New Delhi (NVI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today inaugurated India Pavilion at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) 2020.
The Indian Pavilion this time at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, will provide a platform to popularise Indian cinema in the overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities.
The film festival will be held from February 20 to March 1 in Berlin, Germany.
During the inaugural ceremony, Jaishankar said that the medium of cinema has the potential to build collaboration and partnerships between India and the world. 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, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a statement.
Jaishankar also mentioned that 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.
The minister also invited Berlinale participants, directors, film makers to participate at the 51st IFFI through films, delegations & partnerships.
The EAM later unveiled the poster for the 51st edition of India International Film Festival to be celebrated in Goa this year, along with its booklet. The delegation also released Pickle Magazine at the pavilion.
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is also participating at the film festival, in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
