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- Recently, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival has highlighted the diversity of India.
About
- The SCO Film Festival is being organised to mark India’s Presidency at SCO .
- India’s goal of organising the festival is to showcase the diversity of films and various styles of film making from the SCO region.
- Aim: To build cinematic partnerships, have exchange of programmes, nurture young filmmaking talent and act as a bridge between the cultures of this unique region.
- The SCO Film Festival 2023 commenced with the world premiere of the Tamil film “Appatha”.
- 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
- 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.
- Cinema in SCO Region:
- The SCO region is a confluence of diverse civilizations and a cradle of rich traditions of art and culture.
- This has been reflected in the cinemas made in SCO countries, which has been globally appreciated and awarded
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO):
- About:
- It is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation of Eurasian Nations with a secretariat in Beijing.
- Aim:
- It is a political, economic and military organisation that aims at maintaining peace, security and stability in the region.
- Origin: Journey from Shanghai Five to SCO
- Shanghai Five emerged in 1996 from a series of border demarcation and demilitarization talks between 4 former USSR republics and China.
- Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan were members of the Shanghai Five.
- With the accession of Uzbekistan to the group in 2001, the Shanghai Five was renamed the SCO.
- The SCO Charter was signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2003.
- Inclusion of India & Pakistan:
- India and Pakistan both were initially observer states.
- Both were given full membership in 2017.
- Iran and Belarus:
- 2021 SCO summit in Dushanbe agreed for Iran to join the SCO.
- Belarus has also begun the membership process for SCO.
Member states |
Observer States |
Dialogue Partners |
Kazakhstan China Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan India Pakistan |
Afghanistan Belarus Iran Mongolia |
Azerbaijan Armenia Cambodia Nepal Turkey Sri Lanka |
Source: PIB
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