First BRICS Film Festival-2016

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Question: Recently the BRICS film festival was held in which of the following city of India?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Udaipur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
Ans: (c)
Related facts:

  • On 2 September 2016. The BRICS Film Festival-2016 was started at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
  • It should be known that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a BRICS film festival and film awards at the last BRICS Summit.
  • Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore and Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh inaugurated the first BRICS film festival.
  • The five day festival served as a platform for people of the film industry of member countries to explore areas of cooperation in the domain of cinema, culture and cuisine.
  • It is a step taken to build bridges and bring harmony amongst the BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
  • Indian film Thithi won the best film award at the BRICS Film Festival.
  • Best Director Award went to Huo Jianqi of China.
  • South Africa’s Thabo Rametsi took home the best Actor award while Russian actor Yulia Peresild was given best actress award.
  • The next BRICS film festival will be hosted by China.
  • A total of 20 films from BRICS member countries were screened during the festival in the competitive segment.

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http://ddinews.gov.in/Entertainment/Entertainment%20-%20Top%20Story/Pages/bricsfilm.aspx
http://airworldservice.org/english/archives/32572