Post Date: 20 Jan, 2025

FTII-NFAI FILM APPRECIATION COURSE RETURNS AFTER FIVE YEARS

 

43 participants attend ten day course

A two-week long, FTII-NFAI WINTER FILM APPRECIATION COURSE 2024 (Offline) kicked off today at NFAI auditorium at Pune. The full-time course will go on for ten days of intense cinema appreciation from January 20th to 31st January, under the joint auspices of National Film Development Corporation of India (National Film Archive of India) and Film & Television Institute of India. The landmark offering of FTII- NFAI was forced online by the pandemic and returns in the face to face format after a hiatus of more than five years.

 

Speaking at the inauguration Director FTII, Dhiraj Singh elaborated on the challenges of cinema appreciation in the age of declining attention span and alerted the participants against turning sublime into mechanical by over-analysis. “Your own perspective is of utmost importance, try and develop an informed perspective.” Jasbir Singh Baidwan, Manager, NFDC informed about the NFAI efforts to preserve cinematic heritage. Dean Film Prof Dheeraj Meshram asked the participants to approach the course with an open mind and obtain maximum benefit. Prof Indraneel Bhattacharya is the curator and coordinator of the course. He took the first session on “Spatial Temporal Art Form”

 

This is an intensive course designed to promote comprehensive understanding and insights into the nature of cinema and other related forms and practices. These include recent developments like independent films, digital streaming and the OTT media. The course is primarily designed to meet the needs of teachers/scholars interested in introducing film study activities in educational institutions, media practitioners, film society organizers, researchers, Govt. officials handling films and serious cinéphiles.

 

The curriculum includes theoretical study of the art and history of film and the development of cinema as a medium of art and communication. Conceptual areas of cinema such as time, space, mise-en-scene, genres, movements, image and sound aesthetics will feature prominently in the programme. There will also be a brief introduction to history and aesthetics of documentaries. Film classics, short fiction films and non-fiction films, both Indian and International will be used for critical analysis and study. Lecturers will include both regular as well as eminent guest faculty members of FTII.

 

43 participants from all over the country are participating in the course.