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Call for Entries for NFDC Film Bazaar Co-Production Market 2018

Posted: August 28, 2018 by Amit Sharma in Call For Entries, cinema, film, Film Festival
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The National Film Development Corporation has announced the Call for Entries for the 12th Year of Film Bazaar Co-Production Market.

Full length fiction feature projects with South Asian themes are invited to apply.

The Deadline for submissions is September 13th, 2018. Extended Deadline is September 18th 2018. The deadline has been extended to September 30th 2018.

The Market will be held between 20-24th November, 2018 at Film Bazaar, Goa.

The Co-Production Market presents a list of curated projects to the national and international film professionals attending Film Bazaar. The Market kicks off with Open Pitch where participants present their projects through Video Pitches to an audience of investors, producers and financiers. The four days of the market are earmarked for one on one meetings specially scheduled for each project.

Over the years, the dedicated team has honed its skills for matching projects with the right delegates. Dedicated online and print catalogues consisting of all project details are available for Film Bazaar attendees interested in Co Production Market projects. The Co-Production Market also conducts an orientation session to familiarize participants to Open Pitch as well as the working of the Co-Production Market and Film Bazaar.

For Application Form and more details, please visit https://filmbazaarindia.com/co-production-market/
For further queries, write to: coproduction@filmbazaarindia.com

CPM Projects Over the Years:

  • Lipstick Under My Burkha, Alankrita Shrivastava CPM 2013
  • Newton, Amit Masurkar, CPM 2015
  • Song of the Scorpions, Anup Singh CPM 2013
  • Beyond the Known World, Pan Nalin, CPM 2012
  • Lady of the Lake, Haobam Paban Kumar, CPM 2011
  • Manto, Nandita Das (in production), CPM 2015
  • Court, Chaitanya Tamhane, CPM 2012 (VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2014)
  • Chauthi Koot, Gurvinder Singer, CPM 2012 (FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2015)
  • Titli, Kanu Behl CPM 2012 (FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2014)
  • Liar’s Dice, Geetu Mohan Das, CPM 2011 (Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, IFFR, India’s Official Entry to the 87th Academy Awards)
  • Arunoday, Partho Sengupta, CPM 2012 (BUSAN 2014)
  • Highway, Umesh Kulkarni CPM 2013
  • Television, Mostofa Farooki CPM 2010 (PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012) Chauranga, Bikas Mishra, CPM 2011 (MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL 2014)
  • Qissa, Anup Singh CPM 2008 (Toronto International Film Festival 2013)
  • LSD, Dibakar Banerjee (CPM 2009) (Filmfare for Best Editing, Sound Design, Stardust Film of the Year)
  • Paltadacho Munis, Laxmikant Shetgaonkar (TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, FIPRESCI for Discovery 2009)
  • That girl with Yellow Boots, Anurag Kashyap (VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010)
  • Deool, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni (BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011 & 59th National Award for Best Feature Film).
  • Karma, Prasanna Jayakody (ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011)
  • Shanghai, Dibakar Banerjee (TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012)
  • Miss Lovely, Ashim Ahluwalia (FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2012)
  • Mumbai Cha Raja, Manjeet Singh (TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012)
  • As the River Flows, Bidyut Kotoky, CPM 2007
  • Shor in the City, Krish D K, Raj Nidimoru, (CPM 2007) (MIAAC Festival – Best Director, PUSAN FIlm Festival, Dubai International Film Festival 2010)
  • 28, Prasanna Jayakody, CPM 2013, (IFFR, 2014 – NETPAC Award.)

Some of the projects and people who have attended the Co Production Market at Film Bazaar are Chedomir Kolar [ Producer No Man’s Land], Mustofa Sarwar Farooki [Director Television], Michael Werner [Fortissimo Films ], Chris Paton [San Sebastian Film Festival], Christian Jeune [Cannes Film Festival], Kristen Niehuus [Medien Board, Berlin-Brandenburg] Remi Burah [Arte France Cinema], Anurag Kashyap, Madhu Mantena, Manish Mundhra, Sooni Taraporewala, Sabiha Sumar [Director Khamosh Pani], Guneet Monga, Nandita Das, Govind Nihalani, Shyam Benegal, Pablo Bertolini [Venice Film Festival], Charles Tesson [Cemaine de la Crtique Cannes Film Festival], Aviva Silver [NEA cinema, Belgium], Anup Singh [Director Quissa],Catherine Dussart [Producer Chautih Koot France], Ramesh Sippy, Kabir Khan, Sheeladitya Bora, Marco Muller, [Beijing Film Festival], Benjamin Illos [Director’s Fortnight, Cannes]

Call for Entries – NFDC Film Bazaar 2018’s Viewing Room & Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lab

Posted: August 16, 2018 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Film Festival, Indie, News
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NFDC Film Bazaar 2018 is calling for entries for the Viewing Room and the Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lab.

