CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
India-Netherlands Handicraft (Fair) Trade Promotion Event (2004/5/6)
Abroader Consultancy Amsterdam initiated, organized, co- financed and hosted for three sequential years a seasonal Indian handicraft event in collaboration with, and co-financed by, the Indian government (Ministry of Textiles & Handicrafts, Ministry of Tourism) and Dutch regional finance cooperation (SNN).
The event was opened by the Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands in 2005 and 2006. As part of the event, award winning Indian artists demonstrated their skills during 3 months in a Indian Pavilion, while simultaneously promoting fair-trade and handicrafts from India.
The event attracted 20.000 visitors per year. The activity has been transfered to a non-profit Stichthing Traditions in 2007.
INBC - India Netherlands Business Cirlce
Abroader Consultancy (representated by Carin Rustema) is an active member of the INBC Bangalore Organising Committee (OC). The OC is currently, together with Carin Rustema, working on a CSR initiative and is approaching potential partners to collaborate on projects. Abroader Consultancy has offered to conduct a Expertise & Committment Research among members to identify the individual capacity of each member to add value to our future partnership programme.
Project Name: STARKISS - Circus girls in India
This international documentary, co-financed by the Dutch government (filmfonds) and produced in by Wilderell Film (Amsterdam) was made in cooperation with Abroader Consultancy (Pratap Raju), who handled the line production in India, negotiated the terms of cooperation between the Indian circus and Dutch film makers and supported with interpretative script issues during the editing phase in the Netherlands.
The documentary was applauded by the international press and has been broadcasted on various international television channels, film festivals and in cinemas worldwide.
This is a story about displacement, homesickness, desire, love, fear, hope and togetherness.
In India's famous Great Rayman Circus, fifty girls live in the circus premises. They have been sold by their parents to the circus. They live isolated from the other artists and from the outside world. These other artists include a hundback dwarf clown, a miniature man who fits perfectly in a shopping bag, a water-spitter who swallows live goldfishes... The girls are not allowed to contact anyone except for their coaches in the circus. One of their acts is the Starkiss: where girls hold a bit in their teeth and fly in through the air.
International awards and nominations:
- Joris Ivens Competition IDFA 2002, Amsterdam
- Dutch Perspective. International Film Festival Rotterdam 2003
- DocAviv – Competition, Tel Aviv, Israel 2003
- DIFF Chicago, USA 2003
- Human Rights Watch IFF, London, UK 2003
- IFF Reijckjavic, Iceland 2003
- IFF Parnu – Competition, Estonia 2003
- 2 weeks run - Film Forum, New York City
- IFF Vancouver, Canada 2003
- Dutch Film Festival– Nomination for Best documentary
- IFFLA Los Angeles, 2004 Jury Award for Best Documentary
- 2004 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival Academic Award
Download the press reviews here: STARKISS Press Reviews