India will host the 1st BRICS Film Festival in New Delhi next month in the run up to the BRICS summit which will be held in Goa in October. <br/><br/>Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said, the film festival will act as a platform for people of the film industry of member countries to explore areas of cooperation in the domain of cinema, culture and cuisine. <br/><br/>He said, the idea of organizing BRICS film festival originated at the last BRICS Summit where Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a BRICS film festival and film awards. He said, the festival will celebrate the excellence of cinema by rewarding film makers, actors, producers and directors. <br/><br/>He said, it is a step taken to build bridges and bring harmony amongst the BRICS countries and the festival will ensure more people to people contact between member countries especially youth. <br/><br/>The Minister said, India has planned activities like Under 17 Football Tournament, Youth Summit, Young Diplomats' Forum and also a special screening of student films from some BRICS nations during the course of the festival. Mr Naidu also unveiled the poster for the BRICS Film Festival. <br/><br/>BRICS Film Festival will be held at the Sirifort Auditorium Complex and 20 films will be screened during the festival. The Opening film for the festival would be the world premiere of the Malayalam movie, Veeram directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair starring Kunal Kapoor. The Closing film would be the Chinese movie, Skiptrace, starring Jackie Chan directed by Renny Harlin. <br/><br/>The festival will also have a competitive section and each member country will nominate four films showcasing creative talent from selected themes. Films will be judged by an eminent jury comprising one noted film maker of each member country. <br/><br/>The jury will give their recommendation for an award, which will include a BRICS Gold Medal and certificate of excellence under several categories.