*Women’s Cinema & Arts International Film Festival(WCAIFF)*.
This annual festival is a tribute to Savitribai Phule,A renowned indian social reformer, first women educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. She is regarded as the first female teacher of India. Along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, she played an important and vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is regarded as the mother of Indian feminism.

WCAIFF - Mission of this great festival is to present this prestigious award to
those who are working on women issues through Arts & Cinema and also who have immensely and honestly strived their level Best to support women's welfare and development.

Managing Director Mr. Vikrant More and Director Ms. Priya Jaiswal are consistently striving to put forward their views and agendas on the future projects of this subject at national and international level, which will include flim promotions, Releasing, International Distribution, sales companies and also the writers, Directors & Producers whose Skills and works shed lights upon women's issues and their struggle.

This Festival will also provide an interactive platform for selected women to come forward and present their ideas and express their perspective and vision on the struggle of women with people & media globally.

>>>>FEATURE FILM<<<<
BEST WOMEN FILM
BEST WOMEN ISSUE FILM
BEST WOMEN WRITER
BEST WOMEN DIRECTOR
BEST INDIAN FILM
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST FILM (LOCAL TALENT)
BEST FILM ON NATIONAL ISSUES
BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
BEST CHILD ARTISTE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST SOUND
BEST EDITOR
CRITICS AWARD
SPECIAL JURY MENTION

>>>>SHORT FILMS / DOCUMENTARIES <<<<

BEST INDIAN FILM - SHORT
BEST FOREIGN FILM
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST ANIMATION FILM
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
BEST FILM (LOCAL TALENT)
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST DEBUTANTE DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST CHILD ARTISTE
BEST DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST EDITOR
CRITICS AWARD
SPECIAL JURY MENTION

Rules & Terms
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION:
The festival will not interact with anyone except the submitter and/ or the producer of the film. If any person - be it the actor, writer, director or any from the production crew tries to forcibly extract information about the status of the film from the festival authorities, the festival will have absolute rights to DISQUALIFY THE FILM from competition and/ or screening which you may kindly note. At the same time, the festival may take the decision to ban the production house completely from sending entries to the next editions of the festival.
The entry form / application will be considered only on receipt of Administrative film submission entry.

• International Participants have to make payments through FilmFreeway
All entries must be sent to the WCAIFF prepaid and insured for your own protection. Entry form, DVD, Synopsis, Posters, Publicity stills and other material should reach Festival office on or before i.e. FEBRUARY 28, 2022.
3. COMPETITION FEATURE FILMS: (Open to all Directors across the Globe)
Films entered in the FEATURE FILM Section should be more than 82 mins and made / released between 1st April 2015 and 30th January 2022.
4. COMPETITION SHORT FILMS/ DOCUMENTARY / ANIMATION FILMS
Films entered in the Competition Section must have a running length of not more than 30 mins.
5. GENERAL
5.1 Films not presenting sufficient technical qualities for good public screening can be refused by the Festival Director.
5.2 Subtitling is necessary and compulsory for films that are not in English language or in Hindi (Indian Language). Films without subtitles shall not be screened in the Festival.
5.3 The participants must ensure that they have the right to participate in the Women’s Cinema And Arts International Film Festival with regard to parties connected with the production / distribution of the participating film and / or other right holders/licenses.

5.4 Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these and all Regulations as specified.
5.5 The Festival Director will decide all matters not expressly provided for in these regulations but in conformity with the provisions of the International Regulations for film festivals and its decisions shall be final and binding on all parties.
5.6 Entrants should inform the Festival Director by February 28th 2022 about their participation, including the titles of films and the names and addresses of the directors, producers, production companies and world sales companies against each film titles.If Winner is not able to come he/she has to bear courier charges of the Trophy.

NOTE: Festival Director, Programmer, Selection Panel and Jury shall determine selections and / or Award Winners at their sole discretion. WCAIFF authorities at any time would not entertain any request pertaining to selection films and / or awards. Decision of the WCAIFF festival authorities regarding all matters not expressly provided for in these rules and regulations or which require interpretation of the clauses mentioned above shall be final and binding to all parties.
The Festival is being organized under the aegis of Women’s Cinema And Arts International Film Festival organisation by Wings to Bollywood & Bharat Talkiez with support from Indian Film Industry and film makers from around the world.

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  • Annika von Schütz

    Unfortunately, I have to say the same like the other filmmakers.
    No communication at all- no laurel- no screening at all I suppose?!

    May 2023
  • camille hardman

    The same thing happened as the other filmmakers above. The film was selected, but I never heard from them. Their website link on Film Freeway no longer links to any site.

    May 2023
  • lisa Cole

    My film was selected and one of my team members lives in Mumbai where this festival is supposed to take place. She's been trying to get in touch with them but all she found out was they pushed the dates. There has been very little communication and response. I feel the festival should refund our application fees. I have heard nothing from them.

    May 2023
  • I will copy and paste the last comment, as it happened the same: I was selected, but they never reached out to me to ask for a screening version, never invited me, nothing that I expect from a festival.

    March 2023
  • Emily Nixon

    I was selected, but they never reached out to me to ask fora screening version, never invited me, nothing that I expect from a festival. If they did screen my film it was with my low-res version, which is not okay. As far as I can tell, this festival is a scam to just take your money.

    March 2022