My Other Avtaar

Ability Foundation, where I spend my mornings, is organising its bi-annual (a vague word, this. It means “once in two years” here, but it could also mean “twice a year”) International Disability Film Festival. The Festival is held on the lines of any other international film festival, the difference being, films screened over the three days of the festival are about and by people with disabilities. We saw the first edition in 2005 – a galaxy of film personalities including Jaya Bachchan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Rajiv Menon and Nandita Das came down to judge the films in the competition section. Organisers of similar film festivals came to watch the proceedings and answer questions from the audience when films from their country were screened. Actor Revathy and PK Nair (Former Director of Film Archives) helped us organise the event.
Here is the information you’ll need to enter the competition. The only qualifications needed are: [1] you have to be an Indian national and [2] have an empathetic heart.