Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival

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The aim of the festival is to showcase short and documentaries from across the world and promote storytellers. Started in 2012 the upcoming festivals marks the fifth year of the event. Format : Documentary or Short Film could be shot on any camera but English subtitles are compulsory for languages other than English, Hindi & Marathi. Pre selection Committee : All the Documentaries or Short Films will be confidentially screened by a pre-selection committee appointed by Arogya Sena. This committee reserves every right to exclude Documentaries which are not in conformity with the objectives of the competition or which offend national feelings or likely to promote discrimination based on gender, caste, creed, religion or language. The Documentaries or Short Films lacking sufficient technical qualities will also be rejected. Final Screening : Documentaries or Short Films selected by pre selection committee will only be eligible for final screening at the competition venue. Publication Authorization : All the official entrants will authorize the organizers to publish their Documentary or Short Film in SPIFF and will also allow usage of clips from the Documentary for the promotional usage on TV, Radio, in Print, at live festival events including photos, for which the entrants are solely responsible. Also the organizers will be able to share the information with its publicity partners (if any). Acknowledgement of the awards : Entrants must agree to acknowledge the award on the film itself if wins the award. Return of the copies : Copies for the festival will be retained by the organizers film archive for cultural, non-commercial, nonprofit festivals and archival screening in the future. Cancellation / rejection : Arogya Sena reserves the right to cancel any submission or take any action against any breach of regulations or any misbehavior disturbing the course of the festival. Arogya Sena also reserves all the rights to refuse or reject any registration / entry of any Documentary or Short Film or persons or institutions. Arogya Sena reserves all the rights to make any changes in the rules and regulations or in the schedule of the competition. Submission will only be considered valid after receiving all the required documents and the final screening copy of the Documentary or Short Film on or before 15 November, 2016 and will be considered as the final entry. Results declared by the pre selection committee and final juries will be treated as final and all the participants will be abide by them. Arogya Sena and juries will not have any bindings to give any clarification or justification regarding the results to anyone.