ITANAGAR, Aug 4: The Film Federation of Arunachal (FFA) has urged Chief Minister Pema Khandu to create a film development board in the state under the Information and Public Relations (IPR) department.

Stating that barring Arunachal, most of the other states in the country boast of a film development board of their own, the FFA in a memorandum submitted to Khandu recently asserted that the creation of a film board would not only provide a platform to the people engaged in performing arts, drama and documentary and feature film making to showcase their efforts but also improve the scope of small scale industry and at the same time generate self-employment avenues.  

Further claiming that due to non availability of film theatres in the state, the filmmakers are facing immense problem to showcase their movies and as a result they are not able to reap the benefits out of their hardship and investment, the federation also demanded that film theatres should be constructed in every district headquarters.

In terms of verification and certification of Arunachal based locals films, the federation stated that the same should be done through the department of IPR under the guidance of FFA and not by the censor boards from other states.

“There is a big problem with the representation of our cinema as sometimes the audience around the world is being shown a make-believe world. Our art, culture and tradition should not be showcased incorrectly in the media, so creation of a control agency or board to verify such films before it reaches the Central level censorship is the need of the hour,” the letter reads.

The other demands of the FFA included, financial assistance to the filmmakers of the state from the state government’s end, re-scheduling the Arunachal Film Festival date and incorporating Arunachal Film Awards in one go and involvement of local filmmakers in making departmental promos, advertisements and cinema based activities.

The FFA on the directive of the chief minister submitted the representation to IPR Minister Bamang Felix on Friday who also assured to look after the requests positively, Federation President Chopa Cheda informed.

“The chief minister has assured us on a positive note and we hope that with the creation of a film development board in the state in line with other states of the country, the film makers will be immensely benefitted,” Cheda added.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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