Film festival played a major role in introducing foreign films to American audiences. Films in the first year included Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" and Satyajit Ray's "Pather Panchali". Today, thousands of film festivals take place around the world—from high-profile festivals such as Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah), to horror festivals such as Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia), and the Park City Film Music Festival, the first U.S. film festival dedicated to honoring music in film. Film Funding competitions such as Writers and Filmmakers were introduced when the cost of production could be lowered significantly and internet technology
Pather Dabi reader to become disenchanted with the British government, stating that this indeed was his intention in writing it. The 1977 film "Sabyasachi (film)", starring Uttam Kumar, is based on this book. The co starrer were Tarun Kumar, Bikash Roy, Supriya Choudhury. Pather Dabi Pather Dabi ("The Right of Way"; or "Demands of the Road") is a Bengali novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. It was first published as a novel in 1926, after having been initially serialized in the journal "Bangabani". The book is set in British India. The book is about a secret society named "Pather Dabi" whose goal