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MUMBAI:
The Information and Broadcasting ministry has appointed
Marten Rabarts, currently artistic director of Amsterdam-based
Binger Filmlab, to head the development division of
the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
Rabarts
will establish a fully-fledged development arm for the
national funding body and oversee the set up of a professional
development and training hub for directors, producers
and writers in Mumbai. This hub will also take out a
‘knowledge caravan’ bringing top international
expertise to other film centres across the subcontinent.
He
will establish a fully-fledged development arm for the
national funding body and oversee the set up of a professional
development and training hub for directors, producers
and writers in Mumbai. This hub will also take out a
‘knowledge caravan’ bringing top international
expertise to other film centres across the subcontinent.
Said
NFDC managing director Nina Lath Gupta, “We are
immensely pleased that Marten will be joining us to
help grow and expand the scope of what NFDC offers
to our independent filmmaking community. He brings,
not only knowledge and experience in creative and
professional development, but an instinct for spotting
talent and a real gift of knowing what to add for
that talent to excel.”
Rabarts
leaves Binger Filmlab after 12 years of heading its
creative growth and development. He will step down
at the end of May to relocate to Mumbai to take up
his new role.
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