India-China Film Festival coming up in Delhi from Dec 22

An India-China Film Festival is going to be organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in order to strengthen people-to-people connect and deepen cultural understanding between the two countries. It is as part of the 1st India-China High Level Mechanism on Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges taking place from 22nd to 24th December, 2018.

The three day Festival will be organized at Siri Fort Auditorium II, New Delhi by the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.

A total of seven films including four Chinese and three Indian Films will be screened during the Festival. The opening film of the Festival will be ‘CZ12’ also known as ‘Chinese Zodiac’ by Jackie Chan. The list of Indian films to be screened includes ‘Dangal’ (Hindi), ‘Maacher Jhol’ (Bengali) and ‘Ventilator’

Brotherhood of Blades, by Yang Lu, Lost in Thailand by Zheng Xu, Wolf Totem by Jean-Jacques Annaud, are the other films to be screened during the festival. All the films will carry English subtitles.

The entry for the Festival has been kept free of charge – one may enter the auditorium simply by showing a valid Photo ID. The seating will take place on a first-come-first-served basis. Entrance for the Festival will be through Gate number of 5 of Siri Fort Auditorium.