New Delhi: The film festival accepts documentaries, animation, and short videos that showcase scientist’s role post-independence, freedom moment, and many more.
Vigyan Prasar (VP) and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) have planned to hold an online science Film Festival to commemorate the momentous occasion of the 75th year of India’s independence from colonial rule.
Called “Swatantrata ka Vigyan Filmotsav”, the program is part of a series of events being organized by the Government as `Swatantrata ka Amrit Mahotsav’, to mark the landmark occasion for the country.
The entries can be in the form of documentaries, docu-dramas, animations, and short videos with a duration of up to 60 minutes. But, they should have been made in the last 10 years, from 1st August 2011 to 31st July 2021.
The entries can be on three broad Themes: `role of scientists in India’s freedom movement’; `India’s premier science institutions in India’s freedom movement’; and `science and technology in India during 1947 or pre-independence era’. Any Indian citizen can participate in the festival. There is no age bar and no registration fee.
Awards will be given for the best entries. The first prize will carry Rs.1,50,000/- in cash with trophy & certificate; second prize Rs.1,00,000/- with trophy & certificate and the third prize Rs.75,000/- with trophy & certificate.
The last date to submit the entries will be on 31st July 2021. An individual can submit up to two entries. However, a separate entry form is required for each entry. The films can be submitted in any Indian language. Films produced in languages other than Hindi or English must be subtitled in Hindi or English. The festival is tentatively fixed to be held from August 13 to 15 this year.
As per the guidelines, the organizers will have non-exclusive rights to screen the film entries as and when required for non-commercial screening or traveling / online versions of the festival; and take part in other national and international festivals in non-competitive categories. They will also have the liberty to use up to 45 seconds of the take partpart footage for promotional purposes.
The award money will be distributed equally between the producer (copyright holder) and the director. The director will receive the trophy, and both the producer and the director will receive certificates.
Courtesy: (India Science Wire)
