National Human Right Commission Competition of Short Films for Human Rights Award 2.8 The NHRC for the first time invited entries for short films having duration of maximum 10 minutes on a range of human rights issues in English as well as in any Indian language. In all, 44 entries were received by the NHRC out of which the six Member Jury selected three short films for award of ` 1,00,000/-, ` 75,000/- and ` 50,000/- respectively. The names of the films winning the award for first, second and third positions were ‘The Rice Mill Story’ (Tamil), ‘Sapno Ka Basar’ (Hindi) and ‘Kulfi’ (Tamil) made by Shri A. Krishnan from Chennai, Shri Aditya Kapur from Kolkata and Shri Vivek K. R. from Palakkad respectively. These awards were presented on Human Rights Day. Observance of Human Rights Day and Release of NHRC Publications 2.9 The NHRC observed the Human Rights Day on 10 December 2015 at a function organized in the DRDO Auditorium, New Delhi. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Justice Shri T.S. Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India. Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India was the Guest of Honour. Justice Shri Thakur inaugurated the photo and children’s paintings exhibition, including the paintings made by the visually impaired children and released six publications of the Commission. Justice Shri Cyriac Joseph, the then Acting Chairperson, delivered the Presidential Address on the occasion. A festival of the selected short films was also held as part of the function. 2.10 For the first time, there was a live coverage of NHRC Human Rights Day programme on Doordarshan. On the eve of Human Rights Day, Justice Shri Cyriac Joseph also delivered a Message to the public. 8 Annual Report - 2015-2016