Vasundhara Short Film Competition 2012 on Environmental Themes

Vasundhara Short Film Competition 2012 on Environmental Themes
Thu May 3, 2012 10:40 pm (PDT)

VASUNDHARA SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2012 ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES Organized by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)
Competition Rules & Regulations
Purpose: To promote conservation of nature and public appreciation of biodiversity through the power of visual imagery.
To promote an awareness creation for changing our habits and attitudes towards environment. a.. Promote excellence in the films from which man first learn about nature. b.. Inspire greater interest in Earth's living riches. c.. Illustrate the wonders of our nature world. d.. Educate about the threats facing our planets biodiversity. e.. Encourage enthusiasm for nature. f.. Environment & impact of Human factor. g.. Pollution & its Effects & Remedies. h.. Pollution and Solutions. Entry Requirements: a.. Entry is free. b.. Entries must have been submitted on or before 19th May 2012 and the central force should be on aspects of nature and wildlife, environment and conservation issues, or, nature and people. c.. The production date of the film should be after 1st April 2010. d.. Entry should be made on DVD PAL. e.. This competition will be in two groups : 1) Armature & 2) Professional f.. Entrants should include following things with completed entry form: 1) Digital copies of following in CD or DVD a) Synopsys of the film. b) Trailer. c) Director's bio data. d) Still Photographs (digital preferred) from each production for promotion of film. e) The festival organizers will not responsible for damages or losses during the shipments.
· Language of the film should be as following preference: a) Marathi b) Hindi c) English
Publicity & Promotion: Entrant automatically grant consent for up to 3 minutes of each production submitted (in the absence of entry trailer) to be made available, free of charge for promotion tape of the festival, its website, for broadcast media, and for use in any reasonable way connected with the promotion of the festival both at the time of event and the month following. This film competition will be organized in association with Paryavaran Dakshata Manch.
Entry Registration: Every registration will be closed on 19th May 2012.
Entry package should send to Mr. Sanjay Bhuskute, P.R.O., Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, 3rd floor, Kalpataru Point, Sion Circle, Sion, Mumbai.22
Entrant should download the entry form, and, it will reach in Hard Copy only (with all required documents), to above address on or before closing date.
Judging: Entries will be screened and judged by the judging committee and entries selected by the committee will be screened at festival.
Second Nominees: Nominated films will be made available for free screening during the festival. After the festival, all DVD's of the finalist film will be retained by the festival organizers and will be screened free of charge at nonprofit screenings in line with purpose of the festival.
Validity: The submission of an entry registration for the festival implies of these rules. Any matter come into dispute, it will be settled amicably.
URL: http://www.mpcb.gov.in/vasudharaShortFlim12/vasun_filmcompittionRulesEng.pdf