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The Department of Media and Communication Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, will be hosting the annual National Short Film Festival (NSFF) on 19th and 20th of February, 2020. The Festival, which aims to bring young and aspiring filmmakers together with Industry Professionals, is one the biggest student-organized Short Film Festivals in the country. Since its launch 9 years ago, NSFF has grown not just in the number of entries it receives but also with the recognition by industry professionals. NSFF is proud to collaborate with NFAI (National Film Archive of India) as an organizer. NFAI, Law College Road would be home to the festival in February 2020. Shortlisted entries of the festival will be screened at NFAI during the two days of the festival. The National Short Film Festival attracts filmmakers from all over the country, and winners are selected across categories like Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, and more, with a total of 11 award categories up for grabs. Winners are awarded cash prizes and the ‘Saraswati Trophy’. The Saraswati Trophy is dedicated to Saraswati Phalke, the first woman technician of the Indian Film Industry and wife of the pioneer filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke.

The films shortlisted for competition would be screened at NFAI (Law College Road, Pune) on the 19th and 20th of February 2020. We hope to see your entries and your presence at the festival as well! 

• Rules and Regulations
• Registration Form - PDF (For print & post)
• Registration Form - Online (Google Forms)

Registration for entries start from 5th December 2019, and entries would not be accepted after 5th of February 2020.

Every Friday, DMCS students and faculty come together to watch path-breaking films and documentaries as part of the DMCS Silver Screen. The films are handpicked to cover various issues and genres and offer viewers a wide range of visual experiences to watch, critically analyze and learn from.

DMCS Monday Forum is a platform for students to engage with stalwarts from multiple disciplines, not restricted to the domains of Media and Communication. Professors, practitioners, artists and industry experts come together every Monday to deliver lectures and share their valuable experiences and learning with the students to help widen their perspective of the world around them.

November 30, 2019 (Pune): UNESCO led program Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) released the names of twelve youth ambassadors around the world selected to operationalize UNESCO’s Global Action Plan on MIL in various regions of the world. Among more than 600 applications and proposals from all over the world, Mr. Dhammaratna Shriram Jawale, a PhD student of Department of Media and Communication Studies of SPPU has been selected as UNESCO’s GAPMIL Youth Ambassador for Asia-Pacific region among 12 other youth ambassadors.

Dhammaratna holds M.Sc. degree in Media and Communication Studies from SPPU and now pursuing his Doctoral Research in “Sociology of Digital Exclusion” as an UGC-Junior Research Fellow (MHRD, Govt. of India) in the same department. He was selected with 3 other Youth Ambassadors from Asia-Pacific and other ambassadors from Africa, Arab States, Europe, North America, Latin America and Caribbean countries. All the youth ambassadors also represents the GAPMIL’s Global Youth Committee for the period 2019-2021.

Launched during the 2013 Global Partnership Forum in MIL in Abuja (Nigeria), the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) is a ground-breaking effort to promote international cooperation to ensure that all citizens have access to media and information competencies. GAPMIL is also dedicated to articulating concrete partnerships to drive the development and impact of MIL globally, and enabling the MIL community to speak in one voice on certain critical issues, particularly policy, education and new technology trends. GAPMIL Youth Ambassadors will pursue these goals by collaborating and cooperating with operational partners and stakeholders in each region to promote awareness of MIL among youth and contribute to youth training. They also give support to GAPMIL Youth Committee, the GAPMIL International Steering Committee, the GAPMIL regional chapters and sub-chapters to create awareness of advocacy actions to all citizens about MIL competencies.

GAPMIL is a joint initiative of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO: Paris, France); United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC: New York, United States); Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA: Stockholm, Sweden); European Commission (EU: Brussels, Belgium); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF: New York, United States); International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX: Washington DC, United States) and Open Society Foundations (OSF: New York, United States) among other UN agencies and international development partners who agree to come on board in future.