– Film Bazaar will be held from November 20-24, 2018 at the Goa Marriott Resort.

– The Early Bird Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2018, which will offer a discount on the submission fees. The last date for submission of completed applications is September 14th 2018.

WIP Lab

– Submissions are invited for the WIP Fiction lab.

– Up to five projects in their rough-cut stage will be selected to be presented to a panel of international film experts for their feedback.

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

Viewing Room

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 (fiction/documentary) 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.

– Short films can also be submitted to the Viewing Room, which will be showcased in a category called Short Films.

– For application form and other details, click here.

The films that were a part of the previous Work-in-Progress Labs at Film Bazaar have had their world premieres at leading international film festivals and some have even gone on to enjoy a successful theatrical run. These include Raam Reddy’s Thithi, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Nil Battey Sannata, Kanu Behl’s Titli, Avinash Arun’s Killa, Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely, Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus, Ajay Bahl’s BA Pass, Ere Gowda’s Balekampa, Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha, Dipesh Jain’s Gali Guleiyan.

Call For Entries : Industry Screenings (NFDC Film Bazaar, 2016)

Posted: September 29, 2016 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Indie
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NFDC Screenwriter's LabNFDC Film Bazaar 2016 is calling for entries for Industry Screenings.

  • The regular deadline for submissions is October 15, 2016.
  • This year, the Film Bazaar will be held from November 20-24 at the Goa Marriott Resort alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016.
  • Industry Screenings provides an opportunity to showcase your film to some of the top film Festival programmers, Sales agents, Distributors and Producers from across the world.
  • Films of any length and genre are eligible to apply for Industry Screenings. Short films can also be submitted to the Industry Screenings.

– For booking an Industry Screening, a Film Bazaar Delegate Registration is necessary. Once you register, you get access to the Market Guide, which contains contact details of International Sales agents, Distributors, Festival curators and Producers attending the Bazaar.

– Opportunity to showcase your film on a wide-screen format in digital theatres for potential buyers and collaborators.

– The films that were a part of the previous editions of Industry Screenings at Film Bazaar have had world premieres at leading International Film Festivals, won National Awards and some have had successful theatrical releases. These include: Ruchika Oberoi’s Island City (International Premiere at 72nd Venice International Film Festival, FEDEORA Award (Best Debut Director), Best Screenplay Award at New York Indian Film Festival 2016), Rajat Kapoor’s Ankhon Dekhi (Opening Film at 8th Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2014, Winner of Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (Critics) and Best Story Filmfare Awards), Nagraj Manjule’s  Fandry (Grand Jury Prize at Mumbai International Film Festival, Best First Film – Director at 61st National Film Awards 2014), Qaushik Mukherjee’s Tasher Desh (International Premiere at 7th Rome International Film Festival 2012), Anup Singh’s Qissa – The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (NETPAC Award for Best Asian Cinema-Contemporary at Toronto International Film Festival 2013, DIORAPHTE Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014), Karan Gour’s Kshay (Jury Award at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2012, International Premiere at Chicago International Film Festival 2011), OP Srivastava’s Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli (Best Biographical Film at 63rd National Film Awards), Gyan Correa’s The Good Road (Indian entry for the Best Foreign Film at 86th Academy Awards, Best Gujarati Film at 60th National Film Awards 2013)

– Please click here to visit the official site for booking Industry Screenings.

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

Call For Entries : Producer’s Lab (NFDC Film Bazaar, 2015)

Posted: September 20, 2015 by moifightclub in Call For Entries, cinema, Workshop
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WHAT : NFDC Film Bazaar 2015 is calling for entries for the third edition of Producer’s Lab, a training platform introduced in 2013 to help emerging producers cultivate a sense of vision and learn the art of balancing the creative and financial aspects of filmmaking.

WHEN/WHERE : This year, the NFDC Film Bazaar will be held from November 20-24, 2015 at the Goa Marriott Resort alongside the International Film Festival of India 2015.

DEADLINE : The deadline for submission of application is 30th September 2015.

LAB : Multiple sessions on the different facets of producing films are conducted by key industry experts and professionals at the lab which is aimed at providing training and networking opportunities to upcoming Independent Producers from across the world.

FEES : The application fee for the Producers’ Lab is INR 25,000 (Rupees Fifty Thousand). Only applicants who have been shortlisted to participate at the Lab will need to pay the fees (which excludes cost of travel and accommodation, but includes the registration fees for Film Bazaar). NFDC will intimate the shortlisted applicants via email by the end of October 2015.

