*Rules & Guidelines for International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB)*
>Films should be independent in spirit and original in perspective.
>Any feature film, independent feature film and documentary films can be submitted.
>Submitting your film to the International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) is not a guarantee of selection. We treat every filmmaker equally. All the official selection, nominees and the winners will be listed on our website permanently.
>Films which have been submitted to the earlier years of the International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) will not be accepted.
>Films made in languages other than Kannada & English must have English subtitles otherwise they will be summarily rejected.
>Do not submit works in progress films.
>All Film Entries should be submitted online only through FilmFreeway and given access for downloading the movie to the festival organizers for screening of the movie. The films must be submitted at https://filmfreeway.com/IPFFB
>After a film has been an official selection, the filmmaker will be notified, and eventually the film will be listed on the festival website under Official Selections.
>The Official Selection status doesn’t mean that your film will be screened at the festival. It means that your film has been appreciated by our judges of panel and you can use the festival laurel on your poster.
>The feature film duration must be not less than 70 minutes on any genre
>Documentaries must be of between 30 to 120 minutes.
>The indie film duration must be between 30 minutes to 120 minutes of any genre
>The tele film duration must be between 30 minutes to 70 minutes of any genre
>Preferably send the Blue-ray Dpx, DCP file format
>A synopsis of no more than 180 characters in English, a screenshot from the film and a short director's biography, contact number of the team are requested upon submission.
>In order to submit a film, the submitter must own the rights or have permission from the owner. The film festival organization team reserves the right to demand appropriate proof of these rights and to reject the submission upon failure to provide it.
>By submitting your film, you authorize International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) team to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills for Publicity (Online & Offline)
>The participant must ensure that the official festival logo for International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) is clearly visible on all advertising and promotional measures for the participating films.
>We will accept only online submission of all major video formats in full quality HD with a maximum of 10GB file size limit.
>By submitting the registration form, the film submitter agrees that the festival retains submitted films until the end of the festival. The submitter also agrees that selection screeners (except DCPs) will be made available online in encrypted form to the festival committee for the purpose of selection.
>The participant must provide the following material: film stills (minimum width 1600 pixel & minimum height 1100 pixel, JPG/TIFF) and a portrait of the director (minimum width 303 pixel & minimum height 404 pixel, JPG/TIFF) – with captions – in electronic form film poster in electronic form (300dpi JPG of 13x18 cm) press kit as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (max. 3 MB)
>The images will also be used for the International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) publicly available print products (festival publications) and online media (websites, apps, social media channels) where they will remain available without any time or territorial restrictions."
>Festival times may be subject to delay or change.
>Films which have been already submitted in the previous years of International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) if resubmitted will not be considered for this film festival.
>In submitting, International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) is given the right to screen submission at no charge to the festival.
>Participants agree to participate in the publicity for the Festival as well as other promotional events, including website, social media, international press coverage and festival trailers.
>Submitters should ensure project information is complete and that they have followed all of the appropriate terms and conditions related to their project. Keep contact information up-to-date at all times. Please enter specific information into the project profile on FilmFreeway to make sure it’s clear. For example, list actor names as well as the character they portray. Be sure to include technical credits as well, such as cinematographers, editors, and visual effects artists in the FilmFreeway credit section.
>The trailer cut of the movie must be submitted
>Only the Producer(s) and/or Director(s) may submit a film for consideration.
>The film maker will be solely responsible for ensuring that the film will not be pirated during the film festival screening and it will not be the responsibility of the International Panorama Film Festival of Bengaluru (IPFFB) team
>Due to the amount of films we receive, only the top scoring films will go through into the competition
>The organizers of the festival reserve the right to make changes in the screening schedule of films.
>The selected films will be screened on the festival day, it will be decided by the jury.
>Jury decision will be the final to shortlist the movie and will be confidential. Decision cannot be challenged.
>Submissions received after final date will not be included in the competition.
>All rewards must be claimed within three months of receiving the notification via email, after which you will be deemed to have forfeited your prize.
>The festival will not provide feedback on films or specific reasons for rejection for any film.
>If the trophies have to be couriered then there will extra courier charges applicable.
