The Indian Embassy in Riyadh is hosting 鈥淎mbassador鈥檚 Choice: Screening of Films,鈥� an annual diplomatic film festival where movies from a number of countries are screened every evening.

The 8th edition of the festival was inaugurated on Dec. 5 at the embassy鈥檚 auditorium.

Indian politician Suresh Prabhu, who is visiting the Kingdom, was the guest of honor at the opening ceremony. The opening was attended by a number of ambassadors of various countries, members of the diplomatic corps, Saudi nationals and members of the Indian community.

In his opening remarks, Prabhu noted the huge popularity of movies in India and expressed his happiness attending the event.

Indian Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed gave a short introduction to the film festival and the idea behind it.

The two-week festival began with the screening of three Saudi short films titled 鈥淭he Swan Song鈥� by Hana Alomair, 鈥淎 Colorful Life鈥� by Abdurahman Sandokji and 鈥淛aleed鈥� by Abdurahman Sandokji.

The screenings were followed by an interactive session with the directors of the respective films.

This was followed by the screening of widely acclaimed Bollywood movie 鈥淒angal鈥� on Dec. 6, Ukrainian movie 鈥淗aytarma鈥� on Dec. 7, Brazilian film 鈥淥 Roubo Da Taca鈥� on Dec. 8, Bangladeshi film 鈥淗asina鈥� on Dec. 9 and Spanish film 鈥淏lancanieves鈥� on Dec. 11.

The festival will also be screening 鈥淭he Sky of My Childhood鈥� from Kazakhstan on Dec. 12, 鈥淢udras Calling鈥� from Myanmar on Dec. 13, 鈥淪amanala Sandhwaniya鈥� from Sri Lanka on Dec. 14, 鈥淵ellow Flowers on the Green Grass鈥� from Vietnam on Dec. 16 and

鈥淣o Se Acepian Devoluciones鈥� from Mexico on Dec. 17.

The festival will conclude with the screening of 鈥淨ueen,鈥� a 2014 Indian comedy-drama on Dec. 18.