Students’ Short Film Competition
Call for entry
Rules & Regulation
• On the occasion of Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary celebration, a short filmmaking competition is organized among the film school students. Only existing students of film schools can participate and submit films for competition.
• There are two awards:
• Best film under international category
• Best film under national category
• For each category there is Best Film Award, an amount of INR 1,00,000 (In Words: One lakh Indian Rupees only) along with a trophy and certificate. The award will be handed over to the student director of the film.
• The international category is open for students under CILECT film schools. Any India film school and a member of CILECT can submit either for International Category or for National Category. A film cannot be submitted for both categories.
• All Indian film schools as well as media departments under universities that produce film as course curriculum can participate for the National Competition.
• there is no entry fee for submission.
• The film should follow the theme of the competition: REALISM.
• Only live action fiction films will be considered for competition. The duration of the film should be within 10 minutes.
• The preview copy for the jury should be in .mp4 format.
• All submitted films may be in any language but must be subtitled in English.
• You can also register and submit your film details at raytoday.in/contest.php.
• Last date for submission of online entry form along with the film link: December 31, 2021.
• No submission will be considered after December 15, 2021.
• Only the winners of the awards (both the directors of the film and the concerned institution) will be communicated on January 15, 2022.
• The decision of the jury members is final.
• The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, the 30th of January, 2022, on the closing day of 6th CLAPSTICK INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FILM FESTIVAL 2022, a bi-annual festival organised by Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.
• On successful entry and upload, the student filmmaker / participating film school agrees that all information / content will be available to Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute for usage in any manner it thinks fit, subject to applicable provisions of the legislation of India.
• The student filmmaker / participating film school also agrees that the information / content does not infringe the intellectual or other proprietary interests of any third parties.
• The student filmmaker / participating film school agrees to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free right to exercise intellectual property of the submitted content.
• For further enquiries, please email to: sbhaumik@srfti.ac.in and freesudipto@gmail.com or call at: +91 9434427128.
