Film submission & screening policy.
Kindly read all the pointers mentioned below before you proceed for any film submission.
1. Either the organising team or the content/film-maker/producer can raise the idea/apply for the screening of the film for the festival.
2. All the entries will go through the initial phase of selection by the core team members of the festival, and henceforth will be eligible for the festival screening. This selection process is extremely important since we would like to encourage films and video content related to education, educational pedagogy, stories of educational institutions, education, teachers, educational change-makers, etc both in the fiction & non-fiction category.
3. All the films that will take part in the first phase of selection (as mentioned in point 2) must have a digital presence for internal preview and decision making.
4. Since this is the second year of the film festival, will primarily focus on education, henceforth we are looking at films that must not be more than 10 years old.
5. We will only accept complete films, in any language from all over the world.
6. Films other than in the English language must have subtitles. Subtitles in English is what we recommend.
7. The film submitter must hold all the required rights to release and showcase the film for public screening.
8. You may or may not have the film certification, but the final call of whether the film will be selected for the festival or not will remain in the hands of the festival committee members. Their decision will be considered final under any circumstances.
9. There is no film submission fee.
10. Makers of the film will be allowed free entry only on the day of the particular film screening. If they want to be a part of the 3 days long festival they have to pay for the festival fees which will include their stay and food for all 3 days and also have the access to all screenings and discussion sessions.
11. After the selection, the makers and creators will be informed to present a digital format of their films on a thumb drive which will be returned to the respected filmmakers on the day of the festival.
12. Entrants need to agree that clips/posters/screenshots that will be submitted as publicity material will also be used for promotional purposes on multiple media partners if required for festival promotion and public engagement/awareness.
13. There is no restriction on the duration of the submitted film. A film with any duration between 1 to 120 minutes will be accepted for the first phase selection (as mentioned in point no.2).
14. Deadlines - We will start accepting films from Dec 15, 2023. Announcement of selected films that will be screened during the festival will be announced mid Jan 2024. Festival dates 14 - 18 Feb, 2024.
15. Screening categories - Category 1 is non-fiction and category 2 is fiction. Under these two categories, the submitter can choose to submit their films.
16. All the films that will be selected for the festival will be considered based on a few markers, i.e, educational value, awareness value, archival value, information value, inspirational value.
17. A digital format of all the best films will be a part of the educational film archive (a digital film museum) for future study, research and reference.
18. Selected makers will be invited for panel discussion post-screening of their respective films and may also be called on day 3 of the festival for deeper discussion.
19. There is no competitive screening but based on the viewers' democratic liking parameters, the festival committee will choose a bunch of films under a few categories for appreciation.
20. Results will be announced on the last day of the festival.
