1. Pakistan Calling Film Festival is FREE for participants (no submission fee)
Preselection Conditions:
- The film must be made by a Pakistani or a person of Pakistani origin.
- International filmmakers may submit films if subject matter is about Pakistan.
2. All films must be submitted no later than July15th, 2016 on:
(i) www.filmfreeway.com/festival/pakistancallingfilmfestival
You MUST fill the submission form on our website www.pakistancalling.pk after your upload on FilmFreeway.
OR
(ii) Have a DVD of submission dropped-off to V.M. Art Gallery, ZVMG Rangoonwala Community Centre Plot # 4 & 5, K.D.A. Scheme -7,Block-4, Dhoraji Society, Karachi. Gallery Hours 11am-7pm. Closed on Sunday.
Films submitted at the drop off point must be in DVD format, playable on standard DVD players (not a data disk with a file of the movie). The disk maybe either NTSC or PAL.
The DVD must be accompanied by a hard copy of the online submission form which will be emailed to you upon its completion on our website www.pakistancalling.pk (Note: If you are sending multiple films each should have its own DVD and submission form).
3. Non-English language submissions must have English subtitles at the time submitted. Dialogue lists will not be accepted.
4. Participants must be 16+ to enter.
5. The entrant must pay cost of shipment of films to the festival.
FILM CATEGORIES
Films can be documentary, fiction, or animation, and can cover any genre; drama, comedy, fantasy, horror etc.
FILM DURATION
All Feature-length films must be 41 minutes or longer.
All short-films must be 40 minutes or shorter.
IF YOUR FILM IS SELECTED You must fulfil the following requirements by the date(s) designated by the Festival:
(1) You must accept responsibility for obtaining any and all licenses and clearances necessary to exhibit your film at The Pakistan Calling Film Festival.
(2) Indemnify and hold harmless Pakistan Calling, its affiliates, and subsidiaries and any of their respective directors, officers, employees, and representatives against any claim arising out of exhibition of your film at Pakistan Calling.
(3) Please clearly mark all physical submissions as “DVD” or “Blu-Ray”.
(4) Please encode all DVD submissions “Region-free” or “Region 1” and all Blu-Ray