SEEMA TV FILM FESTIVAL ()

Festival start: 06 August 2021      Festival end: 20 August 2021

The SEEMA TV Film Festival guarantees all ACCEPTED submissions will be broadcast on the SEEMA TV network with the possibility to reach over 350 million viewers. The top three submissions will also receive various prizes and placement on Seema TV, According to the finishing order. The SEEMA TV Festival will let the audience be the judge of the contest with a dedicated number(s)to call and submit their vote for their favorite submission. Let me state again all submissions will be broadcast around the world during the festival on SEEMA TV.

Cash Prizes: 3,500$

First Place:

1.The submitted film will receive $2,000.00

2.The submitted film will be placed on the Seema TV pay per view channel where the creators will receive even more revenue and viewers for three months.

3.The Director, Cast will get a 30 minute interview slot before the airing of the winning submitted film. To introduce the cast, give synopsis of the feature film and have an opportunity to resonate and connect with audience before the airing of the winning submission and encourage your fans to purchase the film on SEEMA TV.

Second Place

1.The submitted film will receive $1,000.00

2.The submitted film will be placed on the SEEMA TV Pay per channel view where the creators will receive even more revenue and viewers for two months.

3.The Director, Cast will get a 15 minute interview slot before the airing of the winning submitted film. To introduce the cast, give synopsis of the feature film and have an opportunity to resonate and connect with audience before the airing of the winning submission and encourage your fans to purchase the film on SEEMA TV.

Third Place

1.The submitted film will receive $500.00

2.The submitted film will be placed on the SEEMA TV pay per view channel where the creators will receive even more revenue and viewers for two months.

3.The Director, Cast will get a five minute interview slot before the airing of the winning submitted film.

To introduce the cast, give synopsis of the feature film and have an opportunity to resonate and connect with audience before the airing of the winning submission and encourage your fans to purchase the film on SEEMA TV.

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY

Submissions must be accompanied by the applicable submission fee PER ENTRY and a completed online entry form. All films must be in English or have English subtitles at the time submitted.

Films must be submitted as an online streaming video via a the submission platform (submit@seematv1.com), MP4,a password-protected streaming URL, or on DVD with NTSC or PAL formatting (please test before sending).

In the event of a password change or link change after submitting, you must email the Festival at contact@seematv1.com. immediately with that change so we may update your record. If the Festival is not notified of the change and the link is found to be inactive or the password to be incorrect, the submission may be deemed ineligible.

SEEMA TV screens films as digital files during the broadcast of STFF and does NOT screen films on Blu-Ray, HD-CAM, or DCP. If you are unable or unwilling to provide us your film as a digital file (MP4)for exhibition, DO NOT SUBMIT your film.

Films must have been completed after January 1, 2020 Films must be available for screening during the SEEMA TV Film Festival, May 7, May 8 and May 9.

Films with US distribution (obtained prior to being selected for STVF screening) or films produced, financed or initiated by a major film studio or television network are ineligible for competition, but may be considered for a special screening.

Selection for screening will be determined no later than one month prior to the festival. Films that have screened on US network or cable television or distributed to theaters prior to the festival dates are also ineligible for competition.

Short Films that have played in a theatrical setting to a public audience prior to January, 2021 are not eligible to compete at Seema TV Film Festival This includes Shorts Night or other festivals. This includes online screenings through festivals based on other networks or streaming platforms. The ONLY exception is that a short may play as part of a class screening for an accredited university’s film program. We prefer that shorts be Seema TV Film Festival premieres.

Short films that are publicly available online prior to the Festival may be considered for exhibition during the Festival, but will be ineligible for Jury Awards. We prefer that shorts not be publicly available online. Online, private screenings through a festival’s online program do not count as publicly available online.

Feature films must be at least a Seema TV premiere. We prefer World, North American, and US premieres and all things being equal, will often opt to program the film that has not yet had a release over one that has played at several festivals. If a film is screened online as part of a festival’s program that will count as a local premiere to the physical address of the festival played through.

Private invite-only screenings (for instance for cast and crew or donors) do not affect a film’s eligibility.
Seema TV Film Festival reserves the right in its sole discretion to reject or disqualify any ineligible entries, without a refund.

Films that are selected to screen at the Festival may not necessarily be selected to be “in competition” for awards purposes. Notifications regarding potential selection for competition status possibly may occur subsequent to notifications of acceptance for exhibition.

ORIGINALITY AND PERMISSIONS; INDEMNITY