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]
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]