Himachal Short Film Festival will offer celebration of Cinema, with live screenings of Local & International amazing quality independent Cinema. Film categories include Narrative Shorts, Experimental, Advertisement, Documentary, Short Films, Animated Films, Music Videos, and Student Productions from all over the world. What Filmmakers will experience in our festival? Keeping the event truly international Himachal Short Film Festival will have the following programs; press opportunities, networking occasions, industry attendance, Discussion Forum & high-quality Workshops. Himachal Short Film Festival is started with the idea of building and promoting a healthy film culture in Himachal. Our objective is to give film lovers in the city access to global cinema and spark a cultural exchange.

Awards & Prizes

• Best Film
• Second Best Film
• Best International Film
• Best Student Film
• Best Animation Film
• Best Documentary Film
• Best Music Video
• Best Director
• Second Best Director
• Best International Director
• Best Student Director
• Best Screenplay
• Best Camera Work
• Best Editing
• Best Sound
• Best Original Score
• Best Poster Design
• Best Creative Concept
• Best Music Composition
• Best Production Design

Rules & Terms

The short film must have been completed after 1st January 2018
• If you are submitting the film by Filmfreeway.com no need to send anything to us
All Non English Films needs to have English subtitles.
Films originally made in Englijsh does not need to have English Subtitles
•• The film can be Documentary, Experimental, Narrative, Fiction, Non - fiction or Animation.
• Total running time must be less than 30 minutes in length, including front and back credits. No minimum running time limitation.
• The short film can be in any language or any genre. All non- English films must have English sub- titles for festival presentation.
• Censor Certificate is not mandatory for the film screening.
• Multiple entries can be submitted
• Festival organization has right to use the entries / send / selected / nominated films, retain copies of each film as part of our festival library.
• Films once selected & submitted for final screening will not be allowed to be withdrawn under any circumstances until festival is over.