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Indian Film Festival Japan Submission Dates and Information

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Mar 2, 2012, 22:31

The Indian Film Festival Japan (IFFJ) seeks narratives, documentaries, shorts, music videos, trailers, experimental, children's and animated films of any length and format for the film festival taking place October 2012 at Auditorium Shibuya, a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Tokyo. Jury and Audience Choice prizes will be awarded for best feature, documentary and short film.

(Tokyo, Japan) Submission Deadlines & Fees

Early Bird Deadline: May 10th, 2012
Films under 40 min: Free
Films 40 min and over: Free

Final Deadline - June 10th, 2012
Films under 40 min: Free
Films 40 min and over: Free

Submission Rules

*Films from or about India, with or without an Indian theme, made by Indian and international filmmakers, produced in 2010 or later are eligible to be submitted.
*Films from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh are encouraged to submit for a South Asian Arts Award section.
*Filmmakers may submit more than one entry with single submission.
*DVDs, Blue Ray, 35mm reel (DVDs preferably in NTSC format) accepted for submission screening. Submissions with Japanese or English subtitles are appreciated.
*DVDs, Blue Ray, 35 mm reels must be labeled with the title, running time, format (PAL or NTSC), and contact information on the label.
*If your film is selected, you will be required to provide one more DVD, Blue Ray (NTSC) screeners, a press kit with press reviews, synopsis, full credits, film stills, trailer (or film clips), posters, and a director's bio with a headshot. If you have sent the information before, you need not send again.
*All filmmakers will be notified via email by September 1, 2012.

Send DVD, Blue ray, 35 mm reel screeners to:

Indian Film Festival of Japan (IFFJ) ATTN: Films306,1-4-1; Toyama; Shinjuku ku; Tokyo, Japan 162-0052

For questions, please contact Programming Coordinator Suresh Thati at info (at) indianfilmfestivaljapan (dot) com or suresh (at) thatimedia (dot) com

 

Resources:

www.indianfilmfestivaljapan.com