CEMCA Announces EMFCA-18

Oct 1, 2018 New Delhi: CEMCA is organising the first “Educational Media Festival for Commonwealth Asia – 2018 (EMFCA-18)”. This is an opportunity to get recognised for creating outstanding Educational TV Programmes, Documentaries, e-Content, Platforms and Applications. This Film Festival is being organized exclusively for Educational Media workers, showcasing their contribution to the field of learning and recognizing some of the outstanding work done by Media Educators. The festival will provide an opportunity for the Commonwealth Asian community to exchange knowledge and experiences, identify important trends, explore applications of open, and distance learning in widening access, bridging the digital divide and advancing the social and economic development of communities and countries. It will bring together prominent keynote speakers, scholars, researchers and practitioners in the area of using media to enhance learning.

Entries are invited from any individual or institutions that are the residents of one of the seven Commonwealth Countries in Asia, namely: Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore and Sri Lanka. In this competition participants can send entries in one or more of the following categories, namely, Educational TV Programmes/ Documentaries, Educational e-Content with Multimedia, or Educational Platforms/ Applications. The competition has been declared open from Oct 1st, 2018 onwards and the last date for receiving entries is Nov 5th, 2018. The maximum number of entries from any individual cannot be more than one in each category. However, institutions are allowed to send a maximum of 3 entries in each category. A panel of distinguished jury will be engaged by CEMCA to choose the prize winners. The prize winners which will include first, second, third prizes in all three categories will receive awards and recognition, besides cash prizes from CEMCA. More details of EMFCA-18 can be found on CEMCA’s website at the following link: http://cemca.org.in/educational-media-festival-commonwealth-asia-%E2%80%93-2018-emfca-2018#node-1227