Short film competition
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20 2017:
In connection with the IIth State Assembly election, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) will be organising a short film competition and a selfie video contest, conveyed a press release issued by Vivek Kumar Dewangan, Chief Electoral Officer.
As a part of the SVEEP Campaign, the short film competition will be organised on the theme 'Informed and ethical voting' .
The films should be limited to ten minutes and animated short films can also be submitted, he stated and added that only short films which were shot after January 1, 2016 can be submitted.
He stated that films which have been submitted to any other film festivals or competition will not be accepted.
The top three winning entries will be awarded prizes of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively along with citations, he asserted.
As for the selfie video contest, the participants should have a genuine Facebook/Twitter account and should follow the CEO on Facebook and Twitter.
A selfie video should be posted which contains message of free, fair, informed and ethical voting at the Facebook/Twitter page of the CEO.
The video should be less than one minute, he said and added that maximum number of likes/tweets will be given gifts worth Rs 10,000.He stated that the office of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Manipur can be contacted for details.