Chalachitram Heritage Short Film Competition 2018

Organisation : Chalachitram
Competition Name : Heritage Short Film Competition 2018
Competition Last Date : February 21st, 2018
Applicable For : Open To All
Website : http://chalachitram.in/

Chalachitram Heritage Short Film Competition

Theme : “Our Heritage, Our Pride. (Documentary-Fiction-Animation)

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Aim & Objective

The objective of Heritage short film competition are –
1. To explore to possibilities of film as a weapon to create awareness about heritage.
2. To discover the uniqueness of our heritage which is our pride and part of cultural richness.

Rules & Regulations

** Films should be produced after Ist Jan 2015
** Duration Max-25 mnts (with credit titles)
** This encompass
a) Land and people
b) Tourism
c) Arts
d) Handicrafts and Textiles
e) Manuscript and Manuscript Paintings
f) Painting-Wood carving
g) Music and Musician
h) Festivals
i) Monuments and Heritage sites
j) Social reformers and pioneers
k) Sports
l) Tea and Oil Industry
m) Indian culture and values
n) Social Awareness
o) Indian Family system
p) Environments
q) Constructive Work
r) Women .

Competitions Fee

ENTRY FEE Rs 1000 only.
Payment of fees –
Fee will have to deposit at A/C of CHALACHITRAM
Bank : Union Bank of India
A/C No : 555802010007464
IFSC Code : UBIN0555584
Bank Receipt of Deposit should be attached with the Entry Form Or by Demand Draft drawn in favour of Chalachitram payable at Guwahati. The DD can be sent through courier along with film, DVD/Blue ray and press kit.

Awards

** Best film – Trophy with cash Award Rs 1,00,000 to the producer and certificate to the Producer and Director.
** 2nd Best Film – Trophy with cash Award Rs 50,000/- and certificate to the Producer and Director.
** Special Jury Mention – Trophy with certificate to the Producer and Director.

Submission

** Entries at HSFC are open to all.
** Duration of the short film shall be maximum 25 minutes including front and back credits.
** The film may be in any format, including cell phone but only DVD/Blu Ray will be accepted for the competition.
** The film can either be silent or with dialogues. Films other than English, must have English subtitles.
** The DVD/Blu Ray can be sent by courier or post and should be submitted with Entry fee and Entry form

** Film Festival has the rights to use the entries/selected films, preview DVD/Blu Ray, synopsis by Director for promotional purposes and to retain DVD/ Blu Ray copies of each film as part of festival library.

** Films once selected and submitted for final screening will not be allowed to be withdrawn under any circumstances till festival is over.
** Entry materials including stills, posters synopsis of film shall not be returned to the entrant.

** The two copies DVDs/Blu Rays of the film(PAL or NTSC system mp4 format with H-24 codec or standard mpeg-2, avi, wmv format should have following on a plain paper and posted on the non-playing side- Film Title (original and English), Running time (in minutes), Country, Year of Production, Contact number and email id of Producer/Production Company.

** All hard copies /DVD/Blu Rays sent to the HSFC must be prepaid and insured by your own protection and addressed to Director, Heritage Short Film Competition, Viswa Sangbad Kendra, 247 Hengerabari Road, Ganeshguri, GUWAHATI 781036 Assam, India, Tel 70023 89344 email id : chalachitramne [AT] gmail.com

** Complete documentation of the film is to be made to Festival when required. The DVD/Blu Ray must be sent by registered mail stating of “No Commercial Value” and only for selection/cultural purposes.

The postal/customs fees of the submitted film will be borne by the entrant. Multiple entries can be submitted but there should be separate entry forms, preview DVD/Blu Ray, synopsis/description.

Each film is to be considered as new entry. The organizing, selection committee members, juries are not allowed to participate as contestant.