Monday, April 2, 2018

Golden Lotus Award, Hangzhou, China

Golden Lotus Award since its inception in 2009, has received a total of more than more than 3000 articles and television works, digital youth director from Hangzhou, works have been the Berlin Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Copenhagen International Film Festival International awards.
2017, Golden Lotus Award again, the organizing committee will invite first-class director, producer, critic and chairman of the International Film Festival jury composed of crossovers, with "free, open and pluralistic" attitude, pick out the short film competition four awards, including Best Director Award, best short film award, the future light, most Industry Award for attention. The autumn season, all finalists will be invited to come to the West Lake, the site can not only get the advice of professionals, but also can integrate film industrialization market, to seek in the style and genre of more possibility and breakthrough.
best short film
best director
best industry award
the birth of a future award
- style, type, subject matter is not limited, encourage more contributions
- the deadline for registration is August 1, 2017, and all applications for overdue registration will not be accepted .
All entries must be completed in January 1, 2016 after the production, and not to any version of any form of participation in the Festival Competition works; are not acceptable to network distribution way screened works (acceptable in other festival public screenings of the works).

The China Women's Film Festival (CWFF)

The China Women's Film Festival (CWFF) is the only film festival in China dedicated to women's rights.
The festival presents an opportunity for national and international filmmakers, academics and female activists to network, exchange ideas and strengthen women’s roles in the film community.

The China Women's Film Festival will go on tour in different cities throughout China starting from March 10, 2018 until December 10, 2018. The cities and dates are still being decided. As of now, selected films will be included in the tour section of our film festival.
SUBMITTING FILMS
1. This year, in order to be considered for our film festival, films submitted must fall into the following categories:
- Violence and Discrimination Against Women
- Queer and Transgender Women
- Female Innovators
- Women Challenging Stereotypes
- Women Overcoming Barriers
- Chinese female directed films
2. Films can be narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, young filmmakers, and short films, however, films cannot be more than 10 years old.
3. By submitting a film, you guarantee that your entry is your original work and does not infringe on the copyright or other rights of third parties.
4. No works in progress accepted.
5. Film must have a minimum of 15 minutes.

IF SELECTED
1. Filmmakers must send DCP and DVD format to the address:
Crossroads Centre
18 Dashiqiao Hutong Jiu Gulou Dajie
Xicheng District 100009
Beijing, China
交差点
中国北京市西城区旧鼓楼大街大石桥胡同18号
2. Please let us know if your film as already been shown in China (if not, we will adverstise it as a China premier).
3. Our festival often screens films multiple times throughout the festival (espeically during the tour portion since we travel to different cities). Therefore, please let us know if there is a limit to the number of screenings.
5. If mailing a DVD, please label your disc with: Title, Director, Submission Categories, Runtime and email address.
6. If selected, filmmakes must also send their film's "Press Package" to contact.cwff@gmail.com. The Press Pacakge must include:
- Film poster (high resolution)
- At least 2 stills (high resolution)
- Film synopsis
- A photo of the director
7. We reserve the right to use any material provided to us as part of our PR, marketing and promotional activities.
8. For films in English, there must be Chinese subtitles, and vise versa. If the film is not in either of these languages, there must be subtitles in both English and Chinese. If the film does not have subtitles, the filmmaker must send an .srt file of their script to contact.cwff@gmail.com so that we can get it translated.

China International Conference of Science and Education Producers (CICSEP), China

China International Conference of Science and Education Producers (CICSEP) was founded by China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) in 2000. Held once every two years, CICSEP has been successfully held for eight times.

CICSEP is hosted by China Science Film and Video Association, which is directly conducted by CAST. CICSEP is an international awarding event in categories (China Dragon Awards) and stakeholders’ forums regarding the newest science and science-education programs. Further more, Pitching was first shown on CICSEP 2010 which was designed to promote the innovating and marketing in the field of science and science-education programs, and promote to exchanging and developing in the field internationally as well.
Completed forms and DVDs should be sent to China Science Film and Video Association (CSFVA) at the following address:
CICSEP Orgaizing Committee (Ke Jiao Ying Shi Xie Hui)
Room 414, West Wing, No. 86 Xue Yuan Nan Lu, Haidian District
Beijing 100081
P.R. China

For further information, please contact the organizing committee via
Phone: 0086-(0)10-6213 7705
Fax: 0086-(0)10-6211 3038
Email: cicsep@cast.org.cn

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), China

Founded in 1993, Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) is the only competitive film festival in China approved by FIAPF.
SIFF focuses on awards, markets, forums and film exhibitions so as to build an international platform, and promote the development of the Chinese film industry.
In recent years, with the increasing growth of China’s economic strength and the rise of its international status, Chinese films have attracted more and more attention from people around the world, and SIFF, held in June annually, has become a great event for filmmakers worldwide, whose universal industry appeal, international influence, and effect on the world’s multicultural film culture and development of the film industry have also been praised by people inside and outside the industry.
20th Floor, 211 Kang Ding Road
Shanghai 200041, China
Shanghai 200041
China

