MUMBAI: Delhi is all set to host a two-day film festival ‘We Care Film Fest‘ on the lives of the disabled. Starting 21 February, the film festival is the fifth in a series of similar festivals organised annually.
The festival aims at spreading awareness about disability and sensitise the society through the medium of films.
In this year‘s bouquet of films, there will be a one-minute, five-minute, 30-minute and 60-minute categories. In the one-minute category, eight films will be screened.
In the five-minute category, the festival will showcase 12 films of which one is based on Anuradha Rathore, who had polio when she was young but fought her way through to study.
An independent jury will be judging these films, and films from Greece, Israel and China have found a place in the foreign category.
The 38 participating films will revolve around a range of disabilities including visual impairment, hearing impairment, mental illness and autism.
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