2 Years
Deepan Thiruppathy
The Rolling Reels short Film Festival (RRFF) is a wholly student run organization established in the year 2015. It is presented by Festember, the national-level inter college cultural festival of NIT-Trichy, with over a hundred students working on this venture. RRFF is a one-day cinematic extravaganza with several events sure to please young filmmakers and actors. Festember seeks to establish a platform on which such people would get to interact with pioneers in the field to help hone their skills. The main event comprises of a Short Film Contest which would allow participants to send in their entries for a period of three months (May- July) after which the entries will be filtered by a preliminary panel of judges. The shortlisted movies will then get the opportunity to be screened during the First day of the Festival in front of an elite jury comprising of eminent personalities from the film industry. Along with Film Screening, the Festival Day will also boast of conducting a glamorous workshop on movie editing by the great Sreekar Prasad sir and have a panel discussion on a topic of deep concern in today's film industry.
1. Best Cinematography 2. Best Editing 3. Best Actor/ Actress 4. Best Director Participants were given Cash prizes and Kinds totally worth INR 1.5 Lakh in the previous editions.
1. All entries submitted should not exceed 16 mins in duration including all titles and credits. 2. The film should be a work of fiction. 3. Minimum acceptable resolution of the submitted film is 720p. 4. Entries are open for participants from across the globe. 5. The movie should have been shot on or after 1st February 2016. Films previously entered into and selected for screening at previous editions of RRFF are not eligible for re-entry in subsequent years. 6. If the film is not in English, then it must have hard coded English subtitles. 7. Top 10 entries juried by our panel, will be screened during the RRFF weekend. The results of the contest will be announced during the Valediction Ceremony, on the final day of the RRFF festival. Jury decision is FINAL and BINDING. 8. RRFF will not be responsible for conflicts, disputes or disagreements of any kind, that the crew members encounter during the shooting of the film. 9. RRFF and its associated parties alone reserve the sole right to disqualify submitted films deemed to be inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant for the competition, based on their discretion. 10. The submitted films before screening will be strictly restricted to the eyes of only the Jury committee that adjudges the films. 11. Films containing prohibited, inappropriate, pejorative or unnatural content involving elements of bigotry, desecration or of the like, as determined by RRFF, are liable to be disqualified. 12. In the event of a film being withdrawn, RRFF will not be liable to reimburse the fee or return the materials entered. 13. RRFF will not be accountable for any unprecedented changes to the schedule after the festival line-up is announced, owing to unavoidable reasons. 14. Participation in RRFF grants us the authority to publicize the entry and film-poster on RRFF and Festember networks and websites. Screening of the film, however, will be done ONLY during the festival, provided the film has been shortlisted for the top ten. 15. If the BGM, soundtracks, sequences and props used in the film are not original, then prior permission from the rightful owner should be obtained and cited. The responsibility for this rests entirely with the filmmaker and his crew. Failure to obtain clearance could result in the film being withdrawn from contention. In this event, RRFF will not be liable to reimburse the fee or return the materials entered. 16. RRFF will attempt to resolve any technical matters related to submission. 17. Participants must UPLOAD their film to FilmFreeway on the day that their registration process is completed. Please include your film Poster (.png/ .jpeg/.jpeg only) and a 50-60 word Synopsis (.doc/.txt only) for your entry. We would like to ensure that the judges view your film in the highest quality possible, so the submissions should preferably be the final cuts. 18. RRFF will contact you ([email protected]) if there are any problems with your film. Once downloaded by us, your entry will be uploaded to our server. A tick mark against your film entry will appear within 24hrs of film upload, indicating your film has been submitted. If you do not see such an intimation, contact us or hit us a mail at [email protected]. 19. The submission of a film to RRFF will be considered to be an acknowledgment and subsequent declaration of adherence, to the festival rules and regulations.