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  • Yes Foundation organises social film movement

    Yes Foundation organises social film movement

    MUMBAI: Yes Foundation, the social development arm of Yes Bank, is giving the public an opportunity to select the winners of India’s largest social film movement – YES! I am the CHANGE.  

     

    The top 50 short film entries have been shortlisted and will now compete for the Indian social filmmaking challenge 2014. The five minute long films represent the true spirit of positive social change and touched on social topics including education, women’s safety, women empowerment, animal care and responsible citizenship.

     

    The main aim of this campaign is to spread mass awareness about social causes through the thought provoking films made by youth participants. Over 72,000 viewers have already participated and voted for the popular choice awards. The public can watch the films Yes Foundation India’s YouTube channel and vote for their favourite film. The film with the largest number of likes will be adjudged the winner. Voting ends on 31 January 2015. 

     

    The top three winners of the YES! I am the CHANGE popular choice awards will receive prizes worth Rs 25,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

     

    This programme is mentored by eminent filmmakers and educationists including Shoojit Sircar, Vikramaditya Motwane, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Pritish Nandy, Guneet Monga, Kailash Surendranath, Dr. Indu Shahani, Dr. Nagesh Rao and Nina Lath amongst others.

  • Yes! I am the change Film Festival

    Yes! I am the change Film Festival

    The city of movies and films is all geared for a unique cinematic experience with YES! i am the Change – Film Festival for Social Transformation. The inaugural edition of the two-day festival organised by YES FOUNDATION, the social development arm of YES BANK will be held in Mumbai on 2nd and 3rd October 2013 at the Hall of Culture, Nehru Centre, Worli.

    Come, learn the nuances of filmmaking, script writing as well as being able to see Social needs around you, from a ‘filmmaker’s Lens through thought provoking workshops by eminent personalities!

    YES! i am the Change is a nationwide film-making competition that aims to provide the youth of our nation, a platform to contribute to India’s social development through filmmaking. The initiative has successfully mobilised over 500 teams comprising 2100 citizen filmmakers, who have made short-films of up to 5 minutes duration in just 101 hours on NGOs, everyday heroes and social causes.

    A prescreened and selected 60 best films from the project will be screened at the Two Day Film Festival with an aim to create awareness and engagement with social causes.

    Eminent personalities like Shaheen Mistry, Prahalad Kakkar, Kailash Surendranath, Harish Iyer, among others have been mentors to the project and would speak and interact with youth at the festival.