Manifold laurels at the INTACH FILMIT AWARDS 2020

Manifold laurels at the INTACH FILMIT AWARDS 2020

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) aims to promote and conserve Indian heritage in a variety of ways.  It is dedicated for the conservation of unprotected architectural heritage and sites all over India. It is partnered with Filmit, an exciting multi-cultural project that helps students make short films on heritage.

In continuation of its efforts, FILMIT organised an online contest in which many schools across India participated. The students presented films on a variety of topics such as Indian heritage, traditional values that we acquire from our grandparents or the history/ cultural heritage of our city like a monument or a temple or the culture and environment of where we hail from.

Despite the pandemic, this year too, the students worked towards making these films with a lot of enthusiasm. They worked from home and used various digital resources for their research. All the films made captured the essence of the themes beautifully.

The virtual closing ceremony for this contest was held on 10 February 2021. Students of classes VII and VIII participated in the contest.  It was indeed a proud moment for us as three films from The Indian School-Second Shift won the Filmit Award, Samreen Kaur of class VII was awarded the ' Best Personal Heritage Film ' for her movie "Love for a Daughter", Aryan Panda of class VII was awarded the ' Best Documentary ' title for his movie " Odhisha : a city of beautiful temples " and Anshika Priya Patel of class VII was awarded ' Best Environment Film ' for her movie " Knowing your nature : The 3 R's". Students with their teacher Ms. Agrima, represented School at the virtual ceremony and were appreciated for their talent, originality and creativity.

At the ceremony  Diya Mishra class 8A shared her experience while making her film. The ceremony then proceeded with showcasing all nominated movies that depicted the diverse heritage of our country.