[Reader-list] THE BOMBAY 'SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL', 2003.

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Subject: THE BOMBAY 'SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL', 2003.
  
THE BOMBAY 'SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL', 2003.

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submission deadline: 20th February 2003. 

There is no entry fee. 

 

About Us
'Humjnsi' is part of India center for Human Rights and Law. It's a support group and a Helpline for women who love women. As part of our campaign work to raise issues of gender and sexuality we have decided to organize a film festival. 

 

Humjinsi- an Urdu word in contemporary usage means, "relationships between people of the same sex"- i.e., for homosexuals. The word is gender neutral, non-pejorative - and quite significantly, does not constrict the definition of the relationship to the sexual. 

 

India center for Human Rights and Law is a comprehensive resource center specializing in documentation, education, publication, investigations and campaigns related to human rights and law. The center includes civil, political rights, economic, social, and cultural rights of women, children, tribals, rural poor, dalits, lesbian and gays, slum and pavement, dwellers, unorganized labour, prisoners, consumers and those affected by environmental degradation and retrogressive development policies.
 

Outline
We in Bombay (India) are curating a package of films and videos around the theme of sexual and gender minorities.

Our agenda is to primarily create a forum for showcasing works emerging from South-East Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America as well as other parts of the world. This festival is an attempt to compliment already existing and on going work within the sexuality and gender minority movement at the grass-root level. Relevant discussion forums and readings will support the screenings. Various collectives and groups working locally in Bombay will be invited to put up information stalls at the venue.

This festival will be open to public and we look at it as a political tool to generate more visibility, facilitate a public discourse and celebrate our various existences.

The films and videos we are looking for should primarily address minority sexuality and gender issues. They could be made in any genre, i.e. feature length fiction, shorts, experimental, documentary, animation or mixed media presentations.

This festival is a not for profit event. Our funds enable us to manage only the infrastructure and administrative costs for conducting the festival. Unfortunately we cannot pay postage fees for works from outside India. Within India, we can propose to arrange pick-ups of the films in various cities. For the same reasons we are unable to pay any screening fees to the filmmakers.

 

 REQUIREMENTS:

1. Only 1/2" VHS ( PAL) videotapes will be accepted for preview. DO NOT send master tapes or film prints for preview screening. On selection we will request you to send the work on its original format.

2. Preview tapes must be labeled with the title, running time and contact info (including name, address and phone number). 

3. Works submitted in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.

4. The Festival reserves the right to excerpt programmed works (up to 3 minutes) for television and other promotional purposes. 

6. Do not send submissions in fiber-filled envelopes. The dust damages videotapes and VCRs. 

7. All submissions must be received by20th February 2003. You will be notified of the programming committee's final decision by 15th June 2003. 

8. All preview tapes will be added to the Festival's archives unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped and a request for return. 

9. To submit more than one tape, please make a copy of this submission form for each entry. 

10. If you are sending work from outside India, please indicate on the outside of the package, FOR FESTIVAL PREVIEW ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE or you may be required to pay customs duties. 

11. Please include the following information and documents with each submission: Check List

b. Preview tape (VHS PAL). 

c. Completed and signed submission form. 

d. B&W and/ or colour stills (Images on disk and emailed stills are acceptable as well. If emailing, please send to festival_humjinsi at yahoo.com in the following format: tiff or minimally compressed jpg files with a dpi of 200 or higher. Good stills can make a difference in press coverage and festival prominence.) 

e. Synopsis of the work for the press kit. (This is not mandatory, include if possible)

 

 

 

ENTRY FORM
PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING FORM:

PRINT OR TYPE CLEARLY. COMPLETE AND SEND WITH TAPE: 

 

English title:..

Original title:..........................

Director(s):.......................

Producer(s):.......................

Distributor(s):......................

Country of origin:...........................

Year of completion::.......................

Original Language: ......... Subtitled ..... Dubbed ......

Original Format:.........................

Exhibition format:..........................

Running time: ...............

Category (check all that apply):

1. Fiction- Feature/Short

2. Documentary

3. Experimental 

4. Animation

5. Mixed Media   

6. Student Category

Film specifications: 

Sound: Mono___ Stereo___ Dolby A___ Dolby SR____

Aspect ratio: 1.33___ 1.66___ 1.85___ Scope___

 

Previous screenings:......................

 

Synopsis:.......................

 
CONTACT INFORMATION
Name:.........................

Address:.......................

City:................ Province/State:..........

Country: .............Postal/zip code: 

Telephone:.............

Fax: ...............

Email: ..............

Website: ....................

 

Yes, You can include my contact information in the festival catalogue... Y/N

 

 

 

AUTHORIZATION TO THE FESTIVAL:

__ Yes, I authorize ..... to keep my submission tape for use in their Viewing Library with the understanding that the Library is for in-house viewing; no tapes are lent out nor are the tapes used for any additional public screenings without the written consent of the director and/or distributor. 

The Festival reserves the right to excerpt programmed works (up to 3 minutes) for television and other promotional purposes. 

 

I have read and agree to the festival submission and participation guidelines and certify that I am authorised to submit this work to The Bombay Sexual and Gender Minority Film and Video Festival and that all the above information is correct. 

 

 

Signed:_______________________________ Date:_______________ 

 

 

 

 

SEND TO:

Postal address: Humjinsi, 

C/O India Centre for Human Rights and Law

CVOD Jain High School

4th Floor, 84 Samuel Street (Hazrat Abbas St.) 

Dongri, Bombay-9

India

 

Tel: +91-22-2371 6690

 

Fax:+91-22-2379 1099

 

Email: festival_humjinsi at yahoo.com

 

 

 

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