WORLD HUMAN
RIGHTS AWARDS (WARTA)
All human beings are
born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood.
(#Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
article 1 – The United Nation)
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Working closely with the
Council of Creative People (Dewan
Kreatif Rakyat) and
International I-Hebat Volunteers, World Human Rights Awards
(WARTA), a part of
International
Film Festivals group is established to give honor and
appreciation to people who work and dedicate their lives
fighting for human rights. He/she could be anyone from any kind
of profession, from all age, and from any parts of the world. We
value hard works labored for peace, humanity, and human rights
and stand to become a tool of human rights by working together
with human rights filmmakers.
Our mission is to promote
human rights issues, including right to health, freedom, clean
environment, happiness, zero discrimination, tolerance, and
right to be free of poverty, to have freedom to worship, women’s
rights, migrant’s rights, against trafficking, etc., and to help
the United Nations to promote the International Human Rights Day
in December 10.
In every society’s liberation
from injustice and inhumanity, human rights heroes are born.
Filmmaker who carries a soldier of human rights’ heart, this
festival is waiting for you.
We accept submissions from
all over the world. Winning persons profile will become our
showcase based on their CVs.
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OPEN SUBMISSION:
- You
can nominate yourself, or people you know, living or dead.
- State
your name and your relation to the person you suggest.
- CV
and other supported documentation or related information like
photos, clipping, or films are suggested.
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CATEGORIES:
General Category
Submit
yourself, or people you know, living or dead who concern about
human rights, including right to health, freedom, clean
environment, happiness, zero discrimination, tolerance, free of
poverty, right to have freedom to worship, women's rights,
migrants' rights, against trafficking, etc. CV and other
supported documentation or related information like photos,
clipping, or films are suggested.
Documentary Film
Documentary film at any length about human rights, social films,
or biography.
Feature film
Narrative feature film with duration >60 minutes about human
rights issue and social film.
Short film
Short
narrative film with film duration <60 minutes about human rights
issues and social film.
General & Film
Submit
yourself, or people you know, living or dead who concern about
human rights, including right to health, freedom, clean
environment, happiness, zero discrimination, tolerance, free of
poverty, right to have freedom to worship, women's rights,
migrants' rights, against trafficking, etc. and any films with
any duration about human rights issue and social film.
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Please read this below TERMS & CONDITIONS carefully before you
submit.
This agreement pertains to
all Work/s submitted to World Human Rights Awards:
Be it known to any filmmaker or submitter, by submitting your
film/s) to the World Human Rights Awards, you are agreeing to
all TERMS AND CONDITIONS below in full.
Submitters can submit themself, or people you know, living or
dead. CV and other supported documentation or related
information like photos, clipping, or films are suggested. Our
juries may also search information from other sources once we
accept the submission.
1. The submitter guarantees that all rights and releases has
been legally secured, including music rights, songs, etc. and
the submitter releases the Festival and all its member from any
legal action whatsoever.
2. A) If nominated, 2 DVD PAL (required) and 1 blu-ray
(optional) or DCP (optional), must be sent. Mark case and DVD,
with title, length, and director's name. Please mark your film
with "No Commercial Value - For Cultural Purposes Only" either
on the envelope and the shipping invoices.
B) Please send the DVDs/Blu-ray/DCP mentioned in point 2A
through courier, or post, or Digital Transfer Service. We do not
accept data for final judging and screening.
C. Although every possible care will be taken with DVDs while in
our possession, however, we cannot accept responsibility for
unforeseen loss, stolen, or damage of entries. Please do not
send originals. We do not receive downloads of any kind.
3. All transportation/shipping costs (including customs
clearance), plus fees for insurance while in transit, must be
borne by the participants (please write: For Cultural Purposes
only - Not for commercial use). The Festival Director reserves
the right to refuse any shipment involving unpaid costs.
4. All submissions should be sent pre-paid.
5. We will not return your screening and exhibition copies.
6. All submission fees are non-refundable.
7. All selection committees' and juries' decisions are finals.
8. Only producers or directors can receive the physical awards
at the award ceremony.
9. Regardless of the Prize and their winning status, winning
filmmakers who can't attend the Awards Ceremony in Jakarta, will
only receive laurels.
10. The festival has the right to disqualify a winning film for
any reasons, without having to explain the reasons to the
submitter.
11. Submission of an entry gives the festival permission to have
accepted work exhibited, photographed, locally telecast, and
reproduced either in part or whole, for educational or publicity
purposes. Filmmakers can request in writing that their material
not be used for such purposes after the Festival.
12. We do not pay any screening fees. Not all winning films will
be screened. The festival has the full right to select the
winning films to be screened.
13. The Festival Directorate may deny participation to any film
unable to meet the technical requirements for a public screening
of good quality.
14. The Festival Management reserves the right to make changes
in the profile of the Festival, if it becomes necessary to do so
due to circumstances beyond his/her control.
15. All filmmakers/submitter(s) are expected to keep
communications with the Festival professional and in good taste.
Failure to do so may result in disqualification at any point in
the adjudication process, including the nullification of
Official Selection status or nominations. That stated, the
Festival will only communicate with the person who submitted
his/her film to the festival, and that Festival should not be
expected to communicate with any other persons.
16. The festival has the right to work with any institution and
partner festivals for all kind of cooperation, including joint
events or promotions.
17. The Festival reserves the right to make any necessary
changes in regulations or scheduling.
18. The submitter/filmmaker also acknowledges that remediation
of any sort will be limited to a refund of their submission
fees.
19. Films could be from any year.
20. Student submitter should be able to show his/her valid
Education institution student identity document/card upon
request by the Festival. Failure to do so will lead to
disqualification, and the Festival will have no obligation to
refund the submission fee.
21. All disputes in respect of any matter relating to the World
Human Rights Awards shall be subjected to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the competent courts in North Jakarta. Any
dispute arising as a result of submission to the Festival will
have a recourse limited to the lesser of either the submission
fee paid, or the cost of correcting the issue.
By submitting to our Festival, submitters/filmmakers:
- indicate that they have read, understand, agree with, and will
comply all of the Terms and Condition above, and accept all of
the terms and conditions herein, in their entirety, without
modification.
- agree to indemnify us and hold us and our employees, owners,
affiliates, and partners harmless from all claims and liability
associated with your participation or entry to the Festival.
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You can
submit your submission through FilmFreeway.
World Human Rights Awards proudly
accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world's best online
submissions platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online
screeners, Vimeo and YouTube integration, and more. Click to
submit with FilmFreeway.
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