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{{Infobox person
|name = Firdaus Kharas
|image = Nicholaskharas.jpg
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|18|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Calcutta|Calcutta, India]]{{cn|date=December 2019}}
|nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]{{cn|date=December 2019}}
|education =
|occupation = [[television producer]], [[animation|animation producer]], [[film producer]], [[social entrepreneurship|social entrepreneur]], [[author]]
|notable_works = The Three Amigos<br/>
|website = http://www.chocmoose.com
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'''Firdaus Kharas''' (Fir-dose Kha-RASS) is a [[social entrepreneur]]<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/talking-condoms-make-safe-sex-campaigns-acceptable-in-conservative-countries/280616/ | publisher = [[The Atlantic]] | last = Morin | first = Roc | date = 18 October 2013 | title = Talking Condoms Make Safe Sex Campaigns Acceptable in Conservative Countries}}</ref> and media producer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Firdaus Kharas|title=Carleton University|url=https://carleton.ca/fpa/story/firdaus-kharas}}</ref> He founded Chocolate Moose Media in 1995 to produce content for film and television aimed at progressive behaviour change.
He was born November 18, 1955{{cn|date=December 2019}} in [[Calcutta, India]]{{cn|date=December 2019}}, and is now Canadian.{{cn|date=December 2019}} His TV series and [[documentaries]] have focused on [[global health]], [[children's television series]], [[human rights]], [[dementia]] and [[refugees]]. He has won 110{{cn|date=December 2019}} international awards, three humanitarian awards{{cn|date=December 2019}} and two honorary doctorates.<ref>{{cite web|last=Doctor of Laws|title=Carleton University|url=https://newsroom.carleton.ca/archives/2015/06/11/firdaus-kharas-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-carleton-university}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Honorary Doctorate|title=Thiel College|url=https://www.thiel.edu/about/honorary-degree-recipients}}</ref> His notable works include 46 [[public service announcement]] campaigns (PSA) and series targeting health and social issues, primarily in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Activism Through Animation|title=Darpan|url=https://www.darpanmagazine.com/magazine/spotlight/firdaus-kharas-activism-through-animation}}</ref>
Prior to his media career Kharas worked in the Canadian public service{{cn|date=December 2019}} dealing with immigration and refugee policy and on [[United Nations]] affairs.{{cn|date=December 2019}} He has travelled more than 130 countries<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/firdaus-kharas-creates-animated-films-with-a-strong-social-impact/article1241122/ | title = Firdaus Kharas creates animated films with a strong social impact | date = 2 November 2010 | publisher = [[The Globe and Mail]] | last = Clark | first = Dulcie }}</ref> and frequently speaks at international conferences{{cn|date=December 2019}}, trains animators{{cn|date=December 2019}} and sits on media festival juries.<ref>{{cite web|last=The Animated Activist|title=Unite For Sight|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TzOXyB9FWs}}</ref>
== Government service ==
After graduation Kharas served for five years as executive director of the United Nations Association in Canada.<ref name = "chianello" /> He then focused on refugees by serving as policy adviser{{cn|date=December 2019}} to [[Barbara McDougall]], Canada's Minister of Employment and Immigration, before being appointed<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theglobalcalcuttan.com/?p=4023 | title = Quest to Spread Dignity, Born in Calcutta | publisher = The Global Calcuttan | date = 1 July 2015}}</ref> Assistant Deputy Chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Board, where his mandate{{cn|date=December 2019}} was to reduce the backlog of more than 100,000 refugee claimants from 115 countries. In 1995 his desire to improve social problems in the community drew him into the private sector.{{cn|date=December 2019}} Kharas began to use mass communications for social change.<ref>{{cite web|last=Animating Public Service and Social Justice|title=Rabble|url=https://rabble.ca/news/2012/07/firdaus-kharas-animating-public-service-and-social-justice}}</ref>
== Media ==
[[File:Firdaus Kharas and Desmond Tutu watching The Three Amigos.jpg|right|thumb|Kharas watching The Three Amigos with Desmond Tutu]]
Chocolate Moose Media was founded that year in Canada but set up its first production facilities in Singapore and Malaysia to train locals and produce animated and dramatic television series. Kharas created City of the Rich, Asia's first English-language daily soap opera and then focussed on children's programming that was purchased and licensed by HBO, the Disney Channel, Animal Planet and Nickelodeon], among others. He also created a series in Arabic for the Al Jazeeera Children's Channel called Hind and Hamza that tackled such sensitive topics as racism and gender equality and illustrated how the media form can reach youth and adults alike.<ref>{{cite web|last= HBO makes Historic Magic Acquisition|title=Animation magazine|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/hbo-makes-historic-magic-acquisition}}</ref>
