In order to strengthen people to people connection and deepen cultural understanding between India and China, an India-China Film Festival is going to be organized during the 1st India-China High Level Mechanism on Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges 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.
There will be total 7 films including four Chinese and three Indian Films which will be screened during the Festival. The opening film of the Festival will be ‘CZ12’ also known as ‘Chinese Zodiac’.
Interestingly, Indian Mega Box Office Hit Film, Danga (Hindi), ‘Maacher Jhol’ (Bengali) and ‘Ventilator’ (Marathi) will be screened during the film festival.
The Screening Schedule:
DATE/TIME: 22.12.18 (Saturday)
10:30 AM: CZ12, aka CHINESE ZODIAC Dir, Jackie Chan 109 Min, Mandarin - French - English/ 2012
1:30 PM: Dangal, Dir. Nitesh Tiwari, 161 Min Hindi/2016,
5 PM: BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES, Dir. Yang Lu, 111Min Mandarin/ Mongolian/2014
DATE/TIME: 23.12.18 (Sunday)
1:30 PM: MAACHER JHOL, Dir. Pratim D. Gupta, 108 Min Bengali/2017
5 PM: LOST IN THAILAND, Dir. Zheng Xu, 105 Min Mandarin/ English/ Thai/2012
DATE/TIME: 24.12.18 (Monday)
1:30 PM: WOLF TOTEM, Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, 121 MinMandarin/ Mangolian/ 2015
5 PM: VENTILATOR, Dir. Rajesh Mapuskar, 143 Min Marathi/2016
All the above films will include English subtitles. The entry for the film festival is 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. However, Entrance for the Festival will be through Gate number of 5 of Siri Fort Auditorium.
