Chalachitram (http://chalachitram.in/) :
Cinema has come to be recognized as one of the most powerful mediums. But in India it has remained a means of glossy entertainment, rather than a catalyst of social change and a vehicle of culture. And the efforts of the cine clubs have remained to large extent is dated and sporadic, to say the least. Cinema need to go beyond the main stream and the metropolitan, into the grass root level. And somehow when it comes to weaving myriad cultures, seen in India context, somehow we seem to fall behind. The aims and objectives of Chalachitram are – To take films closer to the people at large To increase appreciate of recent trends of film and film making To explore possibilities of film as a weapon to create awareness of our heritage To have informed interactions, connect and collaborate with directors, producers, actions on films and film making To bring into fore historical and social movement in support of objectives so stated Film Festival and Cultural Fest Seek to create a forum for building nationalism, unity and patriotism To build national unity through cultural exchange To bring governmental agencies closer to people when it comes to cultural exchange and debate To create awareness of our rich culture and heritage, which is one of its kind and also dates back to the earliest times To build a bridge between our traditional art form with that of modern era To make Assam a hub of cinema tourism. HERITAGE SHORT FILM COMPETITION : THEME: “OUR HERITAGE, OUR PRIDE. (Documentary-Fiction-Animation) This encompass a). Land and people b). Tourism c). Arts d). Handicrafts and Textiles e). Manuscript and Manuscript Paintings f). Painting wood carving g). Music and Musician h). Festivals i). Monuments and Heritage sites j). Social reformers and pioneers k). Sports l). Tea and Oil Industry. AWARDS : Best film – Trophy with cash Award Rs 1,00,000 to the producer and certificate to the Director. Best Director- Trophy with cash Award 15,000/- and certificate to the producer. Best Music Director –Trophy with cash award 10,000/- Best content/ screenplay – Trophy with cash award 10,000/- Best Editor – Trophy with cash award 10,000/- Best DoP- Trophy with cash award 10,000/- Best Sound Designing – Trophy with cash award 10,000/- Best Voice Over – Trophy with cash award 10,000/- The jury panel shall comprise eminent directors, cultural icons, educationist from different parts of India. RULES AND REGULATIONS Aim and Objective The objective of Heritage short film competition are – To explore to possibilities of film as a weapon to create awareness about heritage. To discover the uniqueness of our heritage which is our pride and part of cultural richness. SUBMISSION : Entries at HSFC are open to all Indian citizens including NRIs. Duration of the short film shall be 10 minutes including front and back credits. The film may be in any format, including cell phone but only DVD will be accepted for the competition. The film can either be silent or with dialogues. Films other than English, must have English subtitles. The DVD can be sent by courier or post and should be submitted with Entry fee and Entry form Film Festival has the rights to use the entries/selected films, preview DVD, synopsis by Director for promotional purposes and to retain DVD copies of each film as part of festival library. Films once selected and submitted for final screening will not be allowed to be withdrawn under any circumstances till festival is over. Entry materials including stills, posters synopsis of film shall not be returned to the entrant. The two copies DVDs of the film(PAL or NTSC system mp4 format with H-24 codec or standard mpeg-2, avi, wmv format should have following on a plain paper and posted on the non-playing side- Film Title (original and English), Running time (in minutes), Country, Year of Production, Contact number and email id of Producer/Production Company. All hard copies /DVD sent to the HSFC must be prepaid and insured by your own protection and addressed to Director, Heritage Short Film Competition, Viswa Sangbad Kendra, 247 Hengerabari Road, Ganeshguri, GUWAHATI 781036 Assam, India, Tel 70023 89344 email id: [email protected] Complete documentation of the film is to be made to Festival when required. The DVD must be sent by registered mail stating of “No Commercial Value” and only for selection/cultural purposes. The postal/customs fees of the submitted film will be borne by the entrant. Multiple entries can be submitted but there should be separate entry forms, preview DVD, synopsis/description. Each film