His move into activism started with short, animated spots for UNICEF's Cartoons for Children's Rights and then for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children]. In 2004 his first major PSA series called [[The Three Amigos Campaign]] aimed to educate people about the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. It has been translated into 45 languages that can reach 5.5 billion people in 150 countries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pitching Rubbers|title=The New Yorker|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/24/040524ta_talk_mcgrath}}</ref> The series won the a 2006 [[Peabody Award]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Peabody Awards|title=2006 winners|url=http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/winners_2000s.php#2006|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031044823/http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/winners_2000s.php#2006|archivedate=2011-10-31|df=}}</ref> Subsequent series included malaria protection (Buzz and Bite, 2008)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.un.org/press/fr/2008/Conf080422-_Chocolate_Moose.doc.htm | title = CONFÉRENCE DE PRESSE DU PRÉSIDENT DE CHOCOLATE MOOSE MEDIA, FIRDAUS KHARAS | date = 22 April 2008 | publisher = [[United Nations]]}}</ref> and domestic and sexual violence protection (No Excuses, 2011).<ref>{{cite web|last=Press Briefing On "Three Amigos"|title=United Nations|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2005/HIV_AIDSbrf050111.doc.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Press Conference to Launch Animated Campaign against Domestic Violence, Abuse|title=United Nations|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2011/110418_Kharas.doc.htm}}</ref>
Other campaign subjects include solar power,<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.umnews.org/en/news/firdaus-kharas-activism-through-animation | title = Firdaus Kharas: Activism through animation | publisher = [[UM News]]| last = Butler | first = Joey | date = 12 June 2014}}</ref> diabetes,{{cn|date=December 2019}} values{{cn|date=December 2019}} and violence against children in Malawi.{{cn|date=December 2019}} In response to the [[Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa]] in 2014, Kharas produced three videos dealing with prevention and discrimination: Ebola: A Poem For The Living, In Praise of Prevention and Beyond Survival.{{cn|date=December 2019}} The Huffington Post cited its "courage and intelligence." <ref>{{cite web | last= A New African Super Girl Confronts Ebola | title=Huffington Post | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/a-new-african-super-girl_b_9369342.html}}</ref> Recent work has targeted rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,{{cn|date=December 2019}} discrimination against refugees,{{cn|date=December 2019}} asbestos-caused diseases{{cn|date=December 2019}} and support for migraine sufferers.{{cn|date=December 2019}} Multilingual versions are much more effective in global social activism, according to University of Ottawa professor Luisa von Flotow.<ref>{{cite web | last=The (Globalized) Three Amigos: Translating and Disseminating HIV/AIDS Prevention Discourse | title=von Flotow | url=https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ttr/2005-v18-n2-ttr1679/015770ar}}</ref>
He has also produced six documentary films and has spoken at numerous conferences on global health, communications and behaviour change.<ref>{{cite web|last=Firdaus Kharas: Activism Through Animation|title=United Methodist Communications|url=https://www.umnews.org/en/news/firdaus-kharas-activism-through-animation}}</ref>
== Honors ==
* CV Magazine Canadian Business Awards: Best Social Change Media Production Company (2019),{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Honorary Doctorates: ([[Thiel College]], 2009; [[Carleton University]], 2016),<ref name = "chianello">{{cite news | url = https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/carleton-honours-community-builders-as-convocations-begin | title = Carleton honours community builders as convocations begin | publisher = [[The Ottawa Citizen]] | date = 10 June 2015 | last = Chianello | first = Joanne}}</ref>
* TMT Awards Best Global Short Film Producer (2016),{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Guardian International Achievement Award (2015),{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Malaria Foundation International End Malaria Award (2013),{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* [[American InterContinental University]] Honorary Fellow (2009).{{cn|date=December 2019}}
== Awards ==
* Humanitarian Awards: Accolade Global Film Competition (2018); Best Shorts Competition (2018, 2019); IndieFest Film Awards (2018),{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Remi Awards: 2018, 2017, 2015, 2005,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* One Reeler Film Competition: 2018,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Best Shorts: 2017, 2016,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Pixie Awards: 2017,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Accolade Global Film Awards, 2017,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Indiefest: 2017,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* U.S. International Film and Video Festival: 2016,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Telly Awards: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2007, 2006, 2005,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* PR Daily Video Awards: 2016,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* World Media Festival: 2009,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* CINE Golden Eagle: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Aurora Awards: 2008,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Fade-In Awards: 2007,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* New York and World Media Festivals: 2007,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* George Foster Peabody Award: 2006{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Chicago International Children's Film Festival: 2006,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Columbus International Film and Video Festival: 2006,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Berkeley Film and Video Festival: 2006,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Trailblazer Award: 2005,{{cn|date=December 2019}}
* Chicago International Film Festival: 2004.{{cn|date=December 2019}}
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.chocmoose.com/ Official Website]
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