ViBGYOR International Short & Documentary Film Festival (0)

Inizio del Festival: 16 febbraio 2015      Festival si chiude: 22 febbraio 2015

Welcome to the 10th Edition of ViBGYOR International Short & Documentary Film Festival, to be held in Thrissur, Kerala, India from February 16-22, 2015. You may submit your films (documentary/ short-fiction/ music video/ animation/ spot/ experimental) for SELECTION PREVIEW. An eminent panel of Jury will select the final set of films for screening at ViBYOR-2015.

Welcome to the 10th Edition of ViBGYOR International Short & Documentary Film Festival, to be held in Thrissur, Kerala, India from February 16-22, 2015. You may submit your films (documentary/ short-fiction/ music video/ animation/ spot/ experimental) for SELECTION PREVIEW. An eminent panel of Jury will select the final set of films for screening at ViBYOR-2015.

The last date for film submission is NOVEMBER 30th, 2014.

Only films produced and released after 1st January 2013 will be selected under the Open Category. Refer to Film Submission Guidelines and FAQ for any clarifications. If you face any difficulty/problem with online film submission, please send queries to info@vibgyorfilm.org or contact us at: 91-9447000830/91-9447893066

Film Spectrum

One may submit films under the following packages:

1. FOCUS OF THE YEAR
2. ViBGYOR THEME PACKAGE/S
3. KERALA SPECTRUM
4. OTHER (short fiction, music video, animation, experimental and spot films)

-The theme for the `Focus of the Year-2015’ package is ‘Green Growth’.
-Under the ViBGYOR package, there are seven themes, namely: 1) Identities 2) Rights 3) Gender & Sexualities 4) Fundamentalism & Diversity 5) Developmentalism 6) Nation State and 7) Culture & Media.
-Under Kerala Spectrum package, only films made by filmmakers residing in Kerala (documentary films based on `Kerala’ themes, short fiction and `Focus-Children’) films will be considered.

i) There is an Entry Fee of INR.300 for National/Kerala Spectrum entries and $10 for `International’ entries. You may submit more than one film, but each entry should comply with all submission requirements.
ii) In the Online Film Submission Form, please fill in all mandatory information (marked with *), regarding each film entry.
iii) Don’t forget to upload a high resolution still (grabbed from your film, not less than 2MB) from your film/s. We also need a photograph of the director/s, for promotion and publicity purposes.
iv) Two DVD copies should be submitted for Selection Preview purpose. Due to limitations in internet access in our region, we entertain film uploads only as exceptions. If your film is selected, you could send higher formats, like HD as Exhibition copy.
v) Please note the change in our Festival office address, where you should send your film packets: ViBGYOR, 5th Floor, Sun Towers, East Fort, Thrissur, 68005 Kerala, India. Tel. 9447000830/ 9447893066. Please mention your Online Film Entry Registration number on all discs, packets and in all further communications.
vi) We grant THREE Film Fellowships to three deserving young filmmakers whose films are entered under the National/ Kerala Spectrum sections. There are no Awards for National/ International entries.
vii) The Kerala Spectrum-Short Fiction is a Competitive category with cash prizes.
viii) The filmmaker/s or one representative of all selected films are invited to attend the festival and assured of local hospitality (we do not pay for travel expenses).

On behalf of the ViBGYOR Team,
Lilly Thomas (+ 91-9447022213) President, ViBGYOR Film Collective
Mustafa Desamangalam ((+ 91-9447743040) Secretary
Dr. Benny Benedict ((+ 91-9447000830) National Coordinator