Rathore inaugurates European Union Film Festival

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New Delhi : Minister of State (I/C) for Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs Col Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurated the European Union Film Festival here on June 18, 2018.

Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Raimund Magis, Deputy head of Delegation of the European Union to India, Ms Katarina Tomkova, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Slovak Republic, Producer of the opening  Slovakian film ‘Little Harbour’, Ms Katarina Krnacova, Additional Director General, Directorate of Film Festival, Chaitanya Prasad, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. The opening ceremony was followed by the screening of Slovakian movie “Little Harbour”.

Speaking on the occasion, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore said that the charm in watching the film is in seeing the story as well as meeting people and that is the essence of film festival. Though people across the border vary by skin color and culture, they are one people. He also said that  watching films breaks these barriers and story gets communicated to people of any country. He said that even if language of the film is not understood, the emotion in the film is understood through the body language, according to a PIB release.

The European Union Film Festival 2018 brings to the city a selection of some of the finest and most riveting films coming out of Europe today. With a selection of 24 latest European films from 23 EU Member States, this years’ film festival brings some unusual stories for the world cinema enthusiasts. The European Union Film Festival is organized by Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, partnering with the Delegation of the European Union and embassies of EU Member States in various city film clubs.

The festival will traverse through 11 cities in India including New Delhi, Chennai, Port Blair, Pune, Puducherry, Kolkata, Jaipur, Visakhapatnam, Thrissur, Hyderabad and Goa from June 18 to August 31, 2018. Celebrating diversity, the EUFF will screen movies from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.