Prasar Bharati, with whom we work closely, currently provides key, enabling support.

Doordarshan meets approximately half of our production costs and provides free airtime.
 

INPUT (INternational PUblic Television) is dedicated to the proposition that television should be public service in public interest. It brings the best of public service television from across the world to Open Frame every year. (http://www.input-tv.org/)

The Max Mueller Bhavan/ Goethe-Institut has been supporting PSBT in many ways, and has been a partner for Open Frame, facilitating the INPUT session and other workshops. They have also collaborated with PSBT on monthly public screenings, including Mini Input. (http://www.goethe.de)

Movies that Matter, The Netherlands, is an initiative of Amnesty International that works towards using films towards sensitising the world to human rights and creating a sustainable world. PSBT received a Grant from the Foundation for Open Frame 2010.

The Gender and Sexuality project provided a very potent platform for the coming together of PSBT and the MacArthur Foundation to explore shared concerns about gender and sexuality, reproductive rights and health. (http://www.macfound.org/)

PSBT has worked variously with the UN System in India. In partnership with UNDP, PSBT commissioned a series of 16 Films on Women in Leadership Roles as a crucial step towards democratisation of representation. (http://www.undp.org.in/). The PSBT-UNFPA partnership was an attempt towards using films on Gender, Reproductive Rights and Health as tools for advocacy and raising awareness. (http://www.unfpa.org/). The United Nations Information Centre provided support to Open Frame 2010.

The Ford Foundation is the Founding Partner of PSBT. The two have worked together on a number of projects which include the Media Fellowship Programme, films on freedom, environment and most recently, a series of films on conflict. (http://www.fordfound.org)

PSBT and EU have together produced a series of Films on HIV/AIDS in India that chronicle initiatives and stories from across the country on coping with the social and medical implications of the virus. (http://www.eurunion.org)

Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) is a South Asian research and training initiative, which facilitates the leadership of women in the areas of peace, security and international affairs. WISCOMP uses PSBT Films for their trainings and programmes on gender sensitisation and conflict transformation. It partnered with PSBT at Open Frame 2009 to explore womens’ relationship with conflict and peace building. (http://www.wiscomp.org/)

The India Habitat Centre has partnered with PSBT over the years to enable a diverse audience to engage with our films through different events including the Open Frame, monthly screenings and other events. The Habitat library also holds weekly screenings of PSBT Films. (http://www.indiahabitat.org)

PSBT has worked in collaboration with several ministries of the Government of India to produce films on varied issues, such as environment and wildlife with the Ministry of Environment and Forests, a series on ‘Ideas that have Worked’ with Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and most recently the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry for External Affairs.

UNESCO facilitated the participation of films and filmmakers every year at PSBT’s International Film Festival and Forum of reality and documentary films, the Open Frame since its inception. It has alsosupported the production of training material, including instructional DVDs and publications. (http://www.unesco.org/newdelhi)