Jamshedpur International Film Festival

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It all started rolling in 1992 as a biennial concept. But the zest with which the Chapter's efforts towards this end was lauded, served as a pep pill and the Jamshedpur International Film Festival turned an annual event of entertainment, excitement, information and discovery since 1996.

The screening of between 70 to 100 feature films and approximately 15 short and documentary films makes JIFF an exciting annual rendezvous. To spice up the proceedings are the hugely attended discussion sessions like, Meet the Directors and of course, events like Felicitation of Directors, actors and actresses, publication of festival bulletins etc.

Personalities of the eminence of G. P. Sippy, Archana, Phillip Fallise (Cultural Attache, Belgian Embassy), Vijay Tendulkar, Balu Mahendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Madhabi Mukherjee, B Narsingh Rao and their like, have graced, from time to time, the eight Jamshedpur International Film Festival and five Children's International Film Festivals that have been organized till date by the Celluloid Chapter.

The 2005 Jamshedpur International Film Festival will be organized during 19th - 26th Nov'05.

Guidelines for filling up the Entry Form

Regulations

The festival is non competitive and no award will be given.
Rules of FIAPF will be followed strictly.
No Entry Fee.
Entry is open to 35 mm/16 mm feature films.
No restrictions on the number of films entered per person or company.
Each film must be entered separately.
Films entered must be submitted or dubbed in English.
No censorship will be applied to films entered in the festival. During the festival, none of the accepted films will be shown outside Festival City.
All films will be shown in their original language. Other than English language films must have subtitle in English.

Last Date of Entry

1st November 2005 with VHS Cassette.

Entry Form

About their participation, indicating the titles of films and the names and addresses of the directors, producers, production company and export agents against each film title. Participants are requested to fill in the Entry Form. This form must reach Celluloid Chapter by 1 November 2005. Entries can be made by individual film producers, or by a Government organization/agency of the participating countries in the Entry Form. Celluloid Chapter Jamshedpur may also invite films it considers of interest.

Prints

Prints of films must reach Celluloid Chapter Jamshedpur by 15th November 2005. The date of despatch, the titles of the films, number of reels, and the Airways/Railway consignment numbers or courier's name must be faxed to Celluloid Chapter. The prints should be sent freight pre-paid. After the festival, the prints will be returned to the senders by Celluloid Chapter.

Vital Information

The prints received for the festival will be insured by the Celluloid Chapter against fire, theft and damage from the time of receipt to the time of despatch. The insurance will be for the cost of print as specified in the entry form.
The prints will be despatched to the entrant or its authorized nominee, representative within 14 days from the screening.
One way cost of the freight towards the despatch of the print will be borne by Celluloid Chapter.
All entrants grant Celluloid Chapter the permission to hold three screenings of their films during the festival.
All films entries selected for the festival, grant Celluloid Chapter the rights to use footage and/or titles and information from the film for promotional purpose.

Selections

The programme of the festival will be divided into the following broad sections

World Window
Focus on a Region or Country
Indian Panorama
Director's Retrospectives (Indian and Foreign)
Ethnic Films
Asian Horizon
Young Filmmakers of East and North East India
Life is uncertain : Love is elsewhere

Publicity Material

The following materials pertaining to each film entered shoudl reach Celluloid Chapter by 10th November 2005.

Five copies of the synopsis in English with cast and credits.
Short biography of the director and the leading artistes.
Four sets of photographs of the director and the leading artistes.
Four sets of stills.
A few posters.

The format be 35 mm or 70 mm or the screening ratio i.e. 1:1.33, 1:1.66, Cinemascope, etc. should be clearly specified in the Entry Form. Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these regulations. Celluloid Chapter Jamshedpur will decide all matters not expressly provided for in these Regulations and its decisions shall be final and binding on all parties.

Celluloid Chapter, Jamshedpur reserves the right to exclude films which are not in conformity with the aims of the Festival, or which could offend the national feelings and susceptibilities of any participating country, or are likely to promote racial discrimination.

The prints of films entered in the Festival, Publicity material and all correspondence should be addressed to :

The General Secretary
CELLULOID CHAPTER
8-10, N-Road, Bistupur
Jamshedpur 831001
Jharkhand, India