http://www.siff.com/

Arthouse Asia : Short Film Competetion, Kolkatta, India

Arthouse Asia is an annual breeding space of independent filmmakers. Over the years independent filmmaking has changed a lot, Asian independent filmmaking market is increasing steadily. The Past has taught us "United we stand, divide we fall".
Arthouse Asia is an effort to unite worldwide independent filmmakers in a single platform. We know the path is not an easy way but we believe independent filmmaking is the true way of practicing art through filmmaking medium. The studio system is a money generating system, it does not allow experimentation as it always tends to follow the already established monetary model.
So we believe independent filmmaking is the future of filmmaking.
After the very successful 2017 and 2018 edition, we are back with our 2019 edition.
This Time it will be bigger and better.
This year we are looking for fictions, documentary, animation, VR films, video arts, short films and full-length films. Every selected submission will be eligible for "Golden Wood Award" which will be presented at the conclusion of the festival.
32, Jadavpur Central Road
Kolkata 700032
India

http://asia.arthousefest.com/

Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (CICFF), india

Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (CICFF) is an official member of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in New York, and an IMDb Award Listing Qualifier.
CICFF is a monthly live screening film festival with an annual live screening mega event in the City of Joy. The monthly live screenings take place at the end of each month at Indira Cinema (one of the most prestigious film venues of Kolkata). The Golden Fox Awards gala takes place in the December of each year at Rotary Sadan (a historical film venue in the heart of the city).

http://www.hlc-cicff.com/ 
 
CICFF is a division of Human Lab Corporation, a leading Multinational film production and distribution company.
All projects officially selected in each month receive the CICFF laurel and certificate, and are rated at their IMDb pages (if applicable).
All monthly Award Winners receive the CICFF laurel and customized certificate.
Each month, the most representatives of monthly award winners are screened in Kolkata, at Indira Cinema, and reviewed by CULT CRITIC film magazine. These reviews are shared at each film IMDb page (if applicable). Some filmmakers, screenwriters and actors/actresses could be invited for an interview to be published as well in CULT CRITIC film magazine.
Also, the highest scored 3 award winners receive an InkTip Prize Package free offer.
The awards are given in the follow categories:
Best Director
Best Young Filmmaker (under 18)
Best Debut Filmmaker
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound Designing
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Short Film
Best Student Film
Best VR/AR and 360º Film
Best Drone Film
Best Web and New Media Film
Best Mobile Film
Best Horror/Science Fiction Feature Film
Best Women’s Film
Best Film on Women
Best LGBT Film
Best Animated Film
Best Family/Children Film
Best Educational Film
Best Film on Disability Issue
Best Film on Religion
Best Film on Nature/Environment/Wildlife
Best Travel Film
Best Silent Film
Best One Minute Film
Best Postmodern Film
Best Free Speech Film
Best Television/Pilot Program or Series
Best Commercial/Advertisement
Best Music Video
Best Film Score/Soundtrack
Best Trailer/Teaser
Best Film/Video Poster
Best Photography
Best Treatment/ Synopsis
Best Short Script
Best Feature Script
Besides MAIN AWARDS, it can be given also OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS in the different categories. You may see the last award winners in this link: http://www.hlc-cicff.com/blog.
Each year we select the Best of the Best (from the pool of all award winners from all categories) and the prizes are the HLC’s prestigious GOLDEN FOX awards + plus Live Screenings in the theatre at Kolkata.
2017 Winners have a chance to meet with audience and participate at Q&A after screening.
We provide incentives for winning films, and present promotional strategies for the winning films and their directors. First we conduct an Interview with the director which is posted in our HLC portal, plus a published review by one of our esteemed writers from CULT CRITIC magazine. But that's not all: CICFF will take you global with international distribution opportunities for your films.

Virgin Spring Cinefest- monthly international film festival, Kolkatta, India

Virgin Spring Cinefest is a monthly international film festival, with a yearly live screening mega event in the City of Joy, Kolkata (India) scheduled on 22nd and 23rd October 2018. The monthly live screenings will take place at the end of each month at Indira Cinema (one of the most prestigious heritage movie venues of Kolkata).
The festival has been named in honor of Ingmar Bergman’s classic film "Virgin Spring" and it has been launched to showcase independent art-house films from around the world.


What we’re looking for? Prolific art-house films, which can be in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non-fiction), or animation.
The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).
By submitting your film, you agree that Virgin Spring Cinefest can use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for promotional purpose.
Virgin Spring Cinefest does not accept the following:
1. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
2. Films which are made before 2000
3. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, or video resolution less than 720p HD)
Genres accepted: Fiction, documentary, and animation.

Global India International Film Festival, Pune India, Last submission Date: 30th Aug 2018

Global India International Film Festival
Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam!! Yes the whole world is a one family; From the Spiritual soil of India. From the bottom of the heart, we believe that the whole humanity is a one family and an every individual human being is a beautiful character or a player with a supreme god particle,
who perform his or her great role on this global prosperous World Stage.
We really wish to share international thinking which is developed in the form of films with the society and the young generation of humanity. Every human being has a unique story to tell, but few from them are capable to express their own to the world. But the Filmmakers are the great storytellers and world wants to watch their stories through films or digital media. Because they channelize & nurture these stories through films and our motto is to spread these stories from all across the world to the masses and especially to the youngsters. Filmmakers from all across the globe are respectfully welcome to share and submit your beautiful films into the GIIFF.

