wcdrr.org TV Film Competition 2014 : United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Name of the Organisation : United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
Name of the Competition : TV Film Competition 2014
Country : Global
Deadline: 30 November 2014

Official Website : http://www.wcdrr.org/resources/media/tv

TV Film Competition 2014:

Films are powerful media that create conversation, reveal truths, inspire people and build awareness.

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To celebrate its ten-year global partnership with TV broadcasters and the role they play to advance the disaster risk reduction agenda, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is looking for the best disaster documentaries produced on the issue since 2005.

UNISDR invites TV broadcast companies worldwide to enter their submission to the film awards at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan in March 2015.

UNISDR is particularly interested in documentaries that showcase:
1. Captivating human stories of courage, strength and disaster resilience
2. Investigative stories on past disaster or disasters waiting to happen
3. Innovative stories about disaster risk reduction solutions UNISDR is looking for documentaries which contain at least one element of disaster risk reduction, such as a feature on early warning systems, community resilience, response, preparedness, resilient infrastructure, disaster recovery plan, urban planning, lessons learned about past disasters, and school and hospital reconstruction.

A film committee comprising professional TV broadcasters and UNISDR representatives will select the three best films in each of the four following sections:
Category one: The best human disaster risk reduction story
Category two: The best investigative disaster risk reduction story
Category three: The best innovative disaster risk reduction story
Category four: The very best film on disaster risk reduction

Films need to be submitted by 30 November 2014. The selection of 12 pre-finalists is expected to be completed by 28 February 2015. The juries will then select the four finalists to receive awards at a Gala Ceremony at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan.

It is expected that the ceremony will be presided over by some of the best TV news anchors in the world.

Modalities Of The Film Competition:

1. The competition is open to all TV professional broadcasters, private or public.
2. The theme is “disaster risk reduction”. UNISDR is looking at documentaries that were produced and broadcast between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2015 and which contain at least one element of disaster risk reduction.
3. The period 2005-2015 corresponds to the duration of the Hyogo Framework for Action, adopted by 168 countries in 2005 and which will be discussed at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan, in March 2015, where the award ceremony will take place.
4. Films need to be submitted by 30 November 2014.
5. The TV broadcasting companies can send a maximum of two entries. There is no entry fee.
6. All participants will have to complete the entry form posted on the WCDRR website before submitted their entries to wcdrr2015-films@un.org.
7. Include title, synopsis and production team and send a web link or a web picture of the film. Broadcasting companies can also send a DVD to: Brigitte Leoni, UNISDR, Asia Pacific Office, UNESCAP building 7F Block B, Rajadamnem nok avenue, Bangkok 10200 Thailand.
8. The juries comprise TV professionals and producers and disaster risk reduction experts from around the world.
9. The producers of the 12 pre-selected films will be asked to provide a short trailer that will be shown at the Gala Award ceremony and displayed on the WCDRR website.
10. If you cannot send a web link or have your film shown during the conference days due to copyright issues, please specify in writing.
11. The four final winners will be contacted immediately after the final selection and be invited to receive their award during the Gala Ceremony. Travel support to WCDRR and accommodation in Sendai, Japan will be provided by UNISDR

Technical specifications:
** Maximum length of documentaries is 60 minutes;
** Production needs to be of TV broadcast quality;
** All titles and subtitles should be in English;
** All entries should be submitted by 30 November 2014;
** The documentary will need to have been broadcast on a national TV channel and fulfill all associated production requirements.