2nd Guwahati International Film Festival concludes with a bang.
Guwahati International Film Festival – Guwahati city flooded with International film personalities in the biggest film festival of Northeast India’s history.
The 2nd Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) 2018 started with a bang from 25th October 2018 and concluded on 31st October 2018. Over 100 international films from more than 40 countries are being screened in one of the largest film festivals in India.
During the festival, Guwahati city is flooded with more than 100 internationally acclaimed filmmakers, actors and film personalities from all over the world. The closing film of the festival is the multi-award winning film Black Crow (Turkey) directed by Muhammet Tayfur Aydin.
Other notable films to be screened at the festival were – Bhoga Khiriki (Assamese), In the life of music (Cambodia), Miracle (Lithuania), Comic Sans (Croatia), Ballad from Tibet (China), The man who looks like me (Estonia), The Pagan King (Latvia), etc.
Axl Hazarika, Assamese experimental music artiste, Head of Jyoti Chitraban Digital Archive and a member of the organizing committee said, “We are overwhelmed at the response we received to Guwahati International Film Festival 2018.
Nice to see such interest in international films among the common people. And, we are thankful to all our guests for making this the best film festival ever to happen in Northeast India”
The 2nd Guwahati International Film Festival 2018 is organized by Jyoti Chitraban in association with DBHRGFTI under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Assam.
Some of the guests who took an active part in the delegate drives of Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) 2018 are – Saurav Ganguly, Ms Zanda Senkova (Latvia), Mr. Ivo Martinsons (Latvia), Maie Rossman-Lill (Estonia), Madara Dislere (Latvia), Sebastian Risso(Italy), Valerio Emilio Tranchida, Shaji N Karun, Seema Biswas, Imtiaz Ali, A Sreekar Prasad, Aribam Syam Sarma, Jahnu Barua, Argentinian Ambassador, Estonian Ambassador, Serbian Ambassador, Myanmar Ambassador, etc.
| Name | Profile |
| Daniel Chuburu | Argentinian Ambassador |
| Riho Kruuv | Estonian Ambassador |
| Vladimir Maric | Serbian Ambassador |
| Moe Kyaw Aung | Myanmar Ambassador |
| Ng Boon Yian | Deputy High Commissioner & Counsellor of Singapore |
| Ong Chong Hui | First Secretary (Political) of Singapore |
| Artis Bertulis | Latvian Envoy |
| Saurav Ganguly | Indian Cricketer |
| Ms Zanda Senkova (Latvia) | Asst. Producer (Pagan King); Asian Premiere |
| Mr. Ivo Martinsons (Latvia) | Actor (Pagan King); Asian Premiere |
| Maie Rossman-Lill (Estonia) | Producer (The Man Who Looks My Me) |
| Madara Dislere (Latvia) | Director (Paradize 89); Asian Premiere |
| Sebastian Risso(Italy) | Una Familia |
| Valerio Emilio Tranchida | Una Familia |
| Luong Ding Dunh (Vietnam) | Father and Son |
| Tran Ngoc Son(Vietnam) | Father and Son |
| Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen(Vietnam) | Father and Son |
| Egle Vertelyte (Lithuania) | Miracle |
| Egle MikuLionyte (Lithuania) | Miracle |
| Nevio Marasovic (Croatia) | Comic Sans |
| Janko Volaric Popovic (Croatia) | Comic Sans |
| Ira Cecic (Croatia) | Comic Sans |
| Inti Saraj (Croatia) | Comic Sans |
| Igor Markovic (Croatia) | FD, MGFF(Curator from Croatia) |
| Salvatore Alloca (Italy) | Taranta on the Road |
| Prach Ly (Cambodia/USA) | In The Life in Music |
| Frank Martinez (Cambodia/USA) | In The Life in Music |
| Lyn Aung (Myanmar) | Eternal Mother |
| Aung Ko Min (Myanmar) | Eternal Mother |
| Tun Ko Ko (Myanmar) | Eternal Mother |
| Mrs. Dr. Gyorgyi Vajdovich | Hungary |
| Mr. Dr. Peter Muszatics | Hungary |
| Mr. Zoltan Wilhelm | Hungary |
| Ms. Varga Iidiko Wilhelme | Hungary |
| Golam Rabbany Biplob | Bangladesh |
| Mathieu Roy | Italy |
| Fakhrul Arefeen Khan (Bangladesh) | Director(Bhuban Majhi) |
| Tauquir Ahmed (Bangladesh) | Director(Haldaa) |
| Sangeeta Krishnasamy | Malaysian actress and super model |
| Jason Chong | Malaysian actor |
| Chandran Rutnam | Sri Lankan filmmaker |
| Shaji N Karun | Padmashree, Guest of Honour(Closing); State Guest |
| Seema Biswas | Bhoga Khiriki |
| Imtiaz Ali | Rockstar, Highway, Jab We Met, etc. |
| A Sreekar Prasad | Chennai |
| Aribam Syam Sarma | Guest of Honoour(Closing);State Guest |
| Jahnu Barua | Bhoga Khiriki |
| Haobam Paban Kumar | Imphal |
| Biswajit Borah | Director |
| Bidyut Kataky | Director |
| Chezhiyan | Diretor(To-Let) |
| Mahesh Narayanan | Director(Take Off) |
| Amrit Pritam | Audiographer |
| Debajit Changmai | Audiographer |
| Rajesh Mapuskar | Director, Ventilator |
| Karan Guliani | Director, Sarvann |
