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An Intoxicating Evening with Indie Group Desi Quarter

The Maitri Project Added 1 year ago

Power band ‘Desi Quarter’ is going to be the latest rager for this weekend in Maitri. Known for their signature blend of Bollywood, Sufi and Indie styles, with a pinch of western music in the mix, this dynamic duo of Rajtaringini (vocals) and Amit Khadikar (Vocals and guitar) is sure to put a smile on your face come Saturday.

Desi Quarter is known for putting a unique spin on each of their musical renditions. Their signature style has brought them the glory of “Best Live Music Band” award at the

GIBF Awards – Western Region. Check out some of their most memorable performances online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uUhLeyr-KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBZEXmzxVMY

https://youtu.be/uOb1kgzjM20

https://youtu.be/VbU2kISRe-w

https://youtu.be/4GAow0lOquI

Come and celebrate a musical fest of passion!

Watch Live on The Maitri Project, Saturday, September 11 at 7 PM. Tickets available here

Divyansh Srivastava Comes to Perform and Win Hearts on the Next Edition of The Maitri Project

The Maitri Project Added 1 year ago

Santoor Player Divyansh Srivastava is all set to grace the stage on the next episode of The Maitri Project.

This 25-year old Indian Classical Santoorist and composer specializes in the ‘Sufiyana Gharana’ of santoor tradition, which originates from Kashmir and is the only tradition of Santoor. The Sufiyana Gharana is known for its clear emphasis on both the Gayaki and Tantrakari, as well as the clarity of Raga.

Divyansh has been trained in this beautiful art form by Padmashri Pt. Bhajan Sopori of Sufiyana Gharana. Divyansh’s particular brand of Santoor is also the Sopori baaj, which is a revised shape of Santoor improvised by none other than his Guruji, Pt Sopori Ji. Before moving on to the Santoor, Divyansh was also trained as a vocalist in Hindustani Classical Music.

Divyansh has performed in myriad shows across the length and breadth of the country. He has performed in some of the most prestigious shows and concerts in India, including SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan in Delhi, Bawra Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar, Ganga Mahotav in Varanasi, Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Allahabad, and many more. He has even participated in Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in 2019.

The list of prizes and achievements won by Divyansh is far too many to count. To list a few, he has received honours and recognitions from the Sangeet Natak Academy in Lucknow, in the Hariwallabh Sangeet Pratiyogita, in Dr J.S Bawra sangeet pratiyogita, and even in the Akhil Bhartiya Sangeet pratiyogita.

Tickets for the online performance of Classical Santoorist Divyansh Srivastava are available now.

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Sitar maestro Soumitra Thakur set to dazzle audiences on The Maitri Project

The Maitri Project Added 1 year ago

The scion of Bishnupur Gharana of Classical Music, the Sitar Maestro Soumitra Thakur, is going to grace the screen on the Maitri Project on July 25.

An epitome of subtle perfection, Soumitra began training to be a classical instrumentalist from the age of four under the tutelage of his Uncle and Sitar instrumentalist, Shri Prashanta Thakur. He has also had advanced training from celebrated Sitar instrumentalist Pt. Kushal Das of the Maihar Gharana. Soumitra has done his post-graduation in Music from Delhi University.

Soumitra Thakur’s sitar stylings reflect the influences of both the Maihar and the Imdadkhani-Etawa Gharana.

Soumitra is the recipient of the Balshree Award (President’s Award) for Creative Performance in 2009 from the then President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil. He was conferred the 1st position at the 20th National Youth Festival Competition in 2016 as well as the 1st position at Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Competition in 2014.

Witness this amazing Sitar Vadak in action! Tune into The Maitri Project on July 25 at 7 PM IST. Don't miss out!

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Independent Soul Singer Shweta Sinha all Set to Add Her Unique Flavor in Maitri's New Season Opening Series

The Maitri Project Added 1 year ago

The next episode of The Maitri Project is going to host a dazzling performer- Shweta Sinha, an independent singer-songwriter, who believes in moving beyond the confines of normative rules.

Shweta Sinha is a young musician whose creativity is as limitless as she herself. Her agility across genres, languages and influences clearly reflects in her soulful melodies.

