I&B Minister meets
Ukrainian Delegation
India and Ukraine have
agreed to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries
through the medium of Cinema. The cooperation would be worked out through a
policy and institutional framework to showcase films through the medium of Film
Festivals and utilizing the Film Facilitation Office platform established by
India. The screening of films with subtitles was also discussed in order to
reach out to people. These issues were discussed during the meeting between Shri M Venkaiah
Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Ukrainian delegation led
by Mr. Iurii Artemenko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine and Chairman of the
National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine today in New
Delhi. Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan
Rathore and Secretary I&B were also present during the discussions.
During the
discussions, Shri Naidu said that Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
would extend all possible support to promote exchange programs between public
broadcasters of the two countries, content creation, screening and distribution
of films. The possibility of translating programs and content and providing subtitles
in respective languages of both the countries was also discussed with respect
to the Public Broadcasters of both the countries.
Shri Naidu also
apprised the delegation about the Film Facilitation Office recently setup in
the Ministry to facilitate single window clearance for film makers. The FFO act
as a facilitation point for film producers and assist them in obtaining
requisite permissions, disseminate information on shooting locales as well as
the facilities available with the Indian film industry for production/post
production.
Mr. Iurii Artemenko,
said that Ukraine Government were taking efforts to organise an Indian Film
Festival in Ukraine to promote Cultural ties between the two countries through
the medium of Cinema. He extended a personal invitation to I&B Minister for
the Film Festival to be organised in the near future. He also expressed
interest for showcasing programmes based on Indian weddings, Touristic places
such as Rajasthan and different Indian Cuisines.
Deliberations were
also held for organising Film Festivals showcasing each other’s movies in
respective countries and the possibility of participating in Film Festivals as
Partner Countries.
Courtesy:pib.nic.in
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