The eighth edition of the Indian Embassy’s annual film festival titled “Ambassador’s Choice: Film Festival” was inaugurated on December 5, 2019 at the auditorium of the Indian embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Honorable Member of Parliament and India’s Sherpa to G-20 graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The inaugural event was attended by a number of Saudi nationals, ambassadors, other members of the diplomatic corps and residents of Riyadh.
In his welcome address, Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed gave a short introduction of the film festival and the idea behind it. Chief Guest Mr. Suresh Prabhu noted the huge popularity of movies in India and that he was very happy to attend the inaugural event and looked forward to seeing the movies being screened.
The twelve-day festival was held from December 5-18, and kicked off with the screening of three Arabic short movies titled: ‘The Swan Song’, ‘A Colourful Life’ and ‘Jaleed’, followed by an interactive session with the directors Ms. Hana Al Omair and MR. Abdulrahman Sandokji. This was followed by the screening of the widely-acclaimed Bollywood movie ‘Dangal’. Besides Saudi and Indian movies, the festival also featured movies from Brazil, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Spain, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Mexico.
