabled an exclusive opportunity to watch films, Chatterjee said.
No other film festival has ever done this, he added.
The festival showcased 18 films about Blessed Teresa, with 64 screenings, for some 45,000 people, said festival director Sunil Lucas.
I am “amazed” at the response, all the shows were packed with people sitting in the aisles or standing at the back,” Lucas said.
Besides the two special screenings for 500 disabled people, there were also more than 7,000 residents from Missionaries of Charity care centers, he said.
The festival will now tour India over the next six months, and will be staged in 15 other countries, he added.
Gaurav Singh Ray, a business school student, said he “was able to see missioners’ selfless service through these films.”
The cooperation between Church and secular organizations in staging the event was very moving, said Canadian Jesuit filmmaker Father Pierre Belanger who presented his film The Making of a Saint.
Source: ucanews.com
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