The International Indie Music Awards is an international annual competition for the much ignored independent music industry. We believe that Independent music is the future of true music in the world today that is a beacon of hope for true artists. We understand that “commercial” and “corporate backed” music designed with the goal of sales curated purely for the purpose of generating revenue cannot compete on a common platform with self-funded or indie label funded musical expressions of thoughts and emotions by free minds.
We believe that more than the scale, it is the content and its unique manner of expression and its message that needs to be prioritized. Our contests selects and honor excellence in such artistes from across the globe. Inspired & Motivated creators and innovators with the courage of their convictions, from the emerging to the established are all welcome.
We invite songs, background score themes, instrumentals, live performances, music videos produced either by the artist/composer/ independent producer/ independent label to participate and pit themselves against others to assess a comparative level of quality in various aspects of composition, lyrics, arrangements, musical production, engineering, performance and video.
Welcome to the “Indies”!!

Awards & Prizes

Style Categories :
Children’s Music – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble
Global Music – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble
Pop/Rock – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble
Folk/Ethnic Music – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble
Devotional Music – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble
Alternative/Fusion – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble
Best Rap Song – Composer/ Lyricist/ Producer/ Artiste/ Ensemble

Artiste Categories : (For Each Style)
Best Male Vocalist
Best Female Vocalist
Best Duo
Best Group Act
Best Instrumentalist
Best Debut Male Vocalist
Best Debut Female Vocalist

Technical Categories : (For Each Style)
Best Producer
Best Sound Engineer (Mixing - Song)
Best Sound Engineer (Mastering)
Best Sound Engineer (Mixing - Feature Film)
Best Sound Engineer (Mixing - Short Film)
Best Sound Engineer (Mixing - TV show)
Best Sound Engineer (Mixing - Advertisement)

Creator categories : (For Each Style)
Best Composer
Best Lyricist
Best Debut Composer
Best Debut Lyricist
Best Jingle Composer
Best Jingle Lyricist
Best Composer - Title Song/Track
Best Lyricist - Title Song

Special Categories :
Best Song (For Each Style)
Best Motivational Song
Best Womencentric Song
Best Song on the Environment/ Nature
Most Unique Song

Video Categories :
Best Music Video (Artiste)
Best Music Video (Ensemble)
Best Live Performance
Best Director
Best Cinematographer
Best Song Synchronised to Video
Best Song in a Short Film

SCORE CATEGORIES :
Best Background Score (Web/ Digital)
Best Background Score (Film)
Best Background Score (TV)
Best Background Score (Advertisements)
Best Background Score (Short Film)

Rules & Terms

– Music videos/ Songs must have been completed on or after January 1st, 2023.
– Music videos/ Songs must not be longer than 6 minutes.
- Short Films must not be longer than 30 mins
- All Films of duration above 30 mins will be classified as Feature Films
- Advertisments should not be of duration beyond 120 seconds
– Songs other than in English must include a copy of the written lyrics with an English translation
– Music Videos/Films/Videos other than in English must be subtitled in English.
– Only submissions with completed application forms and entry fee will be accepted.
– Filmmakers, artistes, creators, technicians, producers or musicians submitting songs/films/videos into the festival must possess all necessary permissions/ rights/ NOCs to submit their video and the organisers shall not be liable for any claim on the same. The person submitting shall be deemed to have indemnified the Organisers against any/all legal/financial claims concerning the same
– The submitter grants IIMA the non-exclusive rights to reproduce the song/video or part of the video and to showcase the video for the purposes of the festival or its promotion.
– After your submission is received your entry goes through a multi-layered judging process including listener impact, technical quality, uniqueness and styling. Like most music competitions all first-level judging is conducted by a qualified panel of experienced professionals.
– Written comments describing your entry, its purpose and publicity materials are invited and helpful during the judging process.
– IIMA does not guarantee that all submissions will be shortlisted for the festival.
– There are no entry fee refunds for the submissions that do not make it into the competition section or aren't selected.
– All information posted by IIMA is subject to change without prior notice.