The 5-day Film Appreciation Course by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune, in association with Uttarakhand Film Development Council (UFDC), Govt of Uttarakhand concluded in Dehradun.
Prem Chandra Aggarwal, Speaker of State Assembly presented Certificates to 119 participants coming from 26 diverse professions and 10 states (Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Delhi).
The second half of the course, besides regular classes in film appreciation, film aesthetics and documentaries by course director Pankaj Saxena , included three absorbing guest sessions.
FTII alumnus Munish Bhardwaj screened his own film MOH,MAYA,MONEY to illustrate the process of film making to highly enthusiastic students. Film Maker and Broadcast Management professional Avinash Pokhriyal held a highly engaging session on the work methodologies obtaining at the Mumbai film industry and left the participants inspired to make quality cinema in Garhwali and Kumaoni languages.
Prof. GB Singh,Dept of TV Engineering, FTII concluded the academic sessions with a hugely informative lecture on the admission process, courses and life at FTII.
FTII has so far conducted over 74 short courses in 21 locations across the country covering 3300+ participants during the last 1 year mainly under its cross country film education outreach initiative SKIFT (Skilling India in Film and Television).
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