Shweta Sinha is one-half of the indie-pop band Two-Seater Melodies. She credits her inspiration to legends in acoustic pop, rock, indie, soul and folk-rock music. Apart from creating original compositions, she also loves doing covers of some of the more immortal classics. Most of her work is available on iTunes, Amazon Music and Spotify. As far as Match My [Talent]’s core audience goes, Shweta is a regular favorite.

This time around, Shweta is all set to recreate her brand of magic in Maitri 2.0 opening series with a special tribute to female musicians who, like her, have created their own paths and succeeded on their own terms. We could not be more thrilled to welcome such a talented musician and get another chance to hear her soulful voice.

Catch her Live Performance on The Maitri Project on July 10, at 7 PM IST.

Milind Tulankar opens The Maitri Project's first monthly series with his exquisite Jaltarang

Anish Parmarthi Added 1 year ago

They say the divine can be found even in inanimate objects. But Milind Tulankar proves that you can even hear the divine in them.

Opening the first monthly series of The Maitri Project’s new season, the Jalatarang Maestro demonstrated to us what the unique symphony between science, art and nature can mean and achieve.

The Jaltarang is a unique and ancient instrument. It is one of the oldest instruments which is said to have originated in our own Indian subcontinent. The instrument is actually sets of china or porcelain bowls filled with water; the player produces the music by rhythmically beating the bowls with two thin bamboo sticks. Each bowl can be tuned to the desired frequency by varying the quantity of water in it.

With a beautiful rendition of ‘Saare Jahaan Se Achchha’, Milind Tulankar, who is a well-known Jaltarang Vaadak in Indian art scene as well as one of the most revered and influential figures in the Indian classical music industry, explained why the Jaltarang is a cure for all fatigue- our bodies, just like the Jaltarang, are seventy-five percent water. The vibrations that make the melody in a Jaltarang are made by water, which on touching the various focal points of the body, feels a connection towards the water within our own body and responds to it.

“Jaltarang is an instrument that requires personal assembly. You cannot go to a music shop and buy a jaltarang. To possess it, you will have to shop in a number of crockery stores. .. You may find the do, re, mi at one place, the la, si, do at another and end up waiting for the fa, so for three months. The wait is for the right-sized bowl that matches your tone. .. You have to be patient in creating your jaltarang,” says Milind Tulankar

Playing a range of melodies, from the humble classical composition ‘Paayal Jhankaar’ to the modern, iconic signature tune of the Raymond Men’s clothing brand, Tulankar demonstrated how the liquid form of this instrument is the actual reason for its versatility and flexibility. It suits any kind of music, whether it be classical or contemporary. Doesn't matter how tired you are, it always finds a way to soothe you.

The scientific workability of a divine instrument such as the jaltarang was lauded by the audience too. “Your collaboration (Milind and Ganesh) reminded me of the iconic duo Ustad Ali Raakha and Zakir Hussain. In fact, today, you have beaten them,” said Alok from Canada.

“I cannot express how very happy I am to see the little details that I see, which demonstrate your devotion towards the jaltarang. The way you fill the water, tend to the bowls, it almost looks like a priest praying to their God,” said Anusha, an audience member to Tulankar.

As wonderful as this instrument may be, it stands on the verge of extinction too. It is astonishing that Indians spend thousands of bucks each year to buy newer and newer, more westernized instruments when music can be fetched from simple everyday things around us. A is known, there is no greater symphony than that of art and nature.

Tulankar Ji realizes the importance of the Jaltarang’s preservation. He not only promotes it throughout the world by just playing it. He also loves innovating it too. Over the years, he has experimented with the various substances that he can use to improve and tune the Jaltarang to produce even more intricate results. This includes using alternatives to bamboo sticks, like plastic sticks, adding cable wires to the end of the sticks, using plastic cuboid coasters for the bowls instead of using wooden coasters like his grandfather used, etc.
His efforts are praiseworthy, and will probably go down in history, but that is not enough. We need to realize the importance of indigenous instruments like the Jaltarang, the Ektara, the Dotara, the Udukkai, the Shehnai, the Tanpura, and various other such instruments that are fading into oblivion. This can only be achieved when we start promoting them on an elementary level. The need of the hour is to introduce these instruments in schools and colleges and organize free training for people who wish to learn them.

