National Day Celebrated by Indo Belgium Cultural Forum |
New Delhi: “I on behalf of ICMEI and Indian Media And
Entertainment Industry extend my heartiest congratulations to H.E. Francois Delhaye Ambassador of
Belgium to India and the people of Belgium on the National Day of Kingdom of
Belgium which falls on 21st July,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President
of International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry.
“We have extra ordinary relations with the Kingdom of
Belgium and we wish to promote to a new level through trade, business, art and
culture,” Marwah added also chair for Indo Belgium Film And Cultural Forum.
Dr. Marwah recollected from memory of his first visit to
Belgium in 1980 when he sailed English Channel and reach at Belgium port at
Oostende from Dover UK from where he took the train to Brussels the capital of
Belgium.
The second visit was in 1983 to Brussels again and then next
when he was invited as the international jury and honored with award at 26th
Mons International Film Festival in 2010.
Jos De
Clercq of Trade and Investments (Flanders) and First Secretary Embassy of
Belgium in India came and revived the relations in 2013. Then it was the visit
of H.E. Pierre Vaesen Ambassador of Belgium
to India on the inauguration of 10th Batch of Asian School of Media Studios at
Marwah Studios.
Later Antoine Delcourt Counsellor Economic
Affairs, Christophe Van Overstraeten First Secretary Trade & Investment,
Jos De Clercq First Secretary Trade & Investment Flanders and Abel
Garamhegyi Vice President of Barco Electronic Systems were also visited and
honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Club at
AAFT.
It was the visit of H.E. Jan
Luylk Ambassador of Belgium to India who encouraged us a lot in 2015 when Indo
Belgium Film And Cultural Forum was announced in ICMEI. It was nice to receive the
super Model Anna Kapiteijn
of Belgium during our first Global Fashion Week in Noida in 2016.
Dr. Deepak Narwal European
Economic Senate was at
Marwah Studios to Celebrate National Day of Belgium on 21st July
2018. An acrobatic Dance Art Fusion called Sacred Place by Belgium
artists Ben de Keyser, Bran De Beul, Grete Moortgat, Yesse De Veyser and Naemic
Schellens at Marwah Studios during Delhi Art Festival 2019 was remarkable.