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Source: http://www.doksinet Jai Chandiram Memorial 1 st National Community Media Film Festival February 12, 2017 DDS’ Community Media Trust has hosted India’s first festival of films made by members of disadvantaged local communities Jai Chandiram Memorial 1st National Community Media Film Festival 2017 on February 12 2017 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra(KVK), Didigi village, Zaheerabad. The women of CMT have travelled a long way from being people who were always sidelined by the mainstream media and refused a media space of their own to indisputable media professionals breaking the barriers of poverty, nonliteracy, caste and gender discrimination and brought a fresh perspective into film making. They have produced many films on issues pertinent to their communities, contributed their content to mainstream media, and have been invited to take part in several national and international film festivals. The Jai Chandiram Memorial Community Media Film Festival- the countrys first film

festival dedicated to the disadvantaged communities Source: http://www.doksinet engaged in producing videos was organised by DDS Community Media Trust(CMT) on February 12 2017 at DDS Krishi Vigyan Kendra near Didigi village in Zaheerabad, Telangana. The women of CMT who have organised the festival have travelled a long way from being people who were always sidelined bv the mainstream media and refused a media space of their own to indisputable media professionals breaking the barriers of poverty, non-literacy, caste and gender discrimination and brought a fresh perspective into film making. They have produced many films on issues pertinent to their communities, contributed their content to mainstream media, and have been invited to take part in several national and international film festivals. CMT women are members of IAWRT, [International Association of Women in Radio and Television] as well as the Indian Documentary Producers Association [IDPA]. The Jai Chandiram Memorial 1st

National Community Media Film Festival is a celebration of such community media that tries to erase the hegemony of the urban people over the media. It is also a statement that local communities in rural India can stop being consumers of media and instead start being producers of media. The 1st national festival of community films was conceived and curated by the members of the Community Media Trust. While it was very difficult to locate groups and organisations that work with local communities and have mandated themselves to encourage them in media production, it was still possible for us to get a total of 22 films from 5 organisations namely North East Network, Nagaland; Video Volunteers, Goa; Sangwari Khabariya, Chhattisgarh; Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Madhya Pradesh and Digital, Andhra Pradesh. Source: http://www.doksinet The shortlisted films were screened at the festival in the presence of community film makers from different states. The best films Millet- Securing Lives made by

Vizoli Khamo, Tshenyilo-u,Chirhah, Kewekhrozo Thopi from North East Network and the films Curse of the Monsoon made by Dinesh Kumar, Dev Kumar, Heeralal were awarded as the best films by the Jury -Chinna Narasamma, Media Coordinator of CMT; Vijendra Patil, Director, Bars and Tones and a wild life film maker and Pavan Manvi, Founder of Ramoji Academy for Film and Television. “The community media film festival should be a regular activity where communities can share their experiences and speak about their life when the mainstream media has denied space for them. The communities have both the ability and the right to tell their story,” said Vinod Pavarala, professor of Communications and UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad. Latha Jishnu, a senior journalist from Delhi, said the situation would have been different had the marginal sections in Odisha had community radio when mining activity took place a few years ago. While Deccan Development Society respectfully

thanks all those organisations who have participated in the festival for their vision in engaging with community media and for responding to the call, Deccan Development Society also sincerely hopes that it will be able to build on this experience and hold many such festivals in the future