SCENARIOS FROM AFRICA
Young people against AIDS!
International Contest
1st December 2010 to 1st April 2011
Create an original idea for a film about AIDS and see your film broadcast on national and international TV and on the Internet.
Take part in the contest and help other people learn about HIV/AIDS … and at the same time, win cash prizes!
Go for it!
The contest will take place across Africa and among the African diaspora from 1st December 2010 to 1st April 2011. The contest is open to ALL young people who will be under the age of 25 on 1 April 2011. (If you are older than 24, encourage younger people to take part and give them a hand.)
You are invited to come up with an original idea (a "scenario") for a short film up to 10 minutes in length. The best ideas will be adapted by professionals and turned into films by some of Africa's greatest directors.
It's up to you to decide what form your idea will take. It can be a short story, a theatre piece, a comic strip, a song, a poem… You can even make an audio or video recording of your idea and send it in on a CD or DVD, if you would like! Anything is possible as long as the text is in English, French or Portuguese.
As you create your scenario, please talk to organisations or individuals in your community who can provide you with good information on AIDS.
How to Participate
You can take part alone or in a team. Working in a team has its advantages. It's a great opportunity to talk about AIDS together and to learn what other people think and feel. Each team must choose a leader.
The participant (or the team leader) must fill in the questionnaire that you will find on this leaflet. So, to participate in the contest, you must provide two things: your scenario and your completed questionnaire. Those two things must reach one of the addresses listed on this leaflet by 1st April 2011, at the latest. Photocopied scenarios will not be accepted.
Each scenario may be up to 10 pages long (maximum!). The length of scenarios recorded on CD or DVD may not be more than 10 minutes. Write your name (or the name of the team leader) at the top of each page, and number the pages, please.
Prizes:
The scenarios will be examined by juries made up of specialists in the areas of AIDS and of film. The final international jury will meet in September 2011. There will be 25 winners of the international contest. Each of these winners or winning teams will receive a cash prize of 100 Euros (or US $125, whichever is greater when the prizes are awarded), as well as the possibility to have a film based on their idea made and shown on TV and the Web. In addition, the top 3 winners or winning teams will receive special cash prizes:
1st place scenario : 2.000 Euros (ou US $2,500)
2nd place scenario : 1.000 Euros (ou US $1,250)
3rd place scenario : 500 Euros (ou US $625)
Winners of the international contest will receive their prizes on or before 1st December 2011 at the address they give on their questionnaire. Only one prize will be given to each winning team. The juries' decisions are final.
More information here.
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