[Reader-list] Deadline Approaching 1st Dec 2006"Films of Desire: Sexuality and the Cinematic Imagination"

[Shilpa Phadke]

Deadline Approaching: Last date to apply for the program is 1st December 2006.

Please forward to others interested.


     
          Films of Desire: Sexuality & The Cinematic Imagination
          Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India, March 7 - 10, 2007 
          Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA)

          Do you work on issues related to sexuality? 
          Do images and representations challenge you? 
          Would you like to be in a space where all of this comes together? 

           

          The Event

          Films of Desire: Sexuality and the Cinematic Imagination is a four day event, featuring:

            a.. Screenings of features, short films, documentaries, animation, music videos and experimental films that engage with ideas of sexuality in South and Southeast Asia; 
            b.. Panel discussions around the different ways in which desires get articulated, normative and non-normative representations of sexualities and how filmmakers' intentions may be displaced by multiple readings by the audience.
          The Aim

            a.. To foster a more complex understanding of representation, sexuality, gender and rights; 
            b.. To strengthen advocacy strategies that might include visual representations; 
            c.. To expand resource pool of people who work on issues of sexuality, rights and representation in South and Southeast Asia.
          Who Should Participate?

            a.. Activists, visual media creators (film, digital or animation), academics, students, advocates, journalists and media practitioners who are interested in sexuality and representation. 
            b.. Preference will be given to participants at an early stage of their career who currently live and work in South and Southeast Asia. 
            c.. The event will be conducted in English. Participants must be fluent in English.
          Submit Your Film
          If you have created visual media, send it to us! Ten (10) short films will be selected to be part of the screenings. Your film must be:

            a.. Sent to us as a DVD with subtitles in English; 
            b.. Less than twenty (20) minutes in duration.
          Resources from the event, including submitted films, will be compiled into a DVD. If you have reservations about this, please let us know. All intellectual property rights will remain with you. 



          Scholarships
          A limited number of full and partial scholarships for travel and accommodation are available for participants from South and Southeast Asia. Please refer to application form attached.

          Registration Fee
          To meet a small proportion of the costs, selected participants are expected to contribute a registration fee as below:

            a.. Individuals from South and Southeast Asia: Rs.4500 or USD100 
            b.. Institutions from South and Southeast Asia: Rs.6500 or USD150 
            c.. All others: Rs.11,000 or USD250
          FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORMS: filmsofdesire at creaworld.org

          Venue
          Films of Desire will be held from March 7 to 10, 2007 at the Neemrana Fort Palace in Rajasthan, India, which is a two hour drive from New Delhi. The Fort is an aesthetic location that includes an open-air amphitheatre. However, please be aware as a converted 15th century fort, it has steep staircases, complicated floor plans, and dim lighting. www.neemranahotels.com.



          Organisers & Supporters
          CREA, founded in 2000, is a not for profit organisation that aims at empowering women to articulate, demand and access their human rights by enhancing women's leadership and building networks at the local, regional and international levels through training, advocacy and research. CREA's efforts are dedicated to creating networks for social change, strengthening civil society organisations, building leadership capacities of a new generation of activists and empowering individuals to fight for their rights. CREA's work focuses on issues of sexuality, sexual and reproductive rights, violence against women, human rights and social justice. www.creaworld.org.

          Scholarships are provided by the South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality, which is hosted by Talking About Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues (TARSHI). www.asiasrc.org.

          Association of Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) is supporting digital communications needs of the event. www.apcwomen.org

          Neemrana Group of Hotels is offering rooms at discounted rates for the event. www.neemranahotels.com


     
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