Govt to show ASEAN films in a week-long film festival

New Delhi: As part of Narendra Modi government’s look east policy, the government will celebrate the excellence of cinema by exhibiting films from various ASEAN countries. information & broadcasting minister Col Rajyavardhan Rathore will inaugurate the week long Film Festival at Siri Fort Auditorium on 25th May.

The ASEAN-India 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”, a statement by the ministry said.  The Directorate of Film Festivals is organising ASEAN India Film Festival from 25th to 30th May in collaboration with the ministry of external affairs as part of the series of events to commemorate the 25 years of ASEAN and India relations.

ASEAN-India Film Festival aims to build bridges and bring harmony amongst the ASEAN countries and ensure more effective people-to-people contact between member countries especially youth, as per the release by the government.