The Jaipur International Film Festival, India, call for entries 15th July 2018

The Jaipur International Film Festival, the world's fastest growing film festival, is held every year in January or February in Jaipur, India
Launched in January 2009, Jaipur International Film Festival -JIFF became expanding establishing name in organizing world film festival every year in Rajasthan.
The purpose of this film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between India & other nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. JIFF also promotes friendship and co-operation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries.
Though the film festivals have became a regular affair in most countries yet most of them cater only to selected audience as well as entertain the commercially successful film makers and related personalities. However, JIFF intends to organize a festival that connects the film fans & movie goers with the world, especially the serious filmmakers & their associates so as to bring about greater understanding of the art of film making.
http://www.jiffindia.org/ 
The Tenth JIFF 2018 has received 2019 films from 100+ countries and 136 films nominated for screening
The Ninth JIFF 2017 has received 2004 films from 100+ countries.
The Eighth JIFF 2016 has received 2176 films from 100+ countries.
The Seventh JIFF 2015 has received 1807 films from 100+ countries.
The Sixth JIFF 2014 has received 1587 films from 90+ countries.
The Fifth JIFF 2013 has received 1397 films from 90 countries.
The Fourth JIFF 2012 has received 902 films from 70 countries.
18000 film lovers and film makers visited the festival.
The third JIFF 2011 was held with overwhelming response & it was a feather in crown.
The second JIFF 2010 was held with overwhelming response & it was a feather in crown.
The first JIFF 2009 was a first milestone towards success.

CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI International Film Festival Pune, India, call for entries 30th May 2018

CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI International Film Festival's main objective is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to excel, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists. CSIFF is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences. CSIFF unites cinematic, cultural, educational more over Inspirational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.
About CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji
The CSIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
The CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.
We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.
Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown.

1, Aditya Apt., Opp Euro Kids, New DP Road, Vishalnagar
Pimple Nilakh
Pune, Maharashtra 411027
India

http://www.csiff.meditativeyoga.in/ 
 
WINNERS
In the following categories:
BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST AD FILM
BEST TV SERIES
BEST WEB SERIES
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST SMARTPHONE SHORT
BEST DIRECTION AWARD
BEST ACTING AWARD
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
BEST CONCEPT AWARD
BEST EDITING AWARD
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
Certification of Excellence - Great Work

Flying Elephant Competition Trivandrum , India

Toonz Animation India Pvt Ltd's annual event ‘Animation Masters Summit 2018’ to be held this year on May 5th and 6th in the Travancore Hall, Technopark, Trivandrum.
Launched in 1999 as ‘Week with the Masters’, the sublime purpose of this event is to bring under one roof the finest masters of the fraternity to celebrate the wondrous art of animation, to share their invaluable treasure of knowledge and to provide an opportunity for the young and aspiring animation enthusiasts to interact with their role models. Over the years such legendary veterans like Rob Coleman, Derek Lamb, Bill Plympton, Maurice Noble, Will Winton, Jean-Marie Olivier, Ajit Rao, Sabu Cyril and several others have graced the event with their awe-inspiring speaking sessions.
http://animationsummit.in/animation-short-film-competition-2017 

The Kashmir International Film Festival 2018, Srinagar, India



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The Kashmir International Film Festival is a not-to-profit, non-commercial & Kashmir’s only independent film festival, established in the year 2016 in Srinagar Kashmir with a mission to celebrate the cinema & work of aspiring, young, independent & professional filmmakers. Its aim is to recognize the enlightening, entertaining & progressive new age cinema of youth & experienced filmmakers.
Founded by the Innovate Kashmir Society, Kashmir International Film Festival-17 provides chance to filmmakers to showcase their creativity. While the festival is open to filmmakers of all age, we feel that just as it is imperative that we should support and encourage participation by filmmaking community members & professional, it is also important that we find and cultivate the future members of this creative industry.
The purpose of this film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between different nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. KIFF also promotes friendship and cooperation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries.

The following prizes will be given away:
Documentary Section-
Best Political Film
Best Sports Film
Best Women Film
Best Wildlife Film
Best War and Peace Film
Best Current issue Film
Best Health Film
Best Crime Film
Best Science Film
Best Director (For both Feature and Documentary)
Best Documentary Feature
BEST SOUND & EDITING award (For both Feature and Documentary)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY award (For both Feature and Documentary)

http://kashmirinternationalfilmfestival.webs.com/

7th Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival, Pune , Last date of submission 30th April 2018

