Dharamshala: Tibet TV, Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA has announced a Take-Off film grant to encourage budding Tibetan filmmakers in the exile community to make short feature or documentary films for Tibet TV.
A. Tibet TV’s Take-off Film Grant to Produce a Film on the Theme: Tibetans Remembering Journey into Exile
Aspiring filmmakers can avail a total grant of INR 200,000/- for making a film on any topics related to the above theme.
Film length between 25 – 30 minutes.
The film can be in either Tibetan or English and should be accompanied by subtitles.
The Take-Off grant aims to facilitate and encourage filmmaking activities of Tibetans and to produce content for wider dissemination and posterity.
Selection Procedure:
1. Interested applicants can make a film on the theme ‘Tibetans Remembering Journey into Exile’ and submit a copy of the film, either in person or through Google drive, to the Department of Information and International Relations (DIR) on or before 31 December 2021, along with a completed form. Click here to view the Tibetan Form/ English Form.
Note: Interested applicants are requested to first register for the Grant by submitting a 100-word concept note to Tibet TV on or before 30 May 2021.
2. A selection committee will review and shortlist five films and a cash prize of INR 200,000 will be given to the five filmmakers.
3. The Films will be screened to the public (date-TBA) and later published on TTV platforms and possibly on other mainstream media.
B. TTV also invites applications from interested filmmakers of Tibetan origin to be part of its film outsourcing project.
TTV will outsource a series of short documentary film (15 – 20 mins) productions in order to encourage the budding filmmakers in exile while also generating contents for Tibet TV.
Address your application to:
The Secretary
Department of Information & International Relation, CTA
PO Dharamsala 176215, District Kangra, H.P
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Tel: +91-1892-222457, 222510