Public Service Broadcasting Trust Explained

Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Abbreviation:PSBT
Formation:2000
Type:Non-governmental organization
Purpose:Support for independent documentary filmmaking
Headquarters:New Delhi, India
Location:India
Region:India
Language:English, Hindi
Leader Title:Managing Trustee
Leader Name:Rajiv Mehrotra
Main Organ:Open Frame Film Festival
Website:PSBT.org
Work:Over 700
Focus:Independent film, documentary production

The Public Service Broadcasting Trust is an Indian non-governmental organisation. It helps independent documentary film-makers to work free from commercial and political pressures.[1] It hosts the annual Open Frame film festival in New Delhi.[2] [3] [4]

Open Frame festival

The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) annually hosts the Open Frame film festival and forum, dedicated to fostering a meaningful discourse on contemporary issues through the exploration of documentary films from India and around the world. As a not-for-profit trust, PSBT commissions independent documentary filmmakers nationwide, resulting in over 700 films covering diverse themes such as gender, democracy, labor, diversity, livelihood, human rights, and conflict.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Watch: ‘Jai Ho’ documentary is a reminder of AR Rahman’s many achievements . . 1 August 2020 . 11 November 2023.
  2. News: Mathew . Soumya . When men dressing and dancing like women is not obscenity . . 23 September 2017 . 11 November 2023.
  3. News: Khan . Murtaza Ali . Sneak peek into PSBT Open Frame 2019 . . 19 September 2019 . 11 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Accounts and Acountability. Right to Information Movement in Rajasthan . UNESCO Multimedia Archives . 22 February 1999 . 11 November 2023.