Dharamshala: Tibet TV, Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA announces A) a Take-Off film grant to encourage budding Tibetan filmmakers in the exile community to make short feature or documentary films for Tibet TV, at the same time, TTV also invites applications from interested filmmakers of Tibetan origin to be part of its B) film outsourcing project.
A. Tibet TV’s Take-off Film Grant to Produce a Film on the Theme: Thank you His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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 theme “Thank You, Dalai Lama” 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 2020, 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 July 2020.
2. A selection committee will review and shortlist the selected entries and a cash prize of INR 200,000 will be given to the 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