Directorate of Film Festivals

{{Short description|Indian government agency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox organization

|name= Directorate of Film Festivals

|image = Directorate of Film Festivals.png

|size = 200px

|formation = 1973

|type = Government Agency

|purpose= To organise International and National Film Festivals in India

|headquarters = Siri Fort Auditorium Complex, New Delhi

|region_served = India

|leader_title = Director

|leader_name = Senthil Rajan

|parent_organisation = Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

|website = {{URL|https://dff.gov.in}}

}}

The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama. Although the Directorate helped appoint members of the jury panels each year, it had no input on which films are selected for consideration and which films ultimately win awards at the various functions it initiates.

The Directorate set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India,[http://mib.nic.in/informationb/MEDIA/filmfestival.htm Directorate of Film Festivals]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617202154/http://www.mib.nic.in/informationb/media/filmfestival.htm |date=17 June 2008 }}. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Govt of India Official website. to organise national and international film festivals in India.

It was set up by the Government of India in 1973, and works as part of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The Directorate was based in New Delhi and its last director Senthil Rajan.

In March 2022, it was merged with National Film Development Corporation.