Started in 2012 the upcoming festival marks the seventh year of the event.
You may watch the trailers here https://youtu.be/-jT4n8rz6p0
Awards & Prizes
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/
Best Documentary Rupees 15,000 and 10, 000/-
Best Short Film Director Rupees 8,000/-
Best Documentary Director Rupees 8,000/
Rules & Terms
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
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.
To receive updates about the festival please follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram @spiffpune
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- Smita Patil Film Festival,
Arogya Sena, National Head Quarter, 10,Sanas Plaza , Bajirao Road,
Pune, maharashtra 411002.
India
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.
To receive updates about the festival please follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram @spiffpune
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