13th Indian Cine Film Festival-25

Rules and Regulations:

13th Indian Cine Film Festival-2025

1. Awards for both professional and students category-

Production Awards

❏ Best Feature Film ❏ Best Short Film ❏ Best Animation
❏ Best Feature Animation ❏Best Feature Documentary ❏ Short Documentary
❏ Best Music Video ❏ Best Film-Jury ❏ Best Director
❏Special Festival Mention ❏Honorable Jury Mention ❏ Best Ad Film
❏ Best Debut Director (Feature Only) ❏ Best Web Series*

*Note: Web series are only for award/competition purpose, No online/ offline screening during the festival.

Creative Awards

❏ Best Cinematography ❏ Best Editing ❏Best Screenplay ❏ Best VFX

Performance Awards

❏ Best Actor ❏ Best Actress

Music Awards

❏ Best Original Music ❏ Best Background Music ❏ Best Singer

Certificate of participation + Winners will be honored with certificate and trophy + Networking & film distribution opportunity + Promotional & Film Market Interviews for all filmmakers + Project pitching opportunities to buyer/seller/producers.

2. Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.

3. Year of production & accepted movie duration:

- Year of production: Jan-2023 onwards
- Feature Films/Feature Animation/Feature Documentary: 61 min to 180 min (more than 60 min)
- Short Film/Short Documentary/Short Animation: up-to 60min
- Music Video: up-to 7 min & Ad Films- any duration

4. Films participated in ICFF-14 to 24 are not eligible for participation in 2025.

5. ICFF-25 stages/process:

• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 20 Aug 2025 & shortlisted late entries notification on 27 Aug 2025.
• Delegate registration to attend ICFF-25. All filmmakers must have registered as delegate to attend the festival. Hospitality charges are applicable for filmmakers & attendees, which include lunch, tea/coffee with cookies & master classes.
• Festival movies screening & workshops followed by award ceremony in Mumbai on 14 Sept 2025.

6. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.

7. Indian Cine Film Festival-25 does not take any type financial commitment for the expense incurred on the correspondence by the participant. All Travel, Lodging & Boarding and other miscellaneous expenses will have to be borne by the participant himself for attending the festival. No request for the same will be entertained.

8. Once the film submitted can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.

9. By submitting movie to 13th Indian Cine Film Festival-25, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.