Top 10 Film Festivals In March In India: Save The 2021 Dates!

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Top 10 Film Festivals In India – In the 21st Century, Film festivals are places of discovery and ritual, where film and cinema can be explored and consumed by audiences of all ages and interests. Top 10 Film Festivals In India are places where new filmmakers can reveal their work to the world and audiences can discover new talents. In one word I would say, “it’s the best place for networking among filmmakers”.

Here’s the list of 10 film festival events going to happening in MARCH 2021 from filmfreeway:

  1. 5th Jaipur Short Film Festival
5th Jaipur Short Film Festival

This Jaipur Film World is a creative Film Festival Platform for independent or professional filmmakers in Jaipur. “Jaipur Film World” to bring both veteran and young guns of film-making, audience, film critics, and media onto a common dais. We have a film screening along with a film-making seminar and workshop during the film festival. Venue – Jaipur.

2. Cosmo Short Film Festival

Cosmo Short Film Festival

Their motto is, the talented art pioneers who are spread throughout the universe and the young artists, who embark on their journey with the arts, must collaborate with the artists of the Indian subcontinent to understand, perceive, admire and promote the diverse arts, which exist in all parts of the universe. Venue – Chennai

3. Maharashtra International Short film festival

Maharashtra International Short film festival

Maharashtra International Film Festival is one of the top 10 Film Festivals In India aims at providing a common platform to the cinemas across the world to project the excellence of the art of film making and promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between India & other nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. It also promotes friendship and co-operation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries. Venue – Mumbai

4. Goa ShortFilm Festival

Goa ShortFilm Festival

Goa Short Film Festival one of the Top 10 Film Festivals In India conducting an innovative international short film festival and invites participation from aspiring and upcoming independent filmmakers. A unique short film Festival, focusing on opportunity creation for global filmmakers. Venue – Pune.

5. Indapur International Short Film Festival

Indapur International Short Film Festival

IISFF is a Unique Short Film Festival occurring every year in the city of Indapur (PUNE) which centers around opportunities creation for worldwide filmmakers. The possibility of this short film festival was taken through an Inspirational Event held in Pune during 2017 and it has been a long time from that point forward we have effectively finished up the 3 years of Short Film Festival Event in the city of Indapur.

​IISFF will give a chance to elevate familiarity with Hindi, English and Marathi cultures and characters to crowds of every single social foundation. IISFF will introduce films in their unique dialects with subtitles with an end goal to construct cross cultural bridges. The Vision and Mission of IISFF is guided by a advisory board composed of reputed and notable appointed authorities, filmmakers and directors of film industry. Venue – Indapur

6. Beyond Earth Film Festival

BeyondEarthFilmFestival - Kolkata

The sole purpose of BEFF is to develop a film culture that inspires and brings together all types of film makers, irrespective of their film making genre. BEFF also aims to appreciate and promote creativity in all forms, be it a film or photography to the world and to a diversified audience. The event venue is a glamorous red carpet event in Kolkata.

7. LakeCity International Film Festival (LCIFF) 

LakeCity International Film Festival (LCIFF)

Breaking all stereotypes, LCIFF’s mission is to present quality films from around the world as well as support, recognize and honor indie film makers. These films will be organized thematically, in hopes of representing the full range of the human experience as reflected by our chosen filmmakers. LCIFF will also be a vital showcase for indie short film makers as the festival has a PSA Films Category in addition to its competitive sections revolving around a theme and have a strong social message. Serving as a Premier Film Festival, the two day LCIFF 2020 festival is slated to happen in December 24 to 25th of 2021.

8. GardenCity International Film Festival 

GardenCity International Film Festival  - Bangalore, Karnataka.

GardenCity International Film Festival proudly brings the world of cinema to the IT city of India, Bangalore. They are happy to introduce the local audience to a range of most recent, cinematically daring and powerful filmmaking from around the globe. They want to be a festival that touches and teaches the audience, a festival that will drive creators to produce meaningful films, a festival that drives audiences from all walks of life and makes the week-end a deep experience that becomes a long lasting tradition. Submission Deadline – March 29 2021

9. 7th Art Independent International FilmFestival

7thArtIndependentInternationalFilmFestival - Kerala.

7thArt Independent International Film Festival is an international live screening monthly film festival with an annual gala event envisaged to push the boundaries of filmmaking. Their aim is to promote filmmakers with a unique vision by showcasing it to a large audience. Getting recognition is increasingly difficult for independent filmmakers in this world of the content boom, which is why our mission is to carefully consider and select a wide range of films and present them to the indie film-loving crowd. Event Date – April 5th 2021. Venue – Kerala, Trivandrum.

10. Shortfundly Summer film festival

Shortfundly Summer film festival 2021 - chennai, Tamilnadu

SFSFF(Shortfundly Summer film festival) is a unique event in India which showcases talents in short film making. It is happening in India with awards in all categories.

Additionally, Whoever submits your film to our festival gets the opportunity to stream in our shortfundly premium OTT platform. It will help you to earn throughout life. Don’t miss this golden opportunity. All the best for your efforts in filmmaking.

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Why Shortfundly Summer Film Festival ?

We believe Awards and recognitions are not just honors which will feature prominently in a person’s obituary. Rather, it shapes an emerging artist by giving more responsibility on their shoulders as a filmmaker. By hosting a diverse range of awards in the key departments of audio-visual media, we provide the best opportunities for emerging filmmakers, musicians, technicians, artists and photographers to receive such recognition. Also, SFSFF has no barriers to submitting films. The festival will showcase the worldwide submission of Fiction, Drama, Experimental, Horror, Human Rights, Religious, Sci-Fi, Women, Underground, Comedy, Asian, African, Adventure, or any genres in the art of visual storytelling.

I hope you like these 10 film festival info and start prepare yourself to nominate your short films in those events. Venue – Chennai. Event Date – Aug 29 2021

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