For 6 years now, Impulse has been organising a filmmaking workshop conducted by Kavita Joshi.

STARTS LATE MAY. REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN.

SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS.
Prior experince in this field is not needed.
We are open to anyone 17 years and up...

THE WORKSHOP IS AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO:
- want to make their own film, but don't quite know how
- or are thinking of a career in TV/films, but are not sure if it's right for them
- or are doing a media / communication course which doesn't have enough video training
- or simply want a creative new activity

PARTICIPANTS GET TO:
- Script. Shoot. Edit. Make a film...
- Watch rare films from over the world and read film books
- Work on digital equipment
- Go for Field Trips, and more...

LOGISTICS:
- Held in (south) Delhi. Starting late May
- It is modular - 4 weeks + 4 weeks (fairly full time).
- Each batch has 16-18 people max.

CONDUCTED BY:
The workshop is principally conducted by Kavita Joshi, an independent
filmmaker based in Delhi, who has been designing and conducting training programmes in filmmaking since 2001. There will be additional inputs by other trainers.

To know more about Kavita's films and work, please visit:
http://kavitajoshi.blogspot.com

Contact:

Send an email to [ impulsemail AT gmail DOT com ]

Email enquiries should include
- your full name, main email id and a back-up email id
- phone number (advisable) and city
- and mention which workshop you are interested in
In case you are working, it helps a lot if you tell us a bit about your profession, nature of work, timings, and organisation.

Bangladesh Public Health Conference 2008
Dhaka, June 13-14 2008

Public Health 2008 will provide opportunities for productive, structured dialogue on the major findings of research and evidence on the challenges facing the national response to various health reforms carried out by the government of Bangladesh. The conference will provide a platform for examining, comprehending, and learning on delivery of health care in the backdrop of ongoing reforms in the health system of Bangladesh. Central to all of these sessions on public policies relating to the sector is aspiration for an accessible, affordable and equitable health system that services all of the citizens particularly the poor and the marginalized.

Public health Conference 2008 will give emphasis to the following cross- cutting themes:

- The role of the State in health care delivery
-  Impact of essential service package on the poor
- Rational use of medicine
- Public-private partnership
- Public-public partnership

Call for Paper

 Authors are requested to submit their papers on above themes in word format through email and by post, with an abstract. All papers will be peer-reviewed and only selected papers will be nominated for presentation in the conference and will be published.

Deadline of paper submission: 30 April, 2008

 For submission of papers and further information please contact-

Dr.Nasreen Khan
Unnayan Onneshan
House-40/A, Road-10/A, Dhanmomdi,
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh.
Tel- 880-02-8158274, Cell- 880-017-15010500
Email- nasreen.khan@unnayan.org

The i4d Film Festival is a one-of-its kind festival focusing on films which particularly talk about the use of any ICT tool in poverty alleviation, gender issues, health, sexuality, human rights, education, governance, etc.

The festival, along with the eINDIA2007 conference and exhibition, aims to raise awareness, discuss issues and highlight successes and failures in the domain of ICT for Development. We also aim to strengthen advocacy strategies that might include visual representations.

Panel discussions will bolster the interactive and communicative nature of the film festival. It will also help build capacity of those grassroots organisations who presently do not engage with the visual medium.
 
The organisers invite entries from independent filmmakers, production houses, animators, broadcast networks, organizations, journalists, students, educational institutions etc for the competitive Indian Category.

All the entries will get listed on both the website and festival directory. The finalist films of all category will be screened and promoted not only at the festival but also online on a public video viewing website.

To apply for the film festival, please fill the attached application form and send by email by or before 1 June 2007. Please also send a copy of the film in DVD format – to reach the organisers no later than 15 June 2007.
 
eIndia 2007 web link: http://www.eindia.net.in/
i4d film festival web link: http://www.eindia.net.in/films/index.html