The festival aims to promote independent filmmakers and innovative work that take risks and move the frontiers from the boring and most of the times empty conventional to the artistic initiating strong emotions and out of the box exceptional. It equally aims to give the opportunity to independent filmmakers to showcase their work free of commercial constraints.

Awards & Prizes

Awards

Best Feature Film ,Best Short Film ,Best Score, Best Director, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short,Best Feature Screenplay, Best Short Screenplay,Best Commercial, Best 1st Time Filmmaker, Best Student Film, Best Experimental Short Film Best Animation, Best Narrative Short Film,Best New Wave Short Film,Best Web Series,Best TV Series , Best Experimental Animation, Best Human Rights Documentary, Best Comedy Short Film ,Best Drama Short Film,Best Family Short Film, Best Triller Short Film

Rules & Terms

Submissions must be accompanied by the applicable submission fee.

The decisions of the Jury are final.

Films must be available for screening during the festival dates.
  
Short Films must be no more than 60 minutes in length including credits. Feature films must be no less than 75 minutes in length including credits. 

All non-English language films must have legible English and /or French language subtitles. 

 Films and screenplays  that have been submitted  in previous years are eligible to be resubmitted.
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Feature and Short screenplay submissions should be in English language only. 
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 The festival reserves the right in its sole discretion to reject or disqualify any ineligible entries, without a refund.
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All entries must be received by the applicable Entry Deadline.

All films  are screened as digital files during the Festival,  films on  DCP are not eligible.  
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All films must have been produced not earlier than five years due to the event dates. 
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 We do not accept hardcopy submissions by  postal mail.
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Films or screenplays  using non-licensed, copyrighted musical,or literary properties, without legal permission are not eligible.
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