CFI's free spicy treat

It was a blast watching the recent broadcast of the International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Toronto last month.

Hot on the heels of that amazing celebration of easily the world's most prolific movie industry comes the Canadian Film Institute's 8th Annual Indian Film Festival beginning August 11 here in Ottawa. Twenty-three films are slated for screening this year, featuring a wealth of Raj Kapoor classics, a handful of Rabindranath Tagore inspired flicks, plus IIFA Awards-winners 3 Idiots and Black - the latter being one of my all-time Big B (and Rani Mukerjee) Bollywood faves, coincidentally.

Here's the scoop:

SCREEN: CFI 8th Indian Film Festival, Aug. 11 - Oct 1, 2011

Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa

"Presented in collaboration with the High Commission of India, the Canadian Film Institute is proud to present the 8th annual Indian Film Festival. Given the fact that this is the The Year of India 2011 in Canada, this year’s Festival has been expanded into three exciting and cinematically enriching parts." Free admission.

http://www.cfi-icf.ca/index.php?option=com_cfi&task=showevent&id=75

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