Jury selects winners of NHRC's Short Film Competition

A Jury appointed by the National Human Rights Commission selected three short films for award of Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 75 thousand and Rs. 50 thousand respectively which entered the NHRC's Competition for 'Short Films on Human Rights Award'. These were 'The Rice Mill Story' (Tamil) by Shri Amith Krishnan from Chennai, 'Sapno Ka Basar' (Hindi) by Shri Aditya Kapur from Kolkata and 'Kulfi' (Tamil) by Shri Vivek K.R. from Palakkad, Kerala for the First, Second and Third prizes respectively. The awards will be given at Human Rights Day function of the Commission on the 10th December, 2015.
Total 44 entries were received till the last date on the 30th September, 2015 for the competition out of which the Jury found 34 entries to be in consonance with the terms and reference, set out by the Commission. The Jury comprised: Shri Sunit Tandon, former DG, IIMC (Chairman-cum-Member); Nadoja Dr. Mahesh Joshi, Additional Director General (Programmes), Doordarshan (Member); Shri Rajiv Rai, Video Executive, Doordarshan (Member), Shri Roshan Gaur, Film Critic (Member); Shri Arun Chadha, Film Maker (Member), and Ms. Aditi Kapoor, Communication Strategist (Member).
The Commission initiated the Short Films on Human Rights Award Scheme in 2015, in order to recognize and promote creative efforts towards the promotion and protection of human rights. The films on human rights issues, shot on any technical format in the shape of either a documentary or docu-drama or fiction etc. had to be either in English or in any Indian language with sub-titles in English having a maximum duration of 10 minutes each.