Deadline: 9 September 2011
To further consolidate ongoing reforms in the country, HOMEVIDA expanded the program to target the youth.
HOMEVIDA organizes annual short film script competitions targeted at young people between the ages of 16 - 30, where shortlisted winning scripts from the Script competition are turned into short films in line with the preset criteria in the Award platform by the HOMEVIDA production teams using mini grants. These films are ultimately entered into the “HOME VIDEO INTEGRITY AWARDS” short film category.
1. CHILD FRIENDLY FILM SCRIPT
a) A story suitable for children or family viewing
b) Have a storyline that is believable, realistic, dramatic and entertaining
2. DUE PROCESS FILM SCRIPT
a) A story encouraging integrity, true competition, transparency, accountability, especially amongst contractors, government officers and procurement monitors.
a) Have a storyline that is believable, realistic, dramatic and entertaining
RULES AND CONDITIONS
1. Competition is strictly for young Nigerian script writers between the ages of 16 – 30 years only.
2. The submitted short film scripts are solely for the purposes of HOMEVIDA script completion and awards.
3. Scripts entered for the competition are the original works of the writers/owners and not copies of other persons’ works.
4. Shortlisted winning scripts from the script competition will be turned into short films by HOMEVIDA production teams utilizing a One Million Naira mini grant from the endowment - these short films would be entered into the HOMEVIDA short film category and will receive a cash prize of N100.000 and other prizes that may be available to be presented to each winning script writer along with the award at the annual HOMEVIDA award night on 9th December each year.
5. Winners of the script competition will have a first option on all skill development programs of HOMEVIDA targeting young people in the year following the award event in which they have been winners, and may have the opportunity to understudy industry leaders during the production of the short film.
6. Scripts that do not emerge winners in the script competition will not be used by HOMEVIDA for any other purpose whatsoever, without the written consent of the scriptwriter.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: Obiora@homevida.org, Chibuzo@homevida.org or Bimpe@homevida.org
For submissions: submit online here
Website: http://www.homevida.org