NHRC invites entries for its ninth annual competition for short films on human rights: Last date 30th September 2023

Press release

National Human Rights Commission

New Delhi, 16th August 2023

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has invited entries for its ninth annual competition for short films on human rights. The last date to receive the entries is 30th September 2023. The winning entries will be awarded.

The Short Film Awards scheme was instituted by the Commission in 2015. The scheme aims to encourage and acknowledge cinematic and creative efforts of Indian citizens, irrespective of their age, towards promoting and protecting human rights. In all previous competitions, the Commission received tremendous responses.

The short films may be in English or any Indian language with subtitles in English. The duration of the short film should be a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 10 minutes. The short film could be a documentary, a dramatization of real stories or a work of fiction. The film can be in any technical shooting and filmmaking format, including animation.

The film's theme could be socio-economic, cultural and political rights within the overall ambit of the right to life, liberty, equality and dignity. The film may cover issues specific to bonded and child labour, women & children's rights, rights of elderly persons, rights of persons with disabilities, right to healthcare including mental health, human trafficking, domestic violence, human rights violations 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 the law, right to food and nutritional security, rights of LGBTQI+, human rights violation due to displacement on account of either manufactured or natural calamity etc.

There is no entry fee or bar on the number of entries an individual can send to participate in the contest. However, the participants must send each film separately with a duly filled-in entry form. The terms & conditions, along with the entry form, can be downloaded from the NHRC website: www.nhrc.nic.in or the link: Click here The film, a duly filed entry form, and other requisite documents may be sent using Google Drive at nhrcshortfilm@gmail.com. Any queries may also be sent to this email address.

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