Prize Ceremony: January 17, 2004

Inaugural Address Aruna Vasudev, Cinemaya

Chief Guest’s Address Rajiv Mehrotra, PSBT

Presentation of Prizes Nandita Das

Vote of Thanks Parth J Shah

Screening of the Best Film
"Tales of the Night Fairies"
Shohini Ghosh (2002, 74 Minutes)

Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Gulmohar Hall
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Screenings: January 18, 2004
(Venue: Casuarina Hall, India Habitat Centre)

  9:00  The City Beautiful * (78 Min) Rahul Roy
              Second Prize, Jeevika 2003

  10:45 Turf Wars * (41 Min) Sanjay Barnela & Vasant                  Saberwal  Third Prize, Jeevika 2003

  11:45 A Group Portrait (28 Min) Reena Mohan

  12:35 Liquor Vs Living * (17 Min) Jyoti Patil

  2:00    The Fire Within (58 Min) Shri Prakash

  3:20   Aruvacode Diary * (28 Min) Sanjay Maharishi &                  Anuradha Maharishi

  4:10 The Bamboo Children * (28 Min) Aarti Bhasin

  5:00 Backstage Boys * (30 Min) Meera Dewan

* These films will be introduced by their respective directors and a brief discussion will be held after the screenings.

Results of Jeevika 2003

First Prize: Tales of The Night Fairies (Shohini Ghosh, 2002, 74 minutes)

Second Prize: The City Beautiful (Rahul Roy, 2003, 78 minutes)

Third Prize: Turf Wars (Sanjay Barnela & Vasant Saberwal, 2001, 41 minutes)

Synopsis of Winning & Select Films

Jeevika 2003 Jury
Gargi Sen (Magic Lantern Foundation), RMS Liberhan (India Habitat Centre), Nikhat Kazmi (Times of India)
Rita Panicker (Butterflies), Andre Beteille (Sociologist)

Jeevika 2003 Screening Committee
Krishnendu Bose (Earthcare Films), Arshad Sardar (J Walter Thompson), Prashant Pandey (MCRC, Jamia Milia Islamia), Pratim Das Gupta (St Xaviers College, Kolkata), Lijin Jose (Centre for Development of Imaging Technology, Trivandrum)

Jeevika 2003 Steering Group
Swaminathan Aiyar, Andre Beteille, Gargi Sen, RMS Liberhan, Nikhat Kazmi, Vasant Saberwal
Madhu Kishwar Krishnendu Bose, Arshad Sardar

Event Partners
India Habitat Centre
Ahimsaa TV

Press Coverage
Short slices of real life stories

Description

People earn their livelihood in myriad ways: catch fish; collect medicinal leaves and fuelwood in forests; work on the farm or in the factory; pull a cycle-rickshaw, sell water, vegetables, or food on the roadside; rent land, money, or property; run an enterprise of a repair shop or road construction. At the root of this is the economic freedom to produce and sell a product or a service. Take away this freedom and the impact is as devastating as the loss of the right to vote or freedom of expression.

Jeevika is a search of documentaries that focus on legal and regulatory restrictions, bureaucratic process of approvals and licenses with attendant extortion and harassment as well as social and cultural norms and religious practices that prevent or constrain people from earning an honest living in the vocation of their choice. These procedures and practices coupled with the lack of rule of law, absence of transparency and accountability in governance, and poor enforcement of individual rights including property rights take away the freedom to earn a living.