{"id":567969,"date":"2026-01-23T01:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/?p=567969"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:35:53","slug":"docu-fest-chennai-is-a-celebration-of-documentary-cinema-from-south-asia-and-beyond-began-on-january-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/docu-fest-chennai-is-a-celebration-of-documentary-cinema-from-south-asia-and-beyond-began-on-january-22-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Docu Fest Chennai is a celebration of documentary cinema from South Asia and beyond Began On January 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Docu Fest Chennai is a celebration of documentary cinema from South Asia and beyond.<\/span><\/strong><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We believe in the power of non-fiction storytelling to illuminate hidden truths, amplify marginalized voices, and foster meaningful dialogue about the world we share.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Like the lighthouse in our logo\u2014a tribute to Chennai\u2019s maritime heritage\u2014we aim to be a guiding light for documentary filmmakers and audiences alike, creating a space where powerful stories find their audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The two-day festival, which began on 22 January, was inaugurated by Chief Guest, director Prem Kumar, and Guest of Honour, Mr. Sivan Kannan, President \u2013 ICAF. The festival showcases 14 films across 12+ languages over the span of two days. The festival is free and open to all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Docu Fest Chennai is a celebration of documentary cinema from South Asia and beyond. We believe in the power of non-fiction storytelling to illuminate hidden truths, amplify marginalized voices, and foster meaningful dialogue about the world we share. Like the lighthouse in our logo\u2014a tribute to Chennai\u2019s maritime heritage\u2014we aim to be a guiding light [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":567972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6198],"tags":[69848],"yst_prominent_words":[17003,9722,10343],"class_list":["post-567969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-notes","tag-docu-fest-chennai"],"read":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567975,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567969\/revisions\/567975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567969"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=567969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}