Berlinale offers opportunities
The medium of cinema has potential to build collaboration and partnerships between India and the world, said External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar while inaugurating the India Pavilion at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) 2020 on 20 Feb 2020.
India’s partnership at Berlinale offered tremendous opportunities to further strengthen bilateral relationship in vertical of film making and taking forward the co-production platform, he said.
Dr Jaishankar also invited Berlinale participants, directors, film makers to participate in the 51st edition of India International Film Festival to be celebrated in Goa this year.
Co-production agreements, the Film Facilitation Office (FFO), and India’s premier Film Festival – IFFI – have showcased India as an emerging market and a filming destination. It has opened opportunities for excellence in different aspects of film making.
The Minister also unveiled the poster for along with its booklet. Subsequently, the delegation released Pickle Magazine at the pavilion.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry, is participating in the Berlin International Film Festival being held from 19 February to 1 March 2020 at Berlin.
The India Pavilion at the Festival acts as a platform to popularize Indian Cinema in overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities.
The Indian Delegation at Berlinale 2020 aims to promote Indian films across linguistic cultural and regional diversity so as to forge international partnerships in the realms of distribution, production, filming in India, script development and technology, in order to accelerate the growth of film sector in India.
The Delegation will also promote the 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) along with popularizing the steps taken to ease shooting films in India through Film Facilitation Office that facilitates Single Window Clearance for film-makers and provides the platform for ‘film tourism’ in India. fiinews.com
