TOTO AWARDS 2019
SHORT FILM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) invites applications for the 2019 TOTO Awards
for Short Film from persons between the ages of 18 and 29. Filmmakers
can submit short fiction, non-fiction, animation or mixed-genre films. Advertising films,
Public Service films and Promotional films will not be accepted.
To mark the fifteenth
year of the TOTO Awards, the cash prize for each of the two winners
has been increased to Rs 50,000. The winners will be decided by
an independent panel of jurors. Entries should reach TFA by 20 August 2018
at the latest.
The awards are meant only for Indian citizens resident in India. (Overseas Citizen of India card-holders are not eligible.)
And, since the spirit of the awards is to identify promising young filmmakers,
you can apply if you were born on or after 1 January 1989. No exceptions
will be made.
To apply fill in the Application Form (click here for the form). The form may also be obtained by request from shortfilm.tfa@gmail.com and emailed back to us at the same
address (shortfilm.tfa@gmail.com).
A link and password to the
preview copy of the film must be included in the application form. The preview
copy can be made available on any site offering you free access to password
protected uploads. The link and password should be available to us until after
the awards ceremony in January 2019.
You may submit up to a maximum
of 3 short films in any language with English subtitles.
They should not be longer than
30 minutes each.
Only films completed between 1
July 2017 and 30 June 2018 will qualify.
The award will go to the director of the film.
Films with more than one director will not be accepted. Only individuals can
apply.
Institutions can ONLY submit a
film on behalf of the individual director of the film.
If your film(s) is long-listed, you will need to send us two
DVDs of the film(s).
Unless you have won this TOTO
Award earlier, you are eligible to apply again.
You can clear your doubts by emailing us at
shortfilm.tfa@gmail.com.
The Fine Print: The decision of the TFA jury will be final and cannot
be contested in any forum. We reserve the right to use excerpts from your
submitted films (if necessary) to publicise the awards either on our blog or in
any other in-house materials such as a newsletter. Otherwise, the copyright
rests with the filmmaker and your submission will be put to no other use
without your express permission.
The TOTO Short Film Awards are supported by O2 Financials,
a wealth management and investment company.
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) is a not-for-profit public trust set up in
the memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who was intensely passionate about music,
literature and films.
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