City of Joy International Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 23 April 2014      Festival end: 27 April 2014

The Festival is being organized under the aegis of City of Joy International Film Festival by Eon Films, Tricolour Entertainments, O.M. Filmz, Plus Publications and Films & TV World and with support from Indian Film Industry, Kolkata Film Industry and film makers from around the world.

- For Features:

BEST FILM FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST FILM ON NATIONAL ISSUES
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST ACTOR Award FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST SOUND
BEST EDITOR
SPECIAL JURY MENTION

- For shorts fiction / documentaries:

 BEST INDIAN FILM  BEST FOREIGN FILM
 BEST CHILDREN FILM  BEST ANIMATION FILM
 BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM  BEST DOCUMENTARY
 BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM  BEST FILM (LOCAL TALENT)
 BEST DIRECTOR  BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
 BEST ACTOR  BEST ACTRESS
 BEST CHILD ARTISTE  BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER  BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
 BEST EDITOR  CRITICS AWARD
 SPECIAL JURY MENTION

REGULATIONS FOR 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. For PSA films, the duration should not be more than 5 minutes.

• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:

o EARLY BIRD NOVEMBER 20th, 2013 Entry Fees : Rs. 1,300/- or US $ 25

o REGULAR DECEMBER 31st, 2013 Entry Fees : Rs. 1,800/- or US $ 35

o LATE FEBRUARY 20th, 2014 Entry Fees : Rs. 2,200/- or US $ 55


• AWARDS
Awards for shorts fiction / documentaries are as follows

 BEST INDIAN FILM  BEST FOREIGN FILM
 BEST CHILDREN FILM  BEST ANIMATION FILM
 BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM  BEST DOCUMENTARY
 BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM  BEST FILM (LOCAL TALENT)
 BEST DIRECTOR  BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
 BEST ACTOR  BEST ACTRESS
 BEST CHILD ARTISTE  BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER  BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
 BEST EDITOR  CRITICS AWARD
 SPECIAL JURY MENTION

If any category does not receive a minimum of THREE Films will not be considered for evaluation of Awards. However, the maker of such a categoried film will be honoured with a Special Stand Alone Certificate.

• Entry form should be completely filled in with all the applicable information. For added publicity and to promote your films on the web, with media and in the Festival program, you can send a press-kit of the film which includes film stills and director’s photograph on a separate CD / DVD as well as its hard copy.

• All entries must be sent to the CJIFF prepaid and insured for your own protection. Entry form, DVD, Synopsis, Posters, Publicity stills and other material should reach Festival office on or before the Extended Deadline for Submission i.e. FEBRUARY 20th, 2014.

• Participants can send as many entries as he/she likes. However, please submit a separate submission form for each film. For films other than in Hindi / English language, the film must have English subtitles.

• To be considered for selection in the Opening Film category, the films should not have been presented in any Indian Festival or released on video / telecast / internet. Preference will be given to world premieres for films of high quality value and that carries a good social message.

• Selection of Films for the CJIFF will be announced not later than March 31st 2014. However, the festival committee reserves the right to accept or refuse any film without assigning any reason whatsoever..

• 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,
o Films must be original and in the public interest giving a message to the society.
o 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.
o Films can be Silent or in any language. Films that are not in Hindi / English should carry English subtitles and can be animated or general.

• ENTRY FEES

o Indian Participants can send payments through Cheque / Demand Draft in favour of “Tricolour Entertainment” payable at Kolkata.

o For Online Transfer

Bank A/c. No.: 559501010050138
Account Holder Name: Tricolour Entertainment
IFSC Code UBIN0555959
Bank Name: Union Bank of India (UBI) - Garia Branch
Bank Address: Aashiyana, I/23, Baishnabghata Patuli Township, Garia, Kolkata 700094

o International Participants have to make payments through Swift transfer to

Bank A/c. No.: 01452 0000 13526
Account Holder Name: Eon Infomedia
Bank Name & Swift Code HDFCINBB
Bank Name & Address: HDFC Bank, Jayabhadra Villa, SVP Road, Borivli (West),
Mumbai 400 092, India

• All entries must be sent to the CJIFF prepaid and insured for your own protection and addressed to :

CITY OF JOY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
C/o. PLUS PUBLICATIONS
607 Hill View Gardens,
Vaishali Nagar, Dahisar (East),
Mumbai 400068, INDIA
Cell: +91-998 775 4342
Email: info@cjiff.in / cjiff.2014@gmail.com

Please write on the courier / postal invoice: “For CJIFF selection purposes / cultural purpose only”

• The CJIFF 2014 Festival authorities will send the applicant online receipt / acknowledgement for the official entry of the film for festival.

