The Annual General Assembly of FIAPF is convened on the 18th of May at Cannes. Mr. T. P. Aggarwal as First Vice President, Mr. L. Suresh as Auditor and Mr. Supran Sen as Executive Committee member will be attending the assembly.

This year’s General Assembly assumes particular significance as apart from the other items, there will be discussions on the key issues and challenges for world-wide film producer community. Among the key issues, the most important is the focus on the Diplomatic Conference at Marrakech (Morocco) on the access to public works by Visually Impaired Persons and persons with print disability. WIPO Conference will be held during the third-fourth week of June.

The earlier three day intensive discussion between WIPO member states on the proposed new international legal instrument on limitations and exceptions for the blind and print impaired failed to reach a clear consensus.  Hence at Marrakech, WIPO will take a final call on the matter. Large number of countries including India will participate at the Marrakech conference. As a high profile NGO FIAPF will participate in the conference. FIAPF delegation among others will comprise Mr. T. P. Aggarwal and Mr. Supran Sen. 

For Film Federation of India 
Mahendra M. Jadhav
Senior Executive

Shri Bijay Khemka from Kolkata took charge of FFI Presidentship on January 1. Other Office bearers are--
Shri Vindo K. Lamba (Delhi)- Vice President
Shri T. P. Aggarwal (Mumbai) - Vice President
Shri L. Suresh (Chennai) - Vice President
Shri Jitendra Jain (Indore)- Vice President
Shri Ravi Kottarakara (Chennai) - Vice President
Shri K. C. N. Chandrashekhar (Bangaluru) - Vice President
Shri Ram Vidhani (Mumbai) - Vice President
Shri K. Rama Subba Reddy (Hyderabad) - Vice President
Shri C. Kalyan (Hyderabad) - Hon. General Secretary
Shri R. P. Anand (Mumbai) - Hon. General Secretary
Shri Sangram Shirke (Mumbai) - Hon. Treasurer
Shri Supran Sen is the Secretary General.

Shri Khemka, while speaking at the Media and Entertainment Business Conclave organised by FICCI in Kolkata recently, expressed his serious concern about the embargo imposed in some countries regarding the export of Indian films. He had a threadbare discussion with the Information and Broadcasting Minister of Bangladesh Janab Hasanula Haq Inu regarding the ban of Bangla films in his country. The Minister was quite receptive and agreed to invite FFI delegation to Dhaka to sort out the matter. Shri Khemka besides charting out the issues confronting the film industry today has drawn other agenda for the period 2013 including a gala function to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema. The first event whicn FFI has planned to organise is the INDIA FILM TOURISM CONCLAVE in Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai in early February.