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Call For Entries : Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA), 2015

Posted: December 6, 2014 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Film Festival, News
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IFFLA

The 13th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is accepting entries for the 2015 festival, which will run from April 8–12.

– The final deadline for submission is January 16, 2015.

– To submit your film and more details, visit: www.indianfilmfestival.org

– Submission Fees

For Shorts and Documentaries below 40 minutes: $50
For Features and Documentaries above 40 minutes: $65

Submission fees are discounted by $5 if paying through Withoutabox. Films received after the final deadline will not be accepted.

– The fest has also announced a new partnership with Carpe diem Residency. IFFLA’s 2015 Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Feature will be awarded a participation at their artists-in-residence program, a retreat designed to allow artists, writers and filmmakers an opportunity to create new works in a stimulating environment. The winner will get to choose from one of these exciting locations for their residency: Almora, Rishikesh, Kerala and Spain.

– All filmmakers will be notified via email by February 27, 2015.

– Programming questions, please contact IFFLA Programming Coordinator: Brenna Galvin, bgalvin@indianfilmfestival.org.

Call For Entries : NFDC Film Bazaar’s Work-in-Progress Lab & Viewing Room

Posted: August 25, 2014 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Indie
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Viewing Room & WiP 2014

NFDC Film Bazaar 2014 is calling for entries for the Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lab and the Viewing Room.

– For the first time at NFDC Film Bazaar, there will be two WIP Labs: WIP Fiction and first WIP Documentary. In each WIP Lab, four projects in their rough-cut stage will be selected to be presented to a panel of international film experts for their feedback. The newly introduced WIP Documentary will only consider creative feature length documentaries in the rough cut stage which are aimed at a theatrical release.

Submission deadline : September 30th 2014.

Film Bazaar Dates/Venue : November 20-24, 2014 at the Goa Marriott Resort alongside the International Film Festival of India 2014.

– Feature-length films of any genre in the rough-cut stage are invited to apply to the WIP lab.

The Viewing Room : will present films seeking finishing funds, world sales, distribution partners and film festivals to investors, world sales agents and film festival programmers attending the film bazaar. Here, films are viewed on individual computer terminals in private booths via a specially designed software which allows the users to contact the director or producer of the film via email. Films of all genres and lengths in rough or final cut are invited to apply to the Viewing Room.

– Feature length films in the rough cut are eligible to apply to both WIP lab and Viewing Room

– Please visit http://www.filmbazaarindia.com for Application Forms and more details.

– For further queries, write to: films@filmbazaarindia.com.

– The films that were a part of the previous Work-in-Progress Labs at Film Bazaar have had their world premieres at leading international films festivals and some have even gone on to enjoy a successful theatrical run. These include Kanu Behl’s Titli (Premiered in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section at Cannes Film Festival 2014), Avinash Arun’s Killa (Premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2014 where it won the Crystal Bear), Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely (Premiered in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section at Cannes Film Festival 2012 and National Award winner), Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus (Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 2012), Sange Dorjee Thangdok’s Crossing Bridges (National Award winner), Gyan Correa’s The Good Road (National Award winner and India’s selection for the Oscars) and Ajay Bahl’s BA Pass (Premiered at and won Best Film at the 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival and also had a successful theatrical release in India).

Call For Entries – 16th Mumbai Film Festival

Posted: July 16, 2014 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, Mumbai Film Festival, News
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MFF

– For more details (entry form, rules and regulations), click here.

– Reliance has pulled out of the film festival. MFF is now in final stages of talks with another entertainment group to come on board as principal sponsor for the fest.

Call For Entries – Crafts Council Of India’s One Minute Film Contest

Posted: July 10, 2014 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, short film
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The Crafts Council Of India is having a short film contest. So all you film buffs and students who want to get into filmmaking, here’s a good chance to participate and test your skills.

Click on the play button and watch the video. All the details are there. There is cash prize of Rs 20,000 (1st), Rs 15,000 (2nd) and Rs 10,000 (3rd).

Call For Entries – Rome Film Festival

Posted: July 9, 2014 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Film Festival, News
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ROME FILM FESTIVAL
(FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL FILM DI ROMA)

Calls for Entries in all categories for 2014.

DATE : The 9th Rome Film Festival will be held from October 16-25, 2014.

SECTIONS :

Artistic Director, Marco Müller has announced the following sections for the 9th edition of the festival:

1) New International Cinema | Cinema for Today
A selection of a maximum of 14 feature films of young or already successful directors. The Festival will give priority to feature films that are world premieres.

