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The Telangana government will set an international film institute across 100 acres


 Hyderabad, August 9: 

The Telangana government will set up an international film institute across 100 acres.

“We are going to acquire a chunk of 100 acres soon to set up the institute. Besides world-class training facilities, the institute will also provide residential quarters for the faculty drawn from other parts of the country and abroad,” T Sriniva Yadav, Minister for Cinematography and Animal Husbandry, has said.
Single-window clearance

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said the State government introduce a single-window clearance policy for film shootings.

“The Film Development Corporation will act as the nodal agency for assigning all the relevant permissions required for shootings. After vetting the applications from the producers, permissions will be given in seven days from the date of submission of applications,” he said. “If the Corporation fails to give permissions on the last day, the producers can go ahead with the film shoots on the eight day,” he said.
Mini Theatres

The State is also considering a proposal to promote mini theatres in shopping complexes and bus-stands. “These will have a capacity of 200 seats. We will also announce a policy on online sales of tickets soon,” the Minister said.

In order to encourage small films, the government will allow the exhibitors to go for a fifth show in a day.


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/soon-an-international-film-institute-in-telangana/article8965009.ece

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