Meeting on State Cine policy held
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, December 19 2021: A two-day meeting of Manipur Cine Commission, the agency to implement and monitor Manipur State Cine Policy 2020, was held on December 18 and 19 to thrash out the financial component required for effective implementation of the Policy.

The meeting was attended by Art and Culture commissioner and director, and secretary of Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) as government representatives while the state's film fraternity included presidents of Film Forum Manipur and Film Critic Association of Manipur, Manipur Film Society vice president Haobam Paban Kumar and him producer Alexander Leo Pou among others.

The two-day deliberation covered all aspects of the policy and concluded with a comprehensive recommendations to be submitted to the 4th Manipur State Film Commission for budgetary allocation approval for implementing the policy.

According to a release, the recommendations include financial allocation for organising annual Manipur International Film Festival, academic activities, Manipur State Film and Television Institute, film archiving and documentation, setting of the Manipur Cine Corporation and a Visual Industry Park which would include content creation centres for gaming, advertisements, animation and production and post-production studios and labs among others.

This initiative is being taken up after the assurance given by chief minister N Biren, who heads the MSFDS and the ministry of Art and Culture, added the release.

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