• Once entered, films may not be withdrawn from participation at CJIFF under any circumstances. Also, DVDs and other materials submitted will not be returned and will be retained as part of Festival library

• The festival will not arrange for Travel / Accommodation or will reimburse Travel / Stay Expenses of the participants attending the festival unless specified otherwise.

• Festival archive and other uses
o All selected films will be kept at the CJIFF Library as part of the Festival archive.
o To promote the Festival, the films and cinema, the Festival is authorized, once it will be over, to screen City of Joy Film Festival packages in other festivals, film clubs, universities, etc.

• Entry and participation of films at City of Joy International Film Festival imply unconditional acceptance of the rules. In unspecified cases, the Festival will make a final decision.


PLEASE NOTE: Festival programmers and judges shall determine selections and award winners at their sole discretion. Decision of the CJIFF festival authorities regarding all matters not expressly provided for in these rules and regulations or which require interpretation of the clauses mentioned above shall be final and binding to all parties.


REGULATIONS FOR FEATURE FILMS:

1. DATE & PLACE

The Festival will be held in Kolkata from 23 to 27 April, 2014.

2. REGULATIONS

The programme of the Festival will be divided into the following categories:
a) World Premier / Asian Premier / Indian Premier
b) Feature Film - Released & Unreleased
c) Documentary / Short Fiction / Animation Film / Public Service Film
d) Classics / Homage / Retrospective

3. COMPETITION (Open to all Directors across the Globe)

Films entered in the Competition Section must fulfill the following conditions:

3.1 To be categorized as Feature films, the running length of the movie should be more than 70 mins.
3.2 They must have been made / released between 1st April 2011 and 15th January 2014. Eligibility period will be determined by the Censorship visa / certificate of the country where the film has been produced.
3.3 In the case of co-productions, at least one of the producers/production companies must have the right to sanction the participation of the film in competition in the Festival and authority to receive award, if any, is won.
3.4 Entries will be subject to preview by a committee constituted by this Festival Director. A film which is not accepted for the Competition Section can be shown in the World Premier and / or Non Competition Section
3.5 The competition will be held subject to the acceptance of a minimum of seven eligible films from different Continent.
3.6 The decisions of the jury will be taken by a simple majority of the members present and voting. The jury can evolve its own rules for assessment of the entries. The Director of the Festival, the Festival Programmer for CJIFF and the Chairperson of the jury can attend the deliberations of the jury but shall neither participate nor vote.
3.7 No person in any way connected with the production or commercial exploitation of a competitive entry will be a member of the jury.
3.8 The Festival Director reserves the right to exclude films which are not in conformity with aims of the Festival

4. AWARDS

The following Awards are constituted :

BEST FILM FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST FILM ON NATIONAL ISSUES
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST ACTOR Award FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST SOUND
BEST EDITOR
SPECIAL JURY MENTION

5. ENTERING FILMS IN THE FESTIVAL

5.1. Film Producers, Distributors their duly authorised representatives or duly authorised government organization / agency of the participating countries may enter their films for the Competition/World Premier in the enclosed Entry Form.
5.2 The film should be a Feature Film and should have been released after 1st April, 2011 or awaiting a release (Not necessary for unreleased film or those to be shown in the World / Asian / Indian Premiere sections
5.3. Films should be in 35mm/70mm/16 mm and/or Digital format with optical soundtrack
5.4 Films are now also accepted on a BluRay / DVD.
5.5 The Festival Director may also invite films it considers of interest.
5.6 The Form, duly filled in, separately for each film proposed to be entered should reach the Festival Director by 20th February, 2013.

6. NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION

Entrants should inform the Festival Director by 20th February, 2014 about their participation, including the titles of films and the names and addresses of the directors, producers, production companies and world sales companies against each film titles.

7. PRINTS / BLU RAY DISC / DVD’S FOR SELECTION

7.1 Prints / Blu Ray Discs / DVD’s of films may be sent for purposes of selection so as to reach the Festival Director not later than 20th February, 2013. DVD’s may also be sent through diplomatic channels.
7.2 Prints of film if needed will be intimated to the directors/production co. well in advance so as to facilitate them to send across the same.

8. FREIGHT AND OTHER CHARGES

8.1 The DVD’s (two DVD’s) for selection (selection committee of CCJIFF 2014) should be sent “freight pre-paid” i.e. at senders cost.
8.2 Festival Director will not pay any charges including air-freight charges. It may also please be noted that the Festival Director cannot reimburse any freight or other charges in foreign currency, unless previously agreed to in writing.
8.3 The Festival Director will not bear freight or any other charges for unsolicited films, Videos, DVD sent to it, if these are not selected for screening in the Festival.
8.4 The special arrangements made by the Festival Director for clearance through Indian Customs in Kolkata are applicable only in the case of consignments directly air-freighted on request and addressed to this Festival Director. In the case of publicity material, etc. sent pre-paid by Courier Services or through agents in India, the concerned Courier Service/agent should be instructed to deliver the material directly to the office of the Festival Directorate in Kolkata. The Festival Director shall not be responsible for any material that is diverted to some other city in India.

9. SUBTITLING

9.1 Subtitling is necessary and compulsory for films that are not in English language or in Hindi (Indian Language)
9.2 Films will normally be screened in their original language/version. Films in language other than English / Hindi (Indian Language) must have subtitles in English. Films without subtitles, or with subtitles other than in English, shall not be screened in the Festival.

10. SCREENING

10.1 Entries under the World Premiere / Asian Premiere & Indian Premiere shall be of films certified by Information and Broadcasting Ministry or Central Board of Film Certification, India. The Festival Directors discretion in this respects whether to screen a film without the CBFC Certificate or not shall be final and binding.
10.2 No accepted film will be shown outside the Festival city by the Festival Director.
10.3 The Festival proposes to have a maximum of 3 screenings per film and shall not exceed these at any times.


11. EXCERPTS / PROMOS FOR TELEVISION / CHANNELS

For promotion of films entered in the Festival on television and satellite channels, producers/ authorised entrants are requested to supply four excerpts of the film(s) entered, each of a maximum duration of three minutes, to the Festival Director. These should be supplied preferably on DVC Pro format or Beta (PAL system) format.


12. GENERAL

12.1 Films not presenting sufficient technical qualities for good public screening can be refused after checking of the Blu Ray Discs / DVDs / Prints by the Print Checking Unit of the Festival Director.
12.2 The participants must ensure that they have the right to participate in the City of Joy International Film Festival, Kolkata, India with regard to parties connected with the production / distribution of the participating film and / or other right holders/licenses.
12.3 Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these and all Regulations as specified.
12.4 The Festival Director will decide all matters not expressly provided for in these regulations but in conformity with the provisions of the International Regulations for film festivals and its decisions shall be final and binding on all parties.


13. CORRESPONDENCE & SHIPPING ADDRESS:

All correspondence, publicity materials, DVD’s and film prints should be addressed to:

Festival Director
CITY OF JOY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
607 Hill View Gardens, 6th Floor
Vaishali Nagar, Dahisar (East)
Mumbai 400068, INDIA
Cell: 0-998 775 4342
Email: info@cjiff.in / cjiff.2014@gmail.com
Web: www.cjiff.in


NOTE: Festival Director, Programmer, Selection Panel and Jury shall determine selections and / or Award Winners at their sole discretion. CJIFF authorities at any time would not entertain any request pertaining to selection films and / or awards. Decision of the CJIFF festival authorities regarding all matters not expressly provided for in these rules and regulations or which require interpretation of the clauses mentioned above shall be final and binding to all parties.