The Embassy of France in India organized the second round of Indo-French professional meetings for the Film and Television Industry and the event was held December 13 and 14, 2018, in Mumbai, which was attended by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and other Bollywood personalities like Jaya Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Kalki Koechlin, and filmmaker Sudhir Mishra.
The aim of the two-day meet was to provide an interactive platform to Indian and French media professionals, content producers and buyers to discuss prospects for collaboration as well as the opportunities for the diffusion of native content in each other's countries.
The meetings included roundtable conferences, one-to-one B2B meetings and group meetings to explore, initiate and execute projects and programmes in the areas of filming, media content distribution and joint ventures in cinema and TV programming.
Jaya Bachchan interacted with the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian. The minister presided over the closing ceremony of the meetings and announced the institution of a special fund to encourage Indo-French coproductions and exchanges.
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