Rules and Regulations:
2nd Indian World Film Festival-2018
1. Awards for both professional and students category-
Production Awards
❏ Best Feature Film ❏ Best Short Film ❏ Best Animation
❏ Best Feature Animation ❏Best Feature Documentary ❏ Short Documentary
❏ Best Music Video ❏ Best Film-Jury ❏ Best Director
❏Special Festival Mention ❏Honorable Jury Mention ❏ Best Ad Film
❏ Best Debut Director (Feature Only)
Creative Awards
❏ Best Cinematography ❏ Best Editing ❏Best Screenplay ❏ Best VFX
Performance Awards
❏ Best Actor ❏ Best Actress
❏ Best Supporting Actor ❏ Best Supporting Actress
Music Awards
❏ Best Original Music ❏ Best Background Music
Companies/Institutional Awards
❏ Best film/Animation production institution (Academic)
[Award will be given on state/City basics Ex. Best in Kolkata, Maharashtra or UP etc]
❏ Best film production house:-
❏ Feature Films production house
❏ Short/Documentary production house
❏ Ads/Animation production house
[Award will be given on state/City basics Ex. Best in Kolkata, Maharashtra or UP etc]
Award Criteria
Submission for Best Film Production Institution Award (Academic)
• Institution Show reel
• Submit DVD of any two student projects
• List of in-house resources.
• List of award winning productions
• List of alumni working with reputed film banners
• List of institution filmmaking faculty along with specialization & experience.
Submission for Best Film Production House Award
• Company Show reel
• Submit DVD of any two movies produced by company
• List of all movies produced by the company and mention if movies won any awards.
• List of professionals associated with the company (Like Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, Producers etc)
• Attach the CV’s of core team members
Certificate of participation + Miniboxoffic Movies Ratings will be given to all entries. The winners will be honored with certificate and trophy + short film distribution deal.
3. Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.
4. Films participated in Indian World Film Festival-2017 are not eligible for participation in 2018
5. Year of production & accepted movie duration:
- Year of production: Jan-2015 onwards
- Feature Films/Feature Animation/Feature Documentary: 61 min to 180 min (more than 60 min)
- Short Film/Short Documentary/Short Animation: up-to 60min
- Music Video: up-to 7 min
6. IWFF-18 stages/process:
• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 27 Feb 2018 & shortlisted late entries notification on 03 March 2018.
• Delegate registration to attend IWFF-18. All filmmakers must have registered as delegate to attend the festival. Hospitality charges are applicable for filmmakers & attendees, which include lunch, tea/coffee with cookies & master classes.
• Festival movies screening & workshops followed by award ceremony in Hyderabad on 18 March 2018.
7. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.
8. Indian World Film Festival-18 does not take any type financial commitment for the expense incurred on the correspondence by the participant. All Travel, Lodging & Boarding and
other miscellaneous expenses will have to be borne by the participant himself for attending the festival. No request for the same will be entertained.
9. Once the film submitted can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.
10. By submitting movie to Indian World Film Festival-18, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.
11. Filmmakers are requested to submit the following through email at IWFF@miniboxoffice.com .
• Synopsis of the movie.
• Crew & Cast List.
• Biography & Filmography of Film director.
• Photograph of Director.
• Still and Posters of film in JPEG format.
12. Movie Submission-
• Submit movie via private online link through Vimeo, Google drive, YouTube or wetransfer etc, scanned entry form & fee payment details at IWFF@miniboxoffice.com.
Or
• Two sets of DVD along with entry form, fee and others details mentioned in application form at given address
(Mark the envelope ‘FOR CULTURAL PURPOSE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL VALUE.)
Jyoti Singh
2nd Indian World Film Festival-18
N-003, Plumeria Garden Estate, Omicron-III
Greater Noida-201308, (Delhi NCR) UP, India
Tel: +91 120-4129059, +91 9582320467
