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Short Film Division

The Foundation for Promotion of Film Arts and Crafts, also known as the Film Foundation, as you might know, is active in the field of marketing of Indian films worldwide.
Our first activity in this direction, the India International Film Convention 2003, held at Intercontinental, The Grand Hotel, Mumbai was a grand success. Taking our activities forward, the Foundation is planning a festival of Indian films in various countries for better visibility of our products in the foreign markets. Some of the countries that we are going to immediately are New Zealand, Australia, USA and unexplored areas of Europe.

The Foundation has a full-fledged website www.indianmotionpictures.com which has 30000 hits from over 70 countries every month. Foundation has also aligned with various TV stations & distributors in over 35 destinations around the world, and is also pursuing the DVD and Cable market possibilities in a big way.

SHORT FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES
The Foundation realizes that Short films are an important and integral part of all cinema produced in the world. In fact, 60 to 80 per cent of all films produced are actually short films. The Foundation also recognizes that India has no dearth of creative & artistic talent in the area of short film production. Unfortunately, there is no professional Body or Organisation in India, that can take Indian Documentaries / Short films to various International buyers / festivals / TV channels and so on.

This task of taking the work of Indian documentary and short film makers to the world and marketing it, is now being taken up by the Foundation's SHORT FILM DIVISION. It’s a big challenge but, there is also a big market out there waiting for such films from India.

To our surprise, TV Channels around the world commission documentaries and short films worth US $ 5,00,000 to $ Two Million, depending on the concept and place of execution. This commissioning is generally offered to the producers / directors whose work is already seen or used by the Channels. We present an opportunity to let the Foundation introduce you to them.

The Foundation has professional people with hands on experience on it’s Board and also as it’s collaborators internationally. We write this to say that a film maker like you is sure to benefit from all this, as much as the world is going to benefit from viewing your work.

MEMBERSHIP
If the above convinces you, do become a member of the FPFAC-Short Films Division. Some of the benefits that you'll enjoy as a member are as follows:
1. Instant introduction of your work to the world.
2. Listing of your profile on the Foundation’s website for the world to view.
3. Subscription to the Foundation’s magazine- Cinema & TV Explorer.
4. Presentation of your film to the prospective buyers around the world.
5. Instant information to all International film festivals through the Foundation resource centre.

MEMBERSHIP FEES & CHARGES
Membership, for a very limited period, is open for just an Admission fee of Rs.1000/- with an annual subscription of Rs.1000/-which means a total initial payment of Rs.2000/- right now. The annual subscription also includes the annual subscription for the magazine. Your membership shall enable us to market up to three films, along with the film listing/description on our website. For every additional film, there shall be a nominal fee of Rs.500/- per film. The Foundation will charge you a commission of just 20% on the total gross on sales towards its costs.

MARKETING COLLATERAL
For us to be able to go ahead and market your film, we would require an English version (or with English sub-titles) of the film on a CD, it’s synopsis in English, at least 3-4 stills from the film, short biography of the producer/director and photocopies of any Press or any other publicity. Cost of this shall be borne by the member. In addition to this, you will have to give us a declaration that the rights of the film(s) to be marketed vest entirely and totally in yourself, and that you authorize us to market the film for you.
To download the format of Declaration / Regulations form Click here.
To download membership Application Form Click here.

Come, be a part of the movement and let us together bring you returns on the hard work and toil which you have put in your film/software.