- TypeFestival
- Location Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Date 01-12-2017 - 04-12-2017
Film/Media/Television/Broadcasting
All Lights India International Film festival (ALIIFF), the flagship event of Indywood Film Carnival, announces its 3rd edition. The event will return again to Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad and will be scheduled from from 01st (Friday) to 04th December 2017 (Monday)
The second edition of Indywood Film carnival turned out to be a massive success and received an overwhelming response with participation of over 2700 national and international delegates from 73 countries.
ALIIFF is a unique platform for global film industry to portray excellence in film making. With an aim to inspire, nurture and integrate, our film festival brings together the different aspects of the Indian Cinema industry facilitating congregation of people and nations. For us 'Cinema is Knowledge' and we love films, irrespective of its origin and content.
ALIIFF intends to:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR FEATURE FILMS
Features with the minimum duration of 60 minutes and above are eligible to compete in this category. The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017. English subtitles is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR DEBUT DIRECTOR’s FILMS (FEATURES)
This competition is intended for Films by Debut Directors. The minimum duration of the film must be 60 minutes and above. The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017. English subtitles is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
COMPETITION FOR INDIAN MOVIES
This category highlights and showcases the best feature films that are made in Indian
Languages. All shortlisted films will be screened in Indywood Panorama section of ALIIFF 2017. The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017. English subtitles is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS
This category shall accept works other than fiction. The duration of the documentary must be less than 60 minutes. The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017.English subtitles is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR SHORT FILMS
This category is aimed to promote talented and creative works of filmmakers. Only Short movies below 30 minutes will be eligible to enter this category. The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017. English subtitle is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR STUDENT SHORT FILMS
Only films directed or produced by Film Students are eligible to compete in this category. The duration of the short films should not exceed maximum 30 minutes. The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017. English subtitle is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
OUT OF COMPETITION CATEGORIES
CHILDREN FILMS
This category shall feature films / short films which focus on our children or young generation. Feature films competing for this section should be of a maximum duration of 60 minutes and short films must not exceed 30 minutes.The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017.English subtitles is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorized person via e-mail.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY FILMS
This category Feature-length films (narrative or non-narrative) will explore interconnected ecological, social, and economic themes.The deadline to avail early bird offer will end on February 28, 2017, the regular deadline shall close by July 15, 2017 and the Late deadline shall close on August 15, 2017. English subtitles is a pre-requisite for films where the original language is not English. Movies which have been selected / shortlisted for the festival will be intimated to the authorised person via e-mail.
SHORT FILM CORNER
All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) 2016 introduced a special session, Short Film Corner, an exclusive platform for film professionals to connect with the who's who of the industry and search for better opportunities to showcase their work. Last year, 420 short films directed by some brilliant filmmakers were screened under the non-competition category.
This year 100 short films will be screened along with feature films as a part of ALIIFF Short Film Corner 2017. Short Films made between 2015 January – 2017 July will be considered in which top 30 short films made between 2016 January – 2017 July will be included in the competition category. All these films will have Hall screening (projector screen) instead of Desktop screening.
Short Film Corner, is a dynamic platform for the film professionals to meet and greet each other and to search for better opportunities to sell their talents and works. Short Film Corner is an event where you can showcase the movie to festival attendees like Directors, Producers, Buyers and other delegates in a scheduled time. The aim of this category is to provide support to the young film makers for networking.
Awards & Prizes
Delegate Registration charges for ALIIFF 2017 (1) General Delegates – Free Collect your Delegate Badge and Catalogue : (1) Delegate Badges and Festival Catalogues shall be collected from registration desk at film festival venue by producing valid photo Id card of the registrant. IMPORTANT NOTE : Festival Dates and Venues : December 1 – 4, 2017 Minimum age: Delegates must be above 18 years of age on Dec 1,2017 to attend the festival screenings.(Excluding for children films)
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