We care – Festival of films on disability
The We Care Film Festival is an annual international traveling and educational film festival of short films and documentaries on disability issues. It travels to educational institutions and disability organizations aimed at sensitizing and engaging youth in the disability sector nationally and internationally” started by Sandeep Marwah.
The festival is an advocacy tool that seeks to bring about attitudinal and behavioral changes on approaches to disability, promote the inclusion of people with disabilities and rid people of misconceptions, myths and prejudices surrounding disability issues. The festival seeks to promote the rights of persons with disabilities as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)” stated Satish Kapoor, Director of the festival.
In less than a span of nine years, this film festival has become a brand, raising awareness on disability rights issues nationally and internationally.
The Festival’s uniqueness lies in the fact that audiences not only to watch but also rate each short film and documentary which gives an alternate opinion on the quality, content and treatment. An independent jury judges the films on the basis of these ratings.
We Care Film Festival effort underlines the UN’s commitment to inclusion – in both development and human rights perspectives.
WHEN & WHERE
Nov 23, 2018
Location
New Delhi