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  • Entries invited by FFI for Oscar award consideration

    NEW DELHI: The Film Federation of India today invited entries of Indian films commercially released in India between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017 for the Oscar awards which will be presented in February next year.

    As in previous years, the FFI is authorized to select one film for the consideration of Oscar Award in the category “Best Foreign Language Film Award”.

    The selection committee set up for this purpose will view the films entered for selection from 16 September 2017 as the film has to be submit to the Academy not later than 1 October 2017, Secretary General Supran Sen told indiantelevision.com.

    The Producers may send their entries directly to our office in Mumbai. The conditions set are:

    1. The films must be commercially released in India between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017. The film must run at least for seven consecutive days.

    2. As the films released between 1 October and 30 September are eligible, the films which are slated for release on the last Friday of the month -29 September – may also be considered.

    3. One English Subtitled print/DCP and synopsis of the film must reach the venue between 10th and 14th September’ 2017. Prints received after the stipulated date will not be considered. We are finalising the venue for screening and the same will be intimated shortly.

    Clarification can be sought from FFI Secretary General Supran Sen on Mobile No. 09821095649 or Deputy Secretary Anindya Dasgupta on Mobile No.09819820020 / 022 – 2351 5513. The Fax No. is 022 – 2352 2062 and email I D is filmfed52@gmail.com

  • FFI pooh-poohs Rawail’s objections, wants support for ‘Court’ as Oscar entry

    FFI pooh-poohs Rawail’s objections, wants support for ‘Court’ as Oscar entry

    NEW DELHI: The Film Federation of India (FFI) has reiterated that “all the norms and regulations governing the selection process were followed for selection of Indian entry for the Oscars and the Federation is happy with the process.”
     

    This comes in the wake of certain statements made to the press by filmmaker Rahul Rawail, who chose to walk out against the selection process, though the Federation says he later appreciated the choice of Court for Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language category.
     

    FFI secretary general Supran Sen said, “Federation Honorary General Secretary C. Kalyan, I in my capacity as Secretary General, and our Deputy Secretary Mr. Anindya Dasgupta were present during the final proceedings to select India’s entry and we did not see anything amiss in the way it was conducted.”

     
    The selection, he claimed, had been appreciated in all quarters and the jury has been unanimous in their choice.
     

    “While we would not like to comment on Mr. Rawail’s opinions which are his own, what we would have appreciated is a situation where he could have spoken to the FFI President and other senior officials before going to the media,” Sen said.
     

    “To conclude, it is our appeal to all our media friends and the members of the film fraternity to focus on the positives. Let us all get behind Court and its quest as it seeks to try and bring some glory to our Country,” Sen added.

  • FFI secy Supran Sen on IIAS School of Management’s board

    FFI secy Supran Sen on IIAS School of Management’s board

    NEW DELHI: Film Federation of India (FFI) secretary general Supran Sen has been invited to come on board as an advisor in the Academic Council for Film & Media of IIAS School of Management, Siliguri, West Bengal.

     

    IIAS School of Management offers UG courses with an aim to develop industry ready professionals with high level of competence.

     

    Sen brings to the table over 30 years of experience in the M&E industry.

     

    In a statement, FFI said that it was confident that “students not only from Bengal but also from neighbouring states and countries like Nepal and Bhutan will benefit from his knowledge base.”

     

    Sen is also the executive committee member of Federation Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films (FIAPF), the apex body of film producers in the world, which has its headquarters in Brussels.

  • Regional cinema is backbone of World Cinema: Supran Sen

    Regional cinema is backbone of World Cinema: Supran Sen

    NEW DELHI: “Regional cinema is the backbone of World cinema. It has reached new heights today. Apart from that, regional cinema contributes a lot to Film Festivals around the globe.”


    Inaugurating a one-day seminar on World Cinema via Regional Cinema in Jaipur, Film Federation of India Secretary General Supran Sen said 15 awards were bagged by Tamil cinema alone in the 2010 National Film Awards announced recently, apart from a large number of awards to other languages. Though regional cinema suffered from lack of huge budgets, it had the right kind of stories and ideas.


    The seminar was organised by the Jaipur International Film Festival and the Central Circuit Cine Association and was dedicated to filmmaker Mani Kaul who had grown up in Rajasthan, and music director Dan Singh, both of whom passed away recently.
    Around 70 film distributors/producers/directors and young filmmakers participated in the workshop.


    Sen said South Indian cinema was an excellent example of the achievements of regional cinema. Everyone is also aware of the popularity of Bhojpuri cinema. Super stars of Bollywood are now acting in Tamil, Bhojpuri and Kannada films. On the other hand, actresses from South India are ruling Bollywood, which also makes remakes of famous South Indian films. Thus, regional cinema makes contribution from the idea and story to the star cast in Bollywood.


    But several speakers expressed regret that Rajasthani cinema was not showing much progress, despite some incentives like tax free exhibition or subsidy of up to Rs 500,000 for filmmakers in the state.


    It was hoped that the state would increase the subsidy from Rs 500,00 which was very meagre.


    Lack of unity among filmmakers from the state was another reason given for the slow rise of Rajasthani cinema.


    Bollywood is also in many ways a regional cinema since it comprises films produced in a regional language.


    Films produced in foreign countries succeed because of special effects and other new techniques.


    Serials based on Rajasthan/Rajasthani culture were enormously popular and filmmakers could learn a lesson from this.


    There was a general complaint that filmmakers are asked to submit their films in VCD/DVD format to the state government for tax exemption. But this was risky before the release of a film since it could lead to piracy.