10th National Science Film Festival of India(NSFFl) will be in Agartala, Tripura in January-February 2020.
This is for the second time the event will be
held in a North-Eastern city.
It will be jointly hosted by Vigyan Prasar of
the Central Government, State Government, and Tripura Central University.
Chief Minister of the State Biplab Kumar Deb had
requested the Union Science and Technology Ministerto hold the NSFF in Tripura.
Minimum 1 0 countries will participate in the
upcoming event and it will include the films produced by UNICEF, UNESCO and
filmmakers from different countries.
In NSFFI, the maximum length of the films will
be 40 minutes and Vigyan Prasar will raise awareness on science and environment
to the society through cinemas.
NSFFI was first held in Chennai in 2011.
Since then, all the regions of the nation have
been covered including Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Bangalore, Lucknow, Mumbai,
Guwahati and Mohali.
Besides the NSFFI, The Tripura Government has
plans to host ‘Destination Tripura’, a special competitive film production initiative.
It will focus on upholding tourism and rich
biodiversity of Tripura like the flora and fauna, wildlife sanctuaries, water
bodies, rubber and bamboo plantations
About National Science
Film Festival of India(NSFFl)
The festival is an initiative of Vigyan Prasar and the Government of India to promote science films in
India.
Science filmmaking is not a developed field in
India compared to many other developed countries.
