15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2025 (15)



Dates limites

11 mars 2025
Appel à Inscriptions

26 mars 2025
Date limite précoce

28 mars 2025
Date limite standard

30 mars 2025
Date limite retardée

10 avril 2025
Date limite étundue

8
jours

16 avril 2025
Date de notification

30 avril 2025
30 avril 2025

Adresse

Wegmans Signature Tower, 12th Floor, E-12, Knowledge Park-III,,  201308, Delhi, (Delhi NCR) UP, India


Description du Festival
Festival d court métrage >1' 59'<
Festival de long métrage >60' 180'<


Exigences du Festival
 Festival de cinéma
 Fiction
 Documentaire
 Animation
 Fantastique
 Terreur
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Autres
 Tous les genres
 Tous les thèmes
 A des frais d’inscription
 Festival International
 Lieu physique
 janvier 2023
 Pays de production: Tout
 Pays de tournage: Tout
 Nationalités des directeurs: Tout
 Premiers Films 
 Projets scolaires 
 Courts-métrages  >1' 59'<
 Long-métrage  >60' 180'<
 Toutes langues
 Sous-titres 
English
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Début du Festival: 30 avril 2025      Fin du Festival: 30 avril 2025

15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-25, Delhi NCR, India

Celebrating Excellence in Cinema


The Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival is a non-governmental, not-to-profit, non-commercial & India’s only independent film festival, established in the year 2011 in Delhi NCR with a mission to celebrate the cinema & work of aspiring, young, independent & professional filmmakers. The festival is important for Indian film industry as it is organized on 30 April each year to mark the birth anniversary of Late.Shri. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is regarded as the father of Indian Cinema & fondly remembered as Dada Saheb Phalke by the film fraternity across the India & globe. Its aim is to recognize the enlightening, entertaining & progressive new age cinema of youth & experienced filmmakers.

In past years festival gains reputation & regarded as among most prestigious festival in India. The festival grows over the years & attracts filmmakers from across the India & 90+ nations across the world. The festival has sections for feature films, short films, documentaries, animations, music videos & ad films. The festival awards the filmmakers in production, creative, music & performance categories.

15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2025 aims to celebrate the excellence in cinema. Dada Saheb Phalke started the movement of cinema in India in real sense & he is the symbol of excellence. His contribution to Indian cinema is unparallel. Today Indian cinema is touching the sky in terms of both content & technology but it is worth mentioning that it was started by legendry Dada Saheb Phalke and we are just carrying it forward.

Founded by the Educationexpo TV, a leading entertainment research & branding company and managed by Miniboxoffice, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-25 provides chance to filmmakers to showcase their creativity. While the festival is open to filmmakers of all age, we feel that just as it is imperative that we should support and encourage participation by filmmaking community members & professional, it is also important that we find and cultivate the future members of the entertainment industry.

15th DSPFF-25

Section 1: Production Award

Best Feature Film

Best Short Film

Best Animation

Best Documentary

Best Music Video

Best Ad Film

Best Film-Jury

Best Director

Best Debut Director (For Feature Films Only)

Special Festival Mention

Special Jury Mention

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

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Rules and Regulations:

15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2025- TO MARK THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'FATHER OF INDIAN CINEMA'.

1. Awards & Fee- Submit Free for Pre-selection. Fee needs to be paid if selected as per following requisition..

Production Section

❏ Best Feature Film ❏ Best Short Film
❏ Best Animation ❏ Best Feature Animation
❏Best Feature Documentary ❏ Best Short Documentary
❏ Best Ad Film ❏ Best Film-Jury
❏ Best Director ❏ Best Debut Director (Feature Only)
❏Honorable Jury Mention ❏ Special Festival Mention
❏ Best Music Video

Entry Fee: For all awards of section 1

Feature Film/Feature Animation/Feature Documentary:
Regular: € 70

Regular Students: €37
Regular Professional: € 40


Creative Section

❏ Best Cinematography ❏ Best Editing ❏ Best Screenplay ❏ Best VFX

Entry Fee: For all awards of section 2

Feature Film/Feature Animation/Feature Documentary:
Regular: € 70

Regular Students: €37
Regular Professional: € 40

Music Section

❏ Best Original Music ❏ Best Background Music

Entry Fee: For all awards of section 3

Feature Film/Feature Animation/Feature Documentary:
Regular: € 70

Regular Students: €37
Regular Professional: € 40

Performance Section

❏ Best Actor ❏ Best Actress
❏ Best Supporting Actor ❏ Best Supporting Actress

Entry Fee: For all awards of section 4

Feature Films:
Regular: € 70

Regular Students: €37
Regular Professional: € 40

2. Every official selected film in DSPFF will enjoy the 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:
-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.


3. Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.

4. Films participated in Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2011 to 24 are not eligible for participation in 2025.

5. Year of production & accepted movie duration:

Year of production: Jan-2023 onwards

Feature Films, Feature Documentaries, Feature Animation: 61 minute to 180 minute (more than 60 min).

Short Films, Short Documentaries, Short Animation: up-to 60 min (equal or less than 60 min)

Music Video, Ad films: up- to 6-7 min

6. Result of the festival will be declared on 30 April 2025.

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

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

9. 15th DSPFF-25 stages/process:

• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 07 April 25 and late entries list shall be out on 16 April 2025.
• Delegate registration to attend 15th DSPFF-25. 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 festival date.

10. 15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-25 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.

11. The delivery of certificates/trophy/award to those who will be unable to attend the festival are free of charge within India, but actual postal charges are applicable for International delivery (outside India) which may have to be paid by filmmakers.

12. By submitting movie to 15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2025, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.

13. Filmmakers are requested to submit the following information via email at festival.office@educationexpo.tv.
• Synopsis of the movie.
• Crew & Cast List.
• Biography & Filmography of Film director.
• Photograph of Director.
• Still and Posters of film in JPEG format.

14. Movie Submission-
• Via Festhome






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