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Ronita TorcatoA little chit, a little chat, a little bit of this & that;meaning news, views & lotsa reviews from an independent journo based in Bombay aka Mumbai Eighth edition of We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues to be Launched in MumbaiThe 8th edition of the first of its kind travelling and educational film festival – We Care Filmfest 2011 on Disability Issues - will be launched from the Y B Chavan Centre, Mumbai, on January 17, 2011 at 10.00 am and will travel across India to various universities and educational institutions.
The We Care Filmfest will be launched in the presence of various local partners - both government and non-governmental - of Mumbai including the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, (AYJNIHH), the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), the SNDT Women’s College,the ADAPT and the Helen Kellar Institute for Deaf and Deafblind. The festival will be inaugurated by renowned Producer and Director Govind Nihalani. Distinguished invitees include Ad Film Director Prahlad Kakkar; Mr Rao Saheb Shekhawat, MLA Amrawati; Mr. Rajiv Chandran, National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan; Mrs. Poonam Natrajan, Chairperson, National Trust; Mr. Sandeep Marwah, President, Asian Academy of Film and Television. The Festival Director is Satish Kapoor. The We Care Filmfest on Disability Issues was launched by Delhi-based non-governmental organization Brotherhood in 2003 and has become a travelling film festival which will travel to 25 venues across India after the Mumbai launch. Some of the venues are Tata Institute of Social Sciences, AYJ NIHH, Mumbai, SNDT Women’s College, Tezpur University, Manipal Institute of Communication, Manipal University etc.
The Festival's founder partners are the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC), UNESCO, the National Trust which functions under the Social Empowerment Ministry, and the Asian Academy of Film and Television (AAFT).
This year a total number of 67 documentary films in four categories – up to one minute, up to five minutes, up to 30 minutes, and up to 75 minutes - from India and from various other countries like the USA, Canada, Israel, the UK, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Australia, Nepal etc. afre being exhibited.
A Preview Committee meeting held at Marawah Studios, Noida and AYJ National Institute of Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai, selected 28 documentary films for the 8th edition of the We Care Filmfest. The members of the Preview Committee were: Noida: Mr. B B Nagpal (Head Jury in Noida), Mr. Abhinav, Dr. Lavlin Thadani, Ms. Vandana and Richa Bharti; and in Mumbai: Mr. Shridhar Rangayan (Head of Jury), Mr. Sopan Mueller, Ms. Neenu Kelwani, Ms. Sunita Sancheti, Ms. Anshika Mishra, Mr. Yogesh Desai, Ms. Suni Mathew, Ms. Srilatha Juvwa and Mr. Jamshed Mistry. The Festival's uniqueness lies in the fact that audiences have to watch and rate each and every documentary film. For this purpose, a participatory rating process has been introduced over the past four years. This approach will help students of Mass Media, whenever they plan to make short films/documentaries on disability issues, and they will be sensitized on various aspects and issues of disabilities in the right perspective. 14.01.2011 | Ronita Torcato's blog Cat. : Abhinav Ali Yavar Jung National Institute Anshika Mishra Asian Academy Asian Academy of Film & Television Australia AYJ National Institute of Hearing Handicapped Brazil Canada Chairperson Delhi Director Geography of India Govind Nihalani Head Helen Kellar Institute India Indonesia Israel Italy Jamshed Mistry Lavlin Thadani Manipal Manipal Institute of Communication Manipal University Mumbai Mumbai National Trust Neenu Kelwani Nepal Noida officer Person Career Poonam Natrajan Prahlad Kakkar president producer and director Rajiv Chandran Rao Saheb Shekhawat Richa Bharti Sandeep Marwah Satish Kapoor Shridhar Rangayan SNDT Women's University SNDT Women’s College Sopan Mueller Spain Sri Lanka Srilatha Juvwa States and territories of India Suni Mathew Sunita Sancheti Tata Institute of Social Sciences Tezpur University United Nations United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Information Centre Uttar Pradesh Vandana Bharti Y B Chavan Centre Yogesh Desai
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