eminent Indian filmmakers and pioneering film personalities,research fellowships on themes related to Indian cinema, andaural history recordings <strong>of</strong> senior artists and technicians. TheArchive has published 12 such projects so far. NFAI has plansto upload these projects on its <strong>of</strong>ficial website.As a part <strong>of</strong> its activities <strong>of</strong> disseminating film culture, NFAIhas a Distribution Library <strong>of</strong> films which supplies films to filmsocieties, educational institutions and cultural organizations inthe country. It also conducts joint-screening programmes atcentres like Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad,Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Jamshedpur, Pune and Delhi. It isa major source <strong>of</strong> films for international film festivals in Indiaand abroad.NFAI has been conducting its Annual <strong>Film</strong> AppreciationCourse <strong>of</strong> four weeks' duration at Pune in collaboration with<strong>Film</strong> and Television Institute <strong>of</strong> India for the last three decades.Participants from different pr<strong>of</strong>essions from all over India areexposed to the best <strong>of</strong> Indian and World Cinema. Among themajor topics taught are the Basics <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Film</strong> Medium, Cinemaas an Art, <strong>Film</strong> History, <strong>Film</strong> Theory, Relationship <strong>of</strong> Cinemawith Other Arts and so on. The Archive also co-ordinates shorttermcourses on similar lines in collaboration with educationalinstitutions and cultural organizations outside Pune.A large number <strong>of</strong> scholars and researchers on Cinema fromwithin the country and abroad look forward to NFAI as a majorresource Centre where they have easy access to the largestrepository <strong>of</strong> Indian Cinema and perhaps the best Library <strong>of</strong>books on Cinema and related arts in the country. NFAI's role inmaking Indian Cinema a great cultural presence on the globallevel is unparalleled.The website <strong>of</strong> NFAI can be visited at http://www.nfaipune.gov.inSATYAJIT RAY FILM & TELEVISIONINSTITUTEE.M. Byepass Road, P.O. Panchasayar, Kolkata 700 094Ph. (033) 24328355/24328356/24329300/Fax (033) 24320723/2072E-mail : srfti@cal.vsnl.net.inSatyajit Ray <strong>Film</strong> & Television Institute, Kolkata (SRFTI) wasestablished by the Government <strong>of</strong> India as an autonomouseducational institution under the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Information &Broadcasting and was registered under West Bengal SocietiesRegistration Act, 1961. Located at Kolkata and named after thelegendary film maestro Satyajit Ray, SRFTI is the second nationallevel training Institute to be established by the Government <strong>of</strong>India. The Institute <strong>of</strong>fers three-year post-graduate diplomacourses in Direction & Screenplay Writing, Motion PicturePhotography, Editing and Sound Recording. Apart from the basicdiploma courses, the Instituted also has the provision to conductshort and medium term courses on subjects related to film andtelevision. Research and explorative studies in the sociology,culture and technology <strong>of</strong> film and television are other areas <strong>of</strong>focus in SRFTI. The Institute is fully equipped with state-<strong>of</strong> theart equipment needed to run the courses. These include Doblydigital recoding system, digital graphics work station SMOKE inthe Editing Department and two state-<strong>of</strong>-the art 35 mm Bimpedcameras - Evolution - with accessories. The Institute has a veryspecialized library to cater to the needs <strong>of</strong> the student. Sinceinception many productions <strong>of</strong> the Institute have won variousnational and international laurels. Two <strong>of</strong> the Institute's Short<strong>Film</strong>s have been selected for screening in the Cannes <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.The Institute takes students through an open All IndiaCompetitive examination, followed by an interactive orientationsession for the selection <strong>of</strong> right students against the ten seatsin each discipline. The exam is conducted in all major citiesacross India. The courses <strong>of</strong>fered by the Institute are full-timeresidential course. The Institute has Hostels within its campus<strong>11</strong>2 1<strong>13</strong>
for Boys and Girls. The Institute follows the reservation policy<strong>of</strong> the Government <strong>of</strong> India. Out <strong>of</strong> ten seats in each disciplinetwo are reserved for foreign students. Students <strong>of</strong> the Instituteget ample opportunities to develop their skills as pr<strong>of</strong>essionalsin their respective fields, under the guidance <strong>of</strong> internationallyfamed pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. The Institute also conducts student exchangeprogrammes with foreign film schools. The institute regularlyorganizes screening for the students. The Institute's very ownstudents <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, 'Clapstick' gives students as well as thegeneral public an opportunity to come across the work <strong>of</strong>budding pr<strong>of</strong>essionals <strong>of</strong> various countries. 'Docedge', anInternational Workshop on documentary film making conductedby the Institute, gives students an opportunity for internationalexposure. The Institute is, in a way, becoming a Centre forExcellence.Editor: Manoj SrivastavaProduction : S. Roy, V.K. Meena(<strong>Directorate</strong> <strong>of</strong> Advertising and Visual Publicity)Assistance: Kaushalya Mehra, Manju Khanna© <strong>Directorate</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>sMinistry <strong>of</strong> Information and BroadcastingGovernment <strong>of</strong> IndiaNovember 2007The views expressed in the articles, statements and writeups are not necessarily those <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Directorate</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>sor <strong>of</strong> the EditorPublished by the <strong>Directorate</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>s,Ministry <strong>of</strong> Information and BroadcastingGovernment <strong>of</strong> India,Siri Fort Auditorium Complex, August Kranti Marg,New Delhi – <strong>11</strong>0049Telephone : 26499371/26499378E mail: dir.dff@nic.in,ddnfr.dff@nic.inProduced by <strong>Directorate</strong> <strong>of</strong> Advertising and Visual PublicityMinistry <strong>of</strong> Information and BroadcastingGovernment <strong>of</strong> IndiaPrinted at Tara Art Printers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi – <strong>11</strong>0002<strong>11</strong>4 <strong>11</strong>5
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