The last date for submissions to the 7th KaraFilm Festival was August 15, 2007, and no further submissions will be accepted to the Festival.

If you are interested in volunteering your time for the festival, however, find out more about our Volunteer Program here.

Categories

Creative work may be submitted in the following awarded categories:

• Features (Fictionalized films over 60 minutes in duration)
• Shorts (Fictionalized or Experimental films, including animated work, up to 60 minutes in duration)
• Documentaries (Non-Fictional work of any length)

Formats

The work may originate on any of the following formats: 35mm, 16mm, HD, DV, DigiBeta, or Beta SP. An exception may be made for outstanding experimental work done on VHS. However, for the purposes of screening at the festival, we will require you to transfer work originating on video to either DV or Beta SP.

Shorts and Documentaries are screened ONLY from video (DV or Beta SP) or DVD. Please do not send prints. For features, the print should have an optical soundtrack. We are currently unable to screen with DTS disks.

Selection and Deadlines

To submit work for the festival, please send a VHS (PAL/NTSC) or DVD copy of your work along with the Entry Form to the address given below. You must also submit 2 stills from the film and a photograph of the director. Please DO NOT send masters at this stage.

You may submit as many works as you want but please submit a separate VHS tape / DVD for each work. Each tape / DVD should be properly labeled with the title of the work, name of the director, name of the producer or copyright owner, language, and length of the work in minutes.

All entries will be viewed by a selection jury. If your submitted work is selected for screening at the festival, you will be required to submit a 35mm or 16mm print, PAL, Beta SP or DV copy by mid-October. Any additional material, such as posters, pamphlets, additional stills etc. will also be welcome.

Eligibility

Films should have been produced after January 2006. There are no restrictions on previous screenings of submitted work at other festivals or its broadcast; however preference will be given to work premiering at the Festival.

Fees

There is no entry fee.

Judging

The best entries in each category will be awarded prizes judged by a panel of eminent personalities including filmmakers and critics, the composition of which will be announced prior to the festival. Special recognition may also be awarded, at the discretion of the judges.

Address for Submission of Entries

KaraFilm Festival
Indieville, Level 2,
14-C, Nishat Commercial Lane 4
Khayaban-e-Bokhari
DHA-6, Karachi
Pakistan

Telephone: +92-21 534 4477
Fax: +92-21 534 5954

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions. For further information, email us.