Film Festival that raises awareness about disabilities, launched

The 8th edition of We Care Film Festival, a short film festival that highlights disability issues and tries to create awareness among people, was launched yesterday at a hotel in the city. The festival that celebrates diversity has Covid Pandemic and Disability as the theme for this year.

Renowned quadriplegic actor from the state, Jitendra Kumar Biswal along with Odia film and television actor Subhransu Nayak and renowned Odia filmmaker Subas Das were among the guests who launched the festival that will be held in April first week.
“The festival this year focuses on documentary films based on disability issues. There will be two categories of films:one-minute and five-minutes. Like previous years, the festival is open for all,” said Ghasiram Panda, member of the festival team.
Biswal hailed the festival’s attempt to highlight the plights of people with disabilities. “The theme of the film festival is very apt. Last year, the whole world was affected by the pandemic and the most affected are the people with disabilities. This would be a good way to encourage filmmakers to look around them and highlight the issues surrounding disability. Besides, through their short documentaries, they can create awareness among a large section of people about disability issues,” said the actor with disability.