Rules & Terms
⦿ Call for Entry Opens: 10 Agust 2024
⦿ Close Entry: October 31, 2024⦿ Entry fees Non- Refundable.
⦿ The film/video can be of any language or of any genre. All non-English films must have English subtitles
⦿ Submission is not a Guarantee of Official Selection.
⦿ Eligibility for Nomination and award is Subject to at least 25 Submissions in that specific category.
⦿ The decision of the Awards committee and jury members will be considered final.
⦿ All information will be given on the Awards ’s Facebook page, or an attempt will be made to contact by mail.
⦿ Awards Ceremony on : 11 Nov, 2024,Galib Institute , Mata Sundari Lane, Mata Sundari Women’s college, ITO, Delhi – 110002
⦿ Eligibility
- Submission to the Filmsamrat Awards 2024 is open to Short films only.(Any Languages)
- All the films Submitted by Film Makers to the Awards under Short Film. Announcement Categories, and Created after 1 January 2022 will be included under the Competition Section of the Awards program. If any filmmaker wants the screening of his/her film which be completed before 20122, it will be accepted but will be excluded from the competition.
⦿ Entry Fee
- FSSA charges a nominal entry fee to the contest.
2. Entry fees Non- Refundable.
⦿ Number of Submissions
Filmmakers may submit any number of films under the Awards Film Categories like Short Film.
⦿ Submission Categories
a) Short Film (Less than 30 Minutes)
1.7 Participation
Participation in the FSSA -2024 implies acceptance of the Rules and Regulations by filmmakers, producers, and their agents. The Awards will not provide any screening fees for any films and doesn’t give travel expenses for any film representative.
⦿ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND MATERIALS
- Submission Deadlines
The final deadline for submitting the films is 31 October, 2024. The films which will be submitted after the mentioned date will not be accepted by the Awards Authority.
⦿ Press Kit / Publicity Materials
Please include HIGH-RESOLUTION photographs (JPEG, TIFF, or EPS formats and mobile content also acceptable). The following formats will be required for the press kit and Awards Directory
i) Production stills (4)
ii) Director’s photographs (2)
iii) Poster
iv) Movie Stills (2)
v) Press clippings, brochures, pamphlets
vi) A 20-second Trailer to be submitted with each film.
⦿ Submission Materials
None of the above-listed submission materials will be returned.
⦿ Selection
Awards programmers select and invite all films presented at the Awards. Films selected for the FSSA-2024 will be announced the in the Awards ceremony.
⦿ SELECTED FILMS
1. Participant’s obligation
Participation in the Awards requires unconditional adherence to its regulations as set out here.
2. Satellite Channel Exhibition
All the films selected under the Competition Section of the Awards are requested to give absolute clearance for the one-time exhibition of their film in a Partnering Satellite Channel.
3. Catalogue materials
All contact persons of selected films will receive a request for catalog materials upon confirming participation in the Awards.
3.1 Required catalog materials
To compile the Awards Catalogue for each selected film, the Festival must receive a duly completed entry form and press kit. The requested materials should be sent/submitted as soon as possible upon acceptance of the invitation. The Awards accepts no liability if its publications reproduce inaccuracies in submitted materials.
3.2 Credits
In principle, the catalog will include the following technical and artistic credits: original title, year of production, premiere status, format, running time, director, production company, producer, sales company, print source, screenplay, cinematography, editing, production design, sound, music, principal cast.
3.3 Catalogue Writings
Catalog writings are entirely at the discretion of the Awards.
3.4 Publicity Materials
The contact persons of the films participating in the Awards will receive a request from the Press office to send publicity materials. These materials will be used in Festival publications and for distribution to the press and festival guests. Each film should be submitted with a trailer of 20 seconds.
3.4 Excerpts
After the official selection of a film, the Awards is qualified to use excerpts from the film, with a maximum of 3 minutes or a total duration of the excerpts not exceeding more than 10% of the running time of the film, for promotional purposes both nationally and internationally. In the event that excerpts are not available, and it’s being understood that under no circumstances the entire print may be lent out, the Festival is qualified to copy, under its strict supervision, one or more excerpts from the film for promotional use prior to, during and after the Festival.
3.5 Promotion
For the promotion of the entire selection and each selected film, the Awards website is allowed to use any photo or digital film clip (less than 3 minutes duration or the total duration of the excerpts not exceeding more than 10% of the film running time). The 20-second trailer of the film may be used for promotion.
3.6 Programming
General scheduling and the timetabling of public screenings are entirely at the discretion of the Awards Management.
3.7 Subtitling
Selected films will be screened in their original version. In principle, if not with English dialogues, films must be subtitled in ENGLISH. An electronic subtitling system should not be used for any film.
⦿ Use of the Submission Materials:
1. Promotion: FSSA will promote the Awards and its awards by featuring extracts from submission on radio, television, and digital media throughout the world. FSSA reserves the right to use the extracts of all submissions in these promotional activities.
2. Screening: FSSA is entitled to screen the submitted productions both Online and Offline to the public during and after the Awards for an unlimited period of time for both Commercial and Non-commercial purposes.
3. Images: Entrants warrant that FSSA is entitled to use all the submitted images for promotional activity of the Awards throughout the world in different digital media for an unlimited period of time without making any payment for such usage.
4. Film Library: All submissions will be retained at FSSA World Film Library for educational and archival purposes. For such purposes, FSSA does not pay any fees to entrants.
5. Editing: FSSA reserves the right to edit the information supplied by the Entrants for publication in the Festival Souvenir (For both Online & Printed versions)
⦿ Judging Process:
There will be three rounds of Judging
Round A: In this round, A FSSA Jury panel will decide whether the film covers all the entry guidelines properly. Then the panel will shortlist the best movies and prepare a list of 100 films for Round B.
Round B: In this round, the Screening Committee will decide the Nomination. A list of nominated films will be decided in this round.
Final Round: In this round, the full bench of Judges with the Festival Chairman, Festival Director, and Chief Advisor of the Screening Committee will decide the Films for Awards in a different category.
Note. Selected 10 Short Film will be Screened at the Awards ceremony in presence of audience.