NEW DELHI: The late Rituparno Ghosh‘s last film Chitrangada which won a national award for 2012 was the opening film at the National Film Festival that showcases the 60th National Award winning films that commence here today.

Timbaktu by Rintu R. Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh (Best Environmental Film) was the short film screen on the occasion. Chitrangada had received the Special Jury award.

The festival will run till 16 June at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi.

All National Film Awards winning Feature and Non Feature Films for the Year 2012 will be screened during the festival.

The Festival has been organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.