[Reader-list] Voices from the Waters 2009: Call for Entries

[Bangalore Film Society ,]

*Call For Entries*

*Voices from the Waters 2009*

*4th International Water Film Festival, Bangalore*

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Bangalore Film Society, Arghyam- safe, sustainablle water for all, Svaraj-
Society for Voluntary Action Revitalization and Justice, Finger Lakes
Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca College, USA (FLEFF) Mountainfilm in
Telluride, USA, Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, Charter of Human
Responsibilities and Water Journeys - Campaign for Fundamental Right to
Water  with the support of Max Mueller  Bhavan, Bangalore are organizing the
fourth edition of the biggest international film festival on water- Voices
from the Waters 2009 from Friday 4th September, 2009 to Monday
7thSeptember, 2009.



Established in 2005 to promote among the public an awareness of the myriad
water-issues affecting our everyday lives either directly or indirectly and
as a platform for alternate voices and views rarely heard in mainstream,
Voices from the Waters started as a Bangalore-based Environmental Film
Festival and over the 2007 and 2008 editions grew to be one of the largest,
most diverse and dynamic platforms of debate, dialogue and celebration of
the precious resource, the blue gold, life itself - water.


We invite you to be a part of the festival by contributing short,
documentary, animation and feature films (DVD format only) with English
subtitles on water and related issues.

*If you have a film in under any of the following categories:*

1. Water Scarcity,

2. The Dams and the Displaced,

3. Water Harvest,

4. Water Struggles/conflicts,

5. Floods and Droughts,

6. Global Warming and Climate Change,

7. Impact of Deforestation on Water Bodies,

8. Water, Sanitation and health,

9.  River Pollution,

10. The Holistic Revival of Water Bodies,

11. Water and Life

 You can consider sending it to us. Please note that the categories are
loosely conceived and your film does not have to necessarily adhere to them
while focusing on the larger theme of water.

Please find the entry form at <http://goog_1240208439421>
www.voicesfromthewaters.com <http://www.voicesfromthewaters.com/2009>

*Submission Deadline: 31st July 2009*



*Guidelines:*

Entries to the Film Festival must include

   1. DVD of the film (with English subtitles, if required)
   2. A completed and signed copy of the entry form
   3. 3 high-resolution stills of the film (can be sent via email)
   4. A high-resolution photograph of the director (can be sent via email)

Promotional materials are welcome.

There is no entry fee.

All submitted films will be subject to a selection process by eminent
members of the festival jury.

Applicant must pay for shipment of films to Voices from the Waters.

Submitted films will not be returned but will be part of Voices from the
Waters library, one of the largest resources in the world for films on
water.

Voices from the Waters is conceived as a traveling film festival. The
selected films after being premiered in Bangalore at the main event will be
taken across to educational institutions, non governmental organizations,
small towns and villages across India.