Eligibility
1) The film can be of any genre/country/year of production.
2) Participants may send multiple entries but separate entry forms are required for each entry.
3) Films made in languages other than English are required to be subtitled in English. Otherwise the submission will not be accepted.
4) Films that have been screened at past editions of the Urban Lens Film Festival and/or are already available online will not be considered for the festival.
5) The entry will be considered complete on receipt of both the entry form and the email with the publicity material.
General Rules
1) All required permissions in relation to the film should be obtained before entering the work into the 5th Urban Lens film festival. IIHS shall not be liable for any copyright infringement or any third party actions/claims arising out of or in relation to the film or its screening. If a film is selected, the copyright holders of the film should permit free-of-cost public screening at the festival.
2) If the participant is not submitting an online link:
i) The preview screener should be an all-region DVD PAL.
ii) The cost of shipping the preview DVD to the festival must be borne by the participant.
iii) The package must be labelled ‘For cultural purposes only. No commercial value’.
iii) Films that are damaged or lost in transit are not the festival’s responsibility.
iv) The service provider and consignment tracking number must be sent to urbanlens@iihs.ac.in with the film name in the subject line.
3) If the film is selected for Urban Lens Film Festival 2018, the participant will be notified via email.