- Prize Pool – $5,000
- Deadline – July 11, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Applications are now open for the $5,000 2025 IOM Short Film Contest. Each year, the world commemorates the global fight against trafficking in persons on 30 July during World Day against Trafficking in Persons. The commemoration provides the opportunity for all fringes of society – from artists to decision-makers – to come together to reflect around progresses and challenges made in addressing trafficking in persons.
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This year, this global campaign will be marked around the theme Human trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation underscoring the vital role of law enforcement and the criminal justice system in dismantling organized trafficking networks while ensuring a victim-centred approach.
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THEME
Human Trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation
- As part of its national campaign against trafficking in persons, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is delighted to announce the Third Edition of the Short Film Contest on Combating Trafficking in Persons in Nigeria. Launched in 2023, the contest is one of IOM’s flagship initiatives in Nigeria aimed at galvanizing youth and creative actors in the global fight against inequality, exploitation, and abuse.
Awards
The contest plans to award prizes as follows:
- First prize: $2500
- Second prize: $1500
- Third prize: $1,000
Eligibility:
- This contest offers platforms for young Nigerian filmmakers and film enthusiasts to actively engage with this pressing issue and contribute to positive change within their communities and beyond.
- The IOM Short Film Contest is open to all young Nigerians under 35 years old with a keen interest in the cross-cutting issues of counter trafficking, human rights of migrants, media, and social justice among others.
- While the people appearing in the video/film can be of any age, it is important that the film reflects the thoughts and opinions of the young filmmaker(s) about different forms of trafficking in persons and counter trafficking. The person submitting the video (“the participant”) must be actively involved in its making, e.g., either as a director, writer, camera operator, editor, actor, coordinator, etc.
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