Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
8.05$
For films upto duration 45 minutes
14 Jan 2022
Call for entries
31 Mar 2022
Early deadline
31 May 2022
Standard deadline
31 Jul 2022
Late deadline
31 Oct 2022
Festival closed
04 Nov 2022
Notification date
25 Nov 2022
26 Nov 2022
Festival start: 25 November 2022 Festival end: 26 November 2022
Serving as a Premier Film Festival, the Lakecity International Film Festival (LCIFF) held in Delhi was founded to showcase the leaders in contemporary film making, and aims to exhibit the most captivating and innovative content. The Biggest Event in the Capital, the two day LCIFF 2022 festival is slated to happen on December 10th & 11th 2022.
Festival Mission:
Breaking all stereotypes, LCIFF's mission is to present quality films from around the world as well as support, recognize and honor indie film makers. These films will be organized thematically, in hopes of representing the full range of the human experience as reflected by our chosen filmmakers. LCIFF will also be a vital showcase for indie short film makers as the festival has a PSA Films Category in addition to its competitive sections.
Festival Objectives:
Though film festivals have became a regular affair in most countries yet most of them cater only to selected audience as well as entertain the commercially successful film makers and related personalities. However, LCIFF intends to organize a festival that connects the film fans & movies goers with the world, especially the serious filmmaker & their associates so as to bring about greater understanding of the art of film making.
The two day festival will see people of various communities thronging the venue to enjoy films from countries including Germany, Italy, UK, USA, Russia, Bangladesh, Iran, Poland in English and the country's own languages. Indian regional language films like Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, and in south Indian language including Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu and Kanada will be showcased.
NEW RULES:
Apart from the REGULAR CATEGORIES of SUBMISSION that include FEATURE FILMS / SHORT FILMS / DOCUMENTARIES & MUSIC VIDEO, we at LCIFF have created a special new Category for WEB SERIES & STORY/SCRIPT.
Should you need more details, please feel free to get back to us:
Mohan Das
Festival Director,
Email: lakecity.mp@gmail.com
Cell: 0091-9987754342
Ankit Tandon
Festival Co-ordinator
Cell: 0091-9004925704
Email: lciff.mp@gmail.com
>>TROPHIES & CERTIFICATES TO ALL WINNERS<<
>>FEATURE FILM CATEGORY<<
BEST INDIAN FILM
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST FILM (LOCAL TALENT)
BEST FILM ON NATIONAL ISSUES
P N DAS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST STORY
RENUKA DAS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
EON FILM AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
MEENAKSHI MAHENDRU MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR FOREIGN / INDIAN
BEST CHILD ARTISTE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST SOUND
BEST EDITOR
CRITICS AWARD
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
>>SHORT FILMS / DOCUMENTARIES CATEGORY<<
BEST INDIAN FILM
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST ANIMATION FILM
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM
BEST FILM (LOCAL TALENT)
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
ROYAL INN AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST CHILD ARTISTE
BEST DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST EDITOR
CRITICS AWARD
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST WEB SERIES
BEST SCRIPT
FESTIVAL REGULATIONS
The Festival is being organized under the aegis of Lake City International Film Festival by Eon Films, Qrius Films, Plus Publications and FilmCafe and with support from Indian Film Industry and film makers from around the world.
1. DATE & PLACE
The Festival will be held in New Delhi, India on December 10th & 11th 2022.
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 FEATURE FILMS: Open to all Directors across the Globe
4. COMPETITION SHORT FILMS/ DOCUMENTARY / ANIMATION FILMS: Open to all
5. ENTERING FILMS IN THE FESTIVAL
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.
6. SUBTITLING
Subtitling is necessary and compulsory for films that are not in English language or in Hindi (Indian Language). Films will normally be screened in their original language/version. Films without subtitles, or with subtitles other than in English, shall not be screened in the Festival.
7. GENERAL
7.1 Films not presenting sufficient technical qualities for good public screening can be refused after checking by the Film Checking Unit of the Festival.
7.2 The participants must ensure that they have the right to participate in the Lake City International Film Festival, Mumbai, India with regard to parties connected with the production / distribution of the participating film and / or other right holders/licenses.
7.3 Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these and all Regulations as specified.
7.4 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.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION:
The festival will not interact with anyone except the submitter and/ or the producer of the film. If any person - be it the actor, writer, director or any from the production crew tries to forcibly extract information about the status of the film from the festival authorities, the festival will have absolute rights to DISQUALIFY THE FILM from competition and/ or screening which you may kindly note. At the same time, the festival may take the decision to ban the production house completely from sending entries to the next editions of the festival.
B) Participants can send as many entries as he/she likes. However, please submit a separate submission form for each film.
IMPORTANT REGULATIONS
THE FESTIVAL WILL NOT ARRANGE FOR TRAVEL / ACCOMMODATION OR WILL REIMBURSE TRAVEL / STAY EXPENSES OF THE PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Films once entered to the festival cannot be withdrawn from participation at LCIFF under any circumstances. Also, DVDs and other materials submitted will not be returned and will be retained as part of Festival library
Entry and participation of films at Lake City International Film Festival imply unconditional acceptance of the rules. In unspecified cases, the Festival will make a final decision.
CORRESPONDENCE & SHIPPING ADDRESS:
All correspondence, publicity materials, DVD’s and film prints should be addressed to:
Festival Director
LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
607 Hill View Gardens, 6th Floor
Vaishali Nagar, Dahisar (East)
Mumbai 400068, INDIA
Cell: 0-998 775 4342
Email: lakecity.mp@gmail.com
URL: www.lakecityfilmfest.com
The LCIFF 2022 Festival authorities will send the applicant online receipt / acknowledgement for the official entry of the film for festival.
NOTE: Festival Director, Programmer, Selection Panel and Jury shall determine selections and / or Award Winners at their sole discretion. LCIFF authorities at any time would not entertain any request pertaining to selection films and / or awards. Decision of the LCIFF 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.
Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
For films upto duration 45 minutes
Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
Documentary of duration 45 minutes
Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
Music Videos in any language any genre upto 20 mins.
Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
Web Series of duration upto 120 minutes
Submissions deadline
31 Oct 22
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