Cinema Father International Film Festival-26 (10)

Festival start: 20 June 2026      Festival end: 20 June 2026

The festival was established by Education Expo TV in order to salute the great contribution of earlier filmmakers who have developed the cinema and considered as cinema fathers like Dadasaheb Phalke, Lumière brothers', Thomas Edison, Lev Kuleshov, Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, William Kennedy Dickson, DW Griffth, George Melies, Edwin S Porter and many others great visionaries of cinema. Cinema Father International Film Festival is a competitive festival of Feature, Shorts, Doc, Music Videos & Animation produced by worldwide professionals. The festival is celebrating the achievement taking place in cinema & honoring the innovativeness, effectiveness, creativity & new ideas globally.

The objective behind the festival is to recognize the best talent and setting new milestone in the most amazing indie cinema industry. The CFIFF is an India’s first independent films festival providing platform to showcases the work of aspirant, young & experience professionals globally. CFIFF is also providing platform for professional networking, sharing of ideas & knowledge. The CFIFF awards honor the groundbreaking films and talent. We extend warm invitation to participate in 2026 edition and hope it turns milestone in your film career.

Section 1: Production Award

Best Feature Film

Best Short Film

Best Animation

Best Documentary

Best Music Video

Best Web Series

Best Film-Jury

Best Director

Best Debut Director (For Feature Films Only)

Special Festival Mention Certificate

Honorable Jury Mention Certificate

Section 2: Creative Awards

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Screenplay

Best VFX


Section 3: Music Awards

Best Original Music

Best Background Music


Section 4: Performance Awards

Best Actor

Best Actress

1. Every official selected film in CFIFF will enjoy following benefits-

Promotion & Marketing:

-Listing on fest website in official selection section.
-Lifetime dedicated film page on fest website in catalogue.
-Film team video interviews will be published in Filmmaker’s Cut and promoted on social media.
-Film Pitch video will be published in Film Market and promoted among industry professionals.
-Film article in News & blog on festival website.

Film Market & Distribution:

-Miniboxoffice Film Market subscription for 03 months.
-Film Distribution, Sales, Pitching & networking opportunities.
-Personal page, project listing & future opportunities.

Recognition & Awards:

-Every submitted film will get certificate of participation.
-Every officially selected film will get Certificate of Excellence- Official Selection certificate.
-Every Award Winner will get Certificate of Excellence- Award Certificate & Trophy.
-Every festival attendee will get festival mementos.

Feedback & Criticism:

-Festival provide a unique opportunity for every filmmaker to get Jury score sheet in order to understand ‘how the movie performed in festival’ and for scope of improvement.
-Audience interaction after film screening.

Learning & Exchange

-Master Classes on various current topics & trends.
-Culture & business exchange with fellow filmmakers.

2. Eligibility, Year of production & accepted movie duration:

Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English.
Year of production: Jan-2024 onwards
Feature Film, Documentaries & Animation: up-to 150 min
Short Film, Documentaries & Animation: up-to 60 min
Music Videos: 2-8 min & Web series- any duration

3. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.

4. CFIFF-26 stages/process:

• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted films by the festival office on 05 June 2026 and late submission notification on 07 June 26.
• Delegate registration to attend CFIFF-26. 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 on 20 June 2026 at Bangalore, India.

5. Cinema Father International Film Festival-2026 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.

6. The actual postal charges are applicable for award delivery via courier in case you are unable to attend the festival.

7. Once the film submitted can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.

8. By submitting movie to Cinema Father International Film Festival-2026, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.