NHRC institutes awards for films, spots on human rights

GUWAHATI: The National Human Rights Commission has instituted an award scheme for short films and spots in a bid to promote and acknowledge cinematic and creative efforts in the field of human rights.

The films advocating promotion and protection of human rights may be in any Indian language with sub-titles in English or in Hindi for films in English, NHRC said in an email to PTI today.

The duration of the short film/spot should not be more than 10 minutes and the films may be in any technical format, it said.

The award will carry a citation along with prize money of Rs one lakh, Rs 75000 and Rs 50,000 for the first, second and third film place, respectively, it said.

The themes of the short films could be broadly-based on various socio-economic, cultural and political rights within the ambit of right to life, liberty, equality and dignity and covering issues specific, among others, to bonded and child labour, women and children's rights, rights of elderly persons, disabled rights, right to healthcare, issues of fundamental freedoms, human trafficking, etc.

There is no bar on the number of films sent by an individual for participation in the contest and the entries have to be received by September 30 next, the email added.