UFO 0110 International Digital Film Festival brings 'Film in 6 Days'
February 03, 2012
Source: M M Network
By: Media Mughals
The country's only digital film festival, UFO 0110 International Digital Film Festival, is all set to give a unique opportunity to amateur filmmakers to cast a spell on audiences with their out-of the box ideas and treatment in their simple-yet heart wrenching stories.
The UFO 0110 International Digital Film Festival will take place from 23rd February 2012 to 1st March 2012 at Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi.
'Film in 6 Days' contest, one-of-its-kind competition will present a challenge to young film makers to direct a short five minute film in a brief span of six days. To facilitate this process and help the participants bring their imagination into life, the organizers will provide all the logistical support to them.
'Film in six days' competition will select six to ten teams (consist of Director, Dop and Editor) on the basis of their past experience and interviews. The selected candidates will be given a topic by the festival organizers to make a film within six days. These films then will be reviewed by a jury comprising senior people from film fraternity who will select winner will be rewarded with prize money/editing software/equipment.
According to Madhureeta Anand, Festival Director, UFO 0110 IDFF and Film Director & Founder of Ekaa Films, "We are receiving registration from all across the globe in huge number. The six day competition is an integral and important part of the UFO 0110 International digital Film Festival. It is a section that has been specially designed for amateurs. Today, people are well-versed with filmmaking knowledge and come prepared when they enter the industry. This section is specially going to give a big boost to career of the budding talent. We have extended the registration deadline till February 15."
The participants will be provided the complete support from the festival such as required equipments for the shoot which will include the camera, sound equipments and post production facilities of an editing machine and studio; moreover they will be facilitated with the basic budget for travel and food for the two days. There will also be script consultants and consulting editors to help out the filmmakers during the competition.
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