The participating films should be of a maximum duration of 30 minutes. (The
promo tape is included in the …….. minutes). The theme of the Short Film
Festival is FAMILY.Films with
no relevance to the theme of the Film Festival will not be considered for
screening. Films can be either color or black and white.
An Entry fee is required to participate in “CAC HOME PAGE NATIONAL SHORT FILM FEST 2015”
Entry Fee for International Films is INR 1000 per film.
Payments may be made by way of INR demand draft drawn in favour of Cochin Arts and Communications payable
at Kochi. All film makers have to enter the details of payment made on the
registration form submitted with the DVDs, clearly indicating DD No. and date
and Bank details. In case of money transfer please indicate Sender's name,
Sender's bank and account number, Date of transfer, Amount and Transaction /
UTR No.
Participating films should be sent as DVD's.Screen size can
be one of these formats: 1.33, 1.37, 1.66, 1.85, and 2.5. Audio status of the
films will be Optic, Dolby Stereo.
Contest language is Malayalam or English, and for films in
their original language the subtitles must be in English.(The films that do not
satisfy this condition will not be classified in the contest)
Last date for sending entries is September 15th 2015
All the participating films will be reviewed by the
Preliminary Festival Jury. Films will not be returned under any circumstances.
Films/ part of films may be used by the organisers for publicity/ spreading
social messages.
The films selected will be announced on the website by 30ththSeptember 2015
These films will compete in the Final Film Festival and the
Grand Jury will review these films.
Films competing in the Final Film Festival will be displayed
to the audience on 11th October
2015 There will be First, Second, third Prizes. Film Makers should be
present in person/ through a representative to receive Prizes/ certificates.
Prizes will not be despatched to winners under any circumstances.
The contest winners will be announced at the Film festival
awards ceremony and published in the website and other media.
Preliminary Festival Jury and Festival Grand Jury members
and their relatives cannot participate in the contest.The Grand Jury will be
announced in the website and other media.
Note: The Film Festival organizers are not responsible for
any delay in the time of arrival of the documents and films, or any issues like
damage or loss during transportation. The transportation costs and (depending
on the choice of the participant) the insurance costs are the participants'
responsibility. At the end of the festival, if the participants wish the
committee to return their films, they have to pay the transportation cost of
their films in advance and give directions accordingly. Otherwise films will be
kept in the festival archives and will not be returned to the owner. For the
acceptance of the participant to the contest, participant should provide all
these documents mentioned below. Completed participation form, film summary
(synopsis max 50 words), director biography, film back scene pictures,
director's photograph, film poster (if there is one), at least 2 copies of the
films DVD in PAL or NTSC format, list of
the winning awards and the festivals that the film has participated previously.
Please note that the
Decision of the Jury is final.
Festival Director
Festival Coordinator
Artistic Director
