Last Chance to enter the Fifth Edition of ShortsTV Best of India Short Film Festival

~ Winners will be eligible for Oscar qualification, a theatrical release in Hollywood and a television broadcast deal with ShortsTV ~

by Suman Gupta

Mumbai,April 2022: The Fifth edition of ShortsTV Best of India Short Film Festival has received an overwhelming response till now with more than 1500 entries till date.  The festival aims to recognise and elevate the exceptional works of the most creative short film makers from across India, giving them a global platform to showcase their work and opening new opportunities, including Oscar® consideration. The festival is organised by ShortsTV, world’s first 24×7 linear and OTT HD channel dedicated to short form video entertainment. The last date of submission is 30^th April 2022.

The previous editions saw an overwhelming response with 2000+ entries every season with participation from Bollywood’s leading actors & directors including Prakash Jha, Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Radhika Apte, Neena Kulkarni among others. The festival that aims to open new opportunities for filmmakers across the country will shortlist top 5 films from the entries.  These selected films will win a theatrical release in Hollywood and will also be qualified for Oscar® consideration. These films are also eligible for a television broadcast deal on ShortsTV. Leading up to the finale week, the festival will also screen top 15 films for 2 days on ShortsTV, the global home of short films and the festival promoter.

The winner of the 2021 edition was ‘Highway Nights featuring Director Prakash Jha as the lead in the film which was directed by Shubham Singh and produced by Akhilesh Choudhary along with Shubham Singh.

To be eligible for the competition, entries need to be “narrative” live action short films with a total running time of 40 minutes or less. It is necessary either the writer, director or producer is from India and the film is presented in High Definition (HD) or DCP format. All films in a regional language (other than English) must include English subtitles.

Key dates for the competition are as follows:

• Last Date for Submission: 30th April 2022

• Notification Date: 1st June 2022

• Winner announcement: July 2021

For further details on the Festival and submission guidelines, filmmakers should visit:https://filmfreeway.com/BestofIndiaShortFilmFestival

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About ShortsTV: ShortsTV is the first and only 24/7, linear and OTT HD TV channel dedicated to short form video entertainment, including movies and series. With over 13,000 titles globally, ShortsTV has the largest catalogue of quality short form video & is the global home of Shorts.

The ShortsTV India film catalogue features Academy Award winners and nominees, International festival winners & nominees (Cannes, BAFTA, etc), high quality CGI animation as well as cinematic gems from international independent filmmakers & local Indian filmmakers. The catalogue includes 1000+ hours of content across English, foreign, and local Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam.

Distributed globally, the channel is available in 100 million homes across the US, India, Latin America, the Netherlands, Belgium and Eastern Europe.  It is available across India on Tata Sky as Tata Sky ShortsTV (channel no 113), Dish TV as ShortsTV Active (channel 135) and on Airtel Digital TV as ‘Airtel ShortsTV’ (channel 259). It is also available across the US on DirecTV (channel 573), AT&T U-Verse (channel 1789), AT&T TV (Channel 573), AT&T TV NOW, Frontier Communications (channel 789) Google Fiber (channel 603) and Hotwire (channel 560). ShortsTV is also available in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, and Spain on Amazon Prime Video Channels and on demand through iTunes in 92 countries, Amazon Instant Video (UK, US and Germany), Google Play (US and Canada), and Verizon and Frontier (US).

Since 2006, ShortsTV has exclusively presented the ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films’ theatrical release in cinemas across the US and Canada, South America, Europe, India, Australia, and South Africa.

ShortsTV is operated by Shorts International and is headquartered in London, England with offices in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Mumbai. The company is led by Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive, and is owned by Shorts Entertainment Holdings, with AMC Networks as a significant minority shareholder.