74th Independence Day -2020

On the 74th Independence Day, Films Division paid a salute to the Nation. At midnight on 14th

August -1947, India was declared an independent and free nation. And with this almost 200

years of British rule came to an end. Films Division has painstakingly collected the rare footage's

of our glorious Freedom Movement. Two such documentary films, ‘India wins Freedom’

(22min/B&W/Eng./1985) and ‘India Independent’(20 min/B&W/Eng./1949) were streamed at

Films Division website https://filmsdivision.org/ @ “Documentary of the Week” section and at

Films Division YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision on 15th August

2020 to mark the celebration of Independence Day.

‘India wins Freedom’ is a one of the part of India’s Struggle for Freedom series that deals with

the arrival of the new Governor General Lord Mountbatten and the several events that took place

leading to the transfer of power from the King’s Government to the people of India on August

15.

The film ‘India Independent’ depicts India's prolonged struggle for freedom. It recreates on

screen the history of foreign rule in India for nearly two hundred years. The story of Indian

patriots, from the time of the Mutiny of 1857 (the First War of Independence) to the martyrdom

of Mahatma Gandhi is pictorially recorded.

In addition to this, select films of Films Division dedicated to Independence Movement and

patriotic spirit have been showcased in an initiative of National Film Development Corporation

(NFDC) i.e. Online Patriotic Film Festival run from 7th August to 21st August 2020. The festival,

a part of Independence Day Celebrations 2020 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,

have been streamed at ‘www.cinemasofindia.com’ for free.

The 74th Independence Day Celebration has been well received and recorded 1742 online

viewership. The online festival has been well covered by various print, electronic and social

media as annexed.

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Anandabazar Patrika on Films Division online steaming of films

on celebration of 74th Independence Day of India

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INDEPENDENCE ON CELLULOID

The 47th Independence Day just passed yesterday. To disseminate the history of

Indian Freedom Struggle and to reignite the spirit of patriotism, Films Division

has taken up few initiatives.

On 15th August 2020, on their website and YouTube Channel, they screened

two great documentaries - "INDIA INDEPENDENT (1949)" and "INDIA

WINS FREEDOM (1985)". The first one vividly depicts the prolonged historic

journey of Indian Freedom Struggle through incidents like Sepoy Mutiny and

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi.

In addition to this, select films of Films Division(14 in total) dedicated to

Independence Movement and patriotic spirit are being showcased, alongwith

films like "Gandhi", "Uday'er Path'ey", "Ghare Baire", "Pahela Aadmi",

"Haqeqat", "Roja", "Chittagong", in an initiative of National Film Development

Corporation (NFDC) i.e. Online Patriotic Film Festival running from 7th

August to till 21st August 2020. The festival, a part of Independence Day

Celebrations 2020 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is streaming at

‘www.cinemasofindia.com’ for free.

On the other hand, to boost the morale of Indian Documentary and Short

Filmmakers, Films Division in collaboration with 'Indian Documentary

Producers Association (IDPA)', is organising a Webinar cum workshop on

'Crowdfunding', today from 11am to 1pm, at Google Meet. Introduction to film

fundraising, modern fundraising shift, developing project story creation,

designing pre and post launch strategies and leveraging the social media for

growth and many other relevant topics will be discussed. The webinar will be

followed by Q&A session. The event will be conducted by Crowdera for which

participation is free but pre-registration is mandatory.