The performing arts industry needs to re-introduce the beauty of instruments that were fashioned out of simple things, at a time when resources were limited. The focus should be on the universality and relevance of those substances even to this day.

Treading on this approach, Match My [Talent] has promoted this message about the upcoming set through various means. With organic ads on Facebook, Google and Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, through teasers and trailers on YouTube cultivating the mystique of this innovative instrument, and via chat rooms of Clubhouse, and of course, the amazing work by the team at Match My [Talent ], this campaign has reached out to a whopping 15 K people. The #Jaltarang is not going to lose its name just yet.

The Maitri Project has been quite instrumental in bringing to the fore such artists who have impacted societies and the global performance industry with their talent and their art. In line with an auspicious beginning of the first monthly series of the new Maitri Project, the team at Match My [Talent] also guarantees a truly unforgettable monthly series too.

How do we say that?

Coming up Next: Shweta Sinha is one-half of the indie-pop band Two-Seater Melodies. She is a singer and songwriter drawing influences from acoustic pop, rock, indie, soul and folk rock music .
Apart from covering classic songs, she also creates her originals songs and EP, which are available on several platforms.

Catch her live on The Maitri Project on July 10

Next in Line: Soumitra Thakur, acclaimed Sitar Instrumentalist and a student of Ustad Rashid Khan, who has performed at several shows and concerts around the country.

Catch him live on The Maitri Project on July 25.

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Talented Voice Artists Make it Clear Audio Content is now a Lucrative Industry

Anish Parmarthi Added 1 year ago

Foreground Forum, a web conference series presented by Match My [Talent], was paneled yesterday by some of the most talented and burgeoning Voice artists and Voice coaches in Indian entertainment right now.

Sonal ‘Motormouth’ Kaushal, who is best known as the Voice of Hindi-speaking Doraemon and various other prestigious characters like Chhota Bheem and Arya Stark (Hindi Dubbed version) graced the panel yesterday with her signature voice that transported us back to the era of endless cartoons.

Joining her was the multi-talented and beyond-versatile Voice actor, Animator and VFX artist, Varoon Indalkar, who practically stunned the audience with his voice impersonations and range of modulation.

Gurdip Wadhwa Sial, a recognized voice-over artist and a voicepreneur, stole the show with her charming personality. Joining her from G-Corp was her colleague Anita Naidu Pawaskar, an ex-RJ and current voice coach, who has become an ideal mentor for hundreds of kids and adults.

Sharing the visual of a wooden booth resting near her, Sonal Kaushal, perhaps the most sought-after voice artist in India, shared the experience of a voice artist adapting to the Work From Home culture like the rest of the world. “This wooden booth at my home is now my office. I sit inside it and record, 10 -15 characters minimum in a single day. None of us thought that we voice artists would have to prepare this sort of makeshift arrangement. All part of our Jugaadoo (resourceful) nature.” said Kaushal.

Adding to this, the simplest but most truthful revelation came from the words of Animation enthusiast Varoon Indalkar. “If I could sum up my knowledge of this industry in three words, it would be these- Practise, Practise and Jugaad!” said Indalkar.

Anita Pawaskar, a highly efficient mentor at G-Corp Media, explained some of the nuances of being or becoming a voice actor. “If you have a voice, and want to make it an asset, you have to first identify the areas where your voice fits the best. Is it best for online classes, or film-dubs, or advertisements, animated movies, or presentations, or client meetings, etc? Once you have decided that then comes understanding the nuances of effective speaking and voice modulation. Modulation is very important. When you’re reading out a transcript, one has to remember that the voice quality should efficiently express the emotion that the character is feeling,” said Pawaskar.

A funny tale of moving to Mumbai with a suitcase full of dreams led the very charming Gurdip to talk about how the voice-over industry has become a force to reckon with. “I am a living example of how the audio content and production industry is not just about dubbing into Hindi anymore. Voiceover is needed in almost every domain today, from IVRs to chatbots to educational to Entertainment. All that is needed is a 360-degree analysis and of course, willingness to play,” Said Sial.

