Mr Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Government of India to inaugurate and address
Cannes Film Market 2020
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3.00 PM (IST), Monday, June 22, 2020
YouTube Link for inaugural session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Cannes film festival is undoubtedly the world’s largest and most powerful film festival. India has been participating in this festival for many years now. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has been actively working with the festival to take Indian films and content to the world. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the festival for the first time, will be organized online.
FICCI has been managing the Indian Pavilion on behalf of the ministry since 2014, however given the COVID-19 situation, the India Pavilion will be organized virtually as the part of the virtual Cannes Film Market from June 22nd-26th 2020.
Hon’ble Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Mr Prakash Javadekar will virtually inaugurate the Virtual India Pavilion at 1500 hrs IST on Monday, June 22, 2020.
Program Schedule:
Day & Date:
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Monday, 22nd June 2020
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Time:
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1500 hrs
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YouTube Link for Inaugural Session:
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Even in the virtual space, the pavilion is showcasing Indian cinema across linguistic, cultural and regional spheres and aims at forging an increasing number of international partnerships in distribution, production, filming in India, script development and technology, and promoting film sales and syndication.
The India Pavilion would serve as an information dissemination point about India and the Indian cinema for the global film community. The pavilion would also facilitate business meetings and linkages between filmmakers and other media and entertainment industry stakeholders.
During June 22 - 26, 2020, the India Pavilion is organising various sessions on areas of topical interest: Future of films in a post COVID world, Come, Film in India, Taking Indian Content to Global Markets: Importance and Role of film festivals in the age of Digital Platforms, Export of Indian Film Services to the world/Servicing the World Entertainment, and Reenergising co-productions.
Three roundtables, with Film Commissions, Film Festivals and Film Funds are also set to be organised to discuss threadbare the ideas on promoting Indian films and to anchor partnerships between the domestic and global media & entertainment industry players.
India Pavilion will also organise two film screenings: Mai Ghat: Crime No 103/200 (Marathi) and Hellaro (Gujarati).
Also, to mark the centenary year of the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, the Virtual India Pavilion is showcasing some of his exquisite work: Ganashatru, Ghare Baire, Agantuk, and Music of Satyajit Ray at the Pavilions website. The virtual India Pavilion could be accessed at www.indiaatcannes.in
A number of achievers, stakeholders of the media & entertainment industry, and senior government officials would also attend the inaugural session at the virtual India Pavilion:
• Mr Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Government of India
• Mr Atul Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Government of India
• Ms TCA Kalyani, Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of I&B, Government of India and MD, NFDC, Government of India
• Ms Shrila Dutta Kumar, Minister (Consular) Embassy of India to France
• Mr Prasoon Joshi, Chairman, CBFC
• Ms Michele Waterhouse, Head – Coordination, Marche Du Film, Cannes Film Market
• Mr Madhur Bhandarkar, National Award-winning Director
• Mr D Suresh Babu, National Representative, Active Telugu Film makers Guild
• Mr Colin Burrows, Special Treats Productions
• Ms Kangana Ranaut, Film Personality
• Ms Usha Jadhav, Actor, Mai Ghat
• Ms Shraddha Dangar, Actor, Hellaro
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