2) Gala
A selection of some of the year’s most important films, for a maximum of 11 titles. Only feature films that are world premieres, international or European premieres will be considered for selection.

3) Mondo Genere
A selection of 7 films belonging to different film genres. Only feature films that are world, international or European premieres will be considered for selection. The Festival will give priority to feature films that are world premieres.

4) Prospettive Italia
This section aims to highlight the new trends in the Italian cinema. It will present a selection of maximum 8 feature films. Only films presented as world premieres will be considered for selection.

AWARDS :

– Each of the sections carries a People’s Choice Award based on the majority of the audience’s preferences, along with 4 Lifetime Achievement Awards assigned by the President and the Board of Directors.

– In addition to this, TAODUE International Jury will assign the TAODUE Award for first or second film, whereas DOC.IT Association will give out the Prospettive Italia Award for the Best Italian Documentary.

– Films will also be offered the possibility to participate in The Business Street (October, 17-21), Rome Film Festival program dedicated to the circulation, acquisition and sale of audiovisual products

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :

– Rome Film Festival will only consider feature length films as submissions.

– All submitted films must be recent productions completed not prior to Monday 1st December 2013.

– They must not have been presented in any other format or length, not even as works-in-progress, for submission to previous editions of the Festival.

– With the exception of Out of Competition films, under no circumstances may films that have had prior public screenings, have participated in other international festivals or are available on the Internet, be presented at Rome Film Festival

SUBMISSION

To submit a film to the selection, one has to fill out a pre-selection entry form on the official festival website after which the preview DVDs should be sent to Deepti DCunha, the India Consultant to Artistic Director, Marco Müller.

– The DVDs should reach her before 10th August 2014 as the Artistic Director will be visiting India for selections.

– Filmmakers with films in post-production are requested to contact Deepti.

ADDRESS :

All submissions (duly subtitled in English) should be sent to the contact details given below.

Deepti DCunha, 23 – Gautam Niwas, 7-Bungalows, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053, India

Contact Number: (+91)9820522468 (SMS only), Email: deepti.dcunha@gmail.com

 

RULES & REGULATIONS

– For complete rules and regulations please visit the Festival website at www.romacinemafest.org

– In 2013, ‘Rangabhoomi’ by Kamal Swaroop had its World Premiere at the 8th Rome Film Festival and Amit Dutta’s ‘The Seventh Walk’ was the closing film of the CinemaXXI Section. There was a Special screening of ‘Om Dar B Dar’ by Kamal Swaroop on the occasion of 100 years of Indian Cinema. Prantik Basu’s ‘Makara’ was in CinemaXXI competition.

 

 

Call For Entries : i2F2 Film Festival

Posted: February 21, 2014 by moifightclub in Call For Entries
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i2F2 – Announcing Call for Entries and Online Submissions

The Chicago South Asian Arts Council (CSAAC), organizer of the four year running Chicago South Asian Film Festival, has announced the 2014 launch of i2F2, a path breaking Film Festival.

– The event will take place May 29 to June 5; in the vibrant, burgeoning, arts and cultural hub of downtown Evanston. The inaugural festival will showcase the best of world cinema in the heart of America with a special focus on films from three key regions: South Asia, Middle East, and Israel.

– The film festival will be organized in conjunction with the City of Evanston and act as a platform to discover, introduce, and propel new talent into the global spotlight.

– The festival is divided into five categories: Feature, Documentary, and Shorts where established and rising film makers will display their films while Student Shorts, and First-time Filmmaker Feature endeavors is there to encourage and celebrate emerging talent.

– The programming committee at i2F2 is now inviting all filmmakers to submit their films starting February 1, 2014 thru March 30, 2014.

– Filmmakers interested in submitting their films are requested to please visit http://www.i2F2.com/ for more information on the festival and film submissions.

– After filling in the online submission form, Indian filmmakers can send a DVD Screener of their film to the India Consultant for i2F2, Deepti DCunha. She can be contacted at deepti.dcunha@gmail.com for further details.

About i2F2

i2F2, organized by the Chicago South Asian Arts Council Inc, is dedicated to cultivating rising filmmakers , creating  a marketplace for films, and showcasing a diverse cinematic experience to audiences. The Festival is held in late May in conjunction with the City of Evanston and presents the best of world cinema with a focus on first-time and student filmmakers.

– via press release

Call For Entries : NFDC Film Bazaar ’s Work-in-Progress Lab and Viewing Room

Posted: September 6, 2013 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, News
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Film Bazaar, the promotional arm of NFDC (National Film Development Corporation) has announced call for entries for its the Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lab and Viewing Room programs of the year.

