Movie buffs across the steel city can finally experience the joy of watching some of the finest celluloid offerings at Jamshedpur's first film festival from April 22 to 28.

The National Film Festival at Centre for Excellence will be organised by the Federation of Film Societies in India (FFSI) is association with Celluloid Chapter Art Foundation.

"Our main aim is to instil the habit of watching good cinema among Jamshedpureans. We have been striving to promote cinema across the state for the past two decades," said Amitava Ghosh, secretary of Celluloid Chapter Art Foundation, Jamshedpur.

Starting from April 22, the festival will showcase an array of movies like Titli in Hindi, Koormavatara in Kannada, CR89 in Malayalam, Sengadal in Tamil, Shirshendu'r Diary in Bengali, Krantidhara in Odia, Kamli: My daughter in Telugu and Adomya in Assamese.

An English movie Path of Zarathustra directed by Oorvazi Irani will also be screened.

The movies will play for 90 to 130 minutes each. They will be screened from 4.30pm to 8pm daily excluding April 24 and April 25.

"Only a handful of people understand the real depth of cinema. We want people to come and appreciate movies of different genres and languages," Ghosh said, adding that entry would be free for all.

Celluloid Chapter Art Foundation has also initiated a new trend of organising film screenings at various schools across the city.

Last December, they had organised a Children's Film Festival where critically acclaimed movies like I am Kalam, Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail and Heda Hoda (The Blind Camel) were screened for students of Classes III to V.

"This year we are more than willing to screen movies for children, provided we get a nod from school authorities," said an official of Celluloid Chapter in Jamshedpur.