SCO Film Festival 2023

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SCO Film Festival: Shanghai Cooperation Organization film festival 2023 commenced with the world premiere the Tamil film “Appatha”. SCO Film Festival 2023 is important for UPSC Prelims 2023 and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 2- International Relations: Relations b/w India and neighbouring countries).

SCO Film Festival 2023 in News

The SCO Film Festival 2023 commenced with the world premiere of the Tamil film “Appatha”. The film is directed by Padma awardee and National Award winning filmmaker Priyadarshan. Jio Studios and Wide Angle Creations are co-producers of Appatha movie.

The film features National Award-winning actor Urvashi in the lead role and will be benchmarked as her 700th film and 51 years in the Indian film industry.

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SCO Film Festival 2023

About: The SCO Film Festival is being organized to mark India’s Presidency at SCO.
Organizing Body: SCO Film Festival 2023 is being organized by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through the National Film Development Corporation.
Venue: Film Festival Screenings will take place at two locations in Mumbai, 4 auditoriums at the Film Division Complex at Pedder Road and 1 NFDC Theater at Nehru Planetarium Building at Worli.

Duration: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is organizing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival from the 27th – 31st of January, 2023, in Mumbai.
Official Language: The official language of the SCO i.e., Russian and Chinese will also be the official language of the SCO Film Festival Mumbai.
- Functional Language: English will also be included as the functional language of the festival as it is being hosted in India.
- Subtitles: The films to be screened will be subtitled in English for the benefit of the jury and local audience.

SCO Film Festival 2023 Mumbai Awards

Awards in Competition Category: The Competition section is for the SCO Member States only and comprises of various prestigious awards like Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female), Best Director (Feature Film), Special Jury Award.

Awards in Non-Competition Category: The Non-competition section is for all SCO countries, viz. Member States and also Observer States and Dialogue Partners States in the following categories-

SCO Country Focus films selected to represent the respective SCO country at the film festival.
- This enables exchange among the different countries and act as a bridge between the cultures of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization members.
- There are 17 films in the SCO Country focus category.
Director Focus films made by a well-known director of the SCO Country, an acclaimed veteran who is well respected in the country for their craft and lineage of cinema, contributing to the heritage of the Country.
- There are 8 films in Director focus category.
Children Focus films that educates and entertains the young audience while being easy to understand.
- Thus developing the interest of young children and nurturing their minds. There are 7 films in Children’s focus category
Short films not exceeding 20 mins in duration that is artistically and cinematically adept and captures the audience’s imagination by applying original ideas.
- There are 6 films in Short films category.
Indian Restored Classic – 5 films are being showcased.

Significance of SCO Film Festival 2023

SCO Film Festival aims to build cinematic partnerships and act as a bridge between the cultures of various countries in the SCO.
SCO Film Festival 2023 will also create synergies in the film fraternity of SCO Members by way of collective cinematic experience.
The films being showcased in the SCO Film Festival, all brought by the SCO states, will allow spectators to experience different cultures and the films will be a window for people from the SCO countries to know each other better.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

What is SCO?

The SCO is an economic and security grouping and has emerged as one of the largest transregional international organisations. The SCO is a multilateral organization, established on 15 June 2001.

SCO Member States: The SCO currently comprises eight Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).
SCO Observer States: SCO has three Observer States (Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia).
SCO Dialogue Partners: SCO has fourteen Dialogue Partners (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, UAE and Turkey).