External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will inaugurate the Indian pavilion at the Berlin International Film Festival for which three feature films and one documentary from the country have been selected, an official statement said on Monday.
The Information and Broadcasting ministry in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will participate in the 70th edition of the festival, which will be held from February 20 to March 1.
The film festival will also see an India Pavilion which will provide a platform to popularise Indian cinema in the overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities, an I&B ministry statement said.
This year in Berlin, three Indian feature films -- Pushpendra Singh's 'Laila Aur Satt Geet', Prateek Vats' Eeb Allay Ooo!, Akhsay Indikar's 'Sthalpuran' as well as one short documentary film -- Ekta Mittal's 'Gumnaam Din' -- have been selected.
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar will inaugurate the Indian pavilion at Berlinale, the statement said