LOGIHQ International Happiness Film Festival & Exhibition, liHfe-2021

We accept submissions via the international online platform "FilmFreeway".

(Please note that all entries in ALL categories must adhere to the basic theme of the festival- HAPPINESS- and the particular theme of the Quarter.)

Theme: "HAPPINESS and MENTAL HEALTH during COVID"

1. The liHfe film competition runs every quarter and the jury will select the winners, who will be notified via email.

2. Current Theme: “Happiness & Mental Health during COVID-19”.

(Please note that all entries in ALL categories must adhere to the basic theme of the festival- HAPPINESS- and the particular theme of the Quarter.)

3. All works/projects in each category should have been created on/after 1st March 2020.

4. The jury will screen quarterly selections privately and select winners. The quarterly winners in each category qualify for competing in the Annual Award in that category and if selected, will be screened at the Annual event to be held at the end of the year.

5. Applicants 18 years & above, from all over the world are invited to submit (subject to the laws of the applicant’s country of residence). To apply in the Senior Citizen category, the applicant has to be 60 years (or above) as on January 1, 2021.

6. All non-English films/projects must have ENGLISH Subtitles.

7. Please note when submitting a project to the categories of Painting/Poetry/Dance films, these cannot be performances or recordings of performances/methods of the genre. They have to be a combination of Painting/Poetry/Dance with FILM and should move the story/plot forward.

Mere performances/recordings of Painting/Poetry/Dance will be DISQUALIFIED.

8. The submitter declares that while creating these projects/works, all rules/ regulations/norms of their country/state/city have been followed and that any work created during the COVID-19 pandemic has complied with all the rules & regulations and laws of the country/state/city where it was created. The applicant has the sole responsibility.

9. Each entry has to be accompanied by the requisite fee. No refund for non selected projects and incomplete entries.

10. No entry fee waivers. No refunds. All entry fees are non-refundable.

11. The decision of the festival committee will be final and no communication in this regard will be entertained. All communications will be via email. No phone calls.

12. The festival reserves the right to disqualify any entry/project on certain grounds and reserves the right to not screen/display any submission for any reason it deems fit.

13. No violence, no obscenity, no objectionable content.

14. All Submissions must be the entrant’s original work and shall not infringe upon any Intellectual Property Rights (Copyrights, Trademarks etc.) or any other rights of any Third Parties. By entering the festival, the Submitters agree that they own or have obtained all required copyrights and permissions regarding music, sound, images etc. contained in their work.

15. Entrants agree that the Festival Organizers of liHfe will NOT be held liable for any copyright or other violations by the entrant. The entrant is solely responsible for the contents of the work/project and takes full responsibility. The entrant agrees that she/he has the rights and authority to submit the content.

16. liHfe organizers reserve the right to change, cancel or re-schedule the festival dates or categories or awards. The festival also reserves the right to take all decisions regarding the festival.

17. By submitting the project to liHfe, the applicant agrees to have read and accepted all terms & conditions of participation in the festival.

18. If the organizers accept the project/film for exhibition in the Festival, the applicant hereby grants the following rights to the organizers without any conditions and qualifications:
a. right to use footage, stills, titles, and other information from or relating to the Project/film for the purposes of promotion;
b. right to authorize publicity for the Project/film and all people related to it; and
c. to use the names and biographical information of all people associated with the Project/film for exhibition of the Project/film in, and promotion of, the Festival.

19. The festival is not responsible if the film is not screened due to problems in film format.

20. The Annual Awards event is proposed to be held in New Delhi, INDIA on March 20, 2023 (subject to the COVID-19 situation).

21. By submitting the project/film for this Festival, every applicant is hereby declaring that a film shot/project created during the COVID-19 pandemic has complied with all the necessary requirements for shooting/other according to the laws of the country where the project was created.

22. The person submitting the project/film has the sole responsibility to secure authorization and permission from the copyright or trademark owner(s) of any and all relevant content that forms part of the submitted project/film. The festival organizers are in no way responsible for and will not be held responsible for any unauthorized use of any copyrighted or trademarked content within or relating to the submitted project which is or may become the basis for any third party claim for copyright or trademark infringement or unfair competition.

23. In case a minimum required number of entries are not received in a particular category/categories in a particular quarter period, the entries received for these will be carried over to the next quarter for judging.