[Reader-list] CALL for Entries: ViBGYOR International Short & Documentary Festival 2011

[Anivar Aravind]

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*ViBGYOR 2011: CALL for Entries*

http://vibgyorfilm.org/2011/callforentries*
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Welcome to the 6th Edition of ViBGYOR International Film Festival for Short
& Documentary films, to be held in Thrissur, Kerala, India from January
12-16, 2011! The 6th ViBGYOR is dedicated to the memory of late C.
Saratchandran, the noted filmmaker and activist and our friend and
co-traveler at ViBGYOR. Accordingly we have chosen ‘*Political Filmmaking
and Media Activism in South Asia’* as the special focus theme of the year.
Anand Padvardhan is the festival Director for 2011 VIBGYOR.

ViBGYOR Screens around 100 films at the festival. If you or a friend wishes
to send a recent film/s (Documentaries/Short Fiction/Animations/ Music
Videos/Spots) to ViBGYOR, we shall gladly include them in the *PREVIEW* for
preliminary selection. An eminent panel of Jury will select the final set of
films to be screened at the Festival.

The last date for film submissions is *November 15th, 2010 *(postmarked).
Download Entry Forms from http://vibgyorfilm.org/system/files/entryform2011.pdf
. Don’t forget to include all required documents/material (duly filled Entry
Form, Synopsis, production details, stills form the film etc) as hard copy
or preferably as soft copy on a separate CD. You can also email to us these
details and stills as well, but ensure that you comply with standrard file
formats and resolution requirements. Send queries to
vibgyorfilmfest at gmail.com or contact ViBGYOR Film Collective directly:
*+919809477058/
+91 487-2323590 *


   1. There is no Entry Fee. Last date of film submission: November 15th ,
   2010. To address possible technical glitches during screening we advise you
   to send 2 DVD copies of your film/s
   2. Address the film packet to ViBGYOR, 2nd Floor Kalliath Square, Palace
   Road, Thrissur, Kerala, India  680 020, Tel. +91-487-2323590/+919809477058
   *.* Send film synopsis, film stills, director’s photograph and production
   details as soft copy (CD) or email them to vibgyorfilmfest at gmail.com
   3. All selected films will receive a Certificate of Participation.
   ViBGYOR is a non-competitive Film Festival, so thre are no Awards. However
   we might award filmmaking *Fellowships* to deserving young filmmakers as
   per the recommendations of the Selection Jury.
   4. All selected filmmakers are invited to attend the festival and are
   assured of local hospitality. (ViBGYOR is not in a position to pay for
   travel expenses).
   5. With your presumed permission, we might inlude Selected/Non-selected
   films in the *ViBGYOR Touring Festival* conducted in schools, colleges
   and villages and small towns in Kerala and elsewhere.
   6. For detailed information, please log on to www.vibgyorfilm.org


*ViBGYOR International Film Festival: Profile*

ViBGYOR International Film Festival, Thrissur, Kerala is a celebration of
human spirit, expressed through the medium of cinema, with its inherent
nobility and diversity. It covers the living experience of millions of
people across the globe, witnessed and retold in the form of documentary and
short fiction films, by a number of skilled and committed filmmakers from
across the world. The films which talk about the struggles of people for
existence and for basic human rights find the right audience here. The
five-day Film festival is not only a treat of brilliant films, but also an
invaluable platform for an interface with filmmakers, activists, leaders of
people’s movements, academicians, students and common people from diverse
streams of life.

>From its beginning in 2006, ViBGYOR has taken a different path, by bringing
films and filmmakers to places where ordinary people live, to people who do
not have a camera or a canvas to bring their stories to light. The series of
Mini festivals organized as Outreach Programmes--the *Village
ViBGYOR*conducted in panchayats and
*Campus ViBGYOR* in educational institutions--culminate in the Annual
Festival in Thrissur town. The resonances of the annual festival are then
effectively carried forward throughout the year with a series of *ViBGYOR
Touring Festivals*, taken around the country.

In the first year the Focus theme of ViBGYOR Festival was *Water.* In the
second year it was *Earth*, in the third year *Energy,* and in the fourth
edition* Food Sovereignty*. For the 5th Edition of ViBGYOR in 2010, we had
chosen *South Asia: Democracy-Justice-Peace* as the focus theme. This `South
Asia’ theme will continue for the next three years and will reflect in the
anchoring of the Film Packages, South Asia Conference, Open Forum
discussions, Mini Conferences, Workshops, Campaigns and the Farm & Food
Fair. As the 6th Edition of ViBGYOR is dedicated to the memory of late C.
Saratchandran, the noted filmmaker and activist and our friend and
co-traveler at ViBGYOR, we have chosen *‘Political Filmmaking and Media
Activism in South Asia’ *as the special focus theme of the year. Anand
Padvardhan, noted documentary filmmaker is the Festival Director for 2011
VIBGYOR.

Warmly,
*Mustafa Desamangalam*, Exe. Director, ViBGYOR-2011 (+91 9447743040),  Benny
Benedict, Secretary, ViBGYOR Film Collective (+91 9447000830), Seena
Panoli,  Joint Secretary, ViBGYOR Film Collective (9447546417)

--
Anivar Aravind
Moving Republic