The Rolling Frames International Short Film Festival offers a perfect platform to filmmakers for showcasing their talent and screening their Short Films & Documentaries to the industry and general public.
A unique platform for filmmakers to screen their Short Films & Documentaries. This is a unique opportunity to showcase their talent to the industry professionals and also the general public. Past events have seen over 700 filmmakers from 59 different countries presented their films. Brilliant films like Sulle Sathya, Lest We Forget, Chasing the Rainbow, Lost Paradise, Scarred, Dreams UnDwarfed are showcased in the Summit.

In its third year, we expect The Rolling Frames International Short Film Festival experience to be even more vibrant and interactive for the viewers and participants alike, with plethora of subjects and styles projected from filmmakers in India and abroad.
As the festival comes into its own, there are sure to be exciting entries and interactions between homegrown and international talent.

After the screenings, there will be opportunities to interact with the Director of the film in the exclusive and dedicated space, the ‘Director’s Corner’. This has proven to be a hit in the past festivals, and we are sure it will live up to expectations this year, too.

Awards & Prizes

SHORT FILM:-
Best Film
Best Student Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Screenplay
Best Actress
Best Music Director
Best Editing
Best Child Artist
Best Animation
Best Special Effects

DOCUMENTARY:-
Best Documentary
Best Music Director – Documentary
Best Director – Documentary
Best Editing – Documentary
Best Writing – Documentary
Best Cinematography – Documentary

SOCIAL CAUSE AWARD (Mental Health) – FILM
SOCIAL CAUSE AWARD (Mental Health) – DOCUMENTARY

Rules & Terms

The Rolling Frames Films Society welcomes submissions of Short Film & Documentaries in The Rolling Frames International Short Film Festival.

Submissions should be produced after January 2012, and not more than 30 minutes in length, including credits.

THEME : Short Films or Documentaries can be on any theme.

LANGUAGE: Short Films or Documentaries can be in any language, with subtitles in English.

AN ORIGINAL WORK: The filmmaker is responsible for getting any permission for use of trademarks, copyrights or any other properties (including but not limited to Logos, Characters, Images and Music) in his or her Short film.

Only submissions with completed entry forms will be considered.

During the Screening the Short Film or Documentary, a spokesperson for the movie should be present.

Participants may submit only one version of a film/documentary. However, any participant may submit more than one project, and up to three. A separate Entry Form must be completed for each submission.

The festival will also accept animated or live-action submissions in science fiction (examples: futuristic stories, space adventure, technological speculation, social experiments, utopia and dystopia) and fantasy (examples: sword and sorcery, folklore, urban fantasy, magic, mythic adventure).

Accepted films & documentaries must arrive as high-resolution digital files. Failure to provide the film in the format indicated may result in the film being rejected from the festival. No exceptions, please.

Submissions will be judged based on originality, quality, artistic merit, innovation, voice, style and narrative.

The DVD copies cannot be returned to the applicant after the event.

Dropbox / Google Drive Links of the movie may only be accepted in exceptional cases. Mail to submission@rollingframes.in for more details.

Please do not send your film poster hard copies. Soft copies can be mailed to submission@rollingframes.in.

Handling charges are non-refundable and/or non-transferrable.

All films submitted will be eligible for two free delegate registrations.

Filmmaker agrees that all submitted films may be used by Rolling Frames Film Society and its approved partners for educational and outreach activities and the winning film may be used by Rolling Frames Film Summit and affiliated organisations in any relevant programming in perpetuity.