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Submissions for the Education World-Jeevika Freedom Award are open till 5 December 2014. Submissions for all other award categories are now closed.

For more information, contact:

For any queries drop us an email at jeevika@ccs.in and we will get back to you within 24 hours.

Jeevika film entries should bring to light the following content

1. CONTENTS

1.1 OBJECTIVES:

a) To document the livelihood challenges of the rural and urban poor across Asia.

b) Identify and bring to light policies and social, religious and cultural practices which prevent people from earning an honest living.

c) Advocate with the policy makers for changes in policies and with social leaders for changes in practices that can have far-reaching impacts on the lives of the poor.

1.2 SUBJECT:

The subject of the films must be on the livelihood of the individuals & communities of the following nations:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Tajikistan, Taiwan.

1.3 FILMAKERS: The filmmakers can be of any nationality.

1.4 LANGUAGE: The entry could be in any language. It must have English sub-titles.

1.5 DURATION: There is no minimum or maximum limit to the duration of the entry.

2. ENTRY CONDITIONS

• Film completed within the year 2012 to 2014
• Entries without the duly filled-in entry forms will not be considered.
• Two DVD copies (PAL format) of the film should be submitted.
• Each entry item should be labeled with title, running time, name of director and date of production.
• Multiple entries can be submitted. A separate entry form should be used for each entry.
• Only films received by 25 Nov 2014 will be considered.
• Submissions for the Education World-Jeevika Freedom Award are open till 5 December 2014.
• Films once entered cannot be withdrawn.
• Entering films for Jeevika indicates acceptance that the entered copies will be part of the Centre for Civil Society Audio-visual Documentation Library and for Screenings.
• The films kept in our archive will not be screened commercially or sold.

3. EVALUATION PROCESS

Screening Committees:
The five-member Screening Committee (2) comprising of five members will meet to shortlist the best twenty entries.

The directors/producers of short listed entries will be notified by the last week of November 2014 and may be requested to send stills & more copies of films for multiple screenings. They are also invited to participate in the Festival 2014, New Delhi, especially to introduce and discuss their films.

Jury: The five-member Jury will meet to evaluate the shortlisted entries and select the four winners.

For a blind and fair review, the identities of the Screening Committee and Jury members will not be disclosed until the declaration of the final result.

4. BEYOND Jeevika 2014

CCS would like to screen select shortlisted films as part of the Livelihood Campaign in CCS seminars, various schools, colleges, cultural centers & organisations and at festivals in different parts of the country and the world. CCS would like to partner with other organisations to organise the Jeevika Festival in other countries, states and cities of the region. CCS would appreciate any such initiative by the directors and organisations.

Jury Citation
“In a ritual of spring, Ghafoor led his family and his livestock over the PirPanjal, in the migration to summer pasture. A snow storm at the pass turned the annual journey into an epic adventure. A film that began as a documentary of pastoral life was transformed into a celebration of heroism. Through Shabir Khan’s lens, we watched the 75 year-old herdsman galvanised by elemental threats, ministering now to a fallen pack animal, now to a shivering child. Even while depicting the challenges of a life eked from harsh nature, the film reminds us of the heroic march of human progress.”

Best Short Documentary

Jury Citation
‘Bottle Masala in Moile’ works at two levels – firstly, by telling the story of a community that is no longer significant to the modern, homogenising narrative of a metropolis; secondly, by painting the tensions between traditional livelihoods that depend on terrain and geography, and the advance of urban infrastructure, which values concrete above mangroves, time above space, and access above all. A significant contribution to our understanding of Mumbai in particular, and urbanization in general.”

JURY CITATION
“When Jivu Ben and her band deal with the unexpected losses at this year’s Donkey Fair, our hearts reach out to them. It is Rakesh Shukla’s achievement that he is able to bring us so close to his subjects, and through them to the millions of traders and businessmen who deal with risk and distance, hard work and deprivation. Rakesh Shukla’s film is a salute to the spirit of entrepreneurship, a reminder that it exists deep and wide, far beyond the front pages of business magazines and pink papers.”

JURY CITATION
“This visually stylish film allows the sound-track to be dictated by its most colourful protagonist. At one level, it is the story of the decline of an industry, and the search for an alternative livelihood. At another, deeper level, it makes the viewer ponder the meaning of success. If you can be a hero to yourself, then you have liberated yourself from that most pernicious of human afflictions, poor self-esteem.”

JURY CITATION
“Every frame of this film is an aesthetic delight, lit as if by a studio photographer, rather than a documentary camera. ‘Have You Seen the Arana’ flows from one scenario to another, in a stream of cultural context and consciousness, an enviable fluidity that is a testament to the craft of editing”

JURY CITATION
‘Can we see the Baby Bump please’ is an even-handed film about a contentious issue. While raising questions regarding regulation and explanation, it sets the larger socio-economic context in which women choose to play the alienating role of surrogate mother. We commend it for its quiet, careful exploration of a complex issue.