ViBGYOR Film Festival-2012: CALL for Entries

ViBGYOR Film Festival-2012: CALL for Entries Welcome to the 7th Edition of ViBGYOR International Film Festival for Short & Documentary films, to be held in Thrissur, Kerala, India from January 25-29, 2012! Renowned filmmaker Megnath Akhra is the Festival Director for 2012 VIBGYOR. You may submit documentary/short fiction/music video/animation/spot or experimental films that pertain to any `spectrum’ (see below) for PREVIEW. An eminent panel of Jury will select the final set of films for ViBYOR-2012. The last date for film submissions: NOVEMBER 15th, 2011 (postmarked). Film Spectrum ‘South Asia: Lives and Livelihoods’ is the special focus theme of ViBGYOR-2012. Apart from the Focus theme package, there are seven ViBGYOR theme packages, namely: 1) Identities 2) Rights 3) Gender & Sexualities 4) Fundamentalism & Diversity 5) Developmentalism 6) Nation State and 7) Culture & Media. There are three zonal divisions such as International/National/Kerala Spectrum. One may enter films under `Focus of the Year’ package, `ViBGYOR’ Theme package and `Kerala Spectrum’ package. (Only films made by filmmakers residing in Kerala will be considered under Kerala Spectrum, which showcases documentaries, short fiction and `Focus-Children’ films based on `Kerala’ themes) We wish to insist on Online Film Entries submission procedure, for which you may visit www.vibgyorfilm.org and also refer to Film Submission Guidelines and FAQ. For any difficulty/problem with online film entry procedure please send queries to info@vibgyorfilmfest.org or contact us at: 0-9447441621 There is an Entry Fee of INR.300 for National/Kerala Spectrum entries and $10 for entries from overseas. You may submit more than one film, but each entry should comply with all submission requirements. Please make sure that in the Online Film Entry form you provide with all mandatory information regarding each film entry and about yourself and also upload high resolution stills of your films and any other publicity material. For Festival screening, we accept DVCAM, MiniDV and DVD as Exhibition copies (if your film is selected). However Two DVD (PAL) copies should be submitted for Selection Preview purpose, without which we will not consider your entry. Send the film submission packets to: ViBGYOR, 2nd Floor Kalliath Square, Palace Road, Thrissur, 680 020, Kerala, Tel. 0487-2323590/9809477058. Please mention your Online Film Entry (registration) number on all discs, packets and in all further communications. All selected films will receive a Certificate of Participation. ViBGYOR is a non-competitive Film Festival; so there are no Awards. However we award filmmaking Fellowships to Three deserving young filmmakers whose films are entered under the National/ Kerala Spectrum sections. The filmmaker or a representative of all selected films is invited to attend the festival and assured of local hospitality. (ViBGYOR is not in a position to pay for travel expenses). Warmly, Seena Panoli (cell. 9447546417) President-ViBGYOR Film Collective Joseph Lazer (9447441621)Secretary-ViBGYOR Sarat Cheloor (9809477058) Programme Coordinator Benny Benedict (9447000830), National Coordinator