“India to host Global Media and Film Summit in 2021": Prakash Javdekar
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New Delhi, December 16: While addressing the CII Big Picture Summit, Information, and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar, announced that India is going to host the Global Media and Films summit next Year.
He also added that it is going to set up a special pavilion at Cannes in 2022 on the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival's 75 years celebrations. He mentioned that "we are a country where the growth of communication technology is phenomenal and, this presents a tremendous scope for entertainment and media industry".
Will be speaking at the CII partnership summit 2020 in a while from now.
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) December 16, 2020
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Apart from it, the Minister also invited the attendees to participate in the 51st IFFI in Goa in January 2021. The minister remarked, "Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic (AVGC) is a sunrise sector and, our experts are providing back-end support to top filmmakers of the world".
He added that it was the time that these professionals started doing more of this for our films so that the use of animation and graphics in Indian films grows manifold.
Javadekar also announced that the government is forming a Centre of Excellence in cooperation with IIT-Bombay where courses in AVGC will be provided. Moreover, he said, the Centre will undertake initiatives to promote entrepreneurship and encourage start-ups in the sector.