Rules and Regulations:
9th Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-2020
1. Awards for both professional and students category-
Production Awards
❏ Best Short Film ❏ Best Animation ❏ Best Documentary ❏ Best Music Video ❏ Honorable Jury Mention ❏ Best Director
❏ Special Festival Mention ❏ Best Ad Film
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
Companies/Institutional Awards
❏ Best film/Animation production institution (Academic)
[Award will be given on state/City basics Ex. Best in Kolkata, Maharashtra or UP etc]
❏ Best film production house:-
❏ Short/Documentary production house
❏ Ads/Animation production house
[Award will be given on state/City basics Ex. Best in Kolkata, Maharashtra or UP etc]
Award Criteria
Submission for Best Film Production Institution Award (Academic)
• Institution Show reel
• Submit DVD of any two student projects
• List of in-house resources.
• List of award winning productions
• List of alumni working with reputed film banners
• List of institution filmmaking faculty along with specialization & experience.
Submission for Best Film Production House Award
• Company Show reel
• Submit DVD of any two movies produced by company
• List of all movies produced by the company and mention if movies won any awards.
• List of professionals associated with the company (Like Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, Producers etc)
• Attach the CV’s of core team members
Certificate of participation + Miniboxoffic Movies Ratings 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. Year of production & accepted movie duration:
Year of production: Jan-2018 onwards
Short Film, animation & documentary: up-to 60min
Music Video: up-to 07 min & Ad Film- any duration
4. Films participated in DSIFF-2012 to 2019 are not eligible for participation in 2020.
5. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.
6. DSIFF-20 stages/process:
• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 03 Oct 2020 & shortlisted late entries notification on 06 Oct 2020.
• Delegate registration to attend DSIFF-20 at Delhi. 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 Delhi on 18 Oct 2020.
7. Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-20 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 Delhi Shorts International Film Festival, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.