The 5-day festival is being held in association with the Navadarshan Film Society here and the Alliance Francaise, an official release said today.
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy is scheduled to inaugurate the festival.
On the occasion, he will also hand over a cash award of Rs 1 lakh to Sudha Kongara the Director of the Tamil film 'Irudhi Suttru'.
This is under the category of 'Award for best film' instituted in memory of Sri Sankaradoss Swamigal' by the Puducherry government.
The objective of the film festival was to "project the myriad aspects of cultural unity through screening of films of varied languages with a thrust on national integration and cultural unity", it said.
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