PUNE (NEW DELHI): The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC India has opened the entries for its seventh annual competition for short films on human rights which has received tremendous response so far. The prize money for the three cash awards has been doubled to Rs.2 lakh, Rs.1.50 lakh and Rs.1 lakh for the best first, second and third film respectively along with the certificates.
The entries have been invited online only. The last date to receive the entries is the 15th October, 2021. The aim of the award scheme is to encourage and acknowledge cinematic and creative efforts of the Indian citizens, irrespective of their age, towards the promotion and protection of human rights. There is no entry fee and bar on the number of films sent by an individual for participation in the contest. However, the participants will have to send each film separately with a duly filled in application form(s), which is available on the website of the Commission Short Film Competition 2021: www.nhrc.nic.in
or the link
The films and the entry forms along with the requisite documents may be sent at
nhrcshortfilm@gmail.com using
Google drive.
The short films may be in any Indian languages with sub-titles
in English or in English. Duration of the short film should not be less than 3
minutes or more than 10 minutes. The short film could be a documentary,
dramatization of real stories or a work of fiction, in any technical format
including animation.
The themes of the films, having a tinge of rights
perspective, could be broadly-based on various socio-economic, cultural and
political rights, within the ambit of right to life, liberty, equality and
dignity. The films may cover issues specific to bonded and child labour, women
& children’s rights, rights of elderly persons, disabled rights, right to
healthcare, issues of fundamental freedoms, human trafficking, domestic
violence, human rights violation due to police atrocities, custodial violence
and torture, socio-economic disparities, rights of indigenous people, prison
reforms, right to education, right to clean environment, right to work, right
to equality before law, right to food and nutritional security, rights of
LGBTI, human rights violation due to displacement on account of either man made
or natural calamity etc.
Last date 15th October, 2021
For any further queries, the office of Deputy
Director (Media & Communication), NHRC can also be contacted.
(Jaimini Kumar Srivastava)
Deputy Director,
Media and Communication,
National Human Rights Commission,
Manav Adhikar Bhawan Block-C, GPO Complex,
INA,
New Delhi - 110023 India.
Phone (O): 011-24663281
E-mail: dydir.media.nhrc@nic.in
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