Steven Spielberg's Shoah charity launches filmmaking competition for British children

Claudia Wiedeman, the foundation’s director of education said: “Every year, USC Shoah Foundation continues to advance the mission of engaging students in themes around discrimination, genocide and identity to help young people build the necessary skills to counter hate.”

Hazel Carter, Discovery Education’s UK marketing director, hoped the completion would “enable students to explore challenging topics with their peers, using their voices to stand against all forms of discrimination and intolerance, while working for positive change in their own communities.”

Spielberg launched the foundation in 1993  after his Oscar-winning film about the Shoah, Schindler’s List.

The film challenge is part of a broader initiative to encourage students, Teaching with Testimony.

The competition, with a prize fund of up to £12,500, closes on May 4.