India 2018

Mass Communication 445
Film Appreciation Course
An important activity under dissemination of film culture is screen education
scheme which includes long and short term film appreciation courses,
conducted in collaboration with various educational and cultural institutions
across India.
Supply of Films
NFAI’s activities to disseminate film culture in the country are manifold. Its
Distribution Library has about 25 active film club/ members throughout the
country. The Archive supplies films for various screening programmes and
film festivals across India.
Participation in Film Festivals
NFAI participates in various film festivals in India and abroad, showcasing
its collection of classic films at vaious retrospectives and poster exhibitions on
unique themes, curated for the festival.
National Film Heritage Mission
National Film Heritage Mission, a ` 597.41 crore project was set up in
November, 2014 for restoring and preserving the film hertiage of India. This
is a part of 12th Five Year Plan which will spill over to 13th Five Year Plan.
This initiative will be greatly appreciated by the film industry. This new plan
scheme has taken care of digitization/restoration of films available with
NFAI.
Objectives of the National Film Heritage Mission include: (i) to undertake
film condition assessment of the film collection and to ascertain the left over
life of the film; (ii) preventive conservation of 1,32,000 film reels; (iii) 2k/4k
picture and sound restoration of 1086 landmark feature films and 1152 shorts
of Indian Cinema and recording of new picture and sound inter-negatives of
each film; (iv) digitization of 1160 feature films and 1660 shorts; (v) construction
of archival and preservation facilities for preservation of material restored
under NFHM in dust free, low humidity, and low temperature conditions at
NFAI campus, Pune; and (vi) training workshops and courses in field of
conservation, preservation and archiving in co-ordination with international
agencies that are experts in this field.
Children’s Film Society of India
www.cfsindia.org
Children’s Film Society India (CFSI) was established in 1955 to provide value
based entertainment to children through the medium of films. CFSI is
engaged in production, acquisition, distribution/exhibition and promotion
of children’s films. The head office of the CFSI is in Mumbai with branch
offices at New Delhi and Chennai. The mission of CFSI is to facilitate
promotion of children’s films by encouraging, strengthening and spreading
the children’s film movement all over the country and abroad. Films