[Reader-list] [Announcements] Film Festival; Voices from the Waters

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Voices from the Waters
A Film Festival

Call for Entries

Bangalore Film Society and Water Journeys, in collaboration with the 
Alliance Francaise, Bangalore (India) and with the support of the 
Federation of Film Societies of India are organising an international 
film festival on water titled, 'Voices from the Waters'. The Film 
festival will take place from April 13 - 16, 2005 at the Alliance 
Francaise, Bangalore.

Bangalore Film Society
" In each image one must know who is speaking ...
our task is to discover images and sounds which are free..."
Bangalore Film Society is a forum of individuals committed to 
evolving a new perspective for film appreciation-an attempt that 
seeks to transcend the popular conceptions of cinematic entertainment 
from neutral, value free flights into the realms of the fantastic and 
the illusory to that of a purposeful voyage into terrains of the real 
and immediate concerns of human experience.

In its 27 years of active involvement, Bangalore Film Society has 
been instrumental in screening films of internationally acclaimed 
film directors from all over the world, initiating a process of 
intercultural dialogue and creating avenues for divergent aesthetic 
experiences.

The basic objective of the Society is to familiarise and generate 
awareness among the public about the contemporary socio-political and 
cultural issues, which informs artistic expressions. The Society 
attempts to promote an aesthetic, which affirms human values, 
multi-culturalism and plurality.

Water Journeys
Campaign for the Fundamental Right to Water
" May the rain continue to dampen the land,
May the wet forests continue to grow."

It is a conglomerate of several groups and organizations from South 
Asia who are deeply concerned about the increasing scarcity and 
commodification of water. 

Water, the source of life, today, has been deviously packaged into a 
commodity, creating a paucity of water and causing severe trauma to 
various peoples all over the world. The shortage of drinking water 
both in urban and rural areas has escalated to an acute level in the 
last five years, specially heightened by drought and war. This will 
have serious repercussions for the peoples of the world and the 
environment.

One of the objectives of Water Journeys is to screen films on water 
issues, water struggles, water conservation and related issues in 
schools, colleges and communities to start a dialogue on the issue of 
control and use of water. It aims at networking with agencies 
involved in the protection and preservation of lakes, rivers and 
other water bodies.

Further Water Journeys will soon start an international journal on 
water issues. It will address the socio-political and cultural 
implications of water, making it an interesting and enlightening 
knowledge source for action.

While both Bangalore Film Society and Water Journeys are autonomous 
bodies, they are under the auspices of Society for Informal Education 
and Development Studies (SIEDS), Bangalore, India. SIEDS is a 
thirty-year-old organization that critiques the contemporary 
development paradigm which has created pockets of plenty and abysmal 
poverty across the globe. The homocentric development paradigm treats 
the earth as a commodity, which will have catastrophic effects on 
nature and the environment.  We are already victims of such an 
approach. SIEDS in its involvement with present socio-political and 
cultural issues concerning women, tribals, Dalits, environment, media 
and so on, attempts a nature-centric vision and sustainable 
development.

The film festival on water will concentrate on subjects such as water 
scarcity, its conservation and positive steps for action towards the 
preservation of the same. The festival will hold discussions on water 
and related issues. The festival hopes to create awareness on culture 
specific water conservation. Simultaneously, there will be an 
exhibition on water that will sensitise and inspire the audience, 
particularly the youth.

This international film festival is the first of its kind in India. 
We invite you to be part of this event by contributing short, 
documentary and feature films (DVD/VCD formats) with English 
subtitles on water and related issues. Further, we would appreciate a 
preview copy of any films you would wish to send so that we may place 
them in one of the five categories of the festival, namely Water 
Scarcity, Narmada Valley Struggle, Water Harvesting, Water and 
Spirituality and Water Struggles. We would duly acknowledge your 
participation.

We would appreciate contact details, email and website details. 
Should you need more information about us, please do get in touch 
with us.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Anupama Jayaraman
Co ordinator
Water Journeys



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