EAEFF 24
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - EMAMI ART EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Festival of Indian and International Experimental Films, Video, and Artists’ Moving Image
Festival Dates: 6 – 10, November 2024 | Kolkata Centre for Creativity
The extended date of All-India Open Call application is 31 August 2024.
The EAEFF All-India Open Call invites applications for experimental films, videos, and artists’ moving image works. EAEFF is a platform dedicated to curating and building discourses around alternative and experimental practices. The current edition of the festival showcases the works of some of the internationally acclaimed artists and filmmakers alongside recent critical productions from India selected via Open Call.
AWARDS
Two Awards
Among the selected films that will be screened in the competition section, two films by two different filmmakers/collectives, one from the short-mid duration category and the other from the long-duration category, will be selected by the jury for the Emami Art Experimental Film Awards of Excellence worth 50000 INR (Fifty thousand Indian Rupees) each.
Awards supported by the Emami Foundation and Kolkata Centre for Creativity.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications can be submitted after filling out the Google form by clicking here
We expect fiction/non-fiction films with experimental, non-narrative elements. Narrative fiction films will not be considered for the competition.
There is no application fee.
No age limit.
PROCESS OF SELECTION
A panel of invited Jurors will review all the submitted films. The selection and Judging committee has the full authority to accept or reject any film. The decision of the Committee will be final, and no communication on this issue will be entertained. Only the selected filmmakers will be intimated.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The maximum duration of the film must not exceed 60 minutes.
- Regional language films with dialogues should have subtitles (if necessary) in the film.
- We accept submissions as Vimeo links and Google Drive links. For Vimeo files, if they are password protected, the password should be shared in the Google form. For Google Drive links, it should be made access to all.
- One filmmaker/collective can submit a maximum of up to two films – one film per category. The categories are short-mid duration (below 20 mins) and long duration (between 20 - 60 mins). For each film, a separate Google Form must be submitted.
- If the film is by a collective, it must be submitted by one of the members of the collective mentioning the collaborative effort towards making the film.
- Films made before November 2022 will not be considered for competition.
- Multi-channel videos will not be accepted because the competition screening will be in a regular screening format.
- The stills and footage from the selected films shall be utilized solely for non-commercial purposes, which include promotional activities, creatives, Instagram reels, trailers/teaser handouts, and other promotional materials for the current and subsequent editions.
- If the film is selected for the competition, the applicants will be contacted to submit the high-resolution files for screening. For experimental films, the submitted film’s resolution must be at least Full HD with H.264 codec.
- For films with audio, it must be 2-track (Stereo) PCM in 48000hz sample rate and 24-bit bit-depth. If the audio is in other formats, please downmix it into stereo.
- Films submitted for the previous editions of EAEFF (EAEFF 22 and EAEFF 23) will not be considered for the competition.
- For the films selected for the screening in the competition section, no fee/film rental will be paid.
- The films which have already been screened before are also accepted. Premier status is not required.
- Diploma/ graduation films are also eligible for submission.
All the mandatory fields should be filled up. Incomplete applications will not be considered for review.
Please note that any late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
IMPORTANT DATES AND DETAILS
The extended date of application is 31 August 2024.
The final selection of films will be announced by the end of September 2024.
For more details, visit www.emamiart.com, contact: 9319413922,
write to eaexperimentalfilmfest@gmail.com
Please contact us only during office hours (10:00 am - 6:00 pm) for any inquiries.