The aim of the festival is to showcase short and documentaries from across the world and promote storytellers.
Started in 2012 the upcoming festival marks the seventh year of the event.
You may watch the trailers here https://youtu.be/-jT4n8rz6p0
Best Short Film Rupees 15,000 /- and 10,000/-
Best Documentary Rupees 15,000 and 10, 000/-
Best Short Film Director Rupees 8,000/-
Best Documentary Director Rupees 8,000/
7th Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival will be held from December 8 - 9, 2018 in Pune. It is organized by Arogya Sena, to know more about Arogya Sena please visit www.arogyasena.org
PLEASE READ ALL THE RULES & TERMS CAREFULLY
The festival will start accepting entries from 10th January 2018
Deadline for registration: 30th September 2018
Early Submission Deadline: 30th April 2018
Regular Submission Deadline: 31st August 2018
Extended Submission Deadline: 30th September 2018
Duration: up-to 40 Minutes
Format: Documentary or Short Film could be shot on any camera but English subtitles are compulsory for languages other than English.
Pre-selection Committee: All the Documentaries or Short Films will be confidentially screened by a pre-selection committee appointed by Arogya Sena. This committee reserves every right to exclude Documentaries which are not in conformity with the objectives of the competition or which offend national feelings or likely to promote discrimination based on gender, caste, creed, religion or language.
The Documentaries or Short Films lacking sufficient technical qualities will also be rejected. The entries shall be judged on the basis of originality, craft, entertainment and artistic quality, without regard to cost of production or subject matter.
Final Screening: Documentaries or Short Films selected by pre-selection committee will only be eligible for final screening at the competition venue.
Publication Authorization: All the official entrants will authorize the organizers to publish their Documentary or Short Film in SPIFF and will also allow usage of clips from the Documentary for the promotional usage on TV, Radio, in Print, at live festival events including photos, for which the entrants are solely responsible. Also, the organizers will be able to share the information with its publicity partners (if any).
Acknowledgement of the awards: Entrants must agree to acknowledge the award on the film itself if wins the award.
Return of the copies: Copies for the festival will be retained by the organizers' film archive for cultural, non-commercial, nonprofit festivals and archival screening in the future.
Cancellation/rejection: The core committee of Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival appointed by Arogya Sena reserves the right to cancel any submission or take any action against any breach of regulations or any misbehaviour disturbing the course of the festival and reserves all the rights to refuse or reject any registration/entry of any Documentary or Short Film or persons or institutions.
A submission will be considered complete only after the DOWNLOAD IS ENABLED for the film's preview screener in FilmFreeWay.
FESTIVAL MAY NOT NECESSARILY ASK FOR DOWNLOAD indivisually if it is not enabled and the entry might be rejected.
For consideration as STUDENT SHORT FILM The director of the Student Short Film must be a current or recently graduated full-time student, and made as part of their course at the institute.
If the film is submitted under student category You have to upload your student photo ID proof. The submission will be considered only after receiving the submitting student’s valid ID proof by email to contact@spiffpune.in. Please quote your FilmFreeWay tracking number in the subject line of the email
If the film has more than one director, the team should nominate one of the directors as a key person for all communication.
Submission will only be considered valid after receiving all the required documents and the final screening copy of the Documentary or Short Film on or before 30th September 2018 and will be considered as the final entry.
The original submitter of the selected film will be notified by email by November 12, 2018. Please ensure that you have provided us with your correct/valid email.
After notification of selection, the film may not be withdrawn from the festival under any circumstance.
Due to large number of entries we receive, we will not be able to offer any feedback to those films not accepted.
Results declared by the pre-selection committee and final juries will be treated as final and all the participants will abide by them. International winners will receive the award amount via online transfer which might take 30 days.
If the submitter is not the filmmaker/producer it is submitter's responsibility to convey the details to the filmmaker/producer/right holder within fifteen days of the email sent by the festival regarding the remittance process.
Failing to communicate might delay the remittance process and after 30 days festival reserves the right to cancel the remittance.
The communication will only happen on the email id provided at the time of submission unless requested to update the email id.
The winners will be informed regarding the additional documents required if any for award remittance, only after receiving the documents the remittance process will start.
International remittance WILL ONLY HAPPEN VIA PAYPAL.
For collection of trophies and certificate submitter will have to make the arrangments festival may not necessarily make the arrangments.

Arogya Sena and juries will not have any bindings to give any clarification or justification regarding the results to anyone.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The core committee of Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival appointed by Arogya Sena reserves the rights to make any changes in the rules and regulations or in the schedule of the competition.By submitting your film to SPIFF you accept the terms and conditions mentioned.
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CNEFRAME International Short Film Festival Kolkatta 2018

