PNCA to participate in Tri Continental film festival
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP): The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) is participating Tri Continental Film Festival in Nantes, France traditionally held in the last week of November every year.
The prime object of the participation is to show the true face of our national identity to the world featuring the cherished values of peace, tolerance and co existence nurtured on our soil since time immemorial, PNCA sources told.
Pakistan has selected four films produced during half a century timeline including Gumnam, directed by Anwar Kamal Pasha in 1954, Koel, directed by Masood Pervez in 1959, Muthi Bher Chawal directed by Ms.Sangeeta in 1978 and Khuda Kay Liey directed by Shoib Mansoor in 2007. According to the official of PNCA, with this production period onecould evaluate how the creative process went on in the realm of film art and its allied segments in Pakistan.
Besides Pakistan, several countries from Europe, Latin America and Asiahave sent their entries either in documentary or feature form of film.
PNCA evolved the concept of cultural diplomacy to further project ourpeaceful and cohesive identity through exchange of our fine arts including the cinematography. A number of cultural exchanges have been undertaken amongst the friendly states and Pakistan whereas the participation in the Tri Continental International Film Festival in France is part of this series.
The organizers of the festival are optimistic about the inbuilt potentials of the festival which as a tool could enhance not only the multilateral friendship amongst the comity of the nations but also opening of new chapter of trade and commerce through cinematographi products in the tri continental region. The critics in Pakistan are hopeful that the concept of cultural diplomacy through fine arts including cinematography would further enhance our soft image to the world and also provide a boost up to the revival of film arts in the country which otherwise have had reached to the brink of extinction.