– The submission deadline for entries is September 30th 2013.

– Film Bazaar will be held from November 20-24, 2013 at the Goa Marriott Resort, alongside the International Film Festival of India 2013.

Work-in-Progress (WIP)

– In the WIP Lab, five projects in their rough cut stage are selected to be presented to a panel of international film experts for their feedback.  Feature length films and documentaries at the rough cut stage are invited to apply.

Viewing Room

– The Viewing Room aims at presenting films seeking finishing funds, world sales, distribution partners & film festivals to investors, world sales agents and film festival programmers. Films of all genres and lengths in rough or final cut are invited to apply.

– Here films are viewed on individual computer terminals in private booths.

– These terminals provide details of the film as well as contact the director or producer.

– The films that were a part of the previous Work-in-Progress Labs have had their world premier at leading international films festivals and some even successful theatrical releases.

– Some of the films which were part of earlier editions of WIP and VR include Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely (World Premiere, Cannes Film Festival in official competition section-Un Certain Regard), Manjeet Singh’s Mumbai Cha Raja and Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus (World Premiere, Toronto Film Festival 2012), and Ajay Bahl’s BA Pass (World Premiere, 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival), Gyan Correa’s The Good Road (National award for Best Gujarati Film)

– For more details and application forms, click here, and for further queries you can write to: films@filmbazaarindia.com

Call For Entries – Experimenta 2013

Posted: August 12, 2013 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, film, Film Festival
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Experimenta

Experimenta – the International festival of Moving Image Art in India seeks artists’ films and videos from any country that challenge popular and conventional modes of cinema. Abstract to obscure compositions produced on the margins of contemporary screen-culture are welcome. Innovative, cutting edge and non-traditional work that attempts to aesthetically extend the parameters of the mediums of film and video is encouraged.

– Preview copies must be submitted for selection purposes.

– All lengths of film are considered.

– Please submit entries as soon as possible. The final deadline for receipt of submissions is 30 August 2013.

– The festival programme will be finalised by October 2013, at which time only those whose works are selected will be informed.

– EXPERIMENTA is a curated film festival, and will be held from November 27 – December 1, 2013 in Bangalore India.

– To download a submission form click here  (Opens in new tab; Right click and ‘save link as’)

– Online Submissions are also accepted.

– For further inquiries, clarifications and background on Experimenta India please click here. Can email experimentaindia1@gmail.com

Entry Regulations:

• Final deadline for receipt of all submissions is 30 August 2013

• All submissions in languages other than English must be subtitled in English – only if language is central to the film’s content

• All preview copies will be added to the festival’s archives

• If submitting more than one entry, please make a copy of the entry form for each

• Please ensure that the following enclosures are sent to the festival:

 – Completed entry form (please refer below for specific entry guidelines to the Film and

 – DVD or online preview copy of film/video

 – Hi-res film stills (300 dpi – jpeg, tiff or png)

 • All entries should be sent to the following address. Please send an email in advance informing the festival that your package has been posted: 302 Royal Manor, 70/1 Cunningham Road, Bangalore 560052, India.

Email id: experimentaindia1@gmail.com

 • The festival reserves the right to excerpt programmed works for online promotional material

• Selected filmmakers/artists will be notified if their submission has been accepted and may be contacted anytime after the submission has been received

• If selected, film prints or videos must be sent to the festival prepaid to the specific address that is given to the filmmaker upon acceptance.

• Return shipping costs OF FILM PRINTS ONLY (via select ground-service or postal service) will be covered by the festival, if the filmmaker is not in attendance. Additional charges for express shipping or transshipment to foreign film festivals must be paid by the entrant or the recipient. Experimenta or any of its affiliates cannot accept nor assume responsibility for damage or loss of materials.

Guidelines for FILM format:

• The final exhibition format is 16mm & 35mm only

• For preview purposes film submissions may be made on DVD or online only. Please DO NOT send film prints or dvcam/mini dv tapes. The exhibition film print will be requested for exhibition only after final selection.

• Label preview copy with your name, title of work, year/date of completion and duration

• Films completed after November 2011 are admissible

• For further clarification/information contact experimentaindia1@gmail.com

Guidelines for DIGITAL VIDEO format:

• The final exhibition format is Blu-Ray or Hi Res digital file only.

• For preview purposes video submissions may be made on DVD or online only. Please DO NOT send dvcam/mini dv tapes.

