Information and Broadcasting ministry is exploring possibilities of cooperation with Canada in the film sector and a delegation visited the recent Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in this regard.
The Indian delegation led by Secretary I&B, Bimal Julka participated in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in order to give a major fillip to the mechanism of promoting co-productions under the recently signed Indo Canadian audio visual co production agreement, an official statement said here today.
The delegation met with a number of key officials from Canadian Federal Government, Ontario Government as well as officials of the City of Toronto to discuss various proposals related to bi-lateral cooperation, capacity building and exchanges in the films domain, the statement said.
One of the key highlights of the visit was the participation of the Indian delegation at a session known as 'Lightning Talks: Co-Production' organised at the festival, the statement said.
At the session, Julka spoke about the growing opportunities for the youth in the media and entertainment sector in India.
He explained about the favourable climate that had been created in India for film producers desirous of shooting in India by means of a single window clearance mechanism, the statement added.
The delegation met with National Film Board (NFB) and explored the possibility of a tie up between NFB (Largest public producer and distributor of films in Canada), and the Ministry's own film production media units, NFDC, Films Division and Children's Film Society of India for distribution of their films in Canada.
The delegation also took a tour of TIFF facilities with the purpose of improving the Ministry's own flagship festival, International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
TIFF authorities also welcomed future tie up with IFFI in areas such as programming.
