Deadline– 31 December 2013
High school and undergraduate students are invited to submit 3-5 minute short films for consideration for the inaugural Girls Impact the World Film Festival. This program is supported by Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC) and Connecther.org. The goal of this program is to focus on global women’s issues such as: education for girls, maternal health, violence against women and girls and a variety of other issues.
Other areas covered-
- Political participation
- Economic independence
- Domestic and gendered violence
- Maternal mortality
- Health care
- Poverty
- Teen & child marriage
- Sex trafficking and slavery
- Women and girls in media
- Women in Leadership
- Education for Girls and Women
- Water
Film Requirement-
- Applicants film should be between 3 and 5 minutes long.
- Applicants film must contain the provide End Marker still image.
- Applicants film can be a (1) narrative, (2) documentary, (3) investigative reporting, (4) music video, (5) animation, or (6) curated film (film collage).
- Applicants film must be created after January 1, 2013.
- Applicants film must be their own original work and not infringe any copyright or ownership agreements.
- Applicants must not premiere your film before entering it on the Girls Impact the World website.
- Applicants may only be involved in one submitted entry.
- Once they have submitted their video, please share and publicize it through the Girls Impact the World Gallery page. This is intended to help them further the number of facebook likes, tweets and views for the People’s Choice Grand Prize.
- At the end of applicant’s film must add a slide that shows at least 2 or more organizations that are working on solutions to the issue area that they address in their short film. Applicants can highlight Connecther projects and/or other organizations
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Applicant(s) must be 25 or under on December 31, 2013
- Currently enrolled undergraduates (global) OR
- Full-time high school students
- The GITW Film Fest Competition is not open to any resident of the following countries: U.S. export regulations prohibit the export of goods and services to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Therefore residents of these countries/regions are not eligible to participate.
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