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Anna University 2018 AAKKAM National Short Film & Music Video Festival : annauniv.edu

Organisation : Anna University
Contest Name : AAKKAM National Short Film & Music Video Festival 2018
Registration Last Date : January 23, 2018
Website : https://www.annauniv.edu/
Contest Details : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/30280-akkam.pdf

Anna University AAKKAM Short Film Festival

AAKKAM National Short Film & Music Video Festival 2018

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Fiction ( Theme Categories): Corruption Free India, Save Water, Mind Your Health, Love For Environment
(Open Category): Commercial
Registration Last Date January 23, 2018
Registration fee: Rs.300/-
Preview Format: Mp4

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: May 2017
2) Maximum duration: 14 minutes
3) Country of production: India
4) Screening format: MP4/Mov
5) Accepted genres: Fiction

The short films are expected to be subtitled in English if the dialogues are in Tamil, Hindi or any other National Language. Otherwise, their participation will not be considered. AAKAM National Short Film Festival will be held in February 2018 at Anna University.

Categories

There are Five (3) COMPETITION SECTIONS to participate in:
a) Best Short Film (Commercial) – (Best 3)
b) Best Short Film (Theme) – (Best 3)
c) Best Music Video (Theme) – (Best 3)

Requirements For Participation

** Natural or legal entities of any nationality can participate
** The number of short films that you can enter into competition is limited to two shortfilms per director
** Only short films that have not been previously exhibited in other National film festival will be accepted
** The film cannot be a reduced or extended version of another short film made previously for this festival.
** Only short films with completion date after May, 2017 can compete

Awards

The AAKAM National Short Film Festival will award honorable mentions if the jury deems so. The prizes are personal and not transferable. The AAKAM National Short Film Festival organization can deem some categories as deserted if the call does not meet a minimal participation.

Participating short films in the OFFICIAL COMPETITION SECTION will compete for the following prizes depending on their characteristics:
a) Best Short Film (Commercial)(Best 3)50,000/,30,000/,20000
b) Best Short Film (Theme)(Best 3) 50,000/,30,000/,20000
c) Best Music Video (Only Theme based)(Best 3) – 20,000/,15,000/,10,000/

Terms & Conditions

a) The maximum duration for the short films in all categories is 14 minutes and could have been shot in format such as HD, SD in Mp4 or Mov.
b) Entries must have completed production after May 2017.
c) The short films whose dialogues are in Tamil, Hindi or other Indian Languages should have English subtitles.
d) Proposals received after the specified date are excluded from participating.
e) For local filmmakers participation in all activities of the Festival is mandatory. For other state filmmakers the Festival will arrange for lodging discounts in Chennai City, if they can attend to the Festival activities.

Registration & Submission

The Festival Call will take place from January 24th, 2018. Download the Application form from www.annauniv.edu/emrc and submit the same to aakkam2018anna@gmail.com for Registration.

Send your film by DVD via Post along with the Application at the following Address:
The Coordinator
AAkam Short Film & Music Video Festival 2018
Educational Multimedia Research Centre
Anna University
Chennai – 600025

Upon enrollment the information must be complete and ready to attach, such as:
** Short film’s still photo
** Director’s photo
** Short synopsis in English (Word File)

Jury

a) The Official Jury, composed by professionals from the film, culture and communication industry, will be in charge of awarding the prizes.
b) Decisions of both the Selection Committee and the Official Jury will be final.
c) The Jury reserves the right to declare awards and mentions deserted, if they don’t find works that go along with what the Festival represents.
d) The Jury’s decision will be public at the end of the 2018 Festival.
e) The Jury will evaluate the script, producing, directing, technical and artistic resources with which the participant short was made Final
a) The registration implies acceptance of all the rules.
b) Each short film must have script registration rights and will be responsible for the image rights of the people who appear in their videos, as well as the rights of the soundtrack and/or original music.
c) If selected to participate in the Festival, it is mandatory to have a Trailer of the short film of duration limited to 45 Secs, will be required by the programming team. The information about the short film (synopsis and technical datasheet) will be required in English as word file.

Communication may be made with: 9840252685,8754405886 aakkam2018anna@gmail.com

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