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Madras Independent Film Festival (2)

Deadlines

01 May 2020
Call for entries

31 Dec 2020
Festival closed

31 Dec 2020
Notification date

01 Aug 2020
31 Dec 2020

Address

Saligramam, 600093, chennai, chennai, India

Festival description

Short film festival >3'

Feature film festival

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >3'

Feature Films

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 2)

Festival start: 01 August 2020 Festival end: 31 December 2020

Madras Independent Film Festival is a monthly contested international online film festival with an annual event held in Chennai. In January 2021, the winning film of each monthly contest will be screened at our live event with an overall winner chosen by our esteemed jury.

Prizes and qualifications

The officially selected project in each month receives Madras Independent Film Festival laurel and certificate.

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Documentary
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Thriller
Best Director
Best Editor
Best Cinematographer
Best Music Director
Best Sound Designing
Best Photography
Special Mention
Critics Choice Award

Rules

Submitting your film to the Madras Independent Film Festival is not a guarantee of selection. We treat every filmmaker equally. All the official selection, nominees and the winners will be listed on our website permanently.

Films made in languages other than English must have English subtitles otherwise they will be summarily rejected.

Do not submit works in progress.

A filmmaker’s submission fee will not be reimbursed if they decide to withdraw their submission. All entry fees are non-refundable.

A Filmmaker can submit multiple number of Entries.
All Film Entries should be submitted online only.
After a film has been an official selection, the filmmaker will be notified, and eventually the film will be listed on the festival website under Official Selections. The Official Selection status doesn’t mean that your film will be screened at the festival. It means that your film has been appreciated by our judges of panel and you can use the festival logo on your poster.

Winners of each category will receive a laurel & certificate.

Running Time should be from 3 minutes to 45 minutes for Short films.

Running Time should not exceed 10 minutes for Documentary.

Running time above 45 minutes will be considered as Feature Film. And it can be any duration.

Feature Films

Short and Feature Films >45'

Standard Fee 10$
-8% 9.2$

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 20

Save up
0.8$

Submit

We accept all Genres.

Documentary

Short Films 10'<

Standard Fee 5$
-8% 4.6$

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 20

Save up
0.4$

Submit

We accept all Genres. The duration of the documentary film should not exceed 10 minutes.

Short Films

Short Films >3' 44'<

Standard Fee 5$
-8% 4.6$

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 20

Save up
0.4$

Submit

We accept all Genres.

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