Pocket Films 9th Advantage India Short Film Contest 2016 : pocketfilms.in

Organization : Pocket Films
Competition Name : 9th Advantage India Short Film Contest 2016
Competition Last Date : 15th September 2016

Website : http://www.pocketfilms.in/#!contest/9th-advantage-india

9th Advantage India:

“9th Advantage India” is a short film contest organized by Pocket Films in association with River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, Italy.

Related : Pocket Films Short Takes Season 6 Film Contest : www.contest.net.in/11401.html

Who Can Apply:
** The Participant should be over 18 years of age as on 15th September 2016
** The film should be made by a person of Indian origin OR the film should be based on India
** Any person(s) who are under any contractual or other obligation that would prohibit them from allowing Pocket Films to license the entry, in perpetuity on an exclusive, worldwide, residual-free and royalty-free basis, in all media formats and uses, in accordance with the terms below, are also ineligible to enter this contest.
** The Participant should either be the owner or the authorised rights holder for the content with competent authority to participate in the contest and accept all the terms and conditions stated herein.
** Films submitted previously to Advantage India or River To River Florence Indian Film Festival cannot participate.

What We Want:
** SHORT FILMS of duration not more than 15 minutes, (including title & end credits). NO DOCUMENTARIES PLEASE.
** The films shall not be more than 15 minutes in duration, including the beginning and end credits. Films exceeding this time limit are liable to be rejected.
** The film should have been completed after 1st January 2015.
** The films can be in any language but should be subtitled in ENGLISH. Films without subtitles are liable to be rejected.
** The films may be shot in any format. However, the recommended aspect ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic – in DV / HDV.
** The recommended video files formats are VOB, MPG, MPEG4 or AVI.
** In making your Film, you must have (1) obtained appropriate releases for every person who appears recognizably in your Film; (2) obtain appropriate releases for those locations that appear recognizably in your film and require releases.
** You will retain any such releases and provide them to the organisers upon request.
** The Film must not contain any copyrighted works belonging to third parties unless (1) you have a license to use such works in the Film; or (2) the use your Film makes of such works is a fair one under the copyright laws.
** You will retain any licenses and provide them to organisers upon request.

Prizes:
** The winning film will be screened and shall compete for the best short film award at the festival.
** The 2 runner-up films will be screened at the River to River Festival in Italy in 3rd to 8th December 2016.
** 3 winning films will be screened on the show ‘Prime Talkies with Pocket Films’ on NDTV Prime (Conditions Apply).
** All Participating films (subject to terms and approval by the Pocket Films content team) will be distributed by Pocket Films and the participant will be entitled to a revenue share as detailed in the terms and conditions. This is applicable to all participating films and not just the nominated or winning films.

Last Dates:
** The contest will be open from 8th August 2016.
** The last date for submission is 15th September 2016.