Asian Academy of Film & Television

The Asian Academy of Film & Television is the pioneer most Film school in this part of the world. It is affiliated with the International Film & Television Research Center and Marwah Films & Video Studios. It is located in India's Noida Film City NCR New Delhi.

The success of AAFT alumni and the thriving Indian Film Industry also referred to as Bollywood has made it as one of the leading film schools in the world. AAFT is attracting students from more than 60 countries of the world. It is the first ISO certified film school in the world.

History

* Founded in 1993.
* Intended to be an alternative to formal film schools.
* Approved as an international-level training center by the City & Guilds in 2002.

Board of Directors & Governing Council

* Bhishma Narain Singh
* Deepak Marwah
* P.Murari
* Anil Kapoor
* Mahesh Prasad
* Sandeep Marwah
* Boney Kapoor
* Atul Marwah
* Sanjay Kapoor
* Sridevi
* Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

International Film And Television Research Center

Mass Media is known to shape thought, change attitudes and move people to action. The potential of film for facilitating development or damaging the society is indeed enormous. The same can be said for power of television in shaping peoples lives. Communicating to the audience is a challenge. Communicator not only must know what to communicate but also how to communicate to be able to influence the audience who possess diverse character. The effective communicator cannot rely on hunches and intuition to capture and hold the attention of the mass-audience. He has to interact with the audience to seek their input.International Film & television Research Center (IFTRC) will address itself to this complex task of conducting research with the audience on programming and its effectiveness. It will encourage and popularize the concept of mass media and will train media researchers to aid better TV programming and film making.

Aims

*Advancement of Film and Television productions.

*Raising of professional standards of film making and television production.

*Creating awareness about responsive and responsible film and TV production.

*Continuing review of professional codes and ethics set by the professional and regulatory bodies for film-makers and television training.

*Emphasizing the need for raising the standards of film and television training.

*Arranging scholarships, awards and organizing travel for purpose of research in the field of film and television.

*Facilitating attachment to film and television production houses for the purpose of research.

*Conducting short term and long term training courses on media research.

*Establishing data bank and clearing-house of information on film & television training.

*Organizing debates, seminars, symposia and workshops on various subjects relating to film and television.

*Publishing papers, reports and books relating to research on film & television

*Launching a journal of Media research

International Film And Television Club

India has the distinction of producing the largest number of films in the world. Around 900 feature films in 24 languages/dialects are made in the country every year.Close to 165 satellite television channels currently available to the viewers in the country require production of thousands of hours of program’s annually.Film making and television program production activity now is both hectic and challenging. A section of the film industry is of the view that the film and television professional need to be supposed in their work by the connoisseurs of film and television arts.With this in view, International Film & Television Club was established. ;Aims

*Promotion of good films and television programs through screenings retrospectives, seminars and symposia.
*Interaction and development of contacts between film makers and television professionals both nationally & internationally.
*Circulation and exchange of films and television programs at National and International level.

*International exchange of films and television professionals.
*Advancement of Film and Television productions.

Since India is always been the leader on peace and ancient spiritual country and the largest film producing country in the world,therefore IFTC has now decided to promote the 5th biggest film festival of India,Global Festival Of Films On Peace And Spirituality.

AAFT Festival Of Short Films

Wikify|January 2007} Short films have a lot of importance in the world. What cannot be said through the large feature films can be delivered to the ordinance through these short films.

Asian Academy Of Film And Television, the premier film and tv institute in India has launched its INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION CLUB.The organization has its annual program of having festival of short films.The festival is divided into two parts. First the films made in India and the other one is films made all over the world.The institution has 63 centers all over the world and the alumni of the academy handles its business every year.

The most interesting part of the whole event is that the winner gets an opportunity to make another short film at the cost of the center.The complete infrastructure of film and TV is at the disposal of that film maker.The organization believes that cash prices can never cover the cost of the new film.A creative person must be given more chances to show there caliber.

Academy Offers

3 MONTH PROGRAMS
* Production Direction & TV Journalism
* Video Editing & Sound Recording
* Camera & Lighting Techniques
* Acting & Presentation
* TV Graphics & Animation
* Still Photography & Journalism
* Sound Recording & Radio Production
* Mass Media Research & Planning 1 YEAR PROGRAMS
* PGD in Camera & Lighting Techniques
* PGD in Post Production
* Diploma in Visual Communication
* Diploma in Acting for Film & TV
* Post Graduate Diploma in Media Management
* Post Graduate Diploma in TV Journalism and communication
* Post Graduate Diploma in Film & TV Production
* Post Graduate Diploma in Print and Photo Journalism
* Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising Mass Communication
* Post Graduate Diploma In Multimedia 2 YEAR PROGRAMS
* MSC MultiMedia Technologies
* M.A in Cinema
* MBA in (Media Management)
* MSC in Mass Communication
* M.A in Radio & TV
* M.C.A (Master of Computer Applications ) 3 YEAR PROGRAMS
* BSC MultiMedia Technologies
* B.A in Cinema
* BSC in Mass Communication
* BBA in (Media Management)
* B.A in Radio & TV
* B.C.A (Bachelors of Computer Applications

External links

* [http://www.aaft.com/ The Asian Academy of Film & Television]
* [http://www.glennforever.com/photos/images_2007.htm AAFT/ASMS photos from Yes! images 2007] photo gallery