National Film Development Corporation of India,incorporated in 1975, was restructured in 1980 after amalgamation of the Indian Motion Picture Export Corporation (IMPEC) and Film Finance Corporation (FFC). The primary objective of NFDC is to foster excellence in cinema and to develop state of the art technology in audio visual and related fields.
The main activities of the Corporation includes financing and producing films with socially relevant themes, creative and artistic excellence and experimental in form; distribution and dissemination of films through various channels. NFDC also provides essential pre-production and post-production infrastructure to the film industry in pace with the latest technology, which includes financing of theatre construction. NFDC also endeavors to promote culture and understanding of cinema by organising Film Weeks, Indian Panorama, and Film Festivals in collaboration with Film Societies, National Film Circle and other agencies representing Indian and Foreign films.
The Corporation launched its programme of foreign co-production with the film "Gandhi" directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. The other foreign co-productions to follow were Salaam Bombay, "Maya Mem Saab", "Making of the Mahatma" and "The Show Goes On ". It encourages the concept of low budget films which are high in quality, content and production values.
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