Indian delegation to Berlinale 2020 to promote Ease of Filming in India

NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting will collaborate with the Confederation of Indian Industry to participate in the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival’.


The festival, from February 20 to March 1 will see India sey up a pavilion to popularise Indian cinema in the overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities.

Three Indian feature films and a short documentary film — Pushpendra Singh’s Laipla Aur Satt Geet, Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo!, Akhsay Indikar’s “Sthalpuran” and Ekta Mittal’s short documentary “Gumnaam Din”— will also be showcased at the festival.

The Indian pavilion will be inaugurated by External affairs minister S Jaishankar. India seeks to promote its films across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity and establish multiple international collaborations in the space of distribution, production, filming in India, and script development technology through its participation at

Berlinale

2020.

The Indian delegation, through various interactions, the government said, will attempt to promote the ease of shooting films in India through Film Facilitation Office (FFO) that facilitates Single Window Clearance for filmmakers and provides the platform for ‘Cinematic

Tourism

’ in India. The delegation will also exhibit India as a post-production hub and promote collaborations for films with international production houses.

Government delegation to Berlinale will also facilitate international participation for the 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2020, Goa.