NEW DELHI: Supran Sen, Secretary General of the Film Federation of India, has been invited as a special invitee to the Locarno Film Festival.

Sen has been asked by Locarno Film Festival President Marco Solari to take part in a discussion on “Open Doors” dedicated to independent Indian Cinema. 

The festival authorities are keen to take the initiative to start a fruitful collaboration with India in the perspective of 2011 edition.

The Locarno Film Festival is a key festival along with Cannes, Berlin Carlovy Vary et al in the whole group of festivals in the world accredited to the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

Sen is an office-bearer in the executive of FIAPF.