is to be considered as new entry. The organizing, selection committee members, juries are not allowed to participate as contestant. ENTRY FEES : Early Bird Entry- Rs. 500/- Regular Entry – Rs. 1000/- iii. Late Entry – Rs. 2000/- Payment of fees – The entrant can pay by – Cheque or Demand Draft drawn in favour of Chalachitram payable at Guwahati. The cheque /DD can be sent through courier along with film, DVD and press kit or can be deposited locally against bank account number which will be available on request by email. Film submission Early Bird – Till 15th Feb 2017 Regular – 20th Feb 2017 Late Deadline – 25th Feb 2017 Announcement of Result – Ist March 2017 Festival dates – 3rd, 4th and 5th March, 2017 Film should be submitted before deadline. The HSFC is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, postage due, stolen or misappropriated entries. Entry forms with incorrect/inadequate/illegible/ambiguous particulars will not be considered. The festival committee reserves the rights to accepts or refuse any film without assigning any reason whatsoever. DVDs submitted for selection shall be final and no changes will admitted after submission. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to submit DVDs without any physical/quality defets. The competition is open to professionals as well as students. SELECTION A jury board consisting of artists, critics, film makers, writers and other professionals shall short list the films and it is discretion of the Festival organizers to substitute the same. Another jury will select the winners. The decision of jury shall be final and no further correspondence on any matter shall be entertained on selection of films. The selected films will be notified through website/social media platforms as per schedule. However the Festival Committee reserve the rights to change dates, without assigning any reason whatsoever. The Festival Committee reserves the rights to show the films on non commercial basis in different towns of North East. For promotional/publicity purposes, excerpts of film which has entered the festival, may be shown in electronic media/internet and other related media during festival period. Entry constitutes permission to use winner’s name, likeness, voice for further advertising and publicity purposes without additional compensation. Filmmakers/delegates of short listed films will be invited to attend the GUWAHATI FILM FESTIVAL where the films will be screened. However the festival will not arrange or reimburse for travel / accommodation expenses of the participants. The Film Festival has the power to settle all cases not covered by rules and regulations. Participation in the Film Festival implies acceptance of all aforesaid regulations and respect of screening and submission rules. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS : Short films which are submitted must be entrants’ original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third party. Contestants agree that they have obtained all required permission regarding music, sound and/or images presented in short film. The festival organizer is not to be held liable for any copyrights infringement perpetuated by the contestant or his film. The festival organizers reserve the right not to screen any film for any reason it deems valid. The contestant accepts the responsibility of the accuracy of information supplied and authorities HSFC to reproduce/use personal/company’s contact information as supplied. All legal issues, if any shall be subject to the jurisdiction of Gauhati High Court. Entrants will retain all ownership rights. ENTRY FORM PDF :http://chalachitram.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Heritage-Short-film-competition-Entry.pdf The Team : Utpal Datta – President Indrani Laskar – Vice President Prabal Khaound – Vice President Bhagabat Pritam Datta – General Secretary Amarjyoti Deka – Organizing Secretary Trin Sarma Pabitra Margherita Pramod Kalita Dr Alekshya Baruah Bobita Sarma – Treasurer And Tirthankar Das Kalita Contact : Chalachitram Vishwa Samvad Kendra 247 #Hengarabari Road Ganeshguri Guwahati - 781036 Assam. India Email: [email protected] Phones : Utpal Datta-94350-11354 Indrani Laskar- 99571-86824 Amarjyoti Deka-70023-89344 / 94351-07698 Pabitra Margherita - 98640-16317 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ সমাজৰ কাৰণে ভাল কাম কৰাজনৰ পৰিচয় ৰাইজৰ আগত দাঙি ধৰিব লাগে আৰু ভাল খবৰবোৰ যিমান পাৰি ৰাইজৰ মাজত বিলাব লাগে। ---- বুলজিৎ বুঢ়াগোহাঁই _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://lists.assamnet.org/listinfo.cgi/assam-assamnet.org