CISFFI 2017 show cases short films that celebrate diverse cultures ,aesthetic traditions, social & relevant themes & other works that challenge &transcend exceptions.Our particular interest is in short films that deal with novel themes,cutting-edges technology & visualization, traditional as well as those that dissent in form, technique or content from the mainstream.
ELIGIBILITY
Submission to the festival is open to short films,documentaries,animated films created by independent & student film makers.
Independent & student film makers may submit any number of films under festival"s film categories .If you are submitting two or more films,they should be on separate DVD's,with separate documents
SELECTION
All films are judged equally based on:
Content Originality (Quality of story-line, and script)
Production (Camera work, lighting, and shot composition)
Post-Production (Editing, transitions, pacing, continuity, and flow)
Image (Focus, color, and lighting)
Sound Quality (Clarity, consistency of audio levels, and lack of noise
Selection of films will be done by a committee whose decision will be final. However, Festival Authorities reserve the right to accept or reject any film that is likely to offend sentiments, feelings or sensibilities of any caste, community, religion and sector is likely to promote racism or ill will in the society.
The Festival Authorities will have the right to screen (maximum 5 screening) in different cities of India on non-commercial basis. For promotional / publicity purposes, excerpts from any film entered in the festival may be shown on any Television network / Internet or related media during the festival period.
Entrant agrees to be bound by all terms of these official Festival rules and regulations as established herein. The CISFFI-2017 Short Film Festival reserves the right to extend the Festival deadline for any unforeseen reasons if needed. Entry constitutes permission to use winner's name, likeness, and voice for future advertising and publicity purposes without additional compensation.
LOTS OF AWARD & PRIZES
Regulations
The short film must have been completed after 1 January 2008.
Entries MUST be PAL format only. NTSC is NOT accepted. Festival Management will not be responsible if film is not screened due to problem with the DVD.
The film can be documentary, experimental, narrative, fiction or animation. The original film may be produced on 35 mm, 16 mm, HD, DIGI BETA, BETA SP, U-MATIC, DV, DVD, but the film must be available on DVD presentation or preview purpose.
Total running time must be less than 15 minutes in length, including front and back credits. There is no minimum running time.FILMS ABOVE 15 MINUTES TO 25 MINUTES WILL INCLUDED IN CATEGORY 2,
The short film can be in any language or any genre. All non-English films must have English sub-titles for festival presentation.
Two DVD’s need to be submitted along with the entry fee. Each Preview DVD should be labeled with the title, running-time and contact email and phone number.
Multiple entries can be submitted, but with separate entry forms, preview DVD, synopsis/description, still photographs,cast & crew list, press kit should be enclosed. Each film is considered as a new entry.
CISFFI-2016 organization has right to use the entries / send / selected / nominated films, DVD and materials from the film for Festival promotional purposes and to retain DVD copies of each film as part of our festival library.
Films once selected & submitted for final screening will not be allowed to be withdrawn under any circumstances until festival is over.
The publicity material (Broach er, Stills, Poster, etc.) and a synopsis of the short film to be enclosed with the entry. Entry materials submitted shall not be returned to the entrant.
Transportation and insurance costs of DVDs, related documents, photographs and publicity materials from the country of origin to the Festival Office shall be borne by the applicant.
ENTRY FEE
The entry form/application will be considered only on receipt of film submission entry fee.ENTRY FEE FOR FILM UNDER 15 MINUTES[ CATEGORY 1]
IS Rs.500/- (five hundred rupees) - (Films produced in India) & US$ 20 (Twenty American Dollars for film produced outside India)
ENTRY FREE FOR FILM ABOVE 15 MINUTES & UNDER 25 MINUTES[CATEGORY 2]
IS Rs 1000/-[one thousand rupees i.e for film produced in India] -US$ 40 [40 American Dollars i.e for Films produced outside India] by Cash or Demand Draft or Cheque, or money transfer in favor
of santanu chakraborty (Account number - 3250245284 ,)
SWIFT CODE : CBININBBCAM
(MICR CODE: 70016005 ) (IFSC CODE : CBINO280103 ),
Bank Address: - 86 SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE ROAD .
KOLKATA 700026.
KOLKATA.,
WEST BENGAL ,
INDIA
Date of submission
Regular Submission –
26 february2016 to 31st july 2016 (with Rs 500 OR $20 Entry Fee)
Film should be submit before deadline. The CNEFRAME Film Festival is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, postage due, stolen, or misappropriated entries.
DVDs submitted for selection will be considered as final and no changes will be entertained after submission. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to submit DVDs without any physical / quality defects.
The FESTIVAL is open for professionals as well as students. No separate section for student filmmakers.
The Festival is schedule in September 2016

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Mailing Address for the festival office
SANTANU CHAKRABORTY
9/4 NEPAL BHATTACHARJEE STREET
KOLKATA 700026.
WEST BENGAL.
INDIA
PHONE 9339498527
cineframe.short@gmail.com
nabankur.drama@gmail.com

First time in Chennai - PlayButton Short Film Festival 2018 in association with IndoRussian Cinemas and Russian Centre of Science and Culture



PlayButton Short Film Festival 2018 in association with IndoRussian Cinemas and Russian Centre of Science and Culture launching its first edition. Playbutton short film festival is one of its kind to adapt public voting of nominated short films through PlayButton Mobile Android App.
Taking place in the cultural city of Chennai, Playbutton short film festival is an intersection for young filmakers, industry and media. Playbutton also hosts various seminars and workshops in film making fields by experts.
SHORT-FILM TAMIL CATEGORY :
Winner: Best Short Film (Tamil)
Special Award: Best Short Film Director (Tamil)
2nd Best Short Film (Tamil)
3rd Best Short Film (Tamil)
Best Short Film Actor (Tamil)
Best Short Film Story/ Screenplay Award (Tamil)
Special Jury Award (Tamil)
FOREIGN SHORT-FILM CATEGORY :
Best International Short Film (Any Language)
Best Actor International Short Film (Any Language)

* Maker/Director of Tamil Short Film should not be more than 35 years of age ( For Foreign Short Film age not constraint )
* Running Time: 30 minutes (including end credits)
* Production Year: The film must have been produced after Jan 2017.
* Earlybird Fee of Rs 100 for submission in Short-Film Tamil Category
* Earlybird Entry Fee of $10 for submission in Foreign Short-Film Category
* All Genre accepted except voilence , vulgar comedy.
* Preferred short films based Socio-Political topics.
* A Filmmaker can submit multiple number of Entries
* Language : Tamil / English only Place of Production : Tamilnadu , India
* All Films submitted will be available at PlayButton Mobile App for Viewing and Voting
* All Film Entries should be submitted online only
* your submitted short film shouldn't have any watermark / logo.
* The submitted short films shall be reviewed and will be posted at Playbutton Android App for public viewing and voting.
Visit www.playbutton.in to submit your short films.

