Great Idea. What are the awards? Can I sponsor an award? What kind of costs are involved? Suresh
--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Javed Khan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Javed Khan <[email protected]> Subject: [rti_india] International RTI Film Festival, 2009 To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 7:04 AM *INTERNATIONAL RTI FILM FESTIVAL (IRFF) ‘09, October 7-11* *New delhi* *About RTI* Right to Information Act is going to complete two decades of its struggle and is celebrating fourth anniversary of its successful implementation. The dream of transparent system in the country has been turned into reality and people have started realizing their rights, feeling empowered and raising their voice against corruption in the system…the credit goes to Right to Information Act… Be it upliftment of marginalized section of society, the case of file noting, issue of assets of judges or the case of disclosure of UPSC answer papers, Right to Information has paved a way for people and has acted as a guiding light for them… *About Film Festival:* The films made on Right to Information has played a major role in disseminating the usage of Act among people…and this usage of Right to Information and its effect on the life of common man has been beautifully taken up by various filmmakers…The main motive of this film festival is to bring all such films (dealing with work done in the direction of achieving a transparent system) in front of public and to make them realize that the crying need of the hour is not to complain but to act…Our initiative is also aimed at providing a platform for all kind of films highlighting the struggles of common man and the role of Right to Information in changing their lives for the better. *Screening Committee:* * * The films will be selected by a screening committee with a fine eye for detail. Comprising of experts from various fields, to name a few :* * - Wajahat Habibullah (Central Chief Information Commissioner) - Jagadananda (State Information Commissioner, Orissa) - Arvind Kejriwal (Noted RTI Activist) - Kumar Vishwas (Well-known Poet) - Vinay Mahajan (Leading Singer-Poet & Activist, Loknaad) - Abhinandan Sekhri (Writer, Gustakhi Maaf / Great Indian Tamasha, NDTV) *Call for Entry:* We are pleased to invite filmmakers to take part in the International Right to Information Film Festival to be held in New Delhi, India during October 7-11, 2009. The film makers are invited to showcase their documentaries and short films on Right to Information / Freedom of Information / Access to Information and on issues like self-governance, transparency and accountability. The entries can include the success stories, grassroots initiatives, community efforts, issues and solutions. Individuals having copies of films related to above issues and which are free for public distribution can also contribute to the festival. There will be an exhibition of audio visual and print material like booklet, films, brochures, posters, pamphlet on RTI, along with screening of films. We invite contributions for the exhibition as well. The Festival is open for the public. The festival will take off from Delhi (national capital city) and we plan to carry it forward to other major cities of the country. Tentative program for Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar and Bhopal is being worked upon. v To make entry send 2 copies of DVD/ VCDs (well packaged) to us by post along with the complete submission form attached with this mail. Also email a copy of submission form to the email address mentioned below. Please make sure that the information provided about the filmmaker and the film is accurate and complete. We will prefer films with subtitles in English. Enclose pictures or any promotional material if possible. To know more about the film festival and to download the form, visit: * www.rtifilmfestival.blogspot.com* or *www.rtifilmfestival.org* (under construction). v In case the film is available or could be made available for download from internet, international participant can send the details along with the form. v Films will be accepted within two categories: Approx 10 minutes and approx 30 minutes. v Films and submission forms must reach us by 15 September, 2009. Send the Films with filled in submission forms to: *RTI Film Festival Secretariat* *D-59, Third Floor,* *Pandav Nagar, Delhi-110092* *Telephone: +91 11-22485139* *eMail: [email protected]* * * *Partners:* v Kabir v Parivartan v CYSD, Orissa v Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) v Akhil Bhartiya Samaj Seva Sansthan (ABSSS) v Haryana RTI Manch v West Bengal RTI Manch v Bihar RTI Manch v DEHAT * * *KABIR is working as secretariat to RTI Film Festival. Kabir is a non political, non secular organisation set up to work primarily as a communication organisation for the cause of Right to Information. The festival will be organize with the help of the partners.* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
