Lok Sabha Question No. 698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Film Festivals of Regional Languages
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUDHEER GUPTA, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 698 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019)

## FILM FESTIVALS OF REGIONAL LANGUAGES

698 SHRI S. RAJENDRAN

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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

- a)  Whether various regional languages film festivals are organized in the country;
- b)  if so, the details of the regional film festivals organized during each of the last three year and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- c)  the  total  expenditure  incurred  for  the  said  purpose  during  the  said  period, State/UT-wise;
- d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  filmmakers  whose  films  are  selected  in  competition  section  of  an  International Film Festival;
- e)  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
- f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote the regional language films in the country as well as at International Level?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING  {COL.  RAJYAVARDHAN  RATHORE (RETD.)}

(a to c) Yes, Madam. The details of the regional language film festivals and the financial assistance provided by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting are attached as Annexure 'A';

(d & e) 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.

Contd./- f)  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. Indian Panorama films are screened in IFFI as well as in various Indian &

International Film Festivals and Indian Film Weeks/ festivals abroad.

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## Film Festivals of Regional Language Films

|   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                                     |

## Annexure 'A'

|   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 borne by the respective State Governments.