Film And Television Institute Of India

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025: Four National Award-winning indie filmmaker Lipika Singh Darai on the making of her latest epistolary film ‘B and S’, Hubert Bals Fund for her first feature ‘Birdwoman’ & choosing Odia over her mother-tongue Ho.

MIFF 2024 | Chidananda S Naik: ‘Medicine itself drew me towards art; while we delved into anatomy, I often pondered about emotions and feelings’

The 2024 Cannes' La Cinef winner, Mysuru filmmaker Chidananda S Naik, whose FTII diploma film 'Sunflowers Were the Last Ones to Know...' is in National Competition: Short Fiction at the ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), talks about his journey.

When FTII slapped Cannes Grand Prix winner Payal Kapadia with disciplinary action, FIR and cut her grant

All We Imagine As Light won the Grand Prix, the second-highest prize, at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. This is the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix ever. Kapadia's win made India and FTII proud, the same FTII that cut her film grant and slapped disciplinary action on her in 2015.

India's Chidananda S Naik wins Cannes La Cinef first prize for Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know, Mansi Maheshwari wins third prize

Cannes Film Festival: Chidananda S Naik is a doctor who joined FTII, Pune, to pursue filmmaking. Chidananda made his FTII diploma short film 'Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know...' over four nights.

Cannes 2024: Who is Ladakhi filmmaker Maisam Ali whose film 'In Retreat' is India's first ever selection in Cannes' ACID?

FTII, Pune alumnus and Payal Kapadia's batchmate, the Iran-born Ladakhi Maisam Ali's debut feature 'In Retreat', about home and disconnect, starring Harish Khanna, is the first ever Indian film to be screened in Cannes' ACID sidebar.

11 controversies that gripped IFFI, India’s top film festival, at this edition and in the past

Nearly two decades after Panaji became the permanent venue of International Film Festival of India, the high-profile event continues to be plagued by controversies.

Remembering the affable Satish Kaushik

A tribute to the multi-talented actor, director, screenwriter, producer, comedian who passed away at the age of 66 after suffering a heart attack on March 8.

Colour correction: The Supreme Court has ruled against an FTII decision to bar film students with colour blindness. Now what?

What’s common between Christopher Nolan and Ashutosh Kumar, a 30-year-old filmmaking-aspirant from Patna—and why the Supreme Court upheld Ashutosh’s right to be a film editor.

Shekhar Kapur named as the president of FTII, will head governing council too

FTII Director Bhupendra Kainthola said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced that Kapur has been appointed to these posts.

New film project amid COVID-19 pandemic shines light on lives of two Kerala nurses in Mumbai

The debut feature film by FTII alumna Payal Kapadia will be looking for funding in France on a virtual platform organised by the Cannes film festival.

FTII inks MoU with Canon India to promote film education

Under FTII's initiative Skilling India in Film and Television (SKIFT), several short courses, mostly of skill-oriented nature have been proposed to be held in collaboration with state governments, universities and educational institutions.

FinMin defends Arun Sathe's appointment on Sebi board

Sathe's appointment has also been made at a time when one more position is vacant on Sebi's board and its Chairman U K Sinha's current tenure will end in February 2016.

Govt should stop funding FTII, focus to create new one

The best way to fix FTII is to yank the central funding to it and force the students and faculty to focus on what they really want from the institution. If they want their politics, let them find the right patrons for it. Let them find the money to pay for their politics.

Need to strengthen FTII, a strong board can help: Murthy

Murthy, who took Infosys to great heights in his over three-decade long association with the company, said institutes like the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) need to be strengthened to match with the best internationally.

FTII row: I&B Ministry invites students for talks

Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Director D J Narain told PTI on Monday that the tentative date suggested for a dialogue with the agitating students is July 3, which has been conveyed to the the FTII Students' Association, spearheading the strike, which has entered the 17th day.