India, Poland to ink pact for audio-visual co-production

New Delhi: India will sign an audio-visual co-production agreement with Poland. The pact will be signed by the Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ms Ambika Soni, and the Poland Minister for Culture and National Heritage, Mr B. Zdrojewski. Ms Soni, who is in Poland on a three-day visit, is also expected to give a talk on the preservation of film heritage at the National Film Archives of Poland, according to an Information and Broadcasting Ministry release. Also on the agenda, is a meeting with officials of the Polish National Television, TVP. The I&B Ministry’s initiative to establish a Films Commission to promote single-window clearance for necessary permissions to foreign production companies and film-makers would also be shared with the Polish Government.