Odisha Film Development Corporation

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The '''Odisha Film Development Corporation''' is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of Government of Odisha. Odisha Film Development Corporation is a promotional agency for the growth and development of film industry in Odisha established in 1976<ref>{{cite book|last=Nanda|first=Jayanta K.|title=Industrial Development|year=2001|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-8176252539|pages=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfi2P9pz2RkC&q=Orissa+Film+Development+Corporation&pg=PA124}}</ref> in Cuttack to promote the Odia film industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Position of Oriya Film Industry |url=http://dff.nic.in/Position-of-Oriya-Film-Industry.asp |date= |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About OFDC {{!}} Industries Department |url=https://industries.odisha.gov.in/about-us/associate-bodies/ofdc/about-ofdc |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=industries.odisha.gov.in}}</ref>

==Achievements== * Establishment of Kalinga Studios with Complete Facilities for Indoor Shooting, Outdoor Shooting, Editing, Dubbing, Music Recording (Mono Stereo), Mixing in 16mm, 35mm and Cinema Scope Format * Establishment of Prasad Kalinga Film Laboratory for Processing and Printing of Colour and Black & White Films in 16mm, 35mm and Cinema Scope Format * Establishment of a Video Complex in Kalinga Studio for Production of Video Films, Telefilms and Serials with Facilities for Editing, Recording, Dubbing and Shooting * Organisation of 16 of Regional Film Festivals for Screening of Various Award Winning and Indian Panorama Films * Organisation of 9 of Children's Film Festivals in Collaboration with Children Film Society of India * Organisation of the 5th International Children's Film Festival in the Year 1987 * Organisation of 13 Foreign Film Festivals * Sanction of subsidy to 283 Oriya & Other Languages Featured Films & Documentary Films * Sanction of subsidy to 13 New Cinema Houses Equivalent to ET Collected for First 2 Years * Sanction of loan for Construction of Cinema Houses to 86 Entrepreneurs * Sanction of Soft Loans for Production of 95 Odia Featured Films * Sanction of Term Loan for Production of 41 Odia Feature Films * Establishment of an Office Complex known as Chalachitra Bhawan to House the Headquarter of the OFDC at Cuttack with a Film Archive and Preview Theatre * Declaration of Film Production and Cinema Hall Construction as Industrial Activities * Enforcement of Compulsory Screening of Odia Feature Films in the Cinema Houses since 11 December 1978 * Opening of Regional Office of the Board of Film Certification

==Past Chairpersons== *Muzibula Khan, Chairman of Odisha Film Development Corporation * Devdas Chhotray, Director of Odisha Film Development Corporation (1983-89 & 1996-98). * Sarat Pujari, Member of the Board of Directors

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==External links== * [http://orissafilm.nic.in/ Official Website of Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034420/http://www.orissafilm.nic.in/ |date=4 March 2016 }}

Category:Cinema of Odisha Category:State agencies of Odisha Category:Film organisations in India Category:Government agencies established in 1976 Category:1976 establishments in Orissa Category:Cuttack