With reference to the SCO Film Festival-2023, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

1. The SCO Film Festival is being held during India's Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

2. SCO Film Festival will showcase the films from the SCO countries.

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The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

Key Points

•  Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is organizing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival from the 27th – 31st of January 2023, in Mumbai, through the National Film Development Corporation.
• The SCO Film Festival is being organized to mark India’s Presidency at SCO. Hence statement 2 is correct.
• The festival will open with a world premiere of an Indian film as the SCO Film Festival is being organized during the Presidency of India at the SCO.
• The Opening Ceremony will be held at Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai on 27th January 2023.
• Film Festival Screenings will take place at two locations in Mumbai, 4 auditoriums at the Film Division Complex at Pedder Road and 1 NFDC Theatre at Nehru Planetarium Building at Worli.
• The Festival Director further said, the SCO Film Festival aims to build cinematic partnerships and act as a bridge between the cultures of various countries in the SCO. It 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. Hence statement 2 is correct.