SHORTS & DOCUMENTARIES
To be eligible for inclusion, the films should have been made not before April 2011 and the duration of the films should be 30 minutes or less.
PSA Films
PSA or Public Service Films are mainly done for a social cause as well as create a public awareness campaign to inform or educate the public on a multitude of issues - right from health and safety to AIDS to Cancer, from anti-smoking campaigns to energy saving issues or even on animal cruelty, protecting the environment, crime prevention and the like.
To qualify for eligibility in the PSA Films category,
- Films must be original and in the public interest giving a message to the society.
- Films may be on any theme but should not be anti-government or on a controversial issues and should be non-religious with a running time of max 5 mins.
For films other than in Hindi / English language, the film must have English subtitles
FEATURE FILMS
To be categorized as Feature films, the running length of the movie should be more than 70 mins. They must have been made / released between 1st April 2013 and 15th June 2015.
- FEATURE FILMS DEBUT FILM: Released / Unreleased Film
- FEATURE FILMS INDIA PREMIERE: Unreleased Film (Only THREE India premieres)
- FEATURE FILMS ASIAN PREMIERE: Unreleased Film (Only TWO Asian premieres)
- FEATURE FILMS WORLD PREMIERE : Unreleased Film (Only TWO World premieres)
Subtitling is necessary and compulsory for films that are not in English language or in Hindi (Indian Language). This is just an excerpt of the regulations, carefully read the complete regulations before submitting. |
