International Institute of Film and Culture POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FILMMAKING
THE BREAKING NEWS:
Recognizing that filmmaking is essentially a people-process with socio-political and cultural ramifications, and ado pting the motto, “Through Screens to Social Equity” as its guiding principle, the International Institute of Film and Culture [IIFC] is announcing today [Chiththirai 1 / 14.04.20121] a one year Post-Graduate Diploma in Filmmaking.
The most salient feature of this Filmmaking Programme is that it is fully Residential with 100% Grants available for every student (to cover ALL the fees).
THE PROGRAMME MIX:
Taking a multi-disciplinary, integral and holistic approach to cinema, the Programme is designed as a harmonious blend of creative impulse, cine-technological expertise, commercial acumen, cultural rootedne ss, ecological se ns itivity, and social responsibility.
THE PEDAGOGY:
Since IIFC views filmmaking as a unique industrial manufacturing of entertainment with people as foc al point and end-beneficiaries, the pedagogy consists of traversing simultaneously along three trajectories: (1) Continuous sur veillance of social-political environment with intermittent cultural immersion; (2) Guided journey into the literary universe particularly of Thamizh and extensive exposureto the best of world cinema; and (3) Rigorous and innov at ive training in the art and craft of cinema.
THE TRIPLE-STAR DYNAMICS:
The triple-star dynamics in selecting and forming students, the primary stakeholders, sets IIFC stand apart: (1) the morning star phase – identifying raw and original talents across the districts of Thamizh Nadu, with an unequivocal commitment to privileging the economically and socially underprivileged; (2) the guiding star phase– providing a c onducive ambience to nurture and refine their cine-tech competencies and life-skills; (3) the super star phase – m aking them emerge eventually as ‘serious entertainers’ technically, creatively, ethically empowered to produce wh olesome and healthy, commercially viable and aesthetically appealing entertainment.
THE ELEGIBILITY CRITERIA:
● Educational Qualification: Candidates with any (non-media) degree. Exceptions in exceptional cases.
● Age Limit: 21 – 25
● Geo-Cultural Background: Thamizh-speaking + from Thamizh Nadu (preferably one per district)
● Socio-Economic Preferability: socially, economically underprivileged; first generation learners
❖ Five-Step Selection for 100% Grants:
Initial Scrutiny, Written Test, Academic Interview, Professional Interview, and Home Visit
❖ Total Intake: 35-40 Students (one from each district)
❖ www.iifcinstitute.com
President IIFC — Vetri maaran , Mentor, IIFC – Rajanayagam , Secretary IIFC – Vetri Duraisamy
