World Autism Awareness Day Observed at Marwah Studios

World Autism Awareness Day Observed at AAFT

Noida: An Autism Awareness Day observed at Marwah Studios at Noida Film City  to inform the depth of the problem to the media students of AAFT University of Media And Arts on 2^nd April, a day decided by the United Nations.

“While technological advances are continuous, there are still major barriers to the use of assistive technologies, including high costs, lack of availability, lack of awareness of their potential, and a lack of training in their use. Available data indicates that, in several developing countries, more than 50% of the persons with disabilities who need assistive devices are not able to receive them,” informed Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor of University of Media And Arts while releasing the poster of WAAD presented by ICMEI.

Present on the occasion Neetika Chadha Sablok read the message by United Nations. "On World Autism Awareness Day, we speak out against discrimination, celebrate the diversity of our global community and strengthen our commitment to the full inclusion and participation of people with autism. Supporting them to achieve their full potential is a vital part of our efforts to uphold the core promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: to leave no one behind." Said Secretary-General of united Nations António Guterres

We care Festival Celebrated 8th Edition in Mumbai

The first ever moving film festival of the World We Care on the subject on disability celebrated its 8th edition of the festival at Mumbai at Y.B.Chauhan auditorium with large number of unprivileged students present there.

The event was inaugurated by the dignities present there from different fields of life interested in promoting the cause of disability in India and abroad including representation from local NGos and institutions from Mumbai.

I am with the cause and would like to communicate to all those who are still unaware of the need to uplift this segment of society, we need more supporters to come forward” said Govind Nihalani renowned film maker. “A little awareness can minimize the disability problems if they are tackled at the first stage” said Parhlad Kakar, achiever from the field of Advertising who promised to make an ad for the cause of Disability.

“We are here to propagate the cause of disability through the biggest medium of mass communication-that is films, give unprivileged an opportunity and you will realize that they are part of our same community” said Sandeep Marwah President of Asian Academy of Film And Television (AAFT).

I request corporate to come forward to open some more schools so that more special children can be trained and educated “ said Rajeev Chandran United Nation Information Centre.

Film Maker Amole Gupte appreciated the event, Satish kapoor the founder of Brotherhood and We Care Film Fest requested interested people to sponsor more shows in Mumbai to highlight the cause of disability. B.B. Nagpal appreciated the decision of Chief Justice Mohit Desai in Mumbai to give attention to disability. Satish Kapoor paid vote of thanks and confirmed to move all over India and abroad with this festival. The next one is going to be in Noida at Marwah Studios.

Section For Disability Films At 3rd Global Film Festival Noida

A special section for the films covering the issues of disability has been created by the management of 3rd Global Film Festival Noida 2010 starting from 12th November at Marwah Studios Complex, Noida Film City

“We cannot ignore the issue of disability which exists in our society and has been ignored for many times, especially when the focus of the festival is children” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and the festival.

“All preparations have been done to highlight disability issues in 3rd global Film Festival” said R.K.Singh Festival Director. “We have received large number of films from many countries and different parts of India.” said Satish Kapoor President Brotherhood who is looking after this section of 3rd GFF Noida 2010.

The film festival has other sections for International Films, AAFT films, ASMS films, Professional films, competition films along with seminars, workshops, exhibitions, market section, book releases, launching of organizations, networking lunches, gala dinners etc.

Script Writing Workshop on Disability at Marwah Studios

Marwah Studios in association with a voluntary organization Brotherhood and Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) organized a Script Writing Workshop for the writers working on the subjects like disability at Noida Film City from August 23 to 27. The purpose of this workshop was to enhance the communication skills of the professionals on this subject.

“We understand our responsibility towards society and especially towards disable persons who have been ignored many times by the people in community. The workshop has developed the writing skills of many and got us some wonderful scripts on the subject to make short films” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios.

“Brotherhood has been creating awareness about disability in schools, hospitals and communities through films. It has already organized seven film festivals on disability issues in India” said Satish Kapoor President of Brotherhood. The next We Care Film Festival’ is already planned with the support of AAFT, RCI, UNESCO, United Nations Information Centre and National Trust.

A team of experts from Asian Academy of Film And Television [AAFT] &Asian School of Media studies [ASMS] was drawn to conduct this powerful workshop at Noida Film City. R.K.Singh, Kalyan Sarkar, Rahul Sehgal, Lalit Kumar, Satish Anand, Ashok Tyagi, Mansoor Naqvi, Amit Prajapati were part of the faculty team. Dr. Om Gupta conducted the workshop.

WECARE FILMFEST 2010 On Disability Will Travel All Over India

“More than 100 short documentary films received on various issues of disability from all over the World and the preview Committee of We Care Filmfest 2010 finalized 32 short films for screening during the film festival which will be moving to all over India. Each documentary film has a story to tell, tales of dogged human spirit that has trumped against all odds” said Sandeep Marwah president of WECARE FILM FEST 2010 .


The preview committee had B B Nagpal, a Media and Film Critic, Shankar Choudhary (Sr. Programme Offricer UNESCO), Ms Saoirse, United Nation Volunteer (UNESCO), Sanjeev Upadhya, Media Professional and film maker ,Ms Deepa Jain (Psychologist and film maker), Ms. Gopa Mukherjee (Journalist and Film maker) and Abhinav Bajpai Head IT, AAFT) jury headed by Satish Kapoor Director of the festival.

“A world that truly embraces diversity is one where the rights, dignity, and well-being of individuals are realized regardless of differences in race, faith, gender – or ability. People living with disabilities often surprise us with their abilities, with what they can do rather than what they cannot, but not many tell their stories. To share a few minutes of their lives 7th We Care Filmfest will be held across the country under the theme Dignity and Justice for All” said Satish Kapoor the founder of the organization Brotherhood.

The festival is organized in association with the National Trust, Asian Academy of Film and Television (AAFT), United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be travelling to about 12 locations in India, from February to mid-April 2010 including Delhi, NOIDA, Mumbai, Agra, Jaipur, Kolkata etc.

We Care Film Festival At Marwah Studios

Asian Academy Of Film And Television along with the social organization Brotherhood organized “Look Back We Care Film Festival” an event of films on Disability at Marwah Studios, Film City, Noida. The collection of films on different issues of disabilities were projected to the large crowd, film and television students of AAFT,ASMS and ABS with an idea to evoke emotions towards people who are sometimes ignored by the community and society for no rhyme or reasons.
“We have joined hands with Brotherhood only to promote the idea of creating awareness towards disability” said Sandeep Marwah, President Marwah Studios. “We at brotherhood have pledged to promote our disable brothers and sisters to come forward in life and become independent” said Satish Kapoor, the Director of the Festival .The festival is supported by the information Centre of United Nation, National Trust, Shivkala Motion Pictures and International Film And Television Club.
“We have to look back into Hindi feature films like Black, Dosti, Tare Zameen pain, Koshish where a huge information is highlighted on disability” said Sameer Sen Chief Guest of the day and renowned music director who has given music to 150 feature films like Jalwa ,Arjun Pandit, Anari No 1, Achanak, Salakhen, Kartavaya etc. B.B.Choudhary IPS, Sanjeev Sachdeva, Rajeev Chandran of United Nation Information Centre, R.K.Singh former Engineer in Chief, Doordarshan, Raghaveddhiraa of Mangolore Port Trust ,Sharad Dutt of Channel P7 were the other speakers of the day. The program was followed by screening of 15 selected short films on Disability.