This time the Osian festival will have an Arabian flavour to it.
Around 140 films from more than 35 countries are to be screened during the festival.
Neville Tuli, chairman of Osian's Connoisseurs of Art, organisers of the annual fete said "Arab films have proved to be inventive, imaginative and bold , some are personal statements, others social comments, questioning and chronicling tradition, everyday life, war, gender, fundamentalism and much else".
Iran-Azerbaijan co-production "Raami" by Iranian director Babak Shirinsefat will be the opening film of the fest, dedicated to Asian and Arab cinema, which will continue till 29th July.
The film tells the story of a middle-aged Azerbaijani folk music composer who has spent a decade in a war refugee camp in Sabirabad.
Ten years after the Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijanhe goes looking for his Armenian wife.
The competition section which was till last year limited to films from Asia now broadens its base to include films from the Arab world too.
Two films from Tunisia - "Tender is the Wolf" and "Making Of" - and one from Lebanon -"Falafel" - along with eight other works from Asia are in the fray for the top award. - DDNEWS India