The discussion highlighted the very bright future that voice artists today have ahead of themselves. Voice art is one such profession where anyone can find their spot, it is about identifying where your voice suits the best. Having the flexibility to be able to do so from home, makes it a very lucrative WFH. Brands and content creators are now finally able to leverage the vernacular and the common man approach to advertising and customer service. The only piece that remains to be developed in all of this is - how does one find such a wide range of voice artists. The demonstration of Match My [Talent] from Sonia Choksi, came as an answer to this as well. A search engine that is only focused on performing artists. An artificial intelligence-centric engine that lists out the performing artists purely on the basis of the attributes Is the future of finding the right performing artists.

To watch the full webinar, click here.

Upcoming famous Film Festivals going virtual in 2021

Anish Parmarthi Added 2 years ago

Upcoming famous film festivals going virtual in 2021

We recognize that the global impact of COVID-19 has greatly affected storytellers and their projects, from production halts to disrupted festival premiere plans.

The following major film festivals across the world have tentatively released their submission dates, platforms and event dates as well as the medium of screening.

January 2021

Sundance Film Festival, USA

Dates : January 28 to February 3

Medium : Hybrid (virtual + physical screenings)

Ranging from feature films, short films, episodic projects, and New Frontier exhibition to performance projects, Sundance has different categories with respective eligibility criterias.

Celebrating independence, creativity and risk taking, the Sundance Film Festival plays a vital role in discovery of new films and new voices from around the world. The World Cinema competitions, for over 10 languages, are specifically dedicated to identifying emerging international talent and connecting them with audiences and industry in the United States.

Submit on FIlmFreeway or here.

Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden

Dates : January 29 to February 8

Medium : Virtual

The leading film festival in Scandinavia will be going digital in 2021 due to the increased pandemic concerns presenting an online cinematic experience.

Serving nearly 50 films with premier screenings every night, this festival promises some amazing contestants for the Nordic competition, Dragon Award Best Nordic Film, the winner’s prize being among the world’s largest : One Million Swediesh crowns.

Become a member here to get access to the digital pass.

February 2021

The Berlinale, Germany

Date : March 1 to March 5 | June

Medium : Virtual (Phase I) | Physical (Phase II)

One of the largest public film festivals in the world, The Berlinale started in 1951 for the Berlin public at the start of the Cold War, as a “showcase of the free world”. The festival has, throughout years, developed into a place of intercultural exchange and a platform for the critical cinematic exploration of social issues. To this day it is considered the most political of all the major film festivals, bringing the big stars of international cinema and filmmakers of all disciplines.

Glasgow Film Festival, Scotland

Date : February 24 - March 7

Partnering with 22 cinemas around the UK and spread over 4 countries and 12 days, GFF’s 17th edition will also screen its films, in addition, on their new online platform Glasgow Film At Home to safely provide the GFF experience for film fans all across the country.

The full programme for GFF will be announced on 14 January. Tickets for the programme, including the Opening and Closing films, will go on sale on Monday 18 January.

Check the latest updates on the GFF website here.

March 2021

Unified Filmmakers Festival, Germany

Date : March 1 to July 31 | June 24 to July 4

Medium : Virtual | Physical at Filmfest Munchen 2021

Accepting submissions in 2 duration categories - under 2 minutes and between 2 and 15 minutes, till 31 March 2021, the online screening will be presented on the festival website here and on its own Youtube channel.

The voting for the best film in both the categories will take place over 5 months both by the audience and an international jury of filmmakers and presented on screen at the Filmfest Munchen.

Submit your films via FilmFreeway here.

Manchester Film Festival, UK

Date : March 6 to March 14

Medium : Physical screening

Manchester Film Festival is a truly independent film festival, committed and dedicated to showcase the works of both new and established international and domestic filmmakers from the world of independent cinema.

Submissions are open via FilmFreeway for independent feature length and short films that are completed from January 1st, 2018 with all films competing for awards in numerous categories, 17 in total.

