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Wecarefilmfest
Added: (Sun Oct 25 2009)
We Care Filmfest - with a difference
New Delhi, October 25, We Care Filmfest-2009 organised by the National Trust, BROTHERHOOD and UN Information Centre (UNIC) in collaboration with Oxfam India and Asian Academy of Film & Television received overwhelming response from India and abroad. Entries were received from United States, United Kingdom, Israel, the Philippines, Italy and Spain. We Care Filmfest has become a brand across the globe when it comes to film festival on disability issues. We Care Filmfest has also received media attention from India and around the world.
Encouraged by last year’s response, Brotherhood and the National Trust in association with UN Information Centre (UNIC), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Asian Academy of Film and Television are pleased to announce call for entries for the 7th edition of We Care Filmfest. The theme will be “Dignity and Justice for all”.
Through the film festival, we aim to promote the rights of persons with disabilities as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which came into force on 3 May 2008.
The film festival will be held in two phases.
During the first phase (September 2009 – November 2009), the festival (Retrospective We Care Filmfest) will travel to various cities of India and award-winning short films and documentaries of the last three years will be screened in these cities. These films will also be screened in various institutes of Mass Communication, Journalism and film making. The purpose will be to promote We Care Filmfest and motivate students to make short films and documentaries for upcoming We Care Filmfest-2010.
If you are interested, we can organise Retrospective We Care Filmfest for your students (Sept-Nov 2010).
During December 2009 – January 2010, received films and documentaries will be short-listed by the preview committee for screening during the film festival.
During the second phase (February 2010 – April 2010), the We Care Filmfest-2010 will hold screenings in different cities across the country. We would invite students of Mass Communication and Journalism to rate the films and documentaries and be part of a PARTICIPATORY RATING PROCESS which would give alternate opinion on the quality and content of these films. This will be in addition to an independent jury who will also adjudge the films,
If you are interested, we can organise We Care Filmfest for your students as per your convenience (From Feb-Apr 2010.
As UNCRPD has entered into force on 3 May 2008, we will organize the Award Ceremony on May 3, 2010. During the award ceremony we will 1) release a souvenir along with the report of the Wecare Filmfest-2010, 2) distribute award to the awardees and 3) Release DVD/CD of the award-winning films.
We are enclosing herewith the details regarding “CALL FOR ENTRIES” for We Care Filmfest-2010.
With regards
Sincerely yours
Satish Kapoor
Director
We Care Filmfest
+919811012065, +9899472065
Email: wecarefilmfest@gmail.com