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commercial screenings. FD also provides infrastructural supportto other media units for organising film festivals. The ten branchesof FD arrange regular supply of approved films to the cinemas,conduct film festivals and also market CDs. Films are regularlytelecast by Doordarshan Kendras also. Films Division regularlyparticipates in the Film Bazaar of IFFI and provides technicaland other support for its smooth conduct.Over 1500 International, National & State awards andCertificates of Participation, have been won by FD so far, a rarefeat for any public organization. A milestone FD has achievedis by successfully organizing the Mumbai International FilmFestival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films (MIFF)continuously from 1990. Counted among the top internationalfestivals for documentaries, this biennial event showcases thebest films in different categories and attracts international filmpersonalities, critics and delegates apart from cineaste from allover the country. This competitive event offers cash prizes worththe IR 2.7 million, Gold and Silver conches. The MIFF has thedistinction of being the only film festival in this part of theworld which is fully managed by film makers.Films Division has organized more than 90 film festivals in2006-08 including the first ever Swatantrata Filmotsav in Delhi,International Documentary Festivals in Aizawl, Mizoram,Guwahati & J&K. Four Films Division films 'Naushad Ali','Mubarak Begum', 'Pt. Ramnarayan' and 'Rajarishi Bhagyachandraof Manipur' have found pride of place in this year's IndianPanorama.NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE OF INDIAMinistry of Information & BroadcastingGovt. of India, Law College Road, Pune - 411 004Ph.: (020) 25652259 / 25659379 / Fax (020) 25670027E-mail : nfai@vsnl.netThe National Film Archive of India was established in Feb.1964 as a media unit under the Ministry of Information andBroadcasting. The primary charter of NFAI is to safeguard theheritage of Indian Cinema for posterity and act as a centre fordissemination of a healthy film culture in the country. Promotionof film scholarship and research on various aspects of Cinemaalso form part of its objectives. Familiarizing foreign audienceswith Indian Cinema and to make it more visible across the globeis another declared function of the Archive. NFAI has been amember of the International Federation of Film Archives sinceMay 1969, which enables it to get expert advice and material onpreservation techniques, documentation etc. The Archive has itsown film vaults designed according to international filmpreservation standards. The construction of specialized vaultsfor preserving colour films is under way.It is an ongoing job at the Archive to trace and acquire nationaland international films to enrich its collection. The well-stockedlibrary of over 26,000 books on Cinema published across theglobe is a boon to serious students of Cinema. More than 100Indian and foreign journals on Cinema are received in the library.Over 34,000 filmscripts both Indian and foreign received fromthe Central Boards of Film Certification are also preserved inthe Archive.The Research and Documentation Centre has a large collectionof ancillary material on Indian Cinema. This Centre attempts tocollect photographs/stills, song-booklets, wallposters, pamphletsand other publicity material of films certified by the variousFilm Certification Boards in the country.NFAI encourages and promotes research and academicactivities on every aspect of Cinema. It assigns monographs on110 111