10 years Years
DHAN Foundation
Greetings from DHAN Foundation! Centre for Development Communication of DHAN Foundation organizes Development Film Festival, which is envisioned to be a creative platform for the film makers to showcase their works on the themes and issues concerning development of the poor and vulnerable communities. The Festival is organized every year on a selected theme in development to create a platform for the development film makers to screen their products and to promote the public view, debate and meaningful action around the issues. As part of 11th edition of the Development Film Festival, we are organizing a Short Film Competition focusing on the theme ‘Small Millets-Our Food! Our Pride’. The center feels raising the public awareness and political will is imperative to promote the legacy of our traditional food culture. This short film contest is aimed at challenging the food culture today and reviving the legacy of our native food, by way of promoting image of small millets based traditional foods. Students shall send their films made within 3 minutes duration as per stipulated norms before the deadline September 5, 2017. Best three films would be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 each. More details about the competition are given in the attached poster. We invite your good selves to inaugurate the film festival on 20th September 2017 by 5.30 p.m. and to motivate your college students to participate in the Short Film Contest. Please arrange to display the attached poster in the College Notice Board and inform and encourage your students to participate in the Contest.
First Prize Rs.25000
• Film duration must be not more than THREE MINUTES (excluding titles in the beginning and end) • The entries should be sent in HD/DVD/ VCD format along with the filled in Submission Form. • The films can be in any of the Indian / foreign languages with English subtitle. • A filmmaker can send in any number of entries. • The films sent for competition should have been released within last five years and should have been produced with the own idea of the director. • The details of awards won by the films and a copy of press releases about the film can be attached with the submission form. • The director, producer or sponsoring organization can send in their products. • The original copy of the film need not be sent & received films will not be returned. • Each film should be sent with the filled in submission form. (Please make photocopies of the form if needed) • The brochure and submission form can also be downloaded from the website.www.dhan.org/dff • Complete the form making sure that the information is accurate and complete. • Decision of the selection panel is the final. The film makers whose productions are selected will be invited to take part in the Festival and Dialogue sessions. The Festival is open for the public.
