Updated On: 08 August, 2019 07:55 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Festival will showcase six 10th JFF premieres in Patna and Gorakhpur

After a successful run in Varanasi and Prayagraj, the 10th Jagran Film Festival will be held in Patna and Gorakhpur from 9th to 11th August. The schedule of the three-day festival has been released. Besides the film screenings, the festival will feature inauguration as well as In-conversations with noted actors like Richa Chaddha in Patna and Anoop Soni in Gorakhpur respectively. In Patna, the movie URI will be screened, and an In-conversation will be held with real-life army heroes on sharing their real experiences on the front. Jhalki produced by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s foundation is the inaugural movie in Gorakhpur and Chintu Ka Birthday in Patna. Anand Kumar, a real-life hero, who is the inspiration behind the movie Super 30, will interact with the audience through an In-conversation in Patna. Bhor movie will also be screened in Patna which has been shot in Bihar. A Q&A session will be organized with members of Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, along with self-narrated stories of 2 people emancipated from child labor by the foundation.
Bhonsle directed by Devashish Makhija and Tashkent Files directed by Vivek Agnihotri will be screened in Patna and Gorakhpur respectively as the Closing Film. The new OTT release Kota Factory directed by Raghav Subbu will also be screened in both the cities. Argentinian films will be screened in both the cities as Argentina is the country focus partner for this edition of the festival.