make an application to Directorate of Film Festivals, New Delhi .for organising film festival
1) you would need Public Performance (Events) Licence - Playing of sound-recordings in an event or show or concert or stage or dance-floor, etc. where performers perform on stage or a designated area
2) you have to pay entertainment tax on live concerts entertainment Tax
25% on tickets or sponsorships (Maharashtra -)
3) you would need police permission for use of loudspeakers
4) you would need fire brigade NOC arrangements of fire extinguishers and fire engines
5)Excise licence is a tax levied for the sale or supply of alcohol. Organizer needs to procure excise permission in order to serve alcohol in a live or recorded music event in India.
6)Short films that are submitted must be the entrants’ original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties.
7) Contestants agree that they have obtained all required permissions regarding music, sound and/or images presented in your short film.
8)t he entrants may also run the risk of being prosecuted as per the Indian Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Media Law for any offence or infringement. Racial, religious and regional discrimination shall not be portrayed in any part of the film being submitted.
9) it should be mentioned that Film Festival organizing, selection committee members, juries are not allowed to participate in respective festival as a contestant
10)You need to take Commercial Taxes Licence for organising your event. The Entertainment Tax has to be calculated based on the estimated number of tickets to be sold.