Lok Sabha Question No. 3263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: 70th International Film Festival
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3263 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## 70 TH  INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

## 3263.  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  India  took  part  in  the  70 th International  Film  Festival  recently  held  in Germany;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives thereto;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to promote the ease of shooting films in the country  by  facilitating  single  window  clearance  for  film  makers  and  providing platform for 'Cinematic Tourism';
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this direction;
- (e) whether the Government has also sent a delegation to Germany to promote its films  across  linguistic,  cultural  and  regional  diversity  and  establish  multiple international collaborations in different fields and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  popularise  Indian Cinema in the overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR):

(a) & (b) Yes  Sir.    The  Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting, Government  of  India  in  collaboration  with  Confederation  of  Indian Industry  participated  at  the  70 th   Berlin  International  Film  Festival, recently  held  in  Germany.    An  Indian  Pavilion  was  set  up  at  the Festival which provided a platform to popularize Indian cinema in the overseas market and facilitate new business opportunity.

The  aim  and  objective  was  to  promote  Indian  films  across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity and establish multiple international  collaborations  in  the  space  of  distribution,  production, filming in India, script development technology and to showcase India as an emerging film market and filming destination.

(c) & (d) Film  Industry  has  an  enormous  role  in  tourism  promotion and employment generation in the country. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has developed a web portal (https://www.ffo.gov.in) in The National Film Development Corporation, which functions as a single window facilitation mechanism to accord online  permissions  for  film  shooting  in  India,  for  both  domestic  and international  film  makers.    Film  Facilitation  Office  (FFO),  NFDC  of

Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting  is  working  to  implement Government  of  India's  policy  of  ease  of  doing  business  and  digital India  for  promoting  skill  development.  Ministry  of  Information  & Broadcasting  has  suggested  all States and  Union  Territories to develop  online  single  window  facilitation  system  by  developing  web portal  for  granting  local  level  shooting  permissions  and  to  integrate the same with FFO web portal.

(e) A  three  member  delegation  from  the  Ministry  of  Information  & Broadcasting headed by Joint Secretary (Films) participated at the 70 th International Film Festival.  The delegation met key stakeholders from the  various  verticals  of  Filmmaking  with  an  aim  to  promote  ease  of doing film business in India, exploring co-production opportunities and inviting  various  stakeholders  for  51 st   International  Film  Festival  of India, Goa.

(f) With  a  view  to  promote  co-production  of  films  between  Indian film  makers  and  film  makers  of  different  countries,  the  Ministry  of Information  &  Broadcasting  enters  into  audio  visual  Co-production Agreements with various countries.  So far, the Government of India has  entered  into  fifteen  audio-visual  Co-production  Agreements  with various countries.

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