On the World Children’s Day, the Unicef Odisha in partnership with Aaina, a voluntary organisation, gave away five awards as part of ‘Kallola,’ an annual short film contest on child rights at a ceremony held here on Wednesday.
Film and TV actor and Chairman, Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) Satyabrata Tripathy (Kuna Tripathy was the chief guest on the occasion, while, Chairman, Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) and former Rajya Sabha MP and former captain of the Indian Hockey team Dillip Tirkey and sprinter Dutee Chand were present as guests.
Also present were noted film and theatre personality and Chair, Jury Kallola Anant Mahapatra, Officer in Charge, Unicef Odisha Sourav Bhattacharjee and secretary, Aaina Sneha Mishra.
The theme for Kallola 2018 was ‘Safe Water: Every Child’s Right.’
It focus was on the importance of clean water in order to give all children a happy and healthy life.
The WHO estimates that globally, unsafe drinking water, inadequate hygiene and sanitation contribute to an estimated 8,42,000 annual deaths that include 3,61,000 deaths of children under five years of age.
The movies awarded on the occasion include Guddi by Sangram Keshari Sahu, (1st prize), Jala o Bhabisyata by Ritwik Das (2nd Prize), Water boy by Abinash Kumar Pradhan (3rd prize), Chumki by Pradeep Kumar Jena (Jury Choice Award) and It’s our responsibility by Ram Pattnaik, Satabdi Mohanty and Swetasini Behera (Children’s Choice Award).
The eminent jury comprised Anant Mahapatra as the chair jury, Amartya Bhattacharyya, Chandrabhanu Pattnayak, Ileana Citaristi, Kapilash Bhuyan, SV Raman and thematic expert Ranjan K Panda. Along with them was a special panel of 53children as children jury.