National Short Film Contest on Tobacco Control: Entries invited

To heighten awareness about the potent dangers of tobacco among the youth and to enhance their involvement in control efforts, a national short film contest is being organised ahead of World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) that falls on May 31.

Entries are invited from youth between the ages of 18 and 25 for this contest being conducted by WNTD Kerala State Organising Committee formed under the leadership of the Department of Health, GoK, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology and Regional Cancer Centre.

The entered short films should be in English or Malayalam and may be made in digital camera, camcorder, handycam or mobile camera. The films should have a minimum duration of 30 seconds and should not exceed one minute. Both individuals and groups can participate.

The short films may be made in one of the themes including ‘raise tobacco taxes’; ‘enforce tobacco control laws’; ‘tobacco and health’ and ‘tobacco and youth’.

The last date for submitting entries is May 19; only the first 100 entries received before the deadline will be considered for evaluation. A jury panel of noted filmmakers and medical experts of repute will evaluate the films. The first three winning entries will get a cash prize of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 3,000 respectively; there are also two consolation prizes of Rs 1,000 each. All winners will get a certificate and memento.

Submissions of not more than 25 MB in ‘.mov’ or ‘mpeg’ formats are to be sent via email to wntdkerala@gmail.com. More details about the contest, its rules and regulations are available here. For further details, contact 0471 – 2524247.