The Foundation recognises that cinema in India has historically existed in unique environments where it has been made, shown, discussed and debated. Such environments need, along with the cinema itself, to transit into the digital era if the cinema that has been made for a century is to continue to meaningfully exist.
Since 1931 to date, India has made around 50,000 sound films. Official figures suggest that around 4.4% of all films made exist in archival conditions. On the other hand, it is likely that low-end sector, including 16 mm, VHS, VCD and DVD, might have 15,000 sound films, i.e. 30%, across the Indian cinema’s history, and across regions.
In order to archive what exists, the Foundation will open its doors to amateur archivists, film lovers and enthusiasts, together with academics, filmmakers, artists and all those who take Indian cinema seriously, to achieve the following:
-The Foundation will achieve its goals by working with the film industry, collaborating with University departments and institutions of research worldwide to make this material available.
The Indian Cinema Foundation is a registered non-profit trust. Donations are tax exempt under 80G.
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@We hope to upload as many as 15,000 titles, with a primary focus on early (i.e. pre-1957) cinema. Even this astonishing target will still be only 30% of all feature films made.
Charter of the Indian Cinema Foundation
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@Desiring further to create a productive collaboration between the film industry, the state, universities, film historians and scholars, artists, journalists, critics, and all cinephiles and enthusiasts in general,
Affirming the importance of inculcating a sense of corporate social responsibility within the film industry towards the urgent tasks mentioned above,
We the undersigned
-Pledge our support to the Indian Cinema Foundation and commit to ensuring its financial, intellectual and creative sustainability by supporting it monetarily and by providing access to our films and their material heritage and culture.
+Pledge our support to the Indian Cinema Foundation and commit to ensuring its financial, intellectual and creative sustainability by supporting it monetarily and by providing access to our films and their material heritage and culture.
Ashish Rajadhyaksha is a film historian and cultural theorist. He co-authored the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (2009), and has written several books and curated film and moving image events in India and elsewhere. Ashish was co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Culture & Society (1998). He is a founding Trustee of the Indian Cinema Foundation.
@@ -84,27 +84,28 @@Kiran Rao is a screenwriter and director of Dhobhi Ghaat (2011), and a film producer deeply committed to promoting independent cinema and living screen cultures. She is also chairperson of MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images), and producer at Aamir Khan Productions.
-Vishesh Bhatt is a filmmaker and producer. He currently heads strategy, content development, creatives, marketing, and is responsible for all digital initiatives at Vishesh Films.
-Vikramaditya Motwane is an award winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He co-founded Phantom Films.
-Sidharth Roy Kapur is a film producer, founder of Roy Kapur Films and the President of Film and Television Producers Guild of India. He was formerly Managing Director Disney, India.
-Saeed Akthar Mirza is an award winning writer, filmmaker and producer. He began his career as a member of YUKT (Union of Kinematographers and Technicians) and went on to make several films during the parallel cinema movement in India. He was chairperson of his alma matter FTII.
-Ranjani Majumdar teaches Cinema Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was part of India's first and all-women documentary collective Mediastorm. She is the author of Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City (2007). Her areas of research include, the cinematic city, media theory, and the intersection of travel, design and colour in 1960s Bombay cinema.
Moinak Biswas (Jadavpur University, Kolkata) teaches film studies at Jadavpur University and has been widely published in both English and Bengali on contemporary Indian cinema. He started the medialab at Jadavpur University, and has collaborated with Pad.ma and Indiancine.ma.
+Ranjani Majumdar teaches Cinema Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was part of India's first and all-women documentary collective Mediastorm. She is the author of Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City (2007). Her areas of research include, the cinematic city, media theory, and the intersection of travel, design and colour in 1960s Bombay cinema.
+Saeed Akthar Mirza is an award winning writer, filmmaker and producer. He began his career as a member of YUKT (Union of Kinematographers and Technicians) and went on to make several films during the parallel cinema movement in India. He was chairperson of his alma matter FTII.
+Sidharth Roy Kapur is a film producer, founder of Roy Kapur Films and the President of Film and Television Producers Guild of India. He was formerly Managing Director Disney, India.
+Vikramaditya Motwane is an award winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He co-founded Phantom Films.
+Vishesh Bhatt is a filmmaker and producer. He currently heads strategy, content development, creatives, marketing, and is responsible for all digital initiatives at Vishesh Films.
In March 2013, in commemoration of India's cinema centenary Indiancine.ma was born.
-Indiancine.ma has been hosted and developed by the team that runs Pad.ma, that has had continuous support Foundation for Arts Initiatives. In 2016-17, we received seed grants from key film studios in Mumbai who share are vision and remain committed to supporting the activities of the Indian Cinema Foundation.
-In March 2013, in commemoration of India's cinema centenary, Indiancine.ma was born.
+Indiancine.ma has been hosted and developed by the team that runs Pad.ma, that has had continuous support Foundation for Arts Initiatives. In 2016-17, we received seed grants from key film studios in Mumbai who share our vision and remain committed to supporting the activities of the Indian Cinema Foundation.
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