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)
