Welcome to Season 5 Malayalam Short Film Production Contest!!
Season 5വിനെ കുറിച്ച് ഉള്ള എല്ലാ വിവരങ്ങളും മലയാളത്തിൽ കേൾക്കുവാനായി, ഈ വീഡിയോ കാണുക.
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Highlights
- Over 50+ Winners and Opportunities
- Contestants can submit maximum up to FIVE (5) “Short Film Stories or Full Script” and FIVE (5) “Feature Film Synopsis or One Line” in the 1 st round itself.
- Timeline of the contest is maximum 6 MONTHS, from story registration start until announcing winners.
Opportunities
- Season 5 Malayalam Short Film Production Contest would have FIVE (5) WINNERS. BudgetLab would produce each winner’s short film within a budget of up to Rs ONE (1) LAKH.
- TEN (10) shortlisted contestants would get a chance to narrate their full length film stories to Friday Film House –https://youtu.be/OaG8IPpxADM
- FIVE (5) shortlisted contestants would get a chance to narrate their full length film stories to each of the production houses
(5 contestants * 3 Production Houses = 15 Contestants).
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- Ashiq Usman Productions (Produced – അഞ്ചാം പാതിരാ, കലി, അള്ളു രാമചന്ദ്രൻ, അരികിൽ ഒരാൾ, Argentina Fans കാട്ടുർക്കടവ്) – https://youtu.be/hfT_athmfqM
- Little Big Films (Produced – കുഞ്ഞിരാമായണം, കൽക്കി, കുഞ്ഞേൽദോ etc) –
https://youtu.be/Z2i5Lcdv75s - Urvashi Theaters Production (Produced – വിലായത്ത് ബുദ്ധ (under production), തൊണ്ടിമുതലും ദൃക്സാക്ഷിയും, നീ കോ, ഞാൻ ചാ) –
https://youtu.be/_9MMoTT5VSY
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- THREE (3) shortlisted contestants would get a chance to narrate their full length film stories to each of the film directors
(3 contestants * 7 Film Directors = 21 Contestants)
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- Jis Joy (Directed – Sunday Holiday, വിജയ് സൂപ്പറും പൗർണമിയും, Mohan Kumar Fans etc) –
https://youtu.be/dAG55HoN0fM - Arun Gopy (Directed – രാമലീല, ഇരുപത്തിയൊന്നാം നൂറ്റാണ്ട്) –
https://youtu.be/Fbal0cZqH4Q - Prasobh Vijayan (Directed – ലില്ലി, അന്വേഷണം, അടി) –
https://youtu.be/Yl7ehhNaGRk - Tinu Pappachan (Directed – സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം അർദ്ധരാത്രിയിൽ, അജഗജാന്തരം) –
https://youtu.be/qnokDX3SMwU - Ahammed Khabeer (Directed – June, മധുരം) –
https://youtu.be/RYiQ5tnCtcY - Dijo Antony (Directed – Jana Gana Mana, Queen) –
https://youtu.be/VitVgXme57k - Tharun Moorthy (Directed – Operation Java) –
https://youtu.be/wiFsgHuSgzw
- Jis Joy (Directed – Sunday Holiday, വിജയ് സൂപ്പറും പൗർണമിയും, Mohan Kumar Fans etc) –
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- Out of TOP 10 contestants who would reach the final round of short film production contest, FIVE (5) contestants would get consolation prize of Rs 2000 each as Cash Prize.
Rules & Regulations
- Both “Short Film Stories or Full Script” and “Feature Film Synopsis or One Line” could either be handwritten (writing should be neat and clear) and scanned or in typed format
- Either handwritten or typed, the story/script file should be submitted in PDF format
- Each story (synopsis or full script) has to submitted as a separate PDF in the story submission form
- Feature Film synopsis/one line should be maximum completed in 5 pages
- Contestants who has a story, but do not have a team to execute their story/short film, can also apply. If the Contestant wins, Budget Lab would help form a team.*
- Anyone above the age of 18yrs, can participate in the contest
Registration
- Registration fee is Rs 1000 per SHORT FILM STORY/SCRIPT
- For every short film story/script you register, you can register one feature film synopsis/one line absolutely FREE.
- For Example: If you register 1 short film script, you could also register 1 feature film scripts free of cost. If you register 5 short film scripts, you could register 5 feature film scripts free of cost to any of the production houses/directors of your choice.
- If you have short film script and feature film story, you would need to register both together in the story submission form. You cannot submit short film script and feature film story separately.
- If you do not have a feature film script, you could register short film script alone.
- If the contestant has only 1 story but wish to submit to 5 different production houses or directors, they could do that as well
- Contestant can make the payment via Net/Mobile Banking, Google Pay, PayTM or Direct @ Bank to the below given bank account number/phone number.
Account Name: Budget Lab Productions
Account Number: 5912002100001290
Bank & Branch: Punjab National Bank, Kakkanad
IFSC Code: PUNB0591200
Phone Number: 9645278895 (for Google Pay, PayTM)
- Contestants has to upload the registration fee payment details screenshot/receipt along with story files. Note: Stories submitted WITHOUT fee payment details would be rejected upfront.
- Please read the Terms & Conditions given below before submitting your story