Delhi International Film Festival to be organized every year: Sisodia

While presenting the budget for the financial year of 2022-23 in the Assembly, Sisodia said the Delhi International Film Festival would promote the city's rich culture and diversity. "With the introduction of the 'Delhi Film Policy,' the AAP government aims to promote the city as a national and international brand. The government will organize the Delhi International Film Festival every year from this year onwards."Through this film festival, the rich culture and diversity of Delhi will be showcased. In his budget speech, film fraternity from across the country will be invited to the celebration," Sisodia said his budget speech. 

The deputy chief minister presented a Rs 75,800 crore budget in the Assembly for the financial year 2022-23 on Saturday. Sisodia said the film policy would create an environment for the promotion of tourism by attracting filmmakers from across the globe to Delhi. He said that through the Delhi Film Policy and the film festival, the government would establish new employment and business opportunities related to tourism and, art & culture.

One of the essential aspects of the film policy will be an entirely online single-window clearance mechanism (e-film clearance) which will fast-track all the approval processes involving 25 stakeholder agencies, he added. "The most important thing about this film policy is that it will bring forth opportunities for the new local talent and skilled youth in Delhi," Sisodia, who also holds the tourism portfolio, said.

 He further said that the policy would create a highly-skilled workforce required for the film sector in Delhi. "This workforce, which will be professionally trained by our government, will provide scholarships to the talented youth of Delhi and will also provide internship opportunities," Sisodia said. Last month, he had announced the initiative. He had been told that annual scholarship or stipend would be provided to students of Delhi studying at the National School of Drama (Delhi), Film and Television Institute of India(Pune), Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (Calcutta), National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) or any other recognized training institute.