Rules and Regulations:
8th Noida International Film Festival-2021
1. Awards for both professional and students category-
Production Awards
❏ Best Feature Film ❏ Best Short Film ❏ Best Animation
❏ Best Feature Animation ❏Best Feature Documentary ❏ Best Director
❏ Short Documentary ❏Best Music Video ❏ Best Film-Jury ❏Special Festival Mention ❏Honorable Jury Mention ❏ Best Ad Film
❏ Best Debut Director (Feature Only)
Creative Awards
❏ Best Cinematography ❏ Best Editing ❏Best Screenplay
❏ Best VFX
Performance Awards
❏ Best Actor ❏ Best Actress
❏ Best Supporting Actor ❏ Best Supporting Actress
Music Awards
❏ Best Original Music ❏ Best Background Music
Certificate of participation + Movies Ratings + jury evaluation sheet will be given to all entries. The winners will be honored with certificate and trophy + short film distribution deal.
2. Film must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.
3. Films participated in Noida International Film Festival-2014 to 2020 are not eligible for participation in 2021.
4. Year of production & accepted movie duration:
Year of production: Jan-2018 onwards
Feature Films & Feature Documentary & Animated Feature Films: more than 60 min
Short Film, Short documentary & Short Animation: up-to 60min
Music Videos: up-to 8 min
5. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.
6. NIFF-21 stages/process:
• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 07 Jan 2021 & shortlisted late entries notification on 10 Jan 2021.
• Delegate registration to attend NIFF-21 at Noida, India. All filmmakers must register 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 Noida on 24 Jan 2021.
7. Noida International Film Festival-21 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 Once the film submitted can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.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 Noida International Film Festival, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.