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Virgin Spring Cinefest ()

Deadlines

22 May 2020
Call for entries

26 May 2020
Festival closed

29 May 2020
Notification date

31 May 2020
31 May 2020

Address

12A, Central Road, Jadavpur, 700032, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Festival description

Short film festival >1' 39'<

Feature film festival >40' 180'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1' 39'<

Feature Films >40' 180'<

Any language

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 31 May 2020 Festival end: 31 May 2020

Virgin Spring Cinefest is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified Film Festival and an IMDb Award Listing Qualifier. VS CINEFEST is a monthly live screening international film festival. The monthly live screenings take place at the end of each month at the auditorium of HLC Studios in Kolkata.

All monthly winners of the period from September 2018 to October 2019 will be automatically nominated for the prestigious GOLDEN GALAXY AWARDS (the best of the best)
Films entered in multiple categories may win multiple awards!

The festival has been named in honor of Ingmar Bergman’s classic film "Virgin Spring" and it has been launched to showcase independent art-house films from around the world.

MISSION:

The Mission of Virgin Spring Cinefest is to create a platform that every filmmaker needs, in order to showcase and get recognitions for their films. The objective of the Film Festival is to support independent filmmakers through reviewing, judging, marketing, and distribution networking, and trying to overcome any other obstacles which potentially hinder the artist’s ability to create. We have created monthly editions to give continuity to the selection process and a steady feedback to the filmmakers. Instead of waiting for months before getting an answer from the festival, filmmakers are immediately contacted if selected. Their works are privately screened every month and evaluated by a team of experts in the industry. All entries do not compete against each other. Instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit and are scored accordingly. The event aims to create a strong relationship between filmmakers, producers, and distributors from all over the world.

Prizes and qualifications

All projects officially selected in each month receive the VS CINEFEST laurel and certificate, and are rated at their IMDb pages (if applicable). All monthly Award Winners will receive the VS CINEFEST laurel and customized certificate. All entries do not compete against each other. Instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit and are scored accordingly.

Each month, the most representatives of monthly award winners will be screened in Kolkata, at the auditorium of HLC Studios, and reviewed by CULT CRITIC film magazine. These reviews are shared at each film IMDb page (if applicable). Some filmmakers, screenwriters and actors/actresses could be invited for an interview to be published as well in CULT CRITIC film magazine. Judges score quality and creativity of entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded monthly at four levels:

Gold Awards,
Silver Awards,
Bronze Awards
Honorable Mentions.

All monthly winners of the period from September 2018 to August 2019 will be auto-matically nominated for the prestigious GOLDEN GALAXY AWARDS.

Rules

What we’re looking for? Prolific art-house films, which can be in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non-fiction), or animation.

The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).

By submitting your film, you agree that Virgin Spring Cinefest can use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for promotional purpose.
Virgin Spring Cinefest does not accept the following:

1. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations

2. Films which are made before 2000

3. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, or video resolution less than 720p HD)

Genres accepted: Fiction, documentary, and animation.

All Lengths Accepted

Short Film (Less than 40 minutes)

Short Films >1' 39'<

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.8$

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Student Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.4$

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Young Filmmaker (Under 18 years / Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.4$

Submit

Amateur Film (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 40$
-8% 36.8$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.2$

Submit

Best Director (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Actor (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Actress (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Cinematography (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Editing (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Music Score (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Sound Design (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best VFX Artist (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Producer (Additional)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Narrative Features (Above 40 minutes)

Short and Feature Films >40'

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Documentary Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Experimental Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Drone Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Web and New Media (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Mobile Film (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.4$

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Debut Filmmaker (1st or 2nd Film / Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film (Above 60 minutes)

Feature Films >60'

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Women's Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Film on Women (Any Length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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LGBT Film (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Animated Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Family/Children Films (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Educational Film (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Films on Disability Issue (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Film on Religion (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Travel Film (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Silent Film (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.8$

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One Minute Film

Short Films 1'<

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.4$

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Television / Pilot Program or Series (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.8$

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Commercial / Advertisement (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.4$

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Music Video (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.8$

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Trailer/Teaser (5 minutes or less)

Short Films 5'<

Standard Fee 30$
-8% 27.6$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.4$

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Perfoming Arts (Any length)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Film Review (Short Films)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 70$
-8% 64.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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5.6$

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Receive a review of your short film published at 'Cult Critic' film magazine. Projects must be fully entered on FilmFreeway before review can begin. The review will be sent to you and will be published at 'Cult Critic' film magazine and at the IMDb page of the film (if applicable). A trailer and one photo will be included in the post at magazine. This additional option helps filmmakers to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their projects and promote them to a large and global audience. This is a link to the recent film reviews we provided:

http://hlc-cultcritic.com/babynymph/

Film Review (Narrative Features)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 90$
-8% 82.8$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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7.2$

Submit

Receive a review of your narrative feature published at 'Cult Critic' film magazine. Projects must be fully entered on FilmFreeway before review can begin. The review will be sent to you and will be published at 'Cult Critic' film magazine and at the IMDb page of the film (if applicable). A trailer and one photo will be included in the post at magazine. This additional option helps filmmakers to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their projects and promote them to a large and global audience. This is a link to the recent film reviews we provided:

http://hlc-cultcritic.com/golden-time/

Best Supporting Actor

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Best Supporting Actress

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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Free Speech

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 35$
-8% 32.2$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2.8$

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Film / Video Poster

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 25$
-8% 23$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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2$

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Post-modern Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 45$
-8% 41.4$

Submissions deadline
26 May 20

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3.6$

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