BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c26229928d33a966ad66e0248cf96ad5 CATEGORIES:Student Activities CREATED:20211120T121113 SUMMARY:FirstCut 2017 - International Student Film Festival LOCATION:FLAME University Campus DESCRIPTION:\n\nFirstCut is the Annual Intercollegiate Film Festival organized by FLAME University, a prestigious academic institution in Pune.\n\n\nFirstCut reco gnizes the filmmaker in everyone. This is a short film competition where it doesn’t matter if a DSLR or a mobile camera is used. There are no restrict ions on the theme one can choose. All that matters is the way the story is told. And the best get works win money, trophies and certificates!\n\n\nTho usands of short films are made each year by filmmaking enthusiasts who wish to have their films screened to audiences. However, a lot of these film ma kers are disqualified usually for failing to adhere to technical specificat ions. A film not shot on DSLR is automatically at a risk of disqualificatio n. Films shot on mobile are considered a no-no.\n\n\nMany of these disquali fied entries submitted to short film competitions are competent works by fi lm school and non-film school students that end up getting unfairly ignored . How does this give freedom to students when their filmmaking efforts are overlooked by short film festivals in India? FirstCut gives filmmakers a ca rte blanche in making films of their choice, and helps them reach out to a large audience of cinema-lovers.\n\n\nOver 150 films participated in the fi rst annual FirstCut 2016 last year. And this time, we are holding Firstcut 2017 on 18th and 19th February. Send in your shorts, be it fiction or docum entary, be its ad films, or spoofs, by 25th January, 2017.\n\n\nFor more de tails, please visit: www.firstcut.flame.edu.in\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:



FirstCut is the Annual Intercollegiate Film Festival organiz ed by FLAME University, a prestigious academic institution in Pune.

FirstCut recognizes the filmmaker in everyone. This is a short fi lm competition where it doesn’t matter if a DSLR or a mobile camera is used . There are no restrictions on the theme one can choose. All that matters i s the way the story is told. And the best get works win money, trophies and certificates!


Thousands of short films are made each year by filmmaking enthusiasts who wish to have their films screened to audienc es. However, a lot of these film makers are disqualified usually for failin g to adhere to technical specifications. A film not shot on DSLR is automat ically at a risk of disqualification. Films shot on mobile are considered a no-no.


Many of these disqualified entries submitted to sh ort film competitions are competent works by film school and non-film schoo l students that end up getting unfairly ignored. How does this give freedom to students when their filmmaking efforts are overlooked by short film fes tivals in India? FirstCut gives filmmakers a carte blanche in making films of their choice, and helps them reach out to a large audience of cinema-lov ers.


Over 150 films participated in the first annual First Cut 2016 last year. And this time, we are holding Firstcut 2017 on 18th and 19th February. Send in your shorts, be it fiction or documentary, be its a d films, or spoofs, by 25th January, 2017.


For more detail s, please visit: www.firstcut.flame.edu.in

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