CALL for Entries

Welcome to the 7^th Edition of ViBGYOR International Film Festival for Short & Documentary films, to be held in Thrissur, Kerala, India from February 22-26, 2012! Renowned filmmaker Megnath is the Festival Director for 2012 VIBGYOR.

As a filmmaker already connected to ViBGYOR, we hope that you would continue to cooperate with our festival. If you have a recent film—a documentary/short fiction/music video/animation/spot or experimental film-- that pertain to any of our `spectrums/themes’/ you may send them for the SELECTION PREVIEW. But first you need to complete the online film submission by logging on to www.vibgyorfilm.org. The last date for film submissions: NOVEMBER 30th, 2011

 

Film Spectrum

 ‘South Asia: Lives and Livelihoods’ is the special focus theme of ViBGYOR-2012. Apart from the Focus theme package, there are seven ViBGYOR theme packages, namely: 1) Identities 2) Rights 3) Gender & Sexualities 4) Fundamentalism & Diversity 5) Developmentalism 6) Nation State and 7) Culture & Media. There are three zonal divisions such as International/National/Kerala Spectrum. One may enter films under `Focus of the Year’ package, `ViBGYOR’ Theme package and `Kerala Spectrum’ package. (Only films made by filmmakers residing in Kerala will be considered under Kerala Spectrum, which showcases documentaries, short fiction and `Focus-Children’ films based on `Kerala’ themes)

Please refer to Film Submission Guidelines and FAQ. For any difficulty/problem with online film entry procedure please send queries to info@vibgyorfilmfest.org or contact us at: 0-9447441621

i)        There is an Entry Fee of INR.300 for National/Kerala Spectrum entries and $10 for entries from overseas. You may submit more than one film, but each entry should comply with all submission requirements.

ii)      Please make sure that in the Online Film Entry form you provide with all mandatory information regarding each film entry and about yourself and also upload high resolution stills (not exceeding 1 MB) of your films and any other publicity material.

iii)    For Festival screening, we accept DVCAM, MiniDV and DVD as Exhibition copies (if your film is selected). However Two DVD (PAL) copies should be submitted for Selection Preview purpose, without which we will not consider your entry.

iv)     Send the film submission packets to: ViBGYOR, 2^nd Floor Kalliath Square, Palace Road, Thrissur, 680 020, Kerala, Tel. 0487-2323590/9809477058. Please mention your Online Film Entry (registration) number on all discs, packets and in all further communications.

v)      All selected films will receive a Certificate of Participation. ViBGYOR is a non-competitive Film Festival; so there are no Awards. However we award filmmaking Fellowships to Three deserving young filmmakers whose films are entered under the National/ Kerala Spectrum sections.

Warmly,
Seena Panoli (cell. 9447546417) President-ViBGYOR Film Collective
Joseph Lazer (9447441621)Secretary-ViBGYOR
Sarat Cheloor (9809477058) Programme Coordinator
Benny Benedict (9447000830),  National Coordinator