Organisers

The Foundation for the Promotion of Film Arts and Crafts is India's only non-profit, non-trade union Film promotion organization, founded by well-known film-makers, artistes, marketers and film personalities.
The Foundation strives to promote Indian Films and related Arts throughout the world, in turn assisting international film makers & marketers to understand and approach Indian markets.
The Foundation has laid down multiple paths towards reaching its goals, including;

  • Acting as an agency for marketing Indian Films & TV software worldwide.
  • Assisting Indian Film-makers in accessing Film Festivals & markets worldwide.
  • Assisting Indian Film-makers in exploiting newer locations, pre & post-production facilities worldwide.
  • Assisting foreign film-makers in filming in India as well as in aiding formation of Joint production ventures, thereby enabling greater information, Cultural & Business exchange between the Indian Film Industry (the second largest film industry in the world) and the rest of the world.

The founder members of the Foundation include Mr. Anil Nagrath, Mr. Viveck Vaswani, Mr. B. Subhash, Mr. N. Chandra, Mr. Thomas A. Xavier, Mr. Rakesh Bedi, Mr. Baran Adarsh, Mr. Jeetu Chawla, Mr. Terry Gruber, Ms. Kunika Sadanand Lall, Mr. Jateen Kumar, Mr. Naresh Mohnot, Ms. Sushama Shiromanee, Mr. Manish Goswami, Mr. Vinod Kumar, Mr. Ashok Kumar, Mr. Kabir Bedi, Ms. Raveena Tandon & Ms. Rupali Mehra