[Reader-list] ViBGYOR Film Festival 2013: call for entries

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Sub: ViBGYOR Film Festival-2013:CALL for Entries


Welcome to the 8th Edition of ViBGYOR InternationalFilm Festival for Short & Documentary films, to be held in Thrissur,Kerala, India from February 7-12, 2013! You may submit your films (documentary/short-fiction/musicvideo/animation/spot/experimental) that pertain to any `spectrum’ (seebelow) for SELECTION PREVIEW. An eminent panel of Jury will select the finalset of films for ViBYOR-2013. The lastdate for film submissions is November 15th, 2012.
We insist on Online Filmsubmission procedure, for which you may visit www.vibgyorfilm.org and also refer to FilmSubmission Guidelines and FAQ. For any difficulty/problem with online filmentry procedure, please send queries to info at vibgyorfilm.orgor contact us at: 91-9447000830/91-9447893066
FilmSpectrum:
One may enter films under `FOCUS OF THE YEAR’ package or `ViBGYOR’Theme package/s or `KERALA SPECTRUM’ package. The theme for the `Focus of theYear-2013’ package is ‘StolenDemocracies’. There are seven themes under the ViBGYOR package, namely: 1) Identities 2) Rights 3) Gender &Sexualities 4) Fundamentalism &Diversity 5) Developmentalism 6)Nation State and 7) Culture & Media. Only films made byfilmmakers residing in Kerala will be considered under Kerala Spectrum package, which showcases documentaries, shortfiction and `Focus-Children’ films based on `Kerala’ themes. (On the Entry Formyou will find `International/National/Kerala Spectrum’ distinction, which wemaintain only for the sake of considering films eligible for Film Fellowship).
i)       Only films completed and released after 1st January2011 could be entered. Films once entered at ViBGYOR will not be accepted
ii)      There is an Entry Fee of INR.300 for National/Kerala Spectrum entriesand $10 for `International’ entries. You may submit more than one film, buteach entry should comply with all submission requirements.
iii)    Please make sure that inthe Online Film Entry form you provide with all mandatory information (markedwith *), regarding each film entry. 
iv)    Don’t forget to upload high resolution stills (around1MB) of your film/s. Need to publish a high quality still, very significant toyour film, in our Festival catalogue.
v)      Two DVD (PAL) copies should besubmitted for Selection Preview purpose, without which we will not consideryour entry.
vi)    For Final screening, weaccept DVCAM, MiniDV and DVD as Exhibition copies (if your film is selected).
vii)  Send the film submissionpackets to: ViBGYOR, 2ndFloor Kalliath Square, Palace Road, Thrissur, 680 020, Kerala, India. Tel.9447000830/9447893066 Please mentionyour Online Film Entry Registrationnumber on all discs, packets and in all further communications.
viii)ViBGYOR is anon-competitive Film Festival; so there are no Awards. However we grant THREEFilm Fellowships to three deserving young filmmakers whose films are enteredunder the National/ Kerala Spectrum sections.
ix)    The filmmaker/a representativeof all selected films is invited to attend the festival and assured of local hospitality.(ViBGYOR is not in a position to pay for travel expenses). 
Warmly,
On behalf of the ViBGYOR Team,
Paul Joseph Kattookkaren (cell. 9447546417) President-ViBGYORFilm Collective
Sarat Cheloor  (9809477058)Secretary-ViBGYOR
Benny Benedict (9447000830),  National Coordinator