โ˜… ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐๐„๐’๐“๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ โ˜… ๐–๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โ˜…

๐Ÿ“ข ๐„๐๐‰๐Ž๐˜ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ % ๐–๐€๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐ƒ๐„: IndieBest50

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ is one of the ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ - ๐ˆ๐Œ๐ƒ๐› ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ. Our film festival is a prestigious festival for filmmakers from all over the world and discovers new talents for Hollywood.

Last year, we honored the directors who were ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐€๐…๐“๐€ ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. The festival is based on a professional approach. In the evaluation, we focus on the technical design of the film, the idea of โ€‹โ€‹the film, dramatic gradation, the tone of the film, the script, the conflict, the reality of the action, the acting performances and we attention to the details on which your film is composed.

We ourselves are filmmakers, producers and entrepreneurs. We know how difficult it is to show the world that someone appreciates your work. That's why we came up with a unique project in which we involved several jurors from around the world and created a new opportunity to show your film to the world. Our mission is to recognize talent and passion and to award the best film project.

Our festival can have a greater reach and be more effective for filmmakers than a live screening festival, because nowadays everyone in the world can watch online screenings, not just from one city.

Previous winners of our festival are well-know directors such as ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐‡๐ž๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง (Sweden), ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐Œ๐œ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก (USA), ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐ญ (USA), ๐‰๐ข๐š๐ช๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ง (China), ๐—๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (France), ๐„๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ (United Kingdom), ๐‰๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐Š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ž (Latvia), ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž (United Kingdom), ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐๐ค๐ข๐ง (Latvia), ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ž๐ง (United Kingdom) and others.

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Indie Short Film - budget under 5,000.00 USD
Indie Feature Film - budget under 250,000.00 USD

If you win, you can register your project on our IMDb website:
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0024787/2021/1

Awards & Prizes

๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐„๐’๐“ - ๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Student Film
Best Indie Feature Film
Best Super Short Film

๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ - ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Sci-Fi
Best Animation
Best LGBTQ
Best Experimental Film
Best Crime Film
Best War
Best Series โ€“ Pilot
Best Young Filmmaker (under 30y)
Best Travel Documentary
Best Western
Best Film with a human rights theme
Best Inspirational
Best Female Film
Best Action

๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ๐”๐€๐‹ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Director Short Film (Fiction/Documentary)
Best Director Feature Film (Fiction/Documentary)
Best Director Student Film
Best Director Super Short Film
Best Male Director
Best Female Director

๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ๐”๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Actor (Short/Feature)
Best Actress (Short/Feature)
Best Child/Young Actor
Best Child/Young Actress
Best Duo
Best Ensemble

๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ๐”๐€๐‹ ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡๐๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Cinematography (Short/Feature)
Best Editing (Short/Feature)
Best Production (Short/Feature)
Best Sound Design (Short/Feature)
Best Visual Effects (Short/Feature)
Best Costume
Best Makeup Artist
Best Original Screenplay

๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ - ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐ˆ๐๐„๐๐“๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best European Film
Best American Film
Best South American Film
Best African Film
Best Asian Film
Best Australian Film

๐’๐‚๐‘๐„๐„๐๐–๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ โ€“ ๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

โœ๏ธ Best Super Short Script (under 10 pages)
โœ๏ธ Best Short Script (under 30 pages)
โœ๏ธ Best Medium-Length Script (under 60 pages)
โœ๏ธ Best Feature Script (over 61 pages)
โœ๏ธ Best First Time Screenwriter (Short Screenplay)
โœ๏ธ Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)
โœ๏ธ Best Television Script

๐’๐‚๐‘๐„๐„๐๐–๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ โ€“ ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

โœ๏ธ Best Drama Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Best Comedy Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Best Thriller Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Best Horror Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Best LGBTQ Screenplay

๐Œ๐”๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’

Best Music Video
Best Animation Music Video
Best Experimental Music Video
Best Dance Music Video
Best Low Budget Music Video
Best Original Song
Best Director Music Video

๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Costume
Best Silent Film
Best Commercial
Best Dark Comedy
Best Adventure
Best Detective Film
Best Enviromental Film
Best Musical Film
Best Work-In-Progress
Best Education Film
Best Scenography

All winners receive a free certificate (pdf/jpg file)

Rules & Terms

1. If the film is not in English, it must have English subtitles.
2. All entry fees are non-refundable.
3. Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted.
4. The decision of the festival selection committee is final.
5. Films that are submitted must be the entrantโ€™s original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third Parties. Contestants agree that they have obtained all required copyright permissions regarding music, sound & images. Etc presented in their film.
6. The organizers reserve the right not to award any or all of the prizes.
7. The organizers have the right to use trailers or still photos on public social networks to promote your project and our festival.
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  • Mike Green

    Absolutely humbled our Screenplay, Crayola Zen, won Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay) in Best Indie Film Awards. Big woohoo is an understatement, & thank you BIFA! Award-winners of BIFA are outstanding film-makers and we congratulate them. Thank you BIFA for such a prestigious honor.

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Congratulations to your success.
    It was honor you took a part in our festival.
    We are looking forward to your next amazing projects.

  • Ivan Goldschmidt

    Thanks for the duo award... Proud of what the actors did in the film. Happy that the festival was sensitive to the emotions in this film done with a very Indie spirit.

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    It's amazing to hear these positive words from you!
    We believe that one day we will meet in person! You are a talented artist!

  • Carla Donato

    It was a great experience to take part at the Best Indie Film Award. The team was very prompt to reply to all my questions in short time!

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your feedback! It's amazing to hear such nice words!

  • Persia White

    Great festival, I', so proud to be a part of it.

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    We are glad that you were part of our competition!
    It's great that your work has raised the level of our festival!

  • Luca Bazzini

    An incredible emotion to win

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your feedback! It's amazing to hear such nice words!