• Label preview copy with your name, title of work, year/date of completion and duration

• Videos completed after November 2011 are admissible

• For further clarification/information contact experimentaindia1@gmail.com

Call For Entries – Rome Film Festival, 2013

Posted: July 9, 2013 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Film Festival, News
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WHAT – ROME FILM FESTIVAL
(FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL FILM DI ROMA)
Calls for Entries in all categories for 2013.

Fest Dates – The 8th Rome Film Festival will run November 8 – 17, 2013.

Basic Criteria – Only films that will be world premieres at the festival will be considered for selection.

SECTIONS –  The Official Selection will present two competitive sections for International films

1) International Competition (16 films, presented as world premieres)

2) CinemaXXI (21st-century Cinema, a selection of films devoted to new trends in world cinema, which will welcome feature-length and short films presented as world premieres)

– And a choice of Out of Competition screenings (a maximum of 12 titles, presented as world, international and European premieres)

– Last year, ‘Tasher Desh’ by Q and ‘The Museum of Imagination’ by Amit Dutta were the films from India which had their world premieres in the CinemaXXI Competition Section.

AWARDS – The festival will give out more than 12 awards for World Cinema.

– Last year, more than 2500 members of the major press and media and more than 800 professionals from all over the world attended the event, which will take place in the screening venues of the renowned Auditorium Parco della Musica, the multi-functional public complex designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. CinemaXXI program will be hosted in the nearby MAXXI, the National Museum dedicated to contemporary creativity, designed as a multidisciplinary space by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid.

– Films will also be offered the possibility to participate in The Business Street (November 13-17), Rome Film Festival program dedicated to the circulation, acquisition and sale of audiovisual products, which will be hosted in the area of Via Veneto, the famous street of Rome that was portrayed in Fellini’s classic “La Dolce Vita” and it is known all over the world for its cafés, restaurants and shops. The Business Street offer includes screenings reserved for industry professionals, buyers and sellers.

Eligibility Criteria: All submitted films must be recent productions completed not prior to Friday, November 29th, 2012. They must not have been presented in any other format or length, not even as works-in-progress, for submission to previous editions of the Festival. Under no circumstances may films that have had prior public screenings, have participated in other international festivals or are available on the Internet, be presented at Rome Film Festival.

– To submit a film to the selection, one has to fill out a pre-selection entry form on the official festival website (www.romacinemafest.org).

– The preview DVDs should be sent to Deepti DCunha, the India Consultant to Artistic Director, Marco Mueller.

– The DVDs should reach her before 1st September 2013. Filmmakers with films in post-production are requested to contact Deepti at the address below.

– All submissions (duly subtitled in English) should be sent to the contact details given below before the 1st of September.

Deepti DCunha, 23 Gautam Niwas, 7 Bungalows, Andheri West, Mumbai 400 053, India

– Email: deepti.dcunha@gmail.com or d.dcunha@romacinemafest.org

– For complete rules and regulations please visit the Festival website at www.romacinemafest.org

– The festival’s Director Marco Mueller will be visiting India at the end of August for the final selection of films.

Call For Entries : NFDC’s Film Bazaar Co-production Market, 2013

Posted: June 18, 2013 by moifightclub in cinema, film, News
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logo1NFDC (National Film Development Corporation) has announced the Call for entries for one of its important programs, Co-production Market at Film Bazaar 2013 (Nov 21st- 24th). The seventh edition of South Asia’s Global Film Market- Film Bazaar, will be held from November 20th-24th, alongside IFFI (Nov 20th- 30th), in Goa.

– The first of its kind in South Asia, the Film Bazaar Co-Production Market offers a unique opportunity to filmmakers with South Asian stories seeking international co- productions as well as artistic support.

– Every year, the Co-Production Market invites a select number of directors and producers to present their projects to international producers, distributors, sales agents, funding representatives and other financial partners from across the world.

– Film Bazaar Co-production Market boasts an eclectic range of films that were successful outcomes, namely; The Lunchbox (by Ritesh Batra), Monsoon Shootout (by Amit Kumar), Titli (produced by Dibakar Banerjee), Deool (by Umesh Kulkarni), I AM (by Onir), LSD (by Dibakar Banerjee), Shor in the City (by Raj Nidimoru), to name a few, from the past editions.

– Film Bazaar Co-Production Market 2012 selected twenty six South Asian projects from thirteen countries, namely, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK, Germany, France, Algeria, Canada, Netherlands and India including an Independent Filmmaker Project, USA.

– The deadline for applications is July 30, 2013.

– There is an entry fee of Rs 3,500.

– For more details on the program and its process, click here.

(All info from press release)

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