The first BRICS film festival will begin in New Delhi from today. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore and Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh will inaugurate the festival. The film festival is the run up to the BRICS summit which is to be held in Goa next month.
The five day festival will act as a platform for people of the film industry of member countries to explore areas of cooperation in the domain of cinema, culture and cuisine. The I & B Ministry said Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a BRICS film festival and film awards at the last BRICS Summit. The Ministry said, it is a step taken to build bridges and bring harmony amongst the BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The festival will ensure more people to people contact, especially youth among member countries.
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