National Indian Film Festival of Australia

We accept films of any length and genre. Short films should not have more than 30 minutes to be considered a short film. Films must be relevant to India, or Indo-Australian culture.

Films submitted to the competition cannot be available online. A film that is available online to the public will be immediately disqualified. Furthermore, all submitted films must be an Australian Premiere.

All films not in English must have English subtitles embedded or as an option on your screening platform.

Entrants who are 17 years old or younger must provide written permission from their legal guardians to enter the competition.

We do not accept the following:
Extremist content or propaganda of any kind.
Films that denigrate other cultures or religions.
Films that were already screened in Australia.
Films completed before 2022, unless they never had a premiere in Australia and are not available online.

Entrants are prohibited from contacting the judges during the competition. Any entrant who attempts to contact a judge will be disqualified and their entry fee forfeited. The decision of the judges is final.

All submitted material must be original and all rights must be wholly owned by the writer(s) and filmmakers. We only judge the material sent to us. We do not judge our contestants.

Once selected, filmmakers are required to present a fully cut trailer and any artwork for the purposes of further promotion of the film. The festival welcomes promotional materials, including images, posters, trailers and more.

We are not responsible for any copyright infringement of your material. By submitting your film you are giving us the permission to publish your images, poster and trailer on our website and/or social media pages, external promotion and marketing routes.

If your film includes sexually explicit content, graphic material or expletives please highlight this in your submission notes.

Submission fees are non-refundable if your film does not match the criteria listed on this page, so please make sure that you read and understand all Terms and Conditions thoroughly.

In the unlikely event of a change of venue through unforeseen circumstances NIFFA reserves the right to amend screening times and venues. We will, however, endeavour to ensure your screening suffers the minimum inconvenience possible.

All online screeners must have working passwords. If you change your password please notify the Submissions Team immediately providing the updated password. If a KDM file for the DCP is required, please arrange it with the Submissions Team one month prior to the festival.