Submissions open for short films, documentaries on human rights

Call for entries: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) announces the second edition of its ‘Matter of Right (s)’ film festival, slated for 12^th, 13^th and 14^th March 2018 in New Delhi. The festival is open to all directors, producers and distributors from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Africa and India. The focus of the feature films/documentaries should be on the issue of human rights, discrimination and gender justice of their respective countries. Films revolving around prisons and police narratives would also be welcome. A panel will select the feature film/documentaries that will be shown at this non-competitive film festival on human rights. The panel’s decision will be final and binding.

There is no registration fee.

Deadline for submissions: February 7^th, 2018

Categories:

• Short films
• Documentaries

Please email us the following:

• Two high quality copies of the work, to be submitted to the following email ID: films@humanrightsinitiative.org
• Film certificate
• A synopsis of the work
• A biography of the director
• Details of the project
• Proof of identification
• Subtitles

For any questions, please contact: 

Kavita Bajeli Datt: kavita@humanrightsinitiative.org

Niyati Singh: niyati@humanrightsinitiative.org

Prayank Jain: prayank@humanrightsinitiative.org