Is There Some Space For Us Too?
I don’t feel it’s necessary to quote numbers to establish a fact we all know – this country produces the largest number of films. We are also proudly told that…
Why Filmmakers Are Uniting Against The SRFTI Watermark
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute of India (SRFTI) are the only two central government funded film institutes in the country. Both…
IIMC Professor Resigns Citing Witch-hunt Against Intellectual Freedom
Amit Sengupta, associate professor at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi resigned from his post today in protest, citing victimisation by administration for expressing solidarity with the campaign for…
The FTII Row and the Flying Cow
Two recent incidents demonstrate the megalomania and xenophobia of the paranoid Indian state. It is the land of Buddha and Gandhi, said our Dear Leader in London, when faced with…
24 Artists Write To Modi To Protect the Right to Freedom of Speech
Following is the press release from the 24 artists who have returned their National Awards today to protest the 'increasing climate of intolerance' in the country, thus joining the nation-wide…
Sanjay Kak On Why He Has Returned His National Awards
Director of the pathbreaking documentaries such as, Red Ant Dream/Mati Ke Laal, Jashn-e-Azadi: How We Celebrate Freedom, In the Forest Hangs a Bridge, and Geeli Meetti, Sanjay Kak has returned the National Awards…
Ranjan Palit Returns the National Award “As a Slap in the Face of the Government”
5th November, Kolkata: Documentary filmmaker Ranjan Palit who has also been the cinematographer of the extremely insightful and important documentary Red Ant Dream has returned his National Film Award along with 23 filmmakers…
To Pepsi :From Someone Who “Didn’t Break A Strike For A Bottle of Pepsi”
Dear Pepsi, I am sure you're aware that students of FTII have been on strike for over 125 days. They're protesting the illegal appointments of 5 members to the FTII…
Open Letter To The Chief Minister of West Bengal
Respected Madam Chief Minister, I have seen a fair share of farces in my lifetime, but nothing to compare with the present situation in the state of West Bengal, which…
How To Protest Like A Bhadralok or The Ruling Party’s Guide To Student Protests
That's right, students. If you thought you were free to protest as you wish then you were dead wrong. There are some things you can do and some things you…
Emergency Declared at FTII: In Photos
Update from FTII: "More than 15 students to be arrested through an FIR lodged by the Director against the students. There is no woman officer, no girls warden, no boys…