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Independence Day Film Festival 2020

Posted on: August 10, 2020 | Back | Print

Independence Day Film Festival 2020

The Embassy of India would like to inform you that the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) is organizing an online patriotic film festival. The festival, a part of Independence Day Celebrations 2020 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, begins from 7th August, 2020 to 21st August 2020. This special selection celebrates India’s freedom fighters, freedom struggle, the guts & glory, the trails, tragedies and victories on our country’s 73 years of Independence.

NFDC is the central agency established to encourage the good cinema movement in the country. The primary goal of the NFDC is to plan, promote and organize an integrated and efficient development of the Indian film industry and foster excellence in cinema.

The festival aims to showcase Indian history that marks the bravery of freedom fighters and aims to create a festive and patriotic mood among Indians across the globe. It will showcase high quality Independence Day themed patriotic films like Gandhi(1982), Roja, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Khakhee, Andhra Kesari, Sardar Patel : A Nation Stands United etc daily at the website www.cinemasofindia.com free of cost.

Critically acclaimed films from various Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Malayalam will showcased in the festival, details of which can be checked on the mentioned website. The selection showcases a consolidated collection of films from National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Children's Film Society India (CFSI) and Films Division.

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