- Students may use any camera/technology available to them.
Projection-worthy picture/sound quality is preferred.
- While students have complete freedom in selecting a film’s
theme, story, approach, and style, all laws of the land need to
be respected (including those relating to obscenity,
defamation, copyright, and inciting communal disharmony).
The final call regarding the content shall be taken by the jury
members.
- Only one submission per person per category.
- The Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Designer and Cinematographer must all be student at the time of creation of the film. Any film with a non-student in the above fields will not be accepted.
- Ten films will be shortlisted in each category by a panel of judges and will be screened during the festival.
- The festival has four categories:
Fiction (Duration: 5:01 minutes-20 minutes including film credits)
Non-Fiction (Duration: 5:01 minutes-20 minutes including film credits)
Nano (Duration: 30 seconds - 5 minutes including film credits)
Animation (Duration: 5:01 minutes-15 minutes including film credits)
- Submissions must fall under the time limits of each category, else they cannot be accepted.
- All the submitted films should have English subtitles.
- Films submitted to FirstCut in the previous years are not eligible for re-submission.
- For Nano, Fiction and Non-Fiction categories, films completed on or after 30th January 2018 are eligible.
- For Animation category, films completed on or after 30th January 2017 are eligible.
- Submission is online, so it is not necessary to be present at the venue for the screenings. We would appreciate it if you could make it!