This is 9th edition of BEFF - Babul EFF, the first and only International Environmental Film Festival in Hyderabad and south India!
The festival is hosted in multiple locations across Hyderabad, India followed by screenings in different cities. To ensure better connect with audience and leverage mileage nationally and internationally, the festival is held every year during first week of June to coincide with World Environment Day. Hyderabad is capital of Telangana state and known as City of Pearls and Biryani, is a major film making hub and has many world class studios including the world's largest Ramoji Film City. Screening your film at BABUL BEFF will ensure your film's reach to a quality and diverse audience & opens the doors for networking with the best of talent in film-making.
There will be Seminars / Panel Discussions / Master Classes / Eco Games and activities etc., Our hashtags are #babulecofilmfest and for the 8th edition #babulecofest24 #beff2024
While we make all efforts to hold a live physical event, however, due to prevailing situation the festival holds the right to postpone/defer or convert to online virtual festival.
The festival will have follow up screenings to ensure better mileage for the films and also travels to other cities in India. Films that fit into thematic niche audience find less acceptance from general public. We will screen such films for relevant audiences by coordinating with Individual groups / organisations connected to such themes. These screenings go beyond the announced time window as per original festival dates.
We may not be able to include all the selected films in the first round of the screenings. However, we will complete the screenings by end of June 2025. This is done to accommodate the films that cater to niche audience rather than the general public (scientific community, theme based audience - students of oceanography etc.,)
Prize money of INR.50,000/- [ USD 700 ] will be awarded to the winners in Short Film Category. This includes:
~ USD 350 for short films [open for all non-Indian countries]
1st Prize 200 USD
2nd Prize 100 USD
3rd Prize 50 USD
and
~ ₹25,000/- for short films [Indian Entries]
1st Prize ₹14000
2nd Prize ₹7000
3rd Prize ₹4000
Topic for 9th BEFF2024 is ENVIRONMENT. Cash award, citation and memento will be given to the winners.
All the selected films ( Foreign and Indian ) will get laurels, screening certificates.
Films submitted using waiver code are not eligible for Awards.