๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐’๐‚ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž !

๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ% ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
๐–๐€๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘ ๐—–๐—ข๐——๐—˜:- ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—–๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐——๐—œ๐—ฆ

๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

The Mission of Virgin Spring Cinefest is to create a platform that every filmmaker needs, in order to showcase and get recognition for their films. The objective of the Film Festival is to support independent filmmakers and to showcase their talents and give recognition to them infront of the world's audience.

Virgin Spring Cinefest (VSC) is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified Organization and an IMDb Award Listing Qualifier.

Films entered in multiple categories may win multiple awards!

The festival has been named in honor of Ingmar Bergmanโ€™s classic film "Virgin Spring" and it has been launched to showcase independent art-house films from around the world.

All the Submissions are accepted exclusively through FilmFreeway.

Awards & Prizes

All projects officially selected in each month receive the VS CINEFEST laurel and certificate, and are rated at their IMDb pages (if applicable). All monthly Award Winners also receive the VS CINEFEST laurel and customized certificate.

Each month, the most representatives of monthly award winners will be screened at the prestigious venue in Kolkata and reviewed by CULT CRITIC film magazine. These reviews are shared at each film IMDb page (if applicable). Some filmmakers, screenwriters and actors/actresses could be invited for an interview to be published as well in CULT CRITIC film magazine. Judges score quality and creativity of entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded monthly at four levels:

Gold Awards,
Silver Awards,
Bronze Awards

Honorable Mentions.

All monthly winners of the period from September 2021 to August 2022 will be auto-matically nominated for the prestigious GOLDEN GALAXY AWARDS.

Rules & Terms

What weโ€™re looking for? Prolific art-house films, which can be in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non-fiction), or animation.
The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).

By submitting your film, you agree that Virgin Spring Cinefest can use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for promotional purpose.

Virgin Spring Cinefest does not accept the following:

1. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
2. Films which are made before 2000
3. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, or video resolution less than 720p HD)

Genres accepted: Fiction, documentary, and animation.

All Lengths Accepted
578 Reviews
Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Cynthia Matty-Huber

    Thank you Virgin Spring Cinefesr, for including โ€œFor Love of the Landโ€ into your festival. Iโ€™m honored to have been selected as an award winner.

    October 2022
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  • Aundraโ€™ Segrest

    Awesome festival. I would do it again!

    September 2022
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  • Ken Sagoes

    We are honored and extremely grateful that your festival chose our short film "The Secret Weapon: Yesterday IS Today" as an Award Winner. The festival is well-organized and has excellent communication. May the festival continue to provide filmmakers with a platform that fosters creativity and self-expression.

    September 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Dear Ken,

    Thank you, for your wonderful review. We did enjoy your series. and we would like you to make more of it. Best wishes from team VSC. And of course, we would love to have you at our event someday.

  • SPP Bhaskaran

    This is an excellent film festival! We are so honored and excited to have won awards and thank you so much! We will definitely be entering again!!!

    September 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Dear SPP,

    Thanks for your Kind feedback. Its a great pleasure to know that you liked our festival so much. Hope we will see you our next season.

  • Ajinkya Upasani

    Thank you Virgin Spring Cinefest for awarding my short films 'The Deadline' and 'Sleepless' in your esteemed festival. Prompt communication and response from the festival team is praiseworthy.

    September 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Dear Ajinkya,

    Thanks for your Kind feedback. Its a great pleasure to know that you liked our festival so much. Hope we will see you our next season.