With the patronage of the Regional Authority of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the support of the Provincial Authority of Udine, of the Municipal Authorities of Udine and of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Udine e Pordenone, the Società Indologica "Luigi Pio Tessitori" organized from 19 to 28 November 1998 a festival of European films on Mito e realtà nelll'India dei cineasti europei. The festival, held in Udine and Pordenone, offered an opportunity to enjoy some significant works produced by European film-makers over the last forty years. The works chosen for the festival Mito e realtà nell'India dei cineasti europei were India (Roberto Rossellini, 1958), Appunti per un film sull'India (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1967), Calcutta (Louis Malle, 1969), Boatman (Gianfranco Rosi, 1993), Devi (Satyajit Ray, 1960) and Vrindavan Film Studios (Lamberto Lambertini, 1996). The following speakers took part in the inaugural ceremonies of the festival: Enrico Fasana (University of Trieste), Marco Rossitti (University of Udine), Fausto Freschi (Società Indologica "Luigi Pio Tessitori") and Benedetto Parisi (Società Indologica "Luigi Pio Tessitori").