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Organisation : India Film Project IFP
Contest Name : Shorts Fest Competition 2017
Submission Last Date : 31st August, 2017
Website : https://indiafilmproject.co/

Shorts Fest Competitive :

Did you make amazing short films around the year and want to show it to a larger audience? IFP season 7 introduces the Shorts Fest, a competitive platform to submit your already produced short film. The film has to be shot on or after 1st September 2016.

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Participate and submit your movie and get it judged by some of the best filmmakers in the country. The winning films get screened to a live audience – Get your dream come true.

Last date to Submit – 31st August, 2017.
Registration fees – Rs. 1000

Rules :
A. Time Period:
1. India Film Project filmmaking hours are scheduled to begin from September 15th, 8:00 pm onwards and end on September 17th,10:00 pm.
2. Participants need to submit their movie by the upload link provided in their registered mail ID.
3. Apart from Uploading the film, the teams are required to sign and submit the documents online.
4. The upload link will be sent as soon the competition begins and will be closed at the end of the competition.
5. Only films submitted before the Last Date will be officially part of the competition.

B. Tasks : Each team has to perform following tasks in the given period of 50 hours
1. Scripting
2. Casting
3. Location and Art Design
4. Shooting
5. Editing
6. Dubbing and Background Music
7. Color Correction and Rendering
8. Compressing below 300 MB
9. Uploading via link sent on registered mail ID.

C. However, the team can perform these tasks before the 50 hours period:
1. Organizing Crew
2. Organizing Cast
3. Securing Equipments
4. Scouting/Securing Locations

D. Entire film must be shot within the filmmaking period and the team needs to provide a proof as and when needed
1. A team cannot use stock footage or footage created earlier.
2. Photographs can be used in a film, only if the team has the rights to use them.

E. Team members will get the theme online on September 15th, 2017, 8:00pm at official website www.indiafilmproject.co
1. The theme of competition will be revealed through SMS, Email, Facebook and Twitter as well
2. Along with theme, 5 different genres will also be provided during the launch of competition.
3. Teams are free to choose any one genre. All teams are requested to get updates regarding the competition on Facebook page: www.facebook.com/IndiaFilmProject

F. All team members must be volunteers.

For being eligible for the Project:
1. Films must be the original work of the team and must not infringe third-party’s rights
2. Must be suitable for publication and not contain obscene or indecent material
3. Must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory statements about any person, company, organization or entity
4. Must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity
5. Must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not contain any copyrighted elements not owned by the team.
6. Films containing prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the IFP, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate will be disqualified.