April 2021

Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) 2021, Belgium

Date : April 21 to May 1

Medium : Physical events

From competitions, comedies, boxing, Portugese, Korean, Iranian and Latin-American short films, and above all, a lot of Belgian, trash, fun and rock ‘n roll to also activities for young public and several professional workshops, the 24th edition of BSFF returns and celebrates 11 days of festival with more than 300 short films

Tickets can be booked here and submissions in different categories here.

Malhaar Virtual Video Festival, India

Date : April 2021 (Tentative)

Medium : Virtual

Malhaar Global Virtual Video Festival seeks to bring the work of those rare filmmakers or content creators, who stitch together countless human emotions into one amazing tapestry for us to admire and reflect A Match My [Talent] initiative to connect with global content creators and bring their work to the audience and industry.

The first edition last year saw an impressive 400+ submissions from over 20 countries of the world in more than 12 languages.

Stay tuned for more updates on our Malhaar page.

May 2021

Vienna Shorts

Date : May 27 to June 1

Medium : Hybrid

The international short film festival Vienna Shorts in Vienna shows about 300 productions with a maximum length of up to 30 minutes every year.

Structured in four categories in the competitive section on national and international levels as well as the non competitive sections, this edition of Vienna Shorts is going to be hybrid with focus on the presentation of short film forms in the cinema of Vienna. Dates of the online screening will be informed later.

June 2021

Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA

Date : June 22 to June 28

For 31 years, the Palm Springs International Film Festival has been bringing together an international community of filmmakers and film lovers to celebrate the riches that cinema presented that year. While they have decided to skip this year’s edition, they are intact with going forward with the ShortFest on the dates mentioned.

One of the largest showcases of short-form cinema in North America, the seven-day competitive festival is Academy Award, BAFTA and Goya-qualifying, screening annually more than 330 shorts from approximately 60 countries. ShortFest accepts submissions up to 40 minutes in duration, in the form of both fiction and non-fiction shorts. Categories include Animation, Documentary, and Live Action.

Submit your entries here.

September 2021

Venice International Film Festival, Italy

Date : September 1 to September

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the most prestigious. The Festival was organised for the first time in 1932, and has hosted 77 editions till date.The Venice Film Festival is today a prestigious event that presents every year a selection of world-class films.

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organises retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

Tickets and subscriptions for the 78th Venice International Film Festival will be on sale in August 2021.

Please visit this page again for updates.

Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland

Date : September 16 to September 26

Each September the Finnish capital Helsinki is transformed into a moviegoers’ paradise. Also known as the coolest film festival in the Northern Hemisphere, the Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy promotes the artistry of filmmaking with inventive, visually stunning and groundbreaking new films.

The submission for the National Competition of the L&A Shorts is open for fiction, documentary or animation films that are under 30 minutes long and belong to Finland. It opens in March 2021. The link to the registration form will be updated to this page by then.

Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland

Date : September 23 to October 3

The Zurich Film Festival provides a platform for the most promising filmmakers from around the globe. It aims to promote exchange between emerging directors, successful film workers, the film industry and the general public. Every autumn, the ZFF presents the year’s greatest discoveries and most anticipated films.

Tickets are available 10 days before the festival and submissions open in September. Stay tuned for updates through their website here.

October 2021

Raindance Film Festival, UK

Date : October 27 to November 6

Medium : Physical screening

Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK. The Raindance Film Festival aims to show the very best in new cinema from the UK and around the world and specialises in first-time directors and discovery.

The Raindance Film Festival is officially recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences USA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the British Independent Film Awards. Selected shorts will qualify for Oscar® and BAFTA considerations.

Submission details are available here.

November 2021

Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden

Dates : November 11 to November 22

The Stockholm International Film Festival started in 1990 and is one of the leading film festivals in Europe. During twelve intense days in November the festival presents 150 film premieres from more than 60 countries.

The last edition in 2020 featured 75 films in cinemas as well as via their digital platform due to the pandemic. This year’s edition is also expected to be held virtually until further notice.

You can stay updated on their website here.

This year promises to be an eventful both on virtual as well as on the physical front. Hopefully we as creators as well as the audience will get to relish and experience all events in their purest forms as intended. We can only cross our fingers for that!

