India Film Project 2016 is all set to woo the film making fanatics

Asia’s largest filmmaking challenge, IFP 2016 has entered Mumbai and is definitely here to stay!

by Shrutee K/DNS

Mumbai, September 21, 2016: Time to toil and rack your brains to brew a perfect film is here! Yes, we are talking about India Film Project which is back with a bang with scaled up challenges and opportunities. India Film Project, Asia’s largest film festival challenge, encourages people to make films and this year will be its sixth edition. IFP is one of the rare platforms, which is focused at content creation rather than content consumption. The grand film event has now moved to the film making capital of country, Mumbai and will be held on October 01 at Hall 6, NESCO Goregaon.

The prestigious India Film Project is a filmmaking challenge with a twist where participants from across the globe create a film on a given theme but in a time-limit of 50 hours, starting from September 16, 8pm to September 18, 10pm. The teams will script, shoot, edit and upload the films, which post the submission will be viewed by an unparalleled jury. The winning films will be showcased at different festivals globally. The event will also witness some of the best content creators on one, huge, prominent platform, the schedule of which shall be announced shortly.

IFP 2016 Highlights:

·    The upcoming IFP 2016 festival will see a confluence of India's best filmmakers coming together under one roof. More than 5000 filmmakers from different cities will fly down to attend this gala

·    The number of applicants in the sixth edition of IFP is expected to be higher than the combined number of the previous 5 editions

·    590+ teams, comprising of 10,500 filmmakers, have already registered for IFP 2016 and the number is estimated to multiply in another 10 days

·    1300 teams comprising of 25,000 participating filmmakers from across the globe will ferment films on one single theme in 50 hours.

·    The eminent jury for IFP 2016 is comprised of all National Award Winners - Madhur Bhandarkar, Nagesh Kukunoor, Sriram Raghavan and Southern Super director Vetri Maaran

·    A workshop on storytelling by the Terrible Tiny Tales team will also be organized for the selected teams

Participation Categories:For a level-headed competition, IFP, this year has segregated participation into Professional Filmmaking, Amateur Filmmaking and Mobile Filmmaking category to ensure competition among similar caliber. Mobile Filmmaking will be introduced for the first time in India through IFP and give access to the masses to make films as well.

Judging Criteria:Films at IFP 2016 will be judged on the parameters like relevance to theme and genre, storyline, screenplay as well as technical aspects like editing, cinematography and sound

IFP 2016 Grand Award:

The best deserving IFP 2016 Filmmaking teams will be given an honor to create an ad film for the renowned brands of Coca-Cola. IFP will fund each team, ensure quality equipments and make the winners work closely with the Coca-Cola team. The best works will then be showcased by Coca-Cola across its various channels including TV, Digital assets, theatres and many more

IFP in last 5 years:

·    Around 2400+ films have been made by 25,000+ filmmakers in just 50 hours at the festival in the previous five editions of IFP, which comes to 17000+ minutes of super high quality films

·    IFP 2015 saw 730 teams comprising of 14,600 filmmakers. The teams were spread across 182 cities from India and another 17 countries namely US, UK, Dubai, Australia, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Germany, Malaysia, France and many more

·    Participants have joined from 182 cities and towns like Malegaon, Rishikesh to cities such as Bilaspur, Bhavnagar, Ranchi, Lucknow and Madurai to the four metros

Mr. Ritam Bhatnagar, Founder, IFP comments, “In India, Film making has been limited to few and the niche only. With IFP 2016, segregating varied participation categories, there is a fair chance for people to partake in large numbers. I must emphasize that in the last 3-4 years, the ratio of content consumer to content creator has changed drastically. People now are open to sharing their stories, experiences and are not camera shy anymore. This largely supports our agenda where we encourage people to tell a story through their camera.”

He continues, “Participation by students, housewives and working professionals in IFP has made this art look ‘cool’ and much acceptable by the common masses thus prompting us to shift base to Mumbai. This city has unrestricted opportunities to connect with the maximum targeted audience and create round the year engagement with the thriving filmmakers.”

The electrifying event of IFP has some celebrated brands like Maggi Hot Heads, Limca, HDFC Bank and Gujarat Tourism as its sponsors. For added support, IFP has partnered with Radio Partner – RedFM; Media Partner – TVF; Online Partner - The Logical Indian; Cinema Partner – Cinepolis; Magazine Partner - Better Photography; Cab Partner – Uber and Festival Partner - NFDC Film Bazaar so far.

So, all the geeks dreaming of making a film, gear up to create one of your finest movies; you never know, your random imaginative storyline may place you on the highest pedestal of the Indian Film Making Festivals through IFP 2016!

Registration Date, Process and Fee:

·    Registration for the IFP 2016 is open till September 15 midnight via http://bit.ly/ifpwelcome.

·    One has to choose a participating category which cannot be changed later, though details of team members can be edited

·    Each team can accommodate up to 20 members

·    The fee for Professional and Amateur Film Making category is Rs. 2500 per team and Rs. 1000 for Mobile filmmaking category

·    For eligibility in the Professional filmmaking category, the team leader must have worked in capacity of director or producer in 3 or more films, shorts, videos or ads

·    Amateur filmmaking is open to anyone who owns a DSLR camera while Mobile filmmaking is open to all

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