India Pavilion opens at Cannes

May 16, 2014 12:13 am | Updated 12:13 am IST - New Delhi:

An India Pavilion opened at the 67th Cannes Film Festival on Thursday providing a platform for stakeholders to market films.

The India Film Guide, an initiative of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to position India as a filming destination, was launched.

Bimal Julka, Secretary of Information and Broadcasting, said co-production agreements have been signed with countries including U.K., Canada, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Poland and New Zealand.

Ambassador to France Arun K Singh and actor Kamal Haasan were present.

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