Madras Independent Film Festival

Submitting your film to the Madras Independent Film Festival is not a guarantee of selection. We treat every filmmaker equally. All the official selection, nominees and the winners will be listed on our website permanently.

Films made in languages other than English must have English subtitles otherwise they will be summarily rejected.
Do not submit works in progress.
A filmmaker’s submission fee will not be reimbursed if they decide to withdraw their submission. All entry fees are non-refundable.
A Filmmaker can submit multiple number of Entries.
All Film Entries should be submitted online only.
After a film has been an official selection, the filmmaker will be notified, and eventually the film will be listed on the festival website under Official Selections. The Official Selection status doesn’t mean that your film will be screened at the festival. It means that your film has been appreciated by our judges of panel and you can use the festival logo on your poster.
Winners of each category will receive a laurel & certificate.
Any narrative work of fiction (including Animation films) with a running time of 45 minutes or less will be considered as Short film.
Any non-fiction work of film with a running time of 45 minutes or less will be considered as Documentary film.
Running time above 45 minutes (including Animation films) will be considered as Feature Film/ Feature Documentary. And it can be any duration.
For Screenplay contest, the Screenplay must be the original work of the author.
Less than 25 pages will be considered as Short script. And it can be any genre.
Above 25 pages will be considered as Feature script. And it can be any genre.
We accept any form of Web series and Music videos.