Formulating new cultural policy to transform societal mindset by fighting hatred and violence

Anish Parmarthi Added 2 years ago

New cultural Policy to bring a social change

Art is powerful: it can reassure, soothe, inspire and educate us- just for starters. Traditional and cultural art forms, passed down through generations, have always held a mirror to the world, reflecting the life around us, arguably questioning the various reforms and mindsets of the society in general and eventually healing the cracks and wounds.

The first virtual meeting of the Delhi Cultural Policy Advisory Committee was held on Monday, November 16, 2020 chaired by the deputy chief minister Manish Sisodiya. Also attended by several reputed dignitaries, including actor Manoj Bajpayee and Javed Jaffrey, Art and Policy expert Pooja Sood, JNU's School of Arts and Aesthetics Professor, Ira Bhaskar, Principal of Delhi College of Art, Ashwini Kumar, social activist Vineet Nagar, folk dancer Bina Vyas, music producer Breen Desai among the others, separate subcommittees were formed to draft policy on various specific issues formulating a comprehensive cultural policy to ensure a meaningful contribution of arts, culture, media and entertainment to bring a transformation in the social mindset.

This meeting is a welcome change and a development that was prayed for several years but was landing into deaf ears. The pleasant surprise is also the context with which the meet has been organized, as noted in a comment from Mr. Sisodia, where he was found saying that

Delhi belongs to everyone and it should reflect the diverse culture and tradition of the country as a whole through its art and culture. Looking at the recent events involving hatred and violence, he feels that a developed state of art and culture can improve the overall well being of the citizens and hence eventually reduce the violence. A very daring, intellectual and practical perspective for Delhi to witness from a political group.

A 15 member advisory committee will be presenting its report within the next two months in response to an order passed in September with a holistic cultural policy giving plethora of options to the regional people when it comes to the cultural events.

Manoj Bajpayee put forward his opinion of implementing theatre education to the children of the slums and offers to help them dream and join the mainstream.

“Artists have brought about major changes in the past and today we expect a greater role from the people who represent this field”, Sisodia added. The new policies will help bring a change to people’s thinking and in turn create a better cultural environment.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has also played an instrumental role in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes pertaining to India’s external cultural relations over the recent past. In the current pandemic times also, ICCR has shown very active interest in pivoting from its age-old formats and indulging into modern approaches that can further help in strengthening cultural relations between India and other countries through India’s art and culture. The Ministry of culture, along with other affiliated cultural bodies would both benefit from Sisodia’s initiative for art and culture and also be able to do more impactful work with their expertise into the subject.

Performing artists and organizations working towards strengthening art and culture should keep a watch for the new cultural policy coming from Mr. Sisodia’s office in the capital city, Delhi.

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Film Festivals unite for a Digital Film Festival to battle Covid 19

Vironica Babbar Added 2 years ago

Major Film Festivals across the world have come together as one and decided to stream a 10-day free digital festival in association with Youtube to battle the ongoing pandemic.

The global pandemic has forced markets across sectors, to leverage the communication patterns, Internet, Digital inventions & technology to make optimum use of available resources. In the wake of a massive hit to markets across the globe, performing artists & businesses are coming together to financially support the battle against Coronavirus outbreak.

In what may seem as a one-of-its-kind phenomenon, noted Film festivals & organisers from round the world have decided to come together & showcase remarkable cinema created through disruptive art, and technology via the Internet. Yes, a collective of prestigious film festivals known as “WE ARE ONE”, an initiative by Tribeca Enterprise, the company behind Tribeca Film Festival in association with YouTube is all set to screen films that come to festivals like Berlin International Film Festival, London Film Festival, New York Film Festivals, and so on from 29th May, 2020 to 7th June, 2020.

The idea is to bring positivity and a hint of entertainment in a disdain world that the year 2020 is seeing. More than 20 film festivals from around the world are participating in “WE ARE ONE” and a variety of films shall be screened at given time slots on YouTube. All funds collected shall go to the World Health Organization and local support in the USA to reduce the over-growing impact of the pandemic.

The 10-day film festival shall include short-films, short-documentaries, comedy & conversations with the convenience of ad-free online streaming. An official list of the films is soon to be announced, however, the participating film festivals are as follows: