ALL INDIA ONE-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION ON DISABILITY

THEME: Coming Together: Hand-in-Hand.

3 winners will receive cash prizes

1st 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, 2015

Please 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 form
2. A DVD labelled with the title, running time, filmmaker's name and contact number
3. A Cheque or Demand Draft for Rs. 500/- drawn in favour of Ability Foundation
payable at Chennai should accompany the entry form
4. One passport size colour photograph of the filmmaker
IMPORTANT:
Please send an email to fame@abilityfoundation.org 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: fame@abilityfoundation.org
Website: www.abilityfoundation.org

ALL INDIA ONE-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION ON DISABILITY

Coming Together: Hand-in-Hand A note on the theme

As 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 barrierbreaker. 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: handin-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.