Neelima Mathur

NEELIMA MATHUR Audiovisual Strategist / Trainer / Consultant / Mentor for Development Communication, Social-issue Documentaries, NGO films, Media & Information Literacy Focus: Audiovisual projects on environment, health, literacy, women’s issues, ethnic communities and culture in India and international media trainings & projects linked to southern hemisphere. Trustee & Trainer, FORMEDIA, with Special Consultative Status at ECOSOC since 2014 EXPERTISE, METHODOLOGY & SKILLS Expertise: • Specialist Trainer in Media & Information Literacy based on guidelines of UNESCO – GAPMIL (Global Alliance for Partnerships in Media & Information Literacy) • Lobbyist for international co-operation and collaboration to promote true diversity in global media including written interventions at United Nations Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) - one specific intervention focused on Media & Information Literacy delivered for the attention of the Secretary General • Full command on audiovisual requirements for development communication, documentaries, NGO films and PSA campaigns in India • Forty years ground-level experience in rural, tribal, small town and large city areas across the entire sub-continent with concurrent experience of government and non-government operation systems (Exclusive network in marginalized regions of Northeast India and Uttarakhand) • Executive Producer-Researcher-Writer-Interviewer for documentaries • International Trainer for audiovisual non-fiction content creators on approach and implementation of appropriate narratives, storytelling techniques, visualization • Mentor for international documentary independent films and co-productions • Promoter for building platforms that encourage new entrants in the documentary sector in India film-making community for 1 Methodology: • Developing concepts on the basis of extensive and intensive interactions with all stakeholders in every project • Incorporating high level of sensitivity for vulnerable, marginalized groups / communities / individuals and ‘other culture’ factors • Exhaustive theoretical, academic and grass root research for all audiovisual projects • Personalised and individualized non-formal approach in training and mentoring • Creating and nurturing international networks for lobbying and building platforms Skills: • Conducting intensive Media & Information Literacy face-to-face trainings • Instilling bench-mark standards and ethics for audiovisual productions among film-makers • Contextualising cultural background of film-makers with the nuances of the production area for audiovisual content • Building the cause and case for under-represented regions and the documentary sector in the southern hemisphere • Writing Concept Notes and Detailed Project Plans and international Calls for Proposals for audiovisual sector – including content and budget narratives and report writing • Full knowledge of operating within official structures in India • Pertinent and appropriate interviewing and writing for audiovisual content 2 PROFESSIONAL STATUS AT A GLANCE: :: Researcher & Writer for SPOTFILMS 1973 onwards :: Post graduate Diploma in Journalism, New Delhi, 1972 :: Post-graduation Diploma in Mass Communications, Germany, 1976 :: BBC/British Council Script-writing Workshop, New Delhi 1978 :: Accredited Special Correspondent, 1988 onwards :: Course and Workshop Co-ordinator, Foundation for Responsible Media :: Media Advisory Group, Indian Council for Research on Women, 2001 :: Regular Trainer and mentor, ESODOC-ZeLIG, Italy 2004 -7, 2009 - 11 :: Project Manager, India, MEDIAIDS, an EU-India HIV/AIDS media project, 2004-7 :: Co-ordinator, STEPS India, international initiative for Indian documentary 2004-9 :: Core team, STEPS International WhyDemocracy short films-India & Nepal, 2007-8 :: Project Director, ‘Tell It Better’, for NGO film-makers, with VIKES, Finland 2008 :: Head of Studies, LINCT, an European Union MEDIA International project, 2009 :: Trainer, ESoDoc India, European Union MEDIA International project, 2010 :: Trainer, ESoDoc International, European Union Media Mundus programme, 2011 :: Jury Member & Trainer, Kenya International Film Festival, 2012 :: Jury Member, DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2013 :: Trainer, Film Africa Documentary Festival, Nairobi, 2013 :: Curator & Organiser, Lakeside Doc Festival, Uttarakhand, India, 2013 onwards :: Trainer, UNESCO-led Media & Information Literacy (MIL) Trainings, India, 2014-15 (in association with Uttarakhand Open University) :: Trainer, KAICIID/SDS MIL Training for Religious Leaders, New Delhi, 2014 :: Trainer, KAICIID/SDS MIL Training for Young Religious Leaders, New Delhi, 2016 :: Input associate, MIL Curriculum, Uttarakhand Open University, 2017 :: Unit Writer, MIL Programme, Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2018 WEBSITE LINKS: • Training projects and collaborations: www.formedia.org.in • Audiovisual productions: www.spotfilms.net • For better viewing, kindly visit: http://vimeo.com/user-; http://www.youtube.com/user/SPOTFILMS Detailed Projects Profile available on request DETAILS:-Skype: neelima.mathur - Naukuchiatal 263136 Nainital Uttarakhand India 3