On January 22th, Acting Consul General Qin Yong was invited to attend the inaugural ceremony of the 11th Kolkata International Children's Film Festival. Guests including Mr. Indranil Sen, Minister of State, Information and Cultural Affairs Department, West Bengal, Ms. Shashi Panja, Minister-in-Charge, Industry Commerce and Enterprises and Women and Child Development, and Mr. Firhad Hakim, Mayor of Kolkata attended the event. After the ceremony, Acting Consul General Qin watched the inaugural film and had a cordial interaction with the two child artistes of the film.
The Kolkata International Children's Film Festival is a charity film screening event hosted by Shishu Kishore Akademi, under the aegis of Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal. It aims to screen excellent children's films selected by India and other countries for local children. This year, a total of 116 children's films from 30 countries were selected, and the total number of audiences is expected to exceed 40,000. With the strong support of the China Film Administration and China Film Archive, six recently released excellent Chinese children-themed films were recommended to this year's film festival, including "Into The Mortal World", "Nice View", "Boonie Bears: Back to Earth" and "New Gods: Yang Jian", which will showcase the achievements of the development of China's children's cause and contemporary film culture from different aspects, and promote cultural exchanges and people-to-people bonds between China and India.