QUALIFICATION : Applicants should have worked as Producers or Line/Supervising/Executive producers in either one of the following and completed the same: Feature-length film | Short film | Documentary film | Television Commercial | Television Serial. The Lab is open to applicants from across the world but they should be proficient in English.

HIGHLIGHTS :

The highlights of Producer’s Lab 2014:

In 2014, Kirsten Niehuus, Managing Director, Film Funding, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Isabel Davis, Head of International, British Film Institute discussed the dynamics of public funding in and co-production with Germany and the United Kindgom, respectively. Viola Fugen, Head of Co-Productions at The Match Factory conducted a session on working with international co-producers and brought in her perspective of what an international co-producer looks for in a project creatively. Also present at the Lab was Marco Muller, the Artistic Director of Rome Film Festival who conducted a session on the importance of film festivals and how they can shape the journey of a film.

Another session, focusing on newer modes of engaging audiences through non-conventional platforms, was conducted by Aanchal Bahadur, Youtube Partner-Manager at Google India and Manan Singhi, Head of Music Partnerships, Youtube — India & South Asia. Pratiksha Rao, Head of TV & Entertainment, Twitter was present to speak about newer, more creative ways of reaching audiences through Twitter and the power of storytelling that transcends duration and medium of exhibition.

The 2014 edition of Producers’ Lab also witnessed sessions on film marketing by Rudrarup Datta, Head of Marketing and Operations, Viacom 18 India and on content creation for youth audiences by Ashish Patil, Business and Creative Head, Youth Films, Brand Partnerships, Talent Management, Yash Raj Films.

CONTACT : Participants can write to producerslab@filmbazaarindia. com to apply. Please visit http://www.filmbazaarindia.com for the Application Form and more details.

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).

All the news from Film Bazaar, Goa (2013)

Posted: November 26, 2013 by moifightclub in cast & crew, cast news, cinema, film, Film Festival, Indie, News
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– Early buzz on Kanu Behl’s Titli : Titli is the most stunning, daring, solid Indian film i have seen this year. Nothing like Indian cinema has seen ever…not a single wrong frame. Too depressing and suffocating at times…but man, this MUST go international. Animal kingdom ka baap hai! And all actors just at their career best roles. (via a friend who saw it). Titli is produced by Dibakar Banerjee and Aditya Chopra. To know more about the film, click here.

– Kanu Behl’s Titli also won the DI Award for the Best Work-in-Progress Lab Project. The DI Award sponsors the completion of the Digital Intermediate process at Prasad Labs.

– New York-based BGP Film has picked up the North American rights of Gyan Correa’s film The Good Road.

– Abhay Deol will star in the UK-set thriller, Bounty Hunter, to be directed by brothers Sunandan and Yugesh Walia. They will also co-produce the film rough their UK-based production company Endboard Productions.

– Q to make English-language debut with Brahman Naman, to be produced by Steve Barron’s UK-based Riley Productions.  Set in Bangalore in the 1980s, the film is a comedy about a 17-year-old who tops his class but also has whisky addiction, filthy mouth and a porn collection. Q’s Kolkata-based production company Overdose Joint will co-produce.

– France’s ASAP Films to produce Rajesh Jala’s The Spark (Chingari). It was selected for NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab and Co-production Market. The script also won the Incredible India award at Film Bazaar. The Award comes with a cash price of Rs. 1 mn for the best project in the Co-Production Market and is presented by the Ministry of Tourism.

– Ashim Ahluwalia’s film Miss Lovely is set to release in India in January 2014. This will be done through the start-up theatrical distributor Easel Films and Eagle Movies.

– Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment has announced two new films – Amit Kumar’s Give Me Blood and Vasan Bala’s Side Hero.

– Nikhil Mahajan (of Pune 52) has announced his new film Dainik which will star Rajkummar Rao (Yes, RajKumar Yadav is now Rao). DAR Motion Pictures, IME Motion Pictures and Nikhil Mahajan’s Blue Drop Films will co-produce Marathi action adventure Baji, starring Shreyas Talpade.

– Varun Grover’s film Maa Bhagwatiya IIT Coaching will be produced by Nikhil Mahajan. The script was selected for Screenwriters Lab.

– DAR Motion Pictures, IME Motion Pictures will co-produce Nikhil Mahajan’s Marathi Superhero film Baji starring Shreyas Talpade.

– After Qissa, filmmaker Anup Singh is working on adapting UK author Paul Pickering’s novel Over The Rainbow. The film will be produced by Switzerland-based Saskia Vischer Productions.

– Channel 4 has picked up four titles – The Good Road, Sulemani Keeda, Fandry and B.A. Pass.

(Via various News sources)

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