Winners of the special award for the best film on Intellectual Property
The Competition
Film Your Issue
The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) has partnered with Film Your Issue to increase awareness of global issues among future film makers and is recommending several topics of immediate concern to young people and to the global community.
The competition encourages students (15–24 years of age) to create 30–120 second films on issues that have an impact on their lives or that they are passionate about.
Special Awards
The United Nations Department of Public Information will present two special awards to winners of the best film in the category — UN Global themes — and the best film on human rights.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will present a third special award for the best film on intellectual property.
Winners in the Film Your Issue 2008 competition:
Winners in the UN/Global Issues Category
- Petals of Hope by Sarah Morcos
- Copyflights by Oleksandra Zborovska, Maria Korniyenko, Viacheslav Malinov, Lidia Pikhteeva, Olga Kayda and Ruslan Shebisty
- The Haunting Paper by Caleb Mak
Best Film on Human Rights in the UN/Global Issues Category
- Petals of Hope by Sarah Morcos
Best Film on Intellectual Property
- Copyflights by Oleksandra Zborovska, Maria Korniyenko, Viacheslav Malinov, Lidia Pikhteeva, Olga Kayda and Ruslan Shebisty
For photos of the 2008 Film Your Issue Awards Ceremony:
FYI Film Your Issue Award Ceremony 6 June 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios, Los Angeles
Watch the winning films:
For more information on Film Your Issue:
Article on FYI from the UN Chronicle, Issue 4, 2006
UN Press Release on the 2007 Winners