About Us
New Delhi Film Foundation is a non-profit film society registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, with all India as area of operation. Its primary objective is to watch cinema, talk cinema, learn cinema and make cinema together, with an objective to create sensitivity and understanding in the society for sensible and sincere cinema. Most of the founding members are associated with journalism and filmmaking. We have been active online society more than a decade and as a registered not for profit society for the last 7 years. We have certification under 12A, 80G, NITI and CSR, making donations to NDFF income tax free.
Activities
To promote and support
good cinema and sincere filmmaking, we have been organizing physical screenings of regional and world cinema under our Watch Cinema campaign. We hold mini offline/online seminars and discussions on the core issues related to cinema with renowned experts and inustry professionals under our Talk Cinema campaign. We are launching Learn Cinema and Make Cinema campaigns this year, in form of filmmaking workshops and Screen Writers Labs and providing platform to young talents and aspiring filmmakers. Apart from this, ‘Cinema of India’ is our one campaign that is being run all over the nation to support and promote awareness and making of good and sensible and sensitive cinema. We celebrate the masters of Indian Cinema (all the regions, all the languages), as well as support the upcoming new generation of talented and sincere filmmakers.
Advisory Board
U. Radhakrishnan
With a doctorate in Biochemistry, worked in DRDO as Scientist on the High Altitude problems of the Armed forces and published a few scientific papers in reputed International Scientific and Medical Journals.. Later joined the Health department of the Delhi Government as the Chief Biochemist and controlled the Clinical laboratory of a major Hospital and the Diet Department for the indoor patients. With keen interest in cinema from school days joined the film society movement and worked as Hony. Secretary of the Federation of Film Societies of India for about 25 years. During this period involved with IFFI from 1986 and organised Documedia , Open Forum and Seminars in IFFIs. Has been serving in IFFI as Preview Committee Member for many years since 1995 and IP Jury 3 times earlier. . Organised many Film Festivals in various Indian cities under the aegis of FFSI in association with Embassies. Received the Polish Government’s award ” THE HONORARY BADGE OF MERIT FOR POLISH CULTURE ” in 2010 from the Cultural Minister of Poland. Started the Habitat Film Festival exclusively for acclaimed and award winning Indian films in 2006 as its Director and still continuing as its Consultant. Being an art lover involved with many Cultural Organisations in India and also involved in art film making.
Gayatri Chatterjee
Gayatri Chatterjee is a visiting faculty at the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts and at the Department of Cinematography, Bharati Vidyapeeth. She has been a direction faculty in the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune; and a visiting faculty in the National School of Drama, New Delhi. She has conducted Film Appreciation courses in schools, colleges and Universities all over the country.
She has taught and lectured widely in the USA and UK. Her book Awara (1992) received the Swarnakamal, President’s gold medal; and Mother India (2002), published by the British Film Institute has been re-launched in 2020. Her articles on cinema, literature and religion feature in several national and international edited volumes. She has been a Jury at the National Film Awards and at International Film Festivals. She has made a few documentaries and has scripted for the feature film The Bitter Chestnut (2019), directed by Gurvinder Singh. Her documentaries include titles like Homes for Gods and Mortals and Dadachi Shala.