The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC) and Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program in which high school and undergraduate college students submit 3-6 minute short films that focus on a variety of global women’s issues, including maternal health, microfinance initiatives, child-marriage, sex-trafficking, poverty alleviation, etc.
Your films will tell stories about girls and women that raise awareness, envision in film the possibilities of our time for females globally, and propose solutions, all the while providing the young adult voice an outlet in a compelling medium.
WORTH
- Winners will receive a monetary prize and film distribution channels via Connecther.
- An official screening and red carpet will take place in Austin, TX in the spring of 2017.
- GITW gives the opportunity to get scholarship up to 20,000 USD.
- GITW is an ANNUAL Film Festival.
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicant(s) must be 25 or under on December 31, 2016 (special circumstances may be considered)
- Currently enrolled undergraduates (global) OR Full-time high school students
- The GITW Film Fest Competition is not open to any resident of the following countries: U.S. export regulations prohibit the export of goods and services to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Therefore residents of these countries/regions are not eligible to participate.
- Sponsor prizes including Green IS, Honest Beauty & Innovation Prize are chosen by sponsors and may include films directed and produced by graduate students.
- Each individual applicant may be involved in the making of up to two films. You may not enter more than two films.
Eligibilities for Video:
Videos must EITHER:
Raise awareness about critical issues affecting women and girls around the world OR
Propose solutions to critical challenges faced by women
DEADLINE: Ongoing
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