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Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival (3)

Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival

Deadlines

10 Sep 2021
Call for entries

31 Dec 2021
Early deadline

22 Jan 2022
Standard deadline

12 Feb 2022
Late deadline

04 Mar 2022
Festival closed

05 Mar 2022
Notification date

11 Mar 2022
12 Mar 2022

Address

MAHIM, 400016, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, India

Festival description

Short film festival 30'<

Feature film festival >70'

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 30'<

Feature Films >70'

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 3)

Festival start: 11 March 2022 Festival end: 12 March 2022

IRANIAN FILM MAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO ASK FOR "WAIVER CODE".

SCREENING : MARCH 11-12, 2022

JUST A NOTE: Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival will not accept any entries that are against any government, its policies or hurting anyone's religious beliefs.

Serving as Mumbai’s upcoming Premier Film Festival, the Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival (CICIFF) is founded to showcase Mumbai and Bollywood as the Biggest Film Industry across the world. With an aim to exhibit the most captivating and innovative content, the two day festival is slated to happen on March 11-12, 2022.

Breaking all stereotypes, CICIFF's mission is to present quality films from around the world as well as support, recognize and honor film makers. CICIFF festival intends to connect the film fans and movies goers with the world, especially the serious filmmaker and their associates so as to bring about greater understanding of the art of film making.

The two day Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival will be a “Free for All” film festival for audiences to enjoy films from various countries including Germany, Italy, UK, USA, Russia, Bangladesh, Iran, Poland in English and the country's own languages. Indian regional language films like Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, and in south Indian language including Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu and Kanada will be showcased.

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR IRANIAN FILM MAKERS - FREE ENTRY

Prizes and qualifications

Cash Prizes: 2,000$

The following Awards are constituted in FOREIGN / INDIAN categories for Feature Films / Short Films / Documentary / Animation & Music Videos

BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST IRANIAN FILM
BEST CHILDREN FILM
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM
BEST STORY / SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST WOMEN DIRECTOR
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR - MALE / FEMALE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MALE / FEMALE
BEST PUBLIC SERVICE FILM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST WEB SERIES
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
CRITICS AWARD

Rules

Entries to the Café Irani Chaii International Film Festival will be considered only on receipt of Submission Entry Fee as mentioned. All entries must be sent either through Festhome or directly to the CICIFF office on or before March 04, 2022.

Entries are Open to filmmakers worldwide, all genres and lengths depending on the categories mentioned.

- Filmmakers can submit more than one entry to the festival in any category.

- All films that are not in English must have English language subtitles.

- Each entry must be a separate submission which includes form and payment for each submission.

- The Festival reserves the right to determine eligibility of any work submitted.

- Entry fees are payable through Festhome payment systems and are non-refundable.

- The decision of the Festival committee will be final and binding.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION

The festival will not interact with anyone except the submitter and/ or the producer of the film. If any person - be it the actor, writer, director or anyone from the production crew tries to forcibly extract information about the status of the film from the festival authorities, the festival will have absolute rights to >>DISQUALIFY THE FILM<< from competition and/ or screening which you may kindly note. At the same time, the festival may take the decision to ban the production house completely from sending entries to the future editions of the festival.

FEATURE FILM INTERNATIONAL

Feature Films >70'

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 23.1$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 22 Jan 22

Late 50$ 46$ 38.5$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 60$ 55.2$ 46.2$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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This category accepts films from 70 mins upwards in any language with English Subtitles

SHORT FILMS INTERNATIONAL

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 22 Jan 22

Late 45$ 41.4$ 34.65$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 55$ 50.6$ 42.35$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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Short Films of any genre are accepted in this category accepts in any language with English Subtitles upto 30 mins

DOCUMENTARY

Short Films >2' 40'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 22 Jan 22

Late 45$ 41.4$ 34.65$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 55$ 50.6$ 42.35$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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Documentary Films of any genre are accepted in this category accepts in any Language (Indian & International) with English Subtitles upto 40 mins

FEATURE FILM INDIAN

Short Films >70'

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 22 Jan 22

Late 45$ 41.4$ 34.65$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 55$ 50.6$ 42.35$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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This category accepts films from 70 mins upwards in any INDIAN Language with English Subtitles

IRANIAN FILMS

Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 0$ 0$ 0$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 0$ 0$ 0$ 22 Jan 22

Late 0$ 0$ 0$ 12 Feb 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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Iranian Feature Films

SHORT LONG FILMS

Short Films >30' 60'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 23.1$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 22 Jan 22

Late 50$ 46$ 38.5$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 60$ 55.2$ 46.2$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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Short films above 30 mins and below 60 mins of any language, genre. Except for Hindi, English subtitles necessary.

MUSIC VIDEO / WEB SERIES

Short Films >1' 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 15$ 13.8$ 11.55$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 20$ 18.4$ 15.4$ 22 Jan 22

Late 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 30$ 27.6$ 23.1$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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Music Video upto 12 mins and Web Series upto 30 mins are accepted. For Web Series, you can either send one episode or a collective upto 30 mins duration

SHORT FILMS INDIAN

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 15.4$ 31 Dec 21

Standard 30$ 27.6$ 23.1$ 22 Jan 22

Late 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 12 Feb 22

Extended 50$ 46$ 38.5$ 04 Mar 22

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Submissions deadline
04 Mar 22

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6.9$

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Short Films of any genre are accepted in this category accepts in any INDIAN Language with English Subtitles upto 30 mins

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