Public Service Broadcasting Trust

Public Service Broadcasting Trust

Abbreviation	PSBT
Formation	2000
Type	Non-governmental organization
Focus	Independent film, documentary production
Headquarters	New 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]

References

1. "Watch: 'Jai Ho' documentary is a reminder of AR Rahman's many achievements". Scroll.in. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. Mathew, Soumya (23 September 2017). "When men dressing and dancing like women is not obscenity". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
3. Khan, Murtaza Ali (19 September 2019). "Sneak peek into PSBT Open Frame 2019". National Herald. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
4. "Accounts and Acountability. Right to Information Movement in Rajasthan". UNESCO Multimedia Archives. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 11 November 2023.