5^th January, 2009:  PassionforCinema.com initiated  its one minute film festival, PFCOne 2010 today. It is the only online one minute film festival in India, envisioned as the launch pad for those who want to start filmmaking as their career. The festival has received 214 entries and 48 films have been shortlisted in the “In Competition” section. Backed by a jury comprising of the most promising filmmakers in India, the festival has announced “four to six week internships with prominent filmmakers” as the prize for the winners.

The jury comprises of Anurag Kashyap (director Dev D, Gulaal, Black Friday, Paanch), Christina Marouda (President – The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles), Dibakar Banerjee (director Khosla ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye!), Hansal Mehta (director Jayate, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Chhal), Nishikant Kamat (director Mumbai Meri Jaan, Dombivili Fast), Rohan Sippy (Producer, Director Bluffmaster), Shridhar Raghavan (writer Khakee, Bluffmaster), Sriram Raghavan (director-writer Ek Hasina Thi, Johnny Gaddaar, Agent Vinod), Suparn Verma (director Acid Factory, Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena, writer Chhal)

Passionforcinema.com is an elite conclave of cinema enthusiasts, who love to blog, discuss, share, eat, live and breathe cinema. Off late, it has become the breeding ground for the Independent film movement in India. Backed by eminent filmmakers like Anurag kashyap, Kundan Shah, Sudhir Mishra and a host of new wave directors from India, PFC aims to share the passion for cinema through- views, thoughts, opinions, arguments, discussions, reviews and research on cinema from around the world.