State Film and Television awards to be held in March

The 31st Odisha State Film Awards- 2019 and 8th Odisha State Tele Awards – 2019 is going to be held in March this year. The Odia Language, Literature and Culture department has already invited films and television serials made in the year 2019 and the last date for submission of the application and films and serials is February 20.

While the notification inviting films and serials for the state awards have already been circulated for more than a week back, the decision regarding the award function was taken in a meeting held by the department yesterday. Officials of different concerned departments of the state government and OFDC chairman were present in the meeting. “Like every year, awards will be given in 27 categories in film and 20 categories in tele sections. The Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) will organise the award functions this year. But selection of jury and awards will be done by the Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy. Besides, the tourism department will focus on promoting the event from tourism angle,” informed a government press release.
The officials also discussed about how to organise the function following all the Covid-19 guidelines, as several dignitaries will attend the event and cultural programme will be held by film and television artistes. Besides, raising of award money was also discussed in the meeting.
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