Cinevoyage Film Festival, the three-day international intercollegiate film festival of DGMC, commenced on the 11th Day of February, 2021. The festival went on with the theme ‘Freedom And Confinement’, and had 1400 film entries from 90+ countries across the globe. Through the theme of this festival, an attempt to shift people’s concentration towards projecting how media and entertainment helped us survive the pandemic unrest in the current scenario was made.
Through this festival, ideas like the art of how to make films was given an innovative twist with the element of low-budgeting being added to it. Issues like what may be the future of the global entertainment industry and the hardships it may face because of the shifting economic paradigms got the opportunity to witness the daylight. How did the art of making movies succeed in making itself a place in the global economy index was widely discussed. The festival ended with a glorious Prize Distribution ceremony for the film entries that got huge acclamation and appreciation from the jury members belonging to various branches of the industry. “Minatour” from Spain secured the podium for the Best Film, Sound Design, and Cinematography in the professional category. The second position was bagged by “Driving Lesson” from Iran for Best Direction, Editing and Screenplay in the same category. In the amateur category the first position was secured by “Bioscope” from Bangladesh for Best Direction, Cinematography, Screenplay and Sound Design. The second position was bagged by “Cycle” from Poland for best Editing.
