ViBGYOR Film Collective's blog

ViBGYOR Film Collective (VFC), formed in February 2006, is an open coalition of various networks and groups, representing Indigenous People, Dalits, Youth, South Asian Relations, Human Rights, Environment and Development, Women’s Issues, Globalisation, Labour, Culture and Media etc. at National and South Asian level. ViBGYOR Film Collective has its central office in Thrissur, Kerala, India, where from it coordinates the annual ViBGYOR International Film Festival for short and documentary films in the second week of February and the associated activities spread through out the year like `Village ViBGYOR’, `Campus ViBGYOR’, `Touring Film Festival’, `Film Workshops’ and monthly screenings.The seven founding member organizations forming the core group of ViBGYOR Film Collective, take care of the administrative structure of ViBGYOR, supported by the Partner organizations spread across the country or elsewhere. The seven founding organizations are: Chetana Media Institute, NOTTAM, Visual Search, GAIA, Moving Republic, Navachitra Film Society and CenSE. ViBGYOR Film Collective (VFC) has its General Body (GB), the Executive Committee (EC) and two extensions namely, the ViBGYOR Festival Directorate and the ViBGYOR Film Fraternity. The Festival Directorate, constituted by representatives from the GB, the Partners and eminent resource persons, is entrusted with the planning and execution of the ViBGYOR International Film Festival and associated activites. ViBGYOR Film Fraternity is a voluntary membership network across the globe, in view of building up a support base for ViBGYOR and also in return, making the services of ViBGYOR available to the mainstream public.