New Delhi: 1/8/25: Newdelhi:1/8/25:The winners of the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 were announced today by the respective juries. This year, the awards received 332 entries in the feature film category, 115 in the non-feature film category, 27 books, and 16 critics’ submissions. 12th Fail has been honoured with the Best Feature Film award at the 71st ...

Newdelhi:23/7/25:Prasar Bharati has extended an invitation to all newspapers, periodicals, and TV channels across India to register on its newswire platform, Prasar Bharati Shared Audio Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination (PB-SHABD), to access high-quality news and multimedia content free of cost. Launched in March 2024, PB-SHABD offers over 800 news stories daily in multiple Indian languages, covering more than 40 ...

Newdelhi:23/7/25:India has a vibrant press and media ecosystem, which has witnessed growth in recent years, as mentioned below: Number of publications registered with the Press Registrar General of India has increased from 1.05 Lakh in 2014-15 to 1.55 Lakh in 2024-25. Number of private satellite TV Channels has also increased from 821 in 2014-15 to 908 in 2024-25. As of ...

Cambodia:22/7/25:  Prasar Bharati CEO and President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) General Conference (GC), Gaurav Dwivedi today made a presentation on the WAVES OTT platform at the 20th Asia Media Summit at Siem Reap in Cambodia. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Dwivedi said that the WAVES platform helps content get discovered not just by users but also ...

Mumbai:21/7/25:The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and the Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation Limited (MFSCDCL), Mumbai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to advance skill development in the film and media sectors across Maharashtra. The exchange of the MoU was conducted between Smt. Swati Mhase-Patil, Managing Director, MFSCDCL, and Shri Dhiraj Singh, Vice Chancellor, ...

Mumbai:18/7/25: The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, was held at the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) headquarters in Mumbai today. The meeting was chaired by Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, and attended by Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Shri Sanjay Jaju, Festival Director Shri Shekhar Kapur, ...

Mumbai:18/7/25:Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis jointly inaugurated the first campus of the Indian Institute of Creative Technology (IICT) at the NFDC Complex in Mumbai today. Mr. Vaishnaw announced that IICT will offer advanced, industry-aligned training in VFX, post-production, XR, gaming, and animation, in collaboration with global tech giants like Google, Meta, ...

Cannes:25/5/25:Celebrating a cinema of discoveries, the 2025 selection has included 20 feature films – 9 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This year, the opening film was Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky. Chaired by British director, screenwriter and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, the Jury included French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival ...

Cannes:25/5/25:The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes, chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche, surrounded by American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Carlos Reygadas and American actor Jeremy Strong, presented its winners’ list among the 22 films ...

Cannes:23/5/25:The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to From Dust, created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement. The Jury, chaired by French director Luc Jacquet included American musician, director,r and writer Laurie Anderson, French author and ...