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Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India, March 7 - 10, 2007 Films of Desire: Sexuality and the Cinematic Imagination is a four day event, featuring - Screenings of features, short films, documentaries, animation, music videos and experimental films that engage with ideas of sexuality in South and Southeast Asia;
- Panel discussions around the different ways in which desires get articulated, normative and non-normative representations of sexualities and how filmmakers' intentions may be displaced by multiple readings by the audience.
The Aims - To foster a more complex understanding of representation, sexuality, gender and rights;
- To strengthen advocacy strategies that might include visual representations;
- To expand resource pool of people who work on issues of sexuality, rights and representation in South and Southeast Asia.
Who can Participate? - Activists, visual media creators (film, digital or animation), academics, students, advocates, journalists and media practitioners who are interested in sexuality and representation.
- Preference will be given to participants at an early stage of their career who currently live and work in South and Southeast Asia.
- The event will be conducted in English. Participants must be fluent in English.
Submit Your Film If you have created visual media, send it to us! Ten (10) short films will be selected to be part of the screenings. Your film must be: - Sent to us as a DVD with subtitles in English;
- Less than twenty (20) minutes in duration.
Resources from the event, including submitted films, will be compiled into a DVD. If you have reservations about this, please let us know. All intellectual property rights will remain with you. Scholarships A limited number of full and partial scholarships for travel and accommodation are available for participants from South and Southeast Asia. Please refer to application form attached. Registration Fee To meet a small proportion of the costs, selected participants are expected to contribute a registration fee as below: - Individuals from South and Southeast Asia: Rs.4500 or USD100
- Institutions from South and Southeast Asia: Rs.6500 or USD150
- All others: Rs.11,000 or USD250
For more information:
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Venue Films of Desire will be held from March 7 to 10, 2007 at the Neemrana Fort Palace in Rajasthan, India, which is a two hour drive from New Delhi. The Fort is an aesthetic location that includes an open-air amphitheatre. However, please be aware as a converted 15th century fort, it has steep staircases, complicated floor plans, and dim lighting. www.neemranahotels.com |