The 6th International Film Festival on Water at Bangalore, India

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Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities

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the 7th edition of Voices from the Waters International Travelling Film Festival

invites you to
A Short Film Competition on WATER IN THE CITY

Since 2005 Bangalore is the only city in the world that hosts a film festival exclusively dedicated to water:
“Voices from the Waters”

As one of the key collaborators of the festival, Goethe-Institute/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore is supporting this year’s Short Film Competition on Water in the City

We invite you to participate in this international competitive film making workshop with renowned film personalities from India and Germany in Bangalore. The workshop will be conducted from 27th to 30th August, 2012 followed by the 7th edition of Voices from the Waters International Traveling film festival.

This is an open call worldwide for all those who would like to try their hands at making cinema on one of the most highly debated global issue –Water!

Let your imagination take wings and glide… or flow like water….

The Subject: Water in the City

  • Duration: 1 to 3 Minutes
  • Format: Digital
  • Call for Entries: Open to all
  • Deadline for entries:  June 15, 2012

Selection of films: The selection will be done by renowned documentary film makers from Bangalore who have made films on water and whose films were part of the earlier Voices from the Waters International Film Festival and scholar activists on water issues who also have tried their hands at making films and photo exhibitions on water.

No. of films to be selected: The eminent jury will select 10 films from the entries to screen at the 7th edition of voices from the waters at six venues spread across Bangalore from 31st August to the 2nd September, 2012.

The decision of the jury is final and binding.

An international Jury will select 10 films to be screened at the closing ceremony of the Indo-German Urban Mela on the 1st of July 2012.

The Prize

A few of the shortlisted film makers will be invited to Bangalore to participate at Master classes just before the festival (27th – 30th of August, 2012).

Making Films:

  • The master classes will conclude with participants making films on water.
  • Duration of the films will be determined by a group of specialists from India and Germany.
  • Films made during the master classes will be shown at the Inauguration of Voices from the Waters on 30th August, 2012.

Rules:

  • All entries should reach us on or before June 15th, 2012.
  • Two DVD copies of the film should be sent.
  • The film makers should bear the shipping costs.
  • The films received will not be returned and it will form part of the archives of Voices from the Waters.
  • The organizers of the festival will have the right for non-commercial use of the films received for the purposes of raising public awareness at different fora.

Note: This competition is part of Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities. Participants from India and Germany can apply for special travel grants.

All entries should be addressed to:

Voices from the Waters Master classes

No.33/1-9, Thygaraja Layout

Jaibharath Nagar, M.S. Nagar P.O

Bangalore 560 033

Karnataka, India

e-mail: bangalorefilmsociety@gmail.com

Website: www.voicesfromthewaters.com

Contact: Diana  +91-80-9986926103

Land line: +91-80-25493705

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Brief note on the Voices from the Waters International Travelling Film Festival

Voices from the Waters, the International Travelling Film Festival was initiated by Bangalore Film Society in 2005, as an effective way of reaching out to the uninitiated on water issues with an emphasis on high school, college students and the youth. The programme aims to bring together, high school and college students, grass-root level water activists, environmentalists, scientists, policy makers, film-makers, lecturers, scholars, artists, working professionals from all walks of life to engage in a process of learning and debate on various water issues from around the world.

Voices from the Waters has established its relevance over the last six years and we have consistently been receiving film for the festival from across the world underlining the global concern for water. The festival is growing in stature year after year with more and more institutions coming forward to collaborate with us and take the festival across India and abroad through the year, giving film makers a chance to exhibit their works to a broader and diverse audience to enhance water and environmental consciousness.

The collaborators of the Voices from the Waters International festival are Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, Max Muller Bhavan – Bangalore, SVARAJ, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, (FLEFF) Ithaca College, USA, Christ University – Bangalore, VISTHAR, Charter of Human Responsibilities, SAMVADA, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, Art group Doddaballapur, YWCA – Bangalore and Water Journeys – Campaign for Fundamental Right to Water – academic and socio-cultural organizations deeply concerned about our depleting potable water resources and searching for ways to replenish this source of life for life worlds. (here some have a mention of where they are based out from and some don’t. need to be consistent)

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:01

CALL FOR ENTRIES :

The 7th International Film Festival on Water

CALL FOR ENTRIES

( Download the Entry Form here )

Bangalore Film Society in collaboration with Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, SVARAJ, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), Ithaca College, USA), Christ University, Bangalore, VISTHAR, Charter of Human Responsibilities, SAMVADA, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, YWCA Bangalore, Pacific Asia Resource Centre (PARC), Tokyo and Water Journeys – Campaign for Fundamental Right to Water are organizing the 7th edition of the biggest international film festival on water- Voices from the Waters 2012, only one of its kind in the world.

This festival has established its relevance over the last six years and consistently been receiving entries for the festival from countries across the world underlining the global concern for water. The festival is growing in stature year after year with more and more institutions coming forward to collaborate with us and take the festival across India and abroad through the year giving the film makers a chance to exhibit their works to a broader and diverse audience thereby enhancing awareness on water and environmental issues.

2012 does not present a rosy picture at the water front in India as we witness an increasing water scarcity. Climate change is being experienced in different ways: excessive rains to no rains in different parts of India wreaking havoc on normal agricultural activities, causing flood and droughts, cold and heat wave throwing normal life out of gear. This may as well be the case across the developing world. What is hopeful though is the increasing ‘green consciousness’ across the country to reconstruct a sustainable environment by rethinking development.

‘Voices from the Waters’ seeks to add to this consciousness as concerns regarding the existence and well-being of our waterbodies are now being voiced in the mainstream. Now more than ever, there is a call for awareness, dialogue and debate to inform the actions on which the future of our life worlds depends. ‘Voices from the Waters 2012 – the 7th International Film Festival on Water’ invites you to be a part of the festival by contributing short, documentary, animation and feature films on water and related issues.

Voices from the Waters is conceived as a travelling film festival. The selected films after being premiered in Bangalore will be taken across to educational institutions, non governmental organizations, small towns and villages across India for non commercial exhibition and discussions.

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

  • Water Scarcity
  • The Dams and the Displaced
  • Water Harvest/conservation
  • Water Struggles/Conflicts
  • Floods and Droughts
  • Global Warming and Climate Change
  • Impact of Deforestation on Water Bodies
  • Water, Sanitation and Health
  • River Pollution
  • The Holistic Revival of Water Bodies
  • Water and Life

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

Guidelines:

Entries to the Film Festival must include:
1. Two DVDs of the film (with English subtitles, if required)
2. A completed and signed copy of the entry form
3. Three high-resolution stills of the film (can be sent via email)
4. A high-resolution photograph of the director (can be sent via email)

5. If you have already entered your film in the previous festival, please don’t send it.

Promotional materials are welcome

There is no entry fee.

All the submitted films will be subject to a selection process by the festival selection committee comprising of eminent professionals including documentary film makers, social activists, academicians et al

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

All the submitted films will become  part of Voices from the Waters library, one of the largest resources in the world for films on water.

Last date for submissions: June 15th 2012

Address:

Bangalore Film Society

No.33/1-9, Thygaraju Layout, 4th Cross

Jaibharath Nagar, M.S. Nagar P.O

Bangalore 560 033

Karnataka/India Mobile:+91-80-9448064513

E-Mail : bangalorefilmsociety@gmail.com

www.voicesfromthewaters.com

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