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MUMBAI:
Delhi is all set to host a two-day film festival
'We Care Film Fest' on the lives of the disabled.
Starting 21 February, the film festival is the
fifth in a series of similar festivals organised
annually.
The
festival aims at spreading awareness about disability
and sensitise the society through the medium
of films.
In
this year's bouquet of films, there will be
a one-minute, five-minute, 30-minute and 60-minute
categories. In the one-minute category, eight
films will be screened.
In
the five-minute category, the festival will
showcase 12 films of which one is based on Anuradha
Rathore, who had polio when she was young but
fought her way through to study.
An independent jury will be judging these films,
and films from Greece, Israel and China have
found a place in the foreign category.
The
38 participating films will revolve around a
range of disabilities including visual impairment,
hearing impairment, mental illness and autism.
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