CPOY 72 Documentary Short Video
A single documentary short with flexible run time of up to 30 minutes that uses more than one form of reporting (still image, video, audio) in pursuit of enriching and enhancing the understanding of the subject. This is not open to a collection of stories or multi-chaptered websites. Documentary storytelling is grounded in truth, and docu-dramas, re-enactments, or television news reports are not allowed. This category is open to individuals or to groups of up to 5 students, but the content, production, and presentation must be done without the input and guidance of outside professionals. May be a single component of category 15, Online Multimedia Storytelling, but it may not be entered in any other category.
* Detailed project credits must be submitted with each entry
Award of Excellence: The Letter
Abdi plays handball and dreams of becoming a professional handball player when he grows up. He plays with his friends and is happy to go to school. However, he has more worries than most of his schoolmates, as the past in Somalia still haunts. It does not get better when there is an unexpected letter from the Immigration Service. Abdi and his family are one of several hundred families in Denmark which has been re-examined their residence permit, after a new report concluded that Somalia has become more secure. Several NGOs, however, point to the opposite. Weekly civilians are killed by targeted attacks. The assessment is based on a report prepared on the basis of Danish officials one-day visit to Mogadishu airport.
