Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
by Kyeann Sayer, Nomad on 02.15.06
Missoula, a treehugging college town in Western Montana, was dubbed "the Paris of the West" in the nineties due to its high per capita population of writers, absurd beauty and disproportionate alternatives to meat and potatoes eats. It makes sense, then, that the aughts have brought the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival to downtown's historic Wilma theater. Beginning its third year on February 16 and wrapping up on the 22nd, the thoughtful fete will bring together film makers and lovers from around the world to screen 96 documentaries. I will fill TH readers in on the eco-film highlights. Check out the selections for yourself! :: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Jeevika: South Asia Documentary Festival, which began in 2003, aims at capturing the livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor and bringing it to the attention of current and future policy makers. Over the years, Jeevika has been successful in advocating for the cause of numerous entry-level entrepreneurs - rickshaw pullers, street vendors, prostitutes, child labour, farmers and forest-dwellers.
The premier event of the festival to be held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi will be the awards ceremony from 20-23rd July 2007, which will culminate four days of screening for the top films. The last date for the submitting the entries is May 31, 2007
In addition as part of the festival tour, the award-winning films will travel and be screened in premier schools and colleges in over 20 states in India and other organisations working on livelihood issues as well as in our South Asian neighbours.
Over the years, Jeevika has become an increasingly popular and news-worthy event as well as an important catalyst for positive social change. The Film-makers whose films have been showcased in the past include Rakesh Sharma (of the Final Solution fame), Sanjay Barnela (Turf Wars) and Shohini Ghosh (Tales of the Night Fairies).
For further details, please log on : www.ccs.in/jeevika