Entry(ies) may be sent to Last date for receiving entries:

Documents to be enclosed with Entry Form:
• Entry form duly filled in (Please use separate form for each entry)
• Program DVD / Pen Drive / Upload softcopy to festival email id through Google Drive (for preview purpose)
• Producer’s or Director’s Brief Bio-Data
• Synopsis of the program (maximum 150 words)
• 2 – 3 still photographs of the program entering in the competition.

General Conditions for Entry in all Categories
a) All categories of the competition are open to the EMRCs, Film/TV Institutes, Universities/ Educational Institutions in India and individuals. The entries may be sent by an institution, media house and individual producer / director as well. The entry(ies), in case of student participant, has to be forwarded by his / her Institution Head.
b) The program should have been produced in the calendar year in which the Competition is announced.
c) Contestant should send only one entry in each category. However, same entry can be sent for multiple categories. If more than one program is announced winner in a category, prize money of that category shall be distributed equally between the producers of winning programs.
d) The duration of the program should be in the range of 05 minutes to 30 minutes.
e) Programs should be either in English or in Hindi. Programs in other languages may either be dubbed or sub-titled in English or Hindi.
f) The entry(ies) should be sent in professional / broadcast medium, i.e. .MOV or .AVI format with resolution of 720 x 576 (Standard Definition [SD]) or 1920 x 1080 (High Definition (HD)]. You can also upload your entries through Google Drive at cecvideocomp[at]gmail[dot]com
In case of category (iii) and (iv), the entry should be additionally accompanied with the following:
(1) Category (iii) – (Formative Research): Research Report - 3 copies, along with tools used for data collection should accompany the entry form.
(2) Category (iv) – (Script): Production Script - 6 copies.
g) The award in the category nos. (i), (ii) and (ix) shall be given to the producer(s) / director(s) of the winning program. An institution can also be the producer, whereas awards in category number (iv) to (viii) shall be given to the concerned crew member.
h) In case violation regarding copyright/intellectual property law/other law is reported at any stage or even later, the winner will be held liable for any legal consequences and have to return the cash prize, trophy and certificate and will be barred in future from participating in the Competitions of CEC.
i) The award winning entries shall be retained in CEC Library for academic purpose. The DVDs/Pen Drives of rest of the entries shall be available for collection within one month of the organizing of Award Ceremony.
j) CEC reserves the right to reject any entry on technical or any other ground without assigning any reason/explanation.
k) The Awardees will be invited to participate in the ceremony and will be given 2nd AC train fare through shortest route, subject to the production of original tickets, and shall be offered hospitality as per CEC-UGC norms. In case winning program is produced by more than one producer, only one producer will be invited to attend the ceremony.
l) It will be appreciated that the organization(s) send the individual(s) who are award winner(s) to attend the award ceremony.


Jury Screening
a) A Jury of eminence will judge the entries.
b) All the awardees or organizations will be informed about the results and it will also be uploaded on CEC website.
c) The competition will consist of a Jury screening followed by screening and award ceremony.

Trophy/Memento & Certificate
Along with the prize money, a Trophy and a Certificate of Excellence shall be given to all the award winners. Programs found to be worth appreciation by the jury would be given Citation only.