Bhubaneswar, Dec 13 (UNI) The second Kalinga International Film Festival, organised jointly by KIIT School of Film and Media Sciences and KIIT Film Society with support of the Federation of Film Societies of India kick started here today. The festival was inaugurated by renowned film director Susant Mishra in presence of KIIT and KISS founder Achyuta Samanta. Six films from Latvia, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus, Austria and India will be screened during the three-day festival. Mother I love you from Latvia, My name is Maya from Italy, Cats don’t have Vertigo from Portugal, Block 12 from Cyprus, Jack from Austria, and Bankrupts from India will be screened during the festival. In his inaugural speech Mr Mishra said, films are born in mind and die on paper and reborn in studios. Many KIIT students have excelled in various fields. Lalit Paikray and Kartik Bhagat are two among them. Lalit, an alumnus of KIIT, is the Co-producer of Udta Punjab, Producer of Dangerous Husn and actor in Impossible Murder. Currently he is producing Syndicate Queen with Michael Bregman of Bregman Production, who are best known for Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, Carlito's Way and Bone Collector. Similarly Amit Pandey, another alumnus of KIIT, is the project manager of Fox Life, an American show. Kartik Bhagat, yet another alumnus, is now a photographer of international repute. His studio Dreams Diaries at Mumbai is famous for photography. UNI BD BM