SIMA organises video contest on social issues [Worldwide]

Filmmakers and activists can submit videos that inspire activism, compassion and social transformation.

The Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) is accepting entries for its international documentary and educational media competition and showcase, funded by documentary companies and human rights organizations.

The categories are feature, short, virtual reality (VR) and impact video. Feature documentaries must be a minimum of 40 minutes, shorts a maximum of 39 minutes, VR less than 20 minutes in length and impact videos 2 to 20 minutes long.

Films must be completed between October 2017 and September 2018. All (non-English language) documentaries and educational impact videos must be subtitled in English.

Winners in each category will receive cash prizes, media features and distribution opportunities.

The regular deadline is Oct. 10. The late deadline is Oct. 26. The entry fee starts at US$20. 

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Film festival accepting documentaries on human rights [Worldwide]

Documentary filmmakers worldwide who focus on human rights can submit their works to this contest.

The Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, organized by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, will take place March 22 to 30, 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Categories include jury award docu/right, docu/world (the international competition of feature- and medium-length documentaries longer than 30 minutes), docu/short (films up to 30 minutes long) and the national category docu/Ukraine. The winners in these categories will receive cash prizes of US$1,000. There is also the Andrei Matrosov prize and the student jury award of US$1,000 each.

Competitive films must have been produced in 2017 and 2018.

The first deadline is Nov. 20. The second and final deadline is Dec. 10.

For more information on how to enter, click here.