Humanity Explored : An Open Film Festival
by Diem ~ February 25th, 2009. Filed under: SineBuano News & Announcements.Call for an open film festival “HUMANITY EXPLORED” to spark a charge, that drives searching, discovering, seeing and embracing, the individual as well as the collective self in the cinematic mirror.
Share your spirit, your vision, your experience, your knowledge of us all – through your art of cinema. Reach global audiences. Win Rewards. Submit now.
FESTIVAL LAUNCH DATE : JULY, 2009
Last Date for Submission : 7th JUNE, 2009
FESTIVAL PARTNERS :
Barrie Osborne (Producer, New Zealand, 7 times – Oscar winner)
Michael Pyser (Producer, USA, Several Oscar Nomination)
Shekhar Kapoor (Film-maker/ Director, India, Oscar Nominated 2007)
Organizational Partners :
MTV EXIT ( www.mtvexit. org )
USAID ( www.mtvexit. org )
LinkTV ( www.linktv.org )
SPARROW ( www.sparrowonline. org )
NDTV ( www.ndtv.com )
Awards/Rewards :
PEOPLE’S CHOICE (Most Viewed) : $3000
POPULAR (Best Rated) : $1000
VIRAL (Most Shared/Linked) : $1000
UNDISCOVERED (Must View) : $1000
FILM-MAKER’S CHOICE (Best Art) : $3000
To submit your film to us please go through the following information:
CRITERIA :
1) Films on : Cultural History, Social Justice, Contemporary Human Rights Issues, Spiritual Evolution,Biographi es of heroes of humanity.
2) Any form : Shorts (less than 15 min.) Short Features (up to 60 min.) Full Feature (up to 180 min.) + Mobi-films (up to 3 min.)
3) Film projects which are open to non-exclusive distribution (online and /or broadcast worldwide).
4) Films which are in English or suitably sub-titled in English (films originally produced in regional languages are welcome).
For participation kindly fill the form at www.cultureunplugge d.com/submit and mail your films/DVDs to either of the following locations:
Asia :
Culture Unplugged Studios
Clover Centrum, 2nd Floor, Galaxy Society, Plot No.5, Boat Club Road,
Pune 411001, Maharashtra, India
America :
Culture Unplugged Studios
1825 South Grant Street, Suite 200 San Mateo, CA 94402 USA
Pacific :
Culture Unplugged Studios
P.O. Box 21077 Henderson, Auckland, AZ
For further inquiries, feel free to contact on +91 9765391242 or at our Asian office: +91 20 65002520 or email sabyesachi@cultureunplugged.com.
July 20th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Culture Unplugged Studios has now begun to organize the next film festival,‘Spirit Enlightened’, which aspires to trace the spirit that has led the humanity through centuries & civilizations and is in the making of our future. The festival hopes to explore with you, ‘That’ which envelops to infuse & evolve the individual as well as collective being, expands our vision of time as well as place, enlivens
our hearts, and enlightens our species to transcend the present state of being for the mystical new – the next state of supramental self. Lets observe & feel this divine/enlightened spirit in the moment of its performance, in the midst of humanity now and forever, through film-media.
CRITERIA:
1) Films on : Evolution of Consciousness; New Spirituality; Culture of Religion; Present Evolutionary Impulse; Emergent Scientific Perception; Vision/Ideas on New Being – Feminine, Masculine, Superhuman; Transcendent & Transformative Practices; Transpersonal/Gnostic Perception & Action; Integral Philosophies & Wisdom, Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions; The New Pursuit – Love; The Powers – Within & In Cosmos; Enlightened Leaders, Systems & Designs.
2) Any form : films of any length (shorts and features)
3) Film projects which are open to non-exclusive distribution (online and/or broadcast worldwide).
4) Films which are in English or suitably sub-titled in English (films originally produced in regional languages are welcome).
Multiple submissions welcome.
5) Entries for selection are required to be sent in DVD format only. Unfortunately, the festival will not be able to return the submitted DVDs. To facilitate customs procedures, the entry package from overseas should be labeled “Only for cultural purpose, no commercial value.”
6) For festival participation, films must fit the festival theme and criteria.
7) All winning films are showcased under “Previous Winners” section of the site. A winning film can be removed after a minimum of two years since the date of winning, upon request. As the festival is bound to follow international fund transfer formalities, all requested documents for reward remittance clearance will need to be furnished by all winning films.
SUBMIT BY: October 31, 2011
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
For details Visit:
http://www.cultureunplugged.com/festival/submit.php