Films
Services Offered
Firebird Media offers the entire range of documentary film making services
- Conceptualization
- Content Development
- Production and Post Production
Shalini was one of the eight participants selected competitively from across Commonwealth Countries to participate in the Story Development and Script Writing Workshop conducted by B3 Media, U.K., on behalf of Commonwealth Foundation towards the Commonwealth Foundation Shorts, 2012.
Completed Films
Ab Bank Hamare Dwaar
Under support from GIZ NABARD Rural Financial Institutions Programme, in this pilot of Aryavart Kshetriya Gramin Bank, the Bank Sakhis of the self-help groups (promoted by Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Parishad) are being trained to take on the role of the regional rural bank's business correspondents in their respective villages. This training video is a tool to be used by the Bank Sakhis while addressing the people of her village and explaining the benefits of being financially included. Such an intervention is expected to go a long way in bringing about total financial inclusion as per the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India.
A Healthy Investment
A 10 minute film on the linkage between Family Planning and Microfinance, for FHI 360, New Delhi, India, sponsored by USAID. To be screened at the consultation of Microfinance organisations to deliberate the integration of family planning into microfinance interventions on a larger scale.
Access to family planning among the undeserved sections of society can be enhanced by going beyond the health sector. In this film, the village health guides of NEED, a microfinance and development organization become a vital community link to family planning.
In this project, village health guides working in 70 villages in Sitapur District of Uttar Pradesh were trained to deliver basic family planning information to community groups receiving NEED’s microfinance services. As a result, women who were previously barely aware of family planning make informed choices on family planning methods to space and limit the number of their children. This is a key contribution to improving maternal and child health as well as the overall well-being of families.
Seekhne Chale Saath Saath
A film on the ‘Eduleadership Programme’, an effort at inclusive and higher quality education in select primary schools of Uttar Pradesh, for NEG-FIRE, New Delhi. Also available on www.dorabjitatatrust.org under MEDIA section.
In 2009, NEG-FIRE, with financial assistance from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, launched the Eduleadership Programme in selected government schools in the four most educationally backward districts of Uttar Pradesh – Maharajganj, Azamgarh, Badayun and Muzaffarnagar. By developing a cadre of ‘eduleaders’ as catalysts and involving other stakeholders, the programme aims to bring out-of-school children back to school, change the methods of teaching and learning, and widen the perspectives that schooling can ever give a child. The film traces the milestones of this intervention and brings out voices of those impacted by it.
A Time to Re-bond : A 20 min film on street children
Commissioned by SATHI, Bangalore in collaboration with EveryChild – India. (Awarded official selection to Granada and Strasbourg Film festivals, awarded Special Mention at the Philadelphia Fiction and Documentary Festival 2010). Screened at National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore, on the occasion of Children’s Day 2009).
Access to family planning among the undeserved sections of society can be enhanced by going beyond the health sector. In this film, the village health guides of NEED, a microfinance and development organization become a vital community link to family planning.
In this project, village health guides working in 70 villages in Sitapur District of Uttar Pradesh were trained to deliver basic family planning information to community groups receiving NEED’s microfinance services. As a result, women who were previously barely aware of family planning make informed choices on family planning methods to space and limit the number of their children. This is a key contribution to improving maternal and child health as well as the overall well-being of families.
Need of the hour
A 36 min film on the social dimensions of microfinance. Commissioned by NEED, Lucknow. Screened at the International Microfinance Summit, the Netherlands, 2010
This is the story of an organisation’s quest to incorporate social dimensions like health, education, skill upgradation, livelihood promotion and fair trade under its umbrella balancing social development with commercial viability in helping the poor out of the cycle of poverty.
I’ll be on my way…home
An 18 min documentary film on rehabilitation of run-away and lost children found on India’s railway platforms. Commissioned by SATHI, Bangalore, as its ambassador film. Sponsored by Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai.
Sample shown here is the first 5 minutes . Full video available on request
Thousands of children, some lost and some run-away, eke out a living on India’s railway platforms. Even as the vagaries of platform life take over, SATHI, a Bangalore-based NGO, works to relocate these children back to their homes. This film traces SATHI’s work from the railway platforms to their shelters, and from rehabilitation camps to their homes. Filmed in Bangalore, Delhi and Kanpur, a common thread in all SATHI’s work is their tremendous faith in the family system in India.
Duration: 18 mins
Comics you can use
A 10 min film on the use of comics in development communication. Commissioned by Centre for Development and Learning, Bangalore
This short multi-media film presents a snappy look at the huge scope in the use of comics for development communication – and aims to eventually provoke a lethargic mind into thinking differently! Through the process of comic making, the children – quietly, yet surely – share their perspective, insights and even innovative responses to common problems.
Renovation of Tali Temple
A 10 min film for architectural documentation of Tali Temple, Calicut. Commissioned by National Institute of Technology – Calicut (NIT-C)
The Tali temple is Calicut’s famous heritage buildings. In 2006, the ONGC provided financial support for its restoration and renovation; and entrusted the Department of Architecture with anchoring and providing technical expertise. Here’s a glimpse into these monuments and the efforts to restore them to original glory.
Renovation of Miskal Mosque
A 10 min film for architectural documentation of Miskal Mosque, Calicut. Commissioned by National Institute of Technology – Calicut (NIT-C).
The Miskal Mosque is Calicut’s famous heritage buildings. In 2006, the ONGC provided financial support for its restoration and renovation; and entrusted the Department of Architecture with anchoring and providing technical expertise. Here’s a glimpse into these monuments and the efforts to restore them to original glory.
Shalini Raghaviah
Kolkata, India
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