Sixteen films from 14 nations covering a wide range of subjects were screened at the Asian College of Journalism, with the support of  INPUT, an organisation consisting of and meant for professionals in television. INPUT, Internatonal Public Television, was launched in 1978 to provide a platform for independent filmmakers working in public interest and promotes films which challenges and redefines the rules of broadcasting.

An 18-member panel selected a limited number of films from more than 400 entries, based on innovation in form and content, originality or daring in subjects, and creativity and imagination in the use of technology. “Many of the films selected at INPUT did not have a single line of script,’’ said Abhijit Das Gupta, the only Indian member on the panel.

The Boy Who Killed Stephen Lawrence (United Kingdom) was a factual documentary about a reporter who goes undercover for 12 months to prove five people are guilty of murder, despite the fact that they were found not guilty by
the court. Rosita (Nicaragua) was about the shocking case of a 6-year-old girl getting pregnant after being raped. It was handled fairly well in a story which is politically charged, causing a national furore about abortion and the Catholic church. La Ruta (Spanish) took viewers to remote corners of this world. The world is changing fast, but cultural diversity is diminishing faster than biological diversity. The crew travels to reach places where people are different. In this, they visit Kombai, the last cannibals on earth

China Blue (Mandarin, Cantonese, English) was a poignant journey inside a jeans factory. The working conditions Jasmine and her teenage friends must endure are harsh beyond imagination. They are unlawful by international standards, and tensions in the factory are running high. So when the factory owner strikes a deal with a western client  and demands around-the-clock production to meet the deadline, a confrontation becomes inevitable.

Operation X-Tricked into porn (Danish) was the second of a two-part investigation into the world of frivolous model agencies. The team comes across an astonishing kingpin who is behind more than 20 fake model agencies on the internet. He uses agencies to trick 15- to 17-year-old girls into making child pornography. But he is also the only publicly employed safe-chat consultant, warning teenagers about the dangers of the internet during his public appearances.