Vikalp
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Vikalp is a network of documentary film-makers and others interested in this issue, from India
. It defines itself as a "platform to defend freedom of expression and to resist censorship." Currently, India has a film certification (earlier called a censorship) board, the functioning of which has raises concerns specially among documentary film-makers. Vikalp has an associated website called Films For Freedom.
This is Hindi word which means finding best one from the available options
played home to Vikalp: Films For Freedom, which was a six-day long festival of documentary films. It ran parallel to the Mumbai International Film Festival MIFF 2004, and was managed by film-makers itself. The festival screened all films rejected by the MIFF 2004, and over a dozen films withdrawn from the MIFF by film-makers to protest what they called "covert censorship-by-selection."
in India. It says it "seeks to support the independent documentary movement in India and to promote alternative ways of seeing."
-based film-makers Anjali Monteiro and Jaysankar.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It defines itself as a "platform to defend freedom of expression and to resist censorship." Currently, India has a film certification (earlier called a censorship) board, the functioning of which has raises concerns specially among documentary film-makers. Vikalp has an associated website called Films For Freedom.
Films for Freedom
Means Alternative This means provide solutions.This is Hindi word which means finding best one from the available options
Response to "censorship"
In February 2004, MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
played home to Vikalp: Films For Freedom, which was a six-day long festival of documentary films. It ran parallel to the Mumbai International Film Festival MIFF 2004, and was managed by film-makers itself. The festival screened all films rejected by the MIFF 2004, and over a dozen films withdrawn from the MIFF by film-makers to protest what they called "covert censorship-by-selection."
Archives of Indian independent film
Films For Freedom, India's website carries an archive of Indian independent films made after 2002. Members of this network are able to post new films, reviews, list potential venues for screenings and participate in the related discussion group. Viewers are also able to invite films for screenings in their localities.Part of Campaign Against Censorship
Vikalp is a part of the Campaign Against CensorshipCampaign Against Censorship
The Campaign Against Censorship is a Fareham, England-based political pressure group that opposes censorship and promotes freedom of expression in the United Kingdom. The group was formerly named the Defence of Literature and the Arts Society and was founded in 1968 to assist writers and artists...
in India. It says it "seeks to support the independent documentary movement in India and to promote alternative ways of seeing."
Key names
Some of its key members include that Tata Institute of Social SciencesTata Institute of Social Sciences
Tata Institute of Social Sciences is a social sciences institute based in Deonar, Mumbai, India.-History:TISS was established in 1936, as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work, the first school of social work in India. In 1944 the school was renamed to its current name...
-based film-makers Anjali Monteiro and Jaysankar.