India and Poland have signed an audio-visual co-production agreement to enhance bilateral cooperation in the films sector. The agreement establishes a legal framework for relations about audio visual co-production, especially films including animation and documentary films for cinema and television and those solely intended for dissemination on analogue or digital data carriers.

The agreement, which was signed between Information and Broadcasting minister Ms Ambika Soni and Polish Minister for Culture and National Heritage, B Zdrojewski in Warsaw, also covers laboratory processing activities and facilitates movement of film equipment and associated infrastructure required for co-production.

According to an official release, the agreement will also facilitate producers, screenwriters, directors, technicians and actors to enter and briefly stay in each other’s country. The agreement will be valid for a period of five years.