ALL INDIA ONE-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION ON DISABILITY
THEME: Coming Together: Hand-in-Hand.
3 winners will receive cash prizes1st Prize: INR 1,00,000, a
Citation and a Certificate
2nd Prize: INR 75,000, a Citation and a Certificate 3rd Prize:
INR 50,000, a Citation and a Certificate
Also the short-listed films will be screened at AbilityFEST
2015
Rules and Regulations
The competition is open to filmmakers of Indian nationality
only.
The entries can be animation, live action or both.
The running time including credits should not exceed 60
Seconds.
The production can be either in Film/Video or Digital format,
but the entries should be submitted in DVD format only.
The film must have English subtitles/captioning even if the
language of the film itself is English.
The entry should not have been previously screened in
public.
An individual can send a maximum of 3 entries. Each film must be
accompanied by a separate entry form.
An entry fee of Rs. 500/- per film, by way of Cheque / Demand
Draft only favouring Ability Foundation, payable at Chennai, should
accompany every entry form.
Last date for submission of films is Friday, September 4,
2015Please Note
Entries for 60 Seconds to Fame! will remain the property of the
organisers and will not be returned
Only the films that are short listed for the final selection
will be screened as part of AbilityFEST2015. Filmmakers will be
informed of the date of screening ahead of the festival.
Winners of 60 Seconds to Fame! competition will be announced
during AbilityFEST2015. The decision of the jury will be final and
binding.Checklist:
Each and every entry must be accompanied by the following:
1. The completed and signed entry form2. A DVD labelled with the
title, running time, filmmaker's name and contact number3. A Cheque
or Demand Draft for Rs. 500/- drawn in favour of Ability Foundation
payable at Chennai should accompany the entry form4. One passport
size colour photograph of the filmmakerIMPORTANT:
Please send an email to [email protected] informing us
that you have sent us your film with postage / courier
details.Entries to be sent on or before Friday, September 4, 2015
to
60 Seconds to Fame!
ABILITY FOUNDATION,
4 / 23, 3rd Cross Street,
Radhakrishnan Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai - 600 041. Tamil Nadu, India.
Telephone: + 91 44 24520016
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.abilityfoundation.org
ALL INDIA ONE-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION ON DISABILITY
Coming Together: Hand-in-Hand A note on the themeAs we go
through the course of our lives, our experiences are many. We meet
people. We make friends. Something almost magical happens.
Dissimilarities melt away... like being disabled or non-disabled.
Diversities are understood. And celebrated. Being there for one
another, helping each other, the caring, joking, working &
studying together: hand in hand.
Disabled or non-disabled, we are all people first. With the same
joys, sorrows, likes, dislikes, hopes, despair, ambition, dreams,
aspirations, wants & needs, like anyone else. People with
disabilities are part of the same society, have their own space
under the sun same as anyone else.
Most often, for a person with disability, several things come in
the way of being friends with a non-disabled person as equals. The
barriers both physical and attitudinal are many. Understanding the
other person, sharing a joke or a problem is a unique
barrier-breaker. As well as a great unifier. There is no
underestimating the powers of togetherness. Together, we can march
on, achieve, and enjoy life, so much more: hand-in-hand. Working
towards making dreams happen. Hand in hand through good times and
bad, through thick and thin, through joys & sorrows.
It becomes such that, there is no me and you. It becomes we and
us. However, for a person with disability, a little more empathy,
sensitivity and above all accessibility of the facilities are
important. Only then can we enjoy a truly enjoy a truly equitable
and balanced life. But these are not always available for persons
with disabilities to realise all that s/he wants to. These have to
be made available & accessible with sensitivity & empathy
as well as a matter of rights. These requirements will be required
everywhere for our classmates in school/college; for our colleagues
at the workplace; our pals/friends in life, sharing simple
pleasures of going to a movie, or dinner or a holiday together,
appreciating one another... all that you can think of.
As you may know, Ability Foundations vision is to make possible
a society where people with and without disabilities walk hand in
hand, work shoulder to shoulder and are accepted as equals; where
help comes out of empathy, not sympathy as a matter of course.
Thus our theme this year... Coming Together... hand-in-hand
gives you the freedom to unleash your creativity. Just have your
say... on celluloid... in just 60 seconds... about challenging
stereotypes, about changing preconceived notions, about opening up
fresh vistas and thinking as well as opening up peoples minds with
your innovative thinking. Overcoming all prejudices and creating an
equitable as well as equal society where every member of society
enjoys a level playing field with dignity, joy and as a matter of
right. Hand in hand, we can. 3
