ABOUT :
LOGIHQ International Happiness
Film festival & Exhibition (liHfe)
is a quarterly film festival of short films with a live
screening and Annual Awards event at the end of the year. Apart
from short films of 1, 3, and 5 minutes duration, there are
categories for Poetry films, Painting films, Dance films,
Animation films and Poetry, Painting & Photography also.
There is a special category for creative Senior Citizens (above
60 yrs).
liHfe depicts “life” with
HAPPINESS. In the current
scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic which has had us all extremely
anxious, stressed and uncertain about everything in life or
maybe even life itself, the most important ingredient to keep us
going is Happiness.
So LOGIHQ, a HAPPINESS company,
in keeping up with its motto of “lifting people to a
happier plane”, is starting this international film
festival of Happiness, a unique and one of its kind event to
generate the simplest and the most important thing in life-
HAPPINESS.
This perhaps is the first film festival of Happiness and aspires
to bring about happiness to its creators and audiences alike.
The THEME for our inaugural quarter (Jan-Mar-2021) is
"Happiness in times of COVID-19"
Come and join us in spreading joy and cheer all over even in
such distressing and uncertain times of the deadly coronavirus.
The quarterly winners in each category compete for the Annual
Awards with a live screening once a year. Winners will be
announced on our website and social media pages every quarter.
The competition runs every quarter and our jury selects the
winners, who will be notified by the end of the quarter or
beginning of the following quarter.
**We are offering a SPECIAL INAUGURAL DISCOUNT of 15% (exclusively via WFCN)
on all submissions for the 1st quarter: January-March-2021.**
We accept entries via international online platforms. See Submission details.
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AWARDS :
The
official selections and winners will receive laurels every
quarter.
The
quarterly winners will also receive certificates via email.
The
Annual winners in each category will receive a Trophy &
Certificate at the Annual Awards event *
All
quarterly winners in each category will also receive their
certificates during this event.
Award Categories:
Best 1 min. film
Best 3 min. film
Best 5 min. film
Best Poetry film
Best Painting film
Best Dance film
Best Animation film
Best Poetry (written in ENGLISH)
Best Painting
Best Photograph
Best Creative
Senior Citizens (above 60 yrs) (All categories)
There may be some special Awards also.
*(The Annual Awards event in 2021 will be conducted in Delhi
depending on the COVID-19 situation).*
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RULES:
We accept entries via international online platforms. See Submission details.
1. The liHfe film competition runs every quarter and the
jury will select the winners, who will be notified by the end of
each quarter or beginning of the next.
2. The theme for the 1st quarter:
January-March-2021: is “Happiness in times of COVID-19”.
3. For the Jan-Mar-2021 competition, all work/projects in
each category should have been created on/after 1st March
2020.
A maximum of 3 entries per entrant is allowed in each category.
4. The jury will screen quarterly selections privately and
select winners. The quarterly winners in each category qualify
for competing in the Annual Award in that category and if
selected, will be screened at the Annual event to be held at the
end of the year.
5. Applicants 18 years & above, from all over the world
are invited to submit (subject to the laws of the applicant’s
country of residence). To apply in the Senior Citizen
category, the applicant has to be 60 years (or above) as on
January 1, 2021.
6. All non-English films must have English Subtitles.
7. Please note when submitting a project to the categories
of Painting/ Poetry/Dance films, these cannot be performances or
recordings of performances/methods of the genre. These have to
be at the intersection of Painting/Poetry/Dance with FILM and
have to be used in a way that moves the plot or story
forward. Mere performances/ recordings of Painting/Poetry/Dance
will be DISQUALIFIED.
8. The submitter declares that while creating these
projects/works, all rules/ regulations/norms of their
country/state/city have been followed and that any work created
during the COVID-19 pandemic has complied with all the rules &
regulations and laws of the country/state/city where it was
created. The applicant has the sole responsibility.
9. Each entry has to be accompanied by the requisite fee.
No refund for non-selected projects and incomplete entries.
10.
No entry fee waivers. No refunds. All entry fees are
non-refundable.
11. The decision of the festival committee will be final and
no communication in this regard will be entertained. All
communications will be via email. No phone calls.
12. The festival reserves the right to disqualify any
entry/project on certain grounds and reserves the right to not
screen/display any submission for any reason it deems fit.
13. Any submission found to be disrespectful towards
any caste, religion, race, gender or sexual orientation will be
disqualified.
14. Any submission depicting any form of harassment or
violence, including but not limited to sexual or physical
violence will be disqualified.
15. No violence, no obscenity, no objectionable
content.
16. All Submissions must be the entrant’s original
work and shall not infringe upon any Intellectual Property
Rights (Copyrights, Trademarks etc.) or any other rights of any
Third Parties. By entering the festival, the Submitters agree
that they own or have obtained all required copyrights and
permissions regarding music, sound, images etc. contained in
their work.
17. Entrants agree that the Festival Organizers of liHfe
will NOT be held liable for any copyright or other violations by
the entrant. The entrant is solely responsible for the contents
of the work/project and takes full responsibility. The entrant
agrees that she/he has the rights and authority to submit the
content.
18. liHfe organizers reserve the right to change,
cancel or re-schedule the festival dates or categories or
awards. The festival also reserves the right to take all
decisions regarding the festival.
19. By submitting the project to liHfe, the applicant
agrees to have read and accepted all terms & conditions of
participation in the festival.
20. If the organizers accept the project/film for exhibition
in the Festival, the applicant hereby grants the following
rights to the organizers without any conditions and
qualifications:
a. right to use footage, stills, titles, and other
information from or relating to the Project/film for the
purposes of promotion;
b. right to authorize publicity for the Project/film and
all people related to it; and
c. to use the names and biographical information of all
people associated with the Project/film for exhibition of the
Project/film in, and promotion of, the Festival.
21. The festival is not responsible if the film is not
screened due to problems in film format.
22. The Annual Awards event is proposed to be held in New
Delhi, INDIA in December 2021 (subject to the COVID-19
situation).
23. By submitting the project/film for this Festival, every
applicant is hereby declaring that a film shot/project created
during the COVID-19 pandemic has complied with all the necessary
requirements for shooting/other according to the laws of the
country where the project was created.
24. The person submitting the project/film has the sole
responsibility to secure authorization and permission from the
copyright or trademark owner(s) of any and all relevant content
that forms part of the submitted project/film. The festival
organizers are in no way responsible for and will not be held
responsible for any unauthorized use of any copyrighted or
trademarked content within or relating to the submitted project
which is or may become the basis for any third party claim for
copyright or trademark infringement or unfair competition.
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