Public Service Broadcasting Trust

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Public Service Broadcasting Trust
AbbreviationPSBT
Formation2000
TypeNon-governmental organization
FocusIndependent film, documentary production
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Location
  • India
Region
India
Official language
English, Hindi
Managing Trustee
Rajiv Mehrotra
Main organ
Open Frame Film Festival
Website PSBT.org

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]

Open Frame festival

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]

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