Myanmar will take part in the Mumbai international film festival to be held in India in 2010 to introduce the country's documentary, short and animation films, the local weekly Pyi Myanmar reported Tuesday.

This is the first time for Myanmar to attend the festival, the 11th of its kind that is scheduled for Feb. 3-9, the report said.

Two of Myanmar directors, who once won prizes in similar international film festival, will join the biennial event, it said.

Best documentary film award winner will be presented with Golden Coach trophy and 300,000 rupees, while the second winner will be offered with Silver Coach and 150,000 rupees.

Meanwhile, Myanmar is making efforts to promote the standard of the country's video features and movie production for penetrating foreign markets, urging artists to cooperate with international counterparts to improve domestic movie industry, while preserving and safeguarding national cultural heritage, national prestige and national character through the arts of film.

For the development of TV and movie sector, Myanmar sent delegations in the past few years to international radio, movie and TV shows to learn the digital camera technology and the TV broadcasting.

Myanmar formed the Motion Picture Promotion and Scrutiny Board in 1952 and since then 301 domestic academy awards have been presented to successful artists annually.

(Xinhua News Agency September 2, 2009)