The UN DPI, OHCHR, UNFPA, OSCE and Council of Europe offices in Yerevan are organizing a Youth Short Film Competition in 2011 to which youth from all over Armenia are invited to participate. The competition is being held by the United Nations Department of Public Information, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Population Fund, OSCE and the Council of Europe Offices in Yerevan with the support of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1. Theme and Objectives 1.1. Theme Youth are encouraged to produce a short film related to the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Films can be produced in groups and in co-operation with educational institutions. 1.2. Eligibility Eligible are any young Armenian citizen (17 to 25-years old). 1.3. Objectives The aim of the competition is to raise awareness among young people on human rights and on the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to give them the opportunity to tackle this topic from a cinematic creative point of view, and to offer an opportunity to participate in the Human Rights Day celebration. The film festival will take place on Human Rights Day in December 2011 in Yerevan. The same event will simultaneously take place in other UN Member States. The award ceremony in Armenia will be live broadcast, connecting youth of different countries, who will be able to talk to each other via internet, promoting international dialogue, building tolerance and sharing UN values. All entries will be posted on UN Armenia YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/UNinArmenia) and the general public will be invited to vote to select the best film. 2. General Guidelines 2.1. Submission and deadline Please send films to the UNDPI in Armenia by Monday, November 28, 2011, via email to [email protected] or bring the copy of film on DVD to the UN House (address: 14, Petros Adamyan, Yerevan). Please enclose the copy of your passport first and second pages and the summary what the film is about (in English and Armenian languages). The envelope should be titled: UN Department of Public Information, Human Rights Film Festival. 2.2. Technical guidelines The length of the submitted films must not exceed three minutes. They should be digital and can be fictional/feature, documentary or animation, or any other category, as long as they cover the topic of Human Rights. The films can be in English, or Armenian, or Russian languages or even silent. They can be produced with any digital equipment available; all types of video cameras of all categories, also mobile phone cameras are eligible for use. Only these formats will be acceptable: avi, mp4, mov. All films should respect Armenian copyright legislation. Entries which will not comply with the above mentioned requirements will not be considered. 2.3. Rights The festival organizer has the right to use/publish the competition entries for non-commercial purposes; the participants of the competition also have the right of using/publication of their own product. 3. Awards There will be two award categories: i. Jury (consisting of MFA, UN DPI, UHCHR, OSCE and CoE experts) Award. ii. General Public Award (through YouTube voting). All entries will be posted on UN Armenia YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/UNinArmenia) and the general public will be voting to select the best film. 4. Support Information and educational materials on human rights are available at: http://www.un.org/en/rights/ http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/udhr/ http://www.ohchr.org http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://www.udhr.org/UDHR/udhr.HTM#02 http://www.hrweb.org/resource.html http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/ http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/index.asp http://www.un.am/ http://un.am/?laid=2&com=module&module=menu&id=109 http://ombuds.am 4.1. Questions For further questions please contact: UN Department of Public Information in Armenia United Nations House 14 Petros Adamyan Street Yerevan 375010, Armenia Tel: (374 10) 56 60 73 ext. 206, (374 10) 56 02 12 E-mail: [email protected]

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