Chennai International Short Film Festival

Chennai International Short Film Festival has been started by persons having long associations with film festivals under the aegis of Chennai Academy of Motion Picture, a non-profit trust to promote good cinema to the film enthusiasts of Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu. Short films have emerged as a universal experimental platform for both professional and amateur film makers alike. With proliferation of high quality digital technology at relatively low prices, every film enthusiast wants to embark on film making and short films are the first stepping stone in that effort.

CISFF is the unique event in India which showcases talents to short film making. It is the only annual International Short Film Festival happening in India with awards in all categories.

12th Chennai International Short Film Festival -2024 (22nd Feb to 25th Feb 2024)

Awards & Prizes

The Jury will announce the awards during awards function (25th Feb 2024 @ 6.00 pm)

2.1 Animation awards:
The Best Short Animation award will carry a trophy, a certificate
2nd and 3rd place will get shield and certificates.

2.2 Documentary Awards:

The Best Short documentary award will carry a trophy, a certificate
2nd and 3rd place will get shield and certificates.

2.3. Best Short Fiction Award:

The Best Short Fiction award will carry a trophy, a certificate
2nd and 3rd place will get shield and certificates.

2.4. Best Students Film Awards:
Best Students film Award will carry a trophy, a certificate.
2nd and 3rd place will get shield and certificates

Regulations:

The Festival is meant for short films of maximum 30 minutes duration and will have the following sections

i) World Competition for short fiction films (maximum 30 minutes) produced after 1st September 2022
ii) World Competition for Short documentary films (maximum 30 minutes) produced after 1st September 2022
iii) World Competition for short animation films (maximum 30 minutes) produced after 1st September 2022
iv) World Cinema films (Short / documentary / animation films of maximum 30 minutes) produced after 1st September 2022
v) Competition for Indian Students Films: This section is exclusively for Indian Students only (from High School level to final year degree course) and films made under any category i.e. short fiction / short Documentary / short animation of maximum length of 30 Minutes are eligible for submission. The films should have been produced after 1st September 2022
vi) Country Focus (films from one or two countries & duration will be restricted to maximum 30 minutes each film)
vii) Special section (tributes / homage etc)

Entry Dead line and entry fees
S No Name of the category Entry detail Entry Fee Dead line
1 World short film competition Early Bird 30 US$ 30th Sep 2023
World short film competition Regular 50 US$ 31st Dec 2023
2 Students Competition Early Bird Rs.600 /- 30th Sep 2023
Students Competition Regular Rs.1000 /- 31st Dec 2023
3 World short film non-competition Early Bird 10 US$ 30th Sep 2023
World short film non-competition Regular 20 US$ 31st Dec 2023
4 Notification date for all the categories 10th Feb 2024

Overall Rating

Quality

Value

Communication

Hospitality

Networking

Amirtha Jebamani

It was great experience and liked very much. Thanks the team of chennai international shortfilm festival .

March 2024

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Response from festival:

Thank you Jebamani . much appreciate your feedback and we look forward to seeing you at the 13th edition.
ASHOK SAMINATHAN

Simply they are encouraging ammeture, student filmmakers. This is not right way to pursuing the film festival.

March 2024

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Response from festival:

Dear Mr Saminathan,
we regret for not offering a good festival experience for you. kindly offer your suggestions and we will see how we can accommodate those. thank you,
Marcel Hobi

I am proud that my short film is part of your festival.
It's a shame that I couldn't take part in the festival.

It is a special honor that Love Bubbles received the Best Animation Award. Thank you!

March 2024

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Response from festival:

Dear Marcel,

Congratulations again on the win. we are in touch with the embassy to connect the trophy and certificates. As a small token of our appreciation. It was wonderful to enjoy the film in a cinematic canvas. thank you for writing to us .
Harry Waldman

Thanks for selecting "Enter the Room" into your festival!

March 2024

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Response from festival:

congratulations on " Enter the room" being selected Mr Waldman. it was one among the 157 short films selected by the Jury.
Javid Farahani

Dear

I’m honored to be announced that my short film “Under the Blade” got accepted in such a good festival.

Thank you very much

June 2020

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Response from festival:

Thank you for your appreciation Mr Farahani. Hope to be connected and look forward to your submission in the coming year as well .