India to host the ASEAN India Film Festival

ASEAN India Film Festival builds bridges and brings harmony amongst the ASEAN countries. The festival provides more people-to-people contact between member countries especially youth. Minister of State (I/C) for Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs, Col Rajyavardhan Rathore will be inaugurating the Film Festival in Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi on 25th May 2018. The Film Festival will be a platform for people of the film industry of member countries to explore areas of cooperation in the domain of ‘cinema and cultural cooperation’. The festival would celebrate the excellence of cinema by exhibiting films from various ASEAN countries.

As a vehicle of Cultural Exchange, the Directorate of Film Festival aims to provide access to new trends in filmmaking by providing the platform for an exchange of ideas, culture and experiences in the field of cinema. The ASEAN film festival will have countries which have immense and colourful cultural diversity but share common historical thread. This will be showcased through screenings of films, alongside exchange of ideas, discussions between the film personalities and interactive sessions with the audience.

 Around 32 films from 11 countries are to be screened during the Festival. Beyond films, the Festival will also panel discussions on various aspects of cinema.