THE BUDDHA International Film Festival's, Pune, India - Deadline 30th April 2018


ABOUT THE BUDDHA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
THE BUDDHA International Film Festival's main objective is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to excel, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists. TBIFF is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences. TBIFF unites cinematic, cultural, educational more over Inspirational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.
The TBIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
The BUDDHA International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.
We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.
Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown.
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NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFF 2018 DATE: 22 September 2018

NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFF 2018
DATE: 22 September 2018
FESTIVAL AWARD FUNCTION VENUE:
India International Centre
40, KK Birla Marg, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Award Ceremony, Cultural Activities and Special Dialogue and Top Films Screening from each category
Human interests are changing, with changing cinema techniques and short/documentary/feature film styles are changing us and our attitude.
This attitude will now screen in the heart of Delhi through the finest global short, feature and documentary films.
ONE FILM CAN CHANGE ONE PERSON OR ALL HUMAN OR ONE COUNTRY OR WHOLE WORLD.
WELCOME TO THE CAPITAL OF INDIA
Organized by: Jaipur International Film Festival & Trust
NDFF 2018 AWARDS
TOP FIVE FILMS IN EACH CATEGORY
http://jiffindia.org/delhi/awards.php

7th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival - 2018


7th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-18 is a movement to recognize & popularize the work of young & experienced filmmakers from across the India & world. The humble journey of BSFF has began in year 2012 to mark the 100 years celebration of Indian cinema & to salute the contribution of the Kannada film industry towards the development of cinema in India. The festival provide platform to aspiring and professional filmmakers for showcasing their talent with networking & marketing opportunities in film industry.

The festival objective is to create short films culture in India, promotion of upcoming filmmakers, developing sources of revenue generation for short films and to make short film making a commercial enterprise. BSFF-12, 13, 14, 15,16 & 17 were great success with huge participation of filmmakers from across the country & abroad.

BSFF-18 aim is to even bigger & better with the participation from filmmakers. This year festival will introduce more workshops & master classes.

8th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-18, Delhi NCR, India - Last date of Entries 5th April 2018


8th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-18, Delhi NCR, India
Celebrating Excellence in Cinema

The Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival is a not-to-profit, non-commercial & India’s only independent film festival, established in the year 2011 in Delhi NCR with a mission to celebrate the cinema & work of aspiring, young, independent & professional filmmakers. The festival is important for Indian film industry as it is organized on 30 April each year to mark the birth anniversary of Late.Shri. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is regarded as the father of Indian Cinema & fondly remembered as Dada Saheb Phalke by the film fraternity across the India & globe. Its aim is to recognize the enlightening, entertaining & progressive new age cinema of youth & experienced filmmakers.

CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL - 16th April 2018


 Initiated in the backdrop of 60th year of India's Independence, CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL and FORUM is an initiative to celebrate knowledge,ideas and perspectives on culture, development and education in context of children programming.
The objective of the CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL is to inculcate taste for quality children programme and to generate awareness about new genre, innovations, and formats linking education with culture & development issues among children.
The highlight of CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL is intelligence exchange sessions of children with experts to share, voice and express their views.
In CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL, childrens' opinion matters and they decide the winners.

The video clippings of the children jury and judgement process is uploaded on www.chinh.in
CIKFF JURY 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDswTPGoX7w
CIKFF JURY 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wqQlK2K5j4
ANIMATION JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/728R2vqN9tU
TEEN JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/3K2U75RXCws
KIDS FOR KIDS JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/cRYh5DRD-AQ
EARLY EDUCATION JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/XmgXMT3vMDc
PRE SCHOOL JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/p4y4quripa8
Test your children programmes with INDIAN CHILDREN JURY.
CHINH GOLD
CHINH SILVER
CHINH SPECIAL JURY
1. The awarded films and the ones qualified for the competitive categories would become part of CHINH International Film Cooperative intended to screen the films in schools, educational institutions, libraries, NGOs working for disadvantaged children groups and CHINH chapters.
2. Selection of the films would entirely be on discretion of Children Advisory Board of CHINH EARLY EDUCATION WEB CHANNEL.
3. The music tracks used in the film should be original or be cleared of copyright by the filmmaker or producer. The festival would not be responsible for any copyright violation vis-a-vis music rights for screening the film.

4th NEZ International Film Festival (NIFF) - Kolkatta, Submission Date - 30th June 2018


4th NEZ International Film Festival (NIFF)
28th to 30th September, 2018
NEZ stands for simplicity of life and existence. NEZ is not a corporate, nor an NGO; in fact no standard term can describe NEZ. It simply is a platform for beings in this planet to come forward, and come together and explore their collective talents for the progress of the world and beyond. We have long enough thought about espousing our cause and ours alone. Now we think together. It is a platform to promote excellence in Education, Arts, Literature, Films, Medicine, Science, Research, Community Service etc. The philosophy at NEZ is very simple. We share collective fate. We seek new thought patterns that shall shape this world and the universe in times to come.
NEZ International Film Festival (NIFF) stands for best of world cinemas in the categories of Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries Films and Ad Films. A platform of NIFF is meant for bringing undiscovered pure talents before a larger audience of the world.

Mumbai Short Film Festival 2018 - Deadline 16th Nov 2018

MSIFF, a progressive cinema movement started in year 2012 with the consultation of senior industry members to highlight the short cinema. The inaugural year followed 2013, 14, 15, 16 & 17 editions witnesses the great participation & enthusiasm from filmmakers & industry professionals from India & abroad. The festival objective is to contribute towards the development of upcoming filmmakers & to create short films culture in India.

