The G H Raisoni Short Film Festival is a way of expressing yourself during the Pandemic situation, we want our participants to make film on Life During the Lockdown and make use of creativity to express their thoughts on lockdown and encourage people towards being creative even in lockdown, the festival is brought to you by G H Raisoni University School of Media Studies.

Over three days we screen short films from around the world that represent some of the best short films made during the lockdown.

At the end of the festival, we have an amazing award ceremony for our winners from the selected films.

So much has changed in 2020 - making us rethink how audiences engage with film festivals, and how inclusive one-off events really are when it excludes filmmakers from around the world. Our Film Festival will be online, hence keeping the event safe during the pandemic.

Cash Awards ranging from Rs.10000 - Rs.5000/-
Certificate of participation for all filmmakers
Best Short Film
Best Student Film
Best Actor or Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Theme

All films MUST be under 2 minutes!

All films selected will be added to Our YouTube Channel

All films must have started production no earlier than May 22nd, 2021

If not in English, please supply subtitles

Winners will be notified via social media & email

2 x categories: Filmmaker and Amateur. (Categories will be added depending on the amount of entries)

No use of copyrighted music or content without permission from the rights holder. If royalty-free music is used please upload the license copy along with it.

Film Theme: Life in LockDown.

Format - Mp4

Submission of Profile Pic of Director and biography along with the 3 Behind the scene photos of the making of the film is compulsory.

By sending us your film you give us permission to host them on YouTube.