FIRST ANNUAL KARAWOOD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014-2015 DATES AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Festival has announced a Call for Submissions for narrative and documentary features, animated films as well as for short film entries.

Deadlines to submit films for the 2015 Karawood International Film Festival are:

December 15, 2014 – SUBMISSIONS OPEN
February 10, 2015 – OFFICIAL DEADLINE, ALL FEATURE FILMS, DOCUMENTARY FILM, ANIMATED MOVIE AND SHORTS FILMS
COMPLETED IN 2015
February 13, 2015 – LATE DEADLINE, 2015 FEATURE LENGTH WORK-IN-PROGRESS AND FILMS COMPLETED AFTER OFFICIAL DEADLINE

Starting December 15, 2014, submission online forms and complete information regarding eligibility for the 2015 Karawood International Film Festival will be available at karawoodfilms.com. Questions regarding submissions may be directed to info@karawoodfilms.com or by calling
+9213.530.2200.
+9213.530.2261.

Participants Criteria

Existing film directors & producers in the industry
Television Directors
New Film directors entering the industry
Universities students
Independent filmmakers
Animation Houses

Jury Members

Stare Yildrim (Turkish writer director & producer)
Giles Foreman (British director & actor)
Talat Hussain (Pakistani actor)
Deepak Perwani (Pakistani fashion designer)
Nabeela (Pakistani make up artist)
Moammer Rana (Pakistani film actor)
Saqib Malik (Pakistani director)
Emu and Shallum (Pakistani Musicians)

KWIFF REWARDS

• Professional filmmaker along with the team will get the grant to make one features film in a year.
• Short film winners will get a chance to work in feature film.
• Cash prize for students
I. First winner will receive amount of $. 5000.
II. Second winner will receive amount of $ 3000.
III. Third winner will receive amount of $. 2000.

About Karawood International Film Festival:

Batul Khalid, Nabeel Malik and Faisal Khan founded the Karawood International Film Festival in 2014.
Karawood International Film Festival takes pride in supporting young & professional filmmakers to their audacious ideas, and also in presenting the latest from the masters of world cinema.

The mission of Karawood International Film Festival is to bridge cultural understanding and encourage artistic change and fineness by provoking thought through Pakistani films & foreign films.
With rapid technology changes, the importance of this festival will only grow as it will bring viewers and filmmakers together and expose them to emerging technologies and the challenge of the emerging new media.

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