The festival aims is to feature great cinema of worldwide filmmakers in a big way & at the same time providing professional networking & introducing current trends of cinema to the participants. The festival also strongly advocates the need of commercial short film industry in India & will raise the issues related to short films in front of various governing bodies of cinema.

7th MSIFF-18 will prove one more step towards achieving excellence & enhancing your skills in cinema & fore sure it will contribute immensely in your growth as filmmaker.

Production Awards
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Music Video
Best Director
Special Festival Mention
Honorable Jury Mention
Best Ad Film


Creative Awards
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best VFX

Performance Awards
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

Music Awards
Best Original Music
Best Background Music


Goa Short film Festival 2018



http://www.marathichitrapatparivar.com/
Awards
  • Best Film
  • Second Best Film
  • Best Director
  • Second Best Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Camera Work
  • Best Editing
  • Best Sound
  • Best Animation
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Poster Design
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Creative Concept
Checked before submission:
  • Complete entry form with signature
  • 2 DVD of the film
  • Entry fee
  • E-mail Stills or poster to yogeshpbaraskar@gmail.com,
  • A-4 Size Hard Copy Of Poster of the Film OR Production Still

Pune Short Film Festival, Inida, Call for entries: 20th May 2018


Pune Short Film Festival is conducting a innovative international short film festival and invites participation from aspiring and upcoming independent filmmakers. A unique short film Festival, focusing on opportunity creation for global filmmakers.
Best Film
Second Best Film
Best Director
Second Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Camera Work
Best Editing
Best Sound
Best Creative Concept
Best Animation
Best Original Score
Best Background Music
Best Poster Design

Voices from the Waters - 2018, Bengaluru, India, 12th International Travelling Film Festival on Water: 15th June 2018


Voices from the Waters - 2018
12th International Travelling Film Festival on Water
Call for Entries
Bangalore Film Society in collaboration with a consortium of organizations is presenting the 12th edition of Voices from the Waters 2018. The 11th edition of Voices from the Waters received entries from 88 countries across the world underlining the global relevance of this festival. Over the last eleven years the festival brought together film directors, grass-root level water activists, environmentalists, scientists, policy makers, scholars and artists, from all walks of life to engage in a process of learning and debate on various water issues from around the world.
We invite you to be part of the 12th International Travelling Film Festival on Water by contributing short, documentary, animation and feature films on water and related issues.
Voices from the Waters is a travelling film festival. The selected films after being premiered in Bangalore are available for collaborative non commercial screenings at cultural and educational institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, small towns and Residential areas in India and abroad.
If you have a film under any of the following categories: Water Scarcity, The Dams and the Displaced, Water Harvesting/conservation, Water Struggles/Conflicts, Floods and Droughts, Global Warming and Climate Change, Impact of Deforestation on Water-Bodies, Water Sanitation and Health, River Pollution, The Holistic Revival of Water Bodies, Water and Life, you may consider sending it to us. Please note that the categories are flexible and your film does not have to necessarily adhere to them while focusing on the larger theme of water.
Selection Process
It is a non competitive film festival to promote water literacy among the public. There is no entry fee for films submitted. Please submit only water related films made in 2016, 2017 and films that will get completed by May 30th 2018.
All the submitted films will be subject to a selection process by the festival selection committee comprising of eminent professionals including documentary film makers, film critics, social activists, academician’s et al.
It will be a 2 tier Selections:
1. Pre-selection- the films will be shortlisted broadly based on the theme water
2. Final Selection- selecting the best films in terms of form and content
Applicant must pay for the shipment of films or appropriate internet transfers to Bangalore Film Society.
Guidelines
Entries to the Film Festival must include:
1. Two DVDs of the film with English subtitles, if sent by courier
2. A signed copy of the entry form (can be sent via email)
3. Three high-resolution stills of the film (can be sent via email)
4. A high-resolution passport size photograph of the director (can be sent via email)
5. Promotional materials: synopsis of the film, brief CV of the filmmaker, awards won, festival attended etc,
For more details visit: http://www.voicesfromthewaters.org/

Sixth Sense Horror Short Film Festival - India : Deadline 30th April 2018



Welcome to fear-a-thon!
Are you geared up to gorge on a nerve-jangling glut of ferociousness, disconcerting shocks, and bestial enjoyment? Come, get onboard for a diabolically tense ride, as India’s First and Only Horror Short Film Festival is back with its second edition.
Sixth Sense Horror Short Film Festival, the brainchild of Shaunak Sirrole – a filmmaker, was conceived with the ambition to congregate all horror filmmakers from pole to pole under one haunted roof and provide them the dais to unmask their talent in a genre which is less explored in a country like India.
Last year, the writer of “Final Destination”, Mr. Jeffrey Reddick was the “Guest of Honor” and Mr. Apurva Asrani, National Award Winning Indian filmmaker (Best Editing for Snip!) was the “Chief Guest” of the event. In the inaugural year, we received an outstanding 250 entries from which we screened 50 best films selected by the esteemed panel.
Making a horror film is only half the battle, it still needs to get in front of an audience, and that’s where Sixth Sense Horror Short Film Festival enters the picture. The dream behind inducting this festival in India is not only to prop up Horror Genre, but also present an exceptional juncture for filmmakers to generate enough ballyhoo and eyeballs to get sold — optimistically to a distributor that can put an adequate amount of marketing moolah behind it to transform to box office returns and even awards season buzz. When a film gets selected for Sixth Sense Horror Short Film Festival, its chances of being brought by a distribution arm shoots up.
So, what are you waiting for? Tighten your seatbelts and indulge in a global fête of an adrenaline-fueled genre. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid. Welcome to fear-a-thon!

