Archival Research Centre
Archival Research Centre (ARC), a multi station research facility by Films Division has
been opened on October 26, 2013. The aim of this facility is to share the enormous wealth of
visual history and visual documentation that Films Division has accumulated since its
conception. The ARC makes the entire archive of Films Division available to the fifteen research
stations presently routed to it. The Films Division archive will be available to these fifteen
stations for viewing and research purposes.
International Documentary Film Festival
Since 1990, Films Division organises the biennial Mumbai International Film Festival for
Documentary, Short and Animation Films (MIFF). It provides a unique opportunity for film
makers, producers, distributors, exhibitors and film critics to meet and exchange ideas and
concepts.
National Museum of Indian Cinema
The concept of National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) is a unique idea to be pursued
for the first time in the history of Indian Cinema. In the last 100 years of Indian Cinema, lot of
historical material suitable for the film museum has been destroyed, damaged or not taken care
of properly due to lack of restoration and preservation facilities of this kind. The Film Museum
will not only provide a store house of information to the laymen but it will also help film makers,
film students, enthusiasts and critics to know the development of cinema as a medium of artistic
expression not only in the country but in all parts of the world, as there is no Film Museum in
India.
FD Zone
FD Zone is a collaborative effort of Films Division with independent film makers to
organize regular curated screenings of documentaries, short films and animation films and avant-
garde and meaningful cinema. For every screening, an independent film maker curates on
voluntary basis a mixture of films of Films Division and independent film makers. The Director,
cinematographer or editor, sound recordist and other main members of the crew of the
independent films screened in the event are invited for interaction with the audience. The
screenings are free and open to all.
Relevant Website: www.filmsdivision.org
National Film Development Corporation Limited
The National Film Development Corporation Limited (NFDC), incorporated in 1975, (100
per cent owned GOI body) was formed by the Government of India with the primary objective of
planning and promoting an organized, efficient, and integrated development of the Indian film
industry. NFDC was reincorporated in the year 1980, by merging the Film Finance Corporation
(FFC) and Indian Motion Picture Export Corporation (IMPEC) with NFDC.
The erstwhile Film Finance Corporation (FFC) was set up in 1964, with the primary
objective of extending finance to young talented film makers for film production, whereas, the
Indian Motion Picture Export Corporation (MPEC), an autonomous body, was set up to regulate
the import and export of Films and canalization of new stock into the country. In recognition of