| Asian Academy Of Film and TV | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1993 |
| Type | Private |
| Location | Noida Film City, NCR, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Punjab Technical University, International Film & Television Research Center, Marwah Films & Video Studios, UGC |
| Website | http://www.aaft.com |
The Asian Academy of Film & Television is a film school located in India's Noida Film City in India's Capital region, NCR. It is affiliated with the International Film & Television Research Center and the Marwah Films & Video Studios.
Approved as an international-level training center by the City & Guilds in 2002, the success of AAFT alumni and the thriving Indian film industry has made it as one of the leading film schools in the world. AAFT attracts students from over 60 countries. It is the first ISO certified film school in the world.
Founded in 1993, it is intended to be an alternative to formal film schools.
The Centre engages in arranging scholarships, awards and organizing travel, for research in the fields of film and television, and facilitating attachment to film and television production houses for research, it also conducts short term and long term training courses on media research,and maintains a data bank and a clearing-house of information on film and television training. It organizes debates, seminars, symposia and workshops on film and television, and publishes papers, reports and books in the field.
India produces the largest number of films in the world. Around 900 feature films in 24 languages/dialects are made in the country every year. Close to 165 satellite television channels in India require production of thousands of hours of programs annually. The institution has 63 centers all over the world.
Its aims are
IFTC has promoted the fifth biggest film festival of India, the Global Festival Of Films on Peace and Spirituality.
International Film and Television Club has its annual festival of short films. The festival is divided into films made in India and those made abroad. The winner gets an opportunity to make another short film at the cost of the center.
The first radio station of Film City Noida is approved by India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Home Affairs. The station targets the 2 million population of Noida and Delhi.[1]
3-month programs Production, Direction, TV Journalism; Video Editing and Sound Recording; Camera and Lighting Techniques; Acting and Presentation; TV Graphics and Animation; Still Photography and Journalism; Sound Recording and Radio Production; and Mass Media Research and Planning
1-year programs
Education at the Asian School of Media Studies, the first film college of India promoted by Marwah Studios of Film City Noida, covers media inclusive of print, radio, TV, cinema and New Media.
2-year programs
3-year programs
Asian Business School is a business school with an MBA in Media Management. This course was launched along with regular MBA programmes. The school also offers MBA and BBAs in Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, International Business, Human Resources Management
Additional PGDs are available in Event Management, Portfolio Management, Insurance Management, [[Retail Management]], BPO/KPO Management, Health Management, Media Management.
ABS offers diplomas in Corporate Communication and Foreign Language.[2]
A school has been created by the management of AAFT for acting training.
A school has been designed to give international level of education in the field of Graphics and Animation and other allied departments of Multi Media.
The International Children’s Film Forum (ICFF) was established by Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah to support the govt. funded Children’s Film Society of India’s task of producing, distributing and exhibiting films for children.