BEST FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
BEST EDITOR
BEST WRITER
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST MUSIC
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
* Includes Trophies and Cash awards in each category.
1) Films submitted must be 15 minutes and under, content above fifteen minutes will be rejected.
2) The submitted film must present horror genre only, any sub genre in horror will also do, such as slasher/ found footage / zombie / gore /comedy horror / sci-fi / Action Horror / Psychological Horror / Animation

3) Entries should be completed after Jan 2017. Films completed before that time line will be rejected.
4) The selection of the films will be done by the esteemed panel and the decisions will be final, no changes will be made in the decisions.
5) Rights to the film submitted belongs to Sixth Sense Horror Film festival. The festival will have complete rights to screen the films that are selected and showcase it on the channel run by the festival.

6) We advise film makers to use royalty free content, so its easy for us to run it smoothly for screening and other purposes.
7) Films other than English language must have subtitles done. Copies without subtitles will be rejected.
8) Selected entries will be informed about submitting the required format of the film and promotional material individually.
9) Entries can only be submitted with Festivals mail id (links of the film), Film freeway, Without a box, fest home with a secure link of a online copy through Vimeo or other Host (you tube etc.) No hard copies of the film will be entertained.
10) We reserve the rights to cancel a screening of any film submitted and or officially selected at any time without notice.
11) We may use all or part of your film for promotion.
12) Films submitted for the fest must not be available on the public domain. (you tube and other public platforms)
13) Incomplete projects are not accepted
14) Multiple entries are allowed
15) The owners of Sixth Sense Horror fest hold the complete rights of the change of screening dates or venue.
16) Awards will be decided by the Jury and the results announced will be final, the jury and festival holds complete rights for it.
17) No age or nationality limit.
18) There are no restrictions for the production format.

SFS FILM FESTIVAL 2018 -Kenya : First time eveer Short film from Smartphone


SFS FILM FESTIVAL 2018
Is a brand new film festival more than a film festival that recognizes films captured both by mobile, camera and a drone.
Smartphone Film Series (SSF) Film Festival 2018 is the first film festival that will be incorporated with a global conference that comprises of the mobile,film and innovation industry all in one platform.

Our vision is to create a film platform which provides a level playing for film makers where talent, creativity and hard work counts more than budget and industry connections and introduce quality non- mainstream smart phone, drone and camera films to the big screens.

Smartphone Film series (SSF) Film Festival 2018  will be taking place in Kenya from the 5th- 9th November 2018. The participants of SFS film festival 2018 will not only participate in the festival but also be part of the smartphone film series global conference, this will give them an opportunity to connect with other global film makers, mobile companies,  film  and mobile gears manufactures, industry policy makers and investors.

SFS FILM FESTIVAL 2018 will include public screening of some of the unique submitted films, workshops,masterclasses and awarding the best filmmakers and films submitted.

AWARDS
Best producer Male/Female
Best Actor Male/Female
Best Short  Smartphone Film
Best Music Video Smartphone Film
Best Cinematography Smartphone Film
Best Animation Smartphone Film
Best under 25 Smartphone Film
Best Mobile Journalism
Best African Film
Best Kenyan Film
Best International Film
Best Drone Film




Rules & Terms
RULE
1.) MOBILE FILMING
Film Footage: Must be shot on smartphone(s) and/or tablet(s). Animation and graphically produced films must be created on smartphones/tablets using its app(s). 
NOTE: DSLR, Handycam Camcorders, Point-and-Shoot Cameras, GoPro and other similar devices are not permitted. 
- Audio: External recording device(s) may be used if necessary. 
- Raw Footage Proof: Must submit 30-second raw footage (no photos, video only) actually used in the final cut of the film, uncut and unedited for the full duration of 30 seconds or longer to be accepted.
All editing software are accepted
2.) QUALITY
All film must be submitted in HD quality.

3.) ORIGINALITY
Only original music videos,images or any graphics may be submitted.Copyright Infringement (even  if by accident) will be disqualified.
The film must be an original production. It may not infringe on the copyright, trademark or other rights of any organisation.
4.) SUBTITLES
Films recorded in a language other than English must provide English subtitles.

5.) PERMISSIONS
The Participant maintains at all times the rights to his/her film entry. However,By submitting your film to Smartphone Film Series Festival, he/she grants the SSF Film Festival Organizer the right to use the film for SSF Film Festival promotional marketing, broadcasting and screening during the SSF Conference 2018.

6.) SUBMISSIONS
All films must be submitted through FilmFreeway
Submitting a film possible until 24th February 2018  via http://filmfreeway.com/SMARTPHONEFILMSERIESFESTIVAL2018

NOTE:
Title of Film, Name of Director, Duration, Country of Production, Name of Smartphone/Tablet must be printed clearly and consistently on all submitted materials (i.e. Submission Form & Raw Footage Proof).

Films will NOT be admitted if they promote violence or discrimination of any kind.
If a film is to degrade or attack any social group,gender,industry,race,ethnicity,nationality or religion it will NOT be considered.