Community Development Authority Launches 3rd Mansoor Bin Mohammed Short Film Award

The Community Advancement Authority (CDA) in Dubai has actually revealed the 3rd version of the Mansoor Bin Mohammed Short Movie Award, during a press conference held today (Monday, September 25) in Dubai.

The award looks for to encourage the youth to introduce and utilise their media and arts abilities to advertise human rights and the social values of UAE culture. It underscores the CDA's initiatives to increase understanding among the young people concerning human rights, urge them to share their thoughts and experiences and, eventually, develop an educated generation that upholds civils rights.

This year's edition of the award covers 3 primary subjects: tolerance and small amounts, equal rights and fighting discrimination, and volunteer work. These subjects show the UAE values of positivity, resistance and acceptance, specifically with greater than 200 different races residing in the nation in harmony.

The Union Cage is funding this year's event, in an effort to stress the value of partnership with economic sector when it come to programs and campaigns that spread social awareness and accomplish lasting development.

Maitha Al Shamsi, Executive Director of CDA's Human Rights Industry, claimed: "The Mansoor Bin Mohammed Short Movie Award this year resonates with the spirit of the Year of Providing, which formed an excellent platform to seal the values of resistance, kindness, coexistence and moderation within the UAE community, along with advertising volunteer work as a cornerstone to social communication and solidarity."

" The award targets the young people, firstly, offered their important role in leading the advancement process, and viewing as they are the biggest and most reliable sector of society," Al Shamsi continued. "The award additionally seeks to encourage them to participate in increasing awareness around pushing social problems, and to apply their abilities and abilities to discovering innovative solutions. Applicants are additionally motivated to be innovative in the means they present their ideas and ambitions in their entries."

Shoaib Al Hammadi, Union Coop's Advertising Manager, stated: "Our assistance for the Mansoor Bin Mohammed Short Movie Award stems from our dedication to wait any type of and all social organisations that add to the advancement of the community and advertise the values of tolerance, kindness and coexistence. The Union Coop looks for to advertise social duty and support the most strategic industries in Dubai; we committed AED200 million to sustain these industries in 2016 and 2017, makings us the greatest private-sector factor offering economic and moral support to the emirate's general public, not to mention the many initiatives and events that help update our solutions."

The award targets youngsters, aged 18 to 30, and will evaluate entries in a two-stage process. In the first stage, the access will certainly be reviewed based on the groups and problems of the award, while in the 2nd, films will certainly be presented to the court-- goinged by Emirati director Masood Amarullah, Director of the Dubai International Film Festival-- and will be assessed based on to 2 primary standards: the movie's message or the suggestion or issue it increases, and its technological aspects.

Individuals from any kind of nationality can submit their films, provided they are a homeowner of the UAE and that their movies had actually not been entered in previous competitors. Entries are approved on an individual as well as group basis, as long as the individual sheds light on a specific phenomenon, issue or idea that represents the major topics of the award.

The first-place champion will certainly receive a AED30,000 cash prize, while 2nd place obtains AED20,000 and third wins AED15,000. Individuals can submit their application online using wetransfer.com to the email address [email protected]. Additionally, prospects can transfer their physical applications at CDA's headquarters in Al Hudaiba Structure.

To find out more, please check out www.cda.gov.ae