Lok Sabha Question No. 45 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-21
Subject: Regional Language Film Festivals
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 45

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.06.2019)

## REGIONAL LANGUAGE FILM FESTIVALS

- 45 SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether regional language film festivals are organized in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  such  festivals  organized  along  with  the  total expenditure  incurred  for  the  said  purpose  during  each  of  the  last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is providing financial assistance to filmmakers  whose  films  are  selected  in  the  competition  section  of international film festivals;
- (d) if so, the details of the financial assistance provided by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year, film-wise; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote regional language films at national and international levels?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Yes, Sir. Regional language film festivals are organised in the country.
- (b) The information on regional language film festivals organized till date and financial assistance provided by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is attached as Annexure 'A'.

(c & d)  Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting  is  providing  financial  assistance  to  Indian Films  which  are  selected  in  various  International  Film  Festivals  namely  Oscars,  Toronto, Bussan, Berlin etc. During the last three years financial assistance has been provided to two films in 2017-18, namely 'Newton' (Rs.6,68,051/-) and 'Loktak Lairembee' (Rs.8,70,396/-), which were selected in the Berlin International Film Festival.

e) Every year, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organizes National Film Awards wherein  films  from  across  the  country  in  Hindi/Regional  Languages  are  awarded  under different categories.

Also, every year, films are selected for Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). From these entries, 47 Films, including 26 Feature Films and 21 Non-Feature films, are selected in various Indian languages.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has started patriotic film festival to mark the 70 years of Indian Independence under the banner '70 Saal Azaadi, Yaad Karo Kurbani' as part of the Ministry of Defence programme related to  Independence Day celebrations from August 12-18, 2016 at Sirifort Auditorium Complex, New Delhi.

Under BRICS Film Festival world class film productions from the BRICS nations i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa are being screened to inspire more collaboration. The format of the festival consisted of screening two feature films from each country in the competition category and three films in the non-competition category.

In addition to the Indian Panorama films, films selected in the National Film Awards are  also  sent  for  participation  as  well  as  special  screening  in  the  various  Indian  and International  Film  Festivals  organized  by  Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting  through Directorate of Film Festival.

Indian  Panorama  films  are  screened  in  IFFI  as  well  as  I  various  Indian  and International Film Festivals and Indian Film weeks/festivals abroad.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstared Question No. 45 for 21.06.2019 regarding Regional Language Film Festivals

|   S. No | Name of Festival                                              | Date                      | State/U.T.        | Financial Assistance provided by M/o I&B   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|    2016 | 2016                                                          | 2016                      | 2016              | 2016                                       |
|       1 | Indian Panorama Film Festival in Patna                        | February, 2016            | Bihar             | --                                         |
|       2 | Indian Panorama Film Festival in Bengaluru                    | March, 2016               | Karnataka         | 648315                                     |
|       3 | North-East Film Festival in Mysore                            | July, 2016                | Karnataka         | --                                         |
|       4 | Screening of 63 rd National Award winning films in NFAI, Pune | May, 2016                 | Maharashtra       | --                                         |
|       5 | Indian Panorama Film Festival in Shillong                     | August, 2016              | Meghalaya         | 808600                                     |
|       6 | Patriotic Film Festival in Wardha                             | September - October, 2016 | Gujarat           | 300000                                     |
|       7 | Patriotic Film Festival in Jorhat                             | September - October, 2016 | Assam             | 300000                                     |
|       8 | Patriotic Film Festival in Kolhapur                           | December 2016             | Maharashtra       | 191772                                     |
|    2017 | 2017                                                          | 2017                      | 2017              | 2017                                       |
|       1 | Indian Panorama Public Screening                              | January 2017              | New Delhi         | 615919                                     |
|       2 | 3rd Rajasthan In'l Film Festival                              | January 2017              | Rajasthan         | --                                         |
|       3 | North East Film Festival in Pune                              | January 2017              | Maharashtra       | 4475032                                    |
|       4 | Pune Int'l Film Festival, Pune                                | January 2017              | Maharashtra       | --                                         |
|       5 | Bhojpuri Film Festival                                        | February 2017             | New Delhi         | 678044                                     |
|       6 | Patriotic Film Festival in Rohtas                             | February 2017             | Bihar             | 224400                                     |
|       7 | Patriotic Film Festival, Itanagar                             | February 2017             | Arunachal Pradesh | 300000                                     |
|       8 | Patriotic Film Festival Indore, Indore                        | February, 2017            | Madhya Pardesh    | 163535                                     |
|       9 | Patriotic Film Festival In Jharkhand                          | March, 2017               | Jharkhand         | 300000                                     |
|      10 | Patriotic Film Festival In Guwahati                           | March 2017                | Assam             | 300000                                     |
|      11 | Patriotic Film Festival in Banka                              | March 2017                | Bihar             | 220471                                     |
|      12 | Patriotic Film Festival, Chhattisgarh                         | March 2017                | Chhattisgarh      | 224000                                     |

| 13   | Patriotic Film Festival, Uttar Pradesh                                                    | March 2017                | Uttar Pradesh   | 258500   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|----------|
| 14   | Patriotic Film Festival in Gurdaspur                                                      | March 2017                | Punjab          | 267440   |
| 15   | International Spiritual Film Festival , Varanasi                                          | March 2017                | Uttar Pradesh   | 375000   |
| 16   | Mahatma Gandhi Film Festival in Motihari                                                  | April 2017                | Bihar           | --       |
| 17   | Kashmir World Film Festival.                                                              | April 2017                | Kashmir         | 1000000  |
| 18   | Patriotic Film Festival in Coimbatore                                                     | May 2017                  | New Delhi       | 300000   |
| 19   | Patriotic Film Festival in Nalanda                                                        | July 2017                 | Bihar           | 300000   |
| 2018 | 2018                                                                                      | 2018                      | 2018            | 2018     |
| 1    | 15 Mumbai Int'l film festival in Mumbai                                                   | February, 2018            | Maharashtra     | --       |
| 2    | 13th International film festival in Thrissur                                              | March 2018                | Kerala          | --       |
| 3    | Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration Organized film festival, Deharadun | March 2018                | Uttrakhand      | --       |
| 4    | Indian Film Festival In Rishikesh                                                         | March 2018                | Uttrakhand      | --       |
| 5    | Swachchata Bharat Festival, Puducherry                                                    | September 2018            | Puducherry      | 107780   |
| 6    | 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Nagaon                                         | October - November, 2018  | Assam           | 300000   |
| 7    | International Film Festival of India, Goa Jharkhand featured a State Focus section        | November - December, 2018 | Jharkhand       | --       |
| 8    | India-China Film Festival                                                                 | December 2018             | New Delhi       | 416493   |
| 9    | Public Screening of Indian Panorama 2018 Films                                            | January, 2019             | New Delhi       | 1135346  |
| 10 . | Indian Panorama Films in Rajasthan Film Festival                                          | January, 2019             | Rajasthan       | --       |

Note: '-' means that only Films to be screened during the festival were provided by the Ministry from the films selected for National Film Awards and International Film Festival  of  India.  The  financial  expenditure  was  born  by  the  respective  State Governments.