Best of India Short Film Festival 2023

To be eligible for the Best of India Short Film Festival, films must comply with the following:

• Entries are accepted exclusively through www.filmfreeway.com/BestofIndiaShortFilmFestival
• The Writer, Director or Producer is from India or has roots connected to India.
• The films submitted must have been produced within the last 2 years.
• The running total time of the film should be no more than 40 minutes (including credits).
• Multiple submissions must be provided as individual submissions.
• The submitting filmmaker must be either the Producer or Director of the film.
• The Producer / Director warrants to the Best of India Short Film Festival that they have obtained all the necessary permissions to enter this film and that the film does not infringe the rights, including copyright, of any third party and that all rights and clearances have been made. This includes use of music and literary material. You accept to hold full legal responsibility for the intellectual property herein.
• The film should be submitted as per the eligibility requirements. Films violating the eligibility requirements will be rejected.
• You may withdraw your film at any given point; however, films cannot be withdrawn from the festival after being officially selected.
• All films in a regional language other than English must include English subtitles.
• Any short film selected or not selected will be a decision of the Best of India Short Film Festival selection panel which is final and accepted by all parties. If you are the Producer submitting the film, then you will be fully responsible to obtain a ‘no objection letter’ from whoever owns the rights to the short film.
• We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

** Tech Specs for High-Definition Source Profile

If the short film was originally shot on film, please deliver one HD master file in the following format:

• Apple ProRes 422 HQ or Uncompressed. (NOT ACCEPTED: Apple Pro Res H264).
• VBR expected at ≥220 Mbps
• 1920 x 1080 square pixel aspect ratio material.
• Native frame rate of original source:
• 24 or 25 progressive frames per second
• 23.976 progressive frames for inverse telecine sourced from film
• Telecine materials will not be accepted
• HD source may be delivered matted: letterbox or pillar box.

Once the entry has been uploaded, the filmmaker guarantees that the submission is original work and that there are no ownership or copyright disputes regarding the entry. That you are authorized to submit the film and affirm that your submission does not violate any law or right of any person or entity.

You understand that failure to comply with the Best of India Short Film Festival guidelines, your entry will be automatically disqualified. Should your film not have at least one key cast or key creative crew who is of Indian origin, your film will be disqualified.

By submitting your film to the Best of India Short Film Festival, you agree that Shorts TV has the right to use clips, images, and/or sound from your film for promotional purposes in the form of, but not limited to, print, radio, television, and Internet media.