Development Film Festival: Sustainable Development
The Development Film Festival 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 Centre for Development Communication of DHAN Foundation organizes this Festival. The center feels raising the public awareness and political will is imperative to promote and sustain any development action. It requires multi–media strategies for promoting participation, creating ownership, involving in decision making and management of resources that could impact peoples' lives. The Festival organized every year on a selected theme in development intends 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.
Madurai Symposium 2015 as a Platform
Madurai Symposium since its inception in 2003 has emerged as development knowledge place where various stakeholders’ people/community institutions, civil societies, Government, NGOs, Banks, donors, philanthropies and academia share, learn from each other’s experience and practices and looks at opportunities for collaborative endeavors. The Symposium attracts over 15,000 participants and the one being organized in 2015 is the seventh edition. The theme of the Symposium – 2015 is ‘Localizing Sustainable Development Goals’. Embracing the theme of Sustainable Development, the 10th edition of the Festival focuses on showcasing the productions of film makers from all over the world made on the themes relevant to any of the following areas of Sustainable Development.
Objective of the Festival
- To provide a platform for filmmakers, professionals, students and youths to exhibit their creative skills in film making.
- To recognize the efforts of film makers through selection for screening, special screening and awards
- To create awareness on the issues and possible solutions related to Youth and Education by creating opportunities to view a wide range of films made on the relevant themes
- To involve youth in debate and meaningful action around the issues affecting their development.
