About THE BUDDHA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The most Prestigious Name " The BUDDHA" is now listed in world's top 100 best rated & reviewed film festivals... Thank you so much to all beloved global-filmmakers...

THE BUDDHA International Film Festival's main objective is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world (INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL) to excel by accepting all genres, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists. TBIFF is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences. TBIFF unites cinematic, cultural, educational more over Inspirational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.
The TBIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
The BUDDHA International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.
We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.
Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown.
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AWARDS
WINNERS In the following categories (International / National):

SHORT FILM

BEST SHORT FILM –

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BEST DIRECTION –

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BEST ACTING - (Male)

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BEST ACTING - (Female)

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BEST SCREENPLAY –

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BEST CONCEPT AWARD–

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BEST EDITING –

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY –

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DOCUMENTARY

BEST DOCUMENTARY –

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BEST DIRECTION –

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ANIMATED SHORT FILM

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM –

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BEST DIRECTION –

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BEST SCREENPLAY –

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM –

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BEST DIRECTION -

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BEST CONCEPT -

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO -

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BEST WEB SERIES -

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BEST SCREENPLAY

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BEST SMARTPHONE SHORT -

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BEST MULTIMEDIA AWARD -

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BEST TRAILER AWARD-

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BEST AD FILM -

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5 BEST FOREIGN Language FILM
5 BUDDHA GLOBAL LEADERSHIP PRIZE - in Film-Making
Special Jury Awards -
3 BEST DIRECTOR
3 BEST WRITER
3 BEST PRODUCER
3 BEST EDITOR
3 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
3 BEST PICTURE
3 BEST MUSIC
3 BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS
3 BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
3 BEST SOUND
3 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / ACTRESS
3 BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN NEGATIVE ROLE
3 BEST SCRIPT
3 BEST SHORT FILM
3 BEST FEATURE FILM
3 BEST DOCUMENTARY
3 BEST FILMMAKER
3 International Jury Prize
3 Award Worthy Prize
3 Best Film of the Fest Award
3 Best Short Film of the Fest Award
3 Best Feature Film of the Fest Award
3 Best Documentary Film of the Fest Award
& many more_
Certification of Excellence - Great Work

RULES & REGULATIONS
TBIFF - The Buddha International Film Festival

To participate:

The Festival is open to filmmakers from all over the world (INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL) & We are accepting all genres.

The Film submitter should be an authorized person or an organization ; Film Director or Film Producer or Production Organization.

You can submit as many films as you wish. Once submission is done then there is no fees refund.

The short films must have been made from the 1st January 2010 till the deadline for registration, and it is not a problem if they have been previously screened, shown on the Internet or in other festivals.
Our Jury's Decision about your film's selection is the final.

The films may be in English, Marathi, Hindi, Spanish, European Languages or in any other language with English subtitles. For the selection process are not necessary English subtitles but if your film is selected we will ask you English subtitles for the public screening.

The organization can use pieces from the selected films (10% maximum) to promote them and the festival.

Selected short films of TBIFF will or may become part of "other film festivals organized by us". this decision is totally taken by TBIFF.

Categories mentioned on FilmFreeway website with 'Non-Screening but in Award Competition' will not going to screen, as they are kind of award ceremony competition. Only our judges watch it for judging purpose.

All content mentioned in categories' sub-section is the part of 'Rules and Terms' section.

Our jury's decision is the final decision about selection, there is zero scope of reconsideration or any argument. We share only digital laurels to official selections and certifications to winners through email. We are socially inclined festival so we always give support to many many filmmakers.

Competition Categories:
Short Films
Feature Films
Animated Short Films
Documentaries
Experimental Short Films
Music Videos
Animated Feature films
Ad Films
TV Series
Web Series
Smartphone Shorts
Screenplays
Trailers

Running time:

The short films upto 59 minutes,

The feature films or Documentaries should not be more than 4 hours

Format:

All of the submitted films can participate, no matter the format. The screening will be from a 1080p digital file (participants will be informed about the format needed for the screening with time enough).

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Anindgita Dasgupta

    Outstanding film festival ,I am very fortunate that I have participated in this festival and glad to receive the award for Best producer (series name ..kuch kuch film jaisi ,produce by Aam public entertainment);
    Thanks a lot 😊🙏😊😊

    God bless you 🙏

    June 2023
  • Hugh Robertson

    We unfortunately never actually attended the festival itself, but we're nevertheless delighted to win an award for best editing. The festival organisers were very encouraging and kept us updated throughout the process.

    June 2023
  • Participating in this festival was a wonderful experience. A lot of thanks to the organizers for such an opportunity. Getting Special Jury Award as Best Debut Director for my debut Feature Aparna will definitely inspire the whole team with a new dimension of motivation always. Gr8 feeling no doubt.

    June 2023
  • Participating in this festival was a wonderful experience. A lot of thanks to the organizers for such an opportunity. Getting awarded in a couple of categories is another level of pleasure that in essence inspires us and increases our responsibility toward our future work.

    June 2023
  • Suresh Chandna

    We are honored to participate in TBIFF and won AWARD for Best Screenplay, Thank you for all.
    Suresh Chandna

    June 2023