Question

Which London-based organisation has received the $2017$ Frederick Pincott Award for promoting Hindi cinema? [March 2018]

• A. South Asian Cinema Innovation
• B. South Asian Cinema Organisation
• C. South Asian Cinema Association
• D. South Asian Cinema Foundation

Answer 1

The correct option is D South Asian Cinema Foundation

The South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF), a London-based organisation, has received the Frederick Pincott Award for $2017$ from the Indian High Commissioner, Y K Sinha for promoting Hindi cinema in Britain for the last $18$ years. The institution has been active in boosting original research and books on Indian films, also inviting and honouring filmmakers from India, along with documentary film making and producing classic silent films with live music at the British Film Institute (BFI). The SACF has been doing commendable work for nearly two decades to promote Hindi and regional Indian cinema in the UK and as a result has served the cause of dissemination of the Hindi language.