First-ever National Students Film Festival & Awards

Now students would have a chance to showcase their creative talent at the national level and get rewarded for their work!

The first National Students Film Awards and Students Film Festival of India is scheduled to be held in the second or third week of April 2013 in Pune. Marking the centenary of cinema, the festival is a joint effort of the FTII and the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata in collaboration with Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

It’s a platform for young and upcoming student filmmakers all over the country. Students belonging to any institution, film schools, colleges etc, can apply for the same. However, students will have to route their entries through their institutions, and not individually.

Once the entries are received, a multi-tier independent jury comprising eminent filmmakers from across the country will make the selection for the Festival as well as for the Awards. Types of entries invited are:

• Short Fiction (Duration: up to 10 minutes and above 10 minutes up to 30 minutes)
• Non-Fiction (Duration: up to 10 minutes and above 10 minutes up to 30 minutes)
• Animation (Duration: up to 30 minutes)

Entries can be in any language but must have sub-titles in English.

These Award functions will be held alternately in FTII Pune and SRFTI Kolkata once all the categories are filled and entries received. The best film in the respective categories would win an award worth Rs 1 lakh. Besides this, the jury has the discretion of conferring other special awards such as Merit Certificates.

January 15, 2013 is the closing date for submission of entries and the fee for submitting each entry is Rs 500 (Maximum 12 entries per institution).

 

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