Golden Jury International Film Festival (GJIFF)

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for the Best Short film is given on annual basis and this includes Cash Prize of INR 100,000. This award is given to Live Action Short Film which is a category at the Golden Jury Film Academy Awards.

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Best Feature is given each year for feature films. An feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 60 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002 for films made in 2001

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Documentary Feature is an award for documentary films. This award include Cash Prize to the winner and preference is given to the film maker on the social issue based documentary.

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Golden Jury Film Academy. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Golden Jury Award for Best Direction) is an award presented annually by the Golden Jury FIlm Academy, Mumbai. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry.

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Best Story is an Golden Jury Film Academy Award given to Story writer of the film. This Award includes Trophy, Cash Prize of INR 25,000, Title, certificate, medal and badge.

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Golden Jury Film Academy Awards to the best substantial person or body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composition.

The Golden Jury Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Golden Jury Awards handed out annually by the Golden Jury Film Academy. It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the India with a predominantly non-Hindi or Indian dialogue track. Indian Laguage Track cant be submitted in this categories.

Animation Short Film directed by the students at the Animation Workshop can be submitted in this film categories.

Music Video: Goden Jury have segment of competition in the festival which includes its focuse on music videos, music, dance films, animated music videos, and other special stuff made of music and video. Golden Jury select Music Videos and dance movies from all over the world and we screen them to give young artists both sides of the camera an opportunity to be noticed for their talents You have music, you have images, and it's not a film? We are sorry, this project would not be eligible, Submit to Best Special Stuff and we will consider you with an open mind and may reward your project. We are looking for all sorts of music videos. We are named the Golden jury and welcome music with our golden heart. International means we accept videos from everywhere. Music means we love music. Music is the soul of Bolywood and every film have music song of approx 20 minutes. come and explore passion of Bollywood for music. We look forward to include your project.

Submit your script to Golden Jury and get a chance for award and selected film may be funded for the film making. Golden Jury also offers shooting equipment free of cost to the selected film makers.

This is category for Short film and reserved for the student only.

Golden Jury respect gender Neutrality and respect the human choice of life, we believes that films and art are a powerful medium to bring about social change and the festival uses the reach and spread that Goden Jury has already established, as one of Mumbai’s important film festival, to rally public opinion towards equality and dignity for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. Golden Jurt uses local, national and international platforms to advocate and sensitize the larger public about LGBT issues.

We award Lyrics may be prose or peotry, Writer need to be present in the festival to read the script otherwise write may send his own recorded video reading the lyrics. please note that music is not allowed in this categories. if your song is with music, submit it to the Music categories. Golden Jury shall respect the writer for the best Lyrics.

Please submit recorded stage play to the festival and if stage play is selected, we shall screen the same in the bestival and award shall be given

Best Film on Social Issue

Best Actress