About – SDGs film challenge and awards

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ABOUT THE SDGS SHORT FILM CHALLENGE

The SDGs Film Challenge and Awards is an initiative of FreshNEWS Media Group in partnership with the United Nations, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Nigerian President on Sustainable Development Goals, One Planet Foundation and other stakeholders. We are proud to launch a challenge geared towards provoking actions for actualization of a better and safer world.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a very important set of goals. As a successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs, a bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders in September 2015, at the United Nations comprises 17 Global Goals, which will guide policy and funding between 2016 and 2030. The SDGs seeks to permanently end poverty everywhere, protect the planet from degradation, foster peace, realize human rights while trying to balance the three dimensions of development that is economic, social and environmental.

Attaining the SDGs requires a whole of society approach, including deploying creative arts as a strategic tool for advocacy and sensitization and social mobilization.

With focus on all the SDGs, and recognizing the pivotal roles of stakeholders, we will be stimulating creativity to showcase educative, informative and entertaining films around the seventeen (17) Goals.

ELIGIBILTY

The Challenge is open to indie filmmakers who are Nigerians living in Nigeria and in diaspora. Non-Nigerians Filmmakers are also eligible to submit their films for a special category.

Participants under 18 years of age may enter with permission of their parents or legal guardians.

Technical & General Criteria

Before submitting your entry, carefully read the full description of the Challenge and the criteria below with which the entries will be evaluated.

All films should be well within 15 minutes length, end credits inclusive.
All submissions should include applicants’ profile details as required on the filmfreeway platform.
The theme and message of the film should be on any of the 17 SDGs.
The genre of the film must be drama.
All filmmakers must produce documentation to show clearance of music rights where necessary.
The film must be independently produced.
The film must have been produced based on the current realities of the location of the filmmaker.
Each filmmaker will be responsible for promoting his/her short film on all social media platforms to gain traction and engagements. While 30% of the total score will be decided online votes, 60% will be decided by our jury.