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Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival (8)

Deadlines

06 May 2025
Call for entries

15 Oct 2025
Early deadline

19 Nov 2025
Standard deadline

17 Dec 2025
Late deadline

05 Feb 2026
Extended deadline

6
mths

14 Feb 2026
Notification date

28 Feb 2026
28 Feb 2026

Address

Aditya, Opp Euro Kids, Vishalnagar, New DP Road, Pimple Nilakh, 411027, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Festival description

Short film festival 59'<

Feature film festival >59' 300'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 59'<

Feature Films >59' 300'<

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 8)

Festival start: 28 February 2026 Festival end: 28 February 2026

CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI International Film Festival's main objective is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to excel, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists. CSIFF is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences. CSIFF unites cinematic, cultural, educational more over Inspirational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.

About CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji

The CSIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.

The CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.

We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.

Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown. https://csiff.buddhafest.in/

Prizes and qualifications

WINNERS
In the following categories:

BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST AD FILM
BEST TV SERIES
BEST WEB SERIES
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST SMARTPHONE SHORT
BEST DIRECTION GRAND JURY AWARD
BEST ACTING GRAND JURY AWARD
BEST SCREENPLAY GRAND JURY AWARD
BEST EDITING AWARD
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
BEST TRAILER AWARD
BEST POSTER AWARD
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
BEST MAKING OF FILM AWARD

Certification of Achievement - Best Work

Rules

"KING SHIVAJI" Maharaj (Creativity, Compassion, Courage) - The Great Warrior from the Planet Earth, who fought for the harmonious humanity...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji

CSIFF - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival

To participate:

The Festival is open to filmmakers from all over the world.

The Film submitter should be an authorized person or an organization ; Film Director or Film Producer or Production Organization.

You can submit as many films as you wish. Once submission is done then there is no fees refund.

The short films must have been made from the 1st January 2010 till the deadline for registration, and it is not a problem if they have been previously screened, shown on the Internet or in other festivals.

The films may be in Marathi, Hindi, English, or in any other language with English subtitles. For the selection process are not necessary English subtitles but if your film is selected we will ask you English subtitles for the public screening.

The organization can use pieces from the selected films (10% maximum) to promote them and the festival.

Selected short films of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival will become part of "other film festivals organized by us".

Categories mentioned on Festhome website with 'Non-Screening but in Award Competition' will not going to screen, as they are kind of award ceremony competition.

All content mentioned in categories' sub-section is the part of 'Rules and Terms' section.

Our jury's decision is the final decision about selection, there is zero scope of reconsideration or any argument. We share only digital laurels to official selections and certifications to winners through email. We are socially inclined festival so we always give support to many many filmmakers.

Competition Categories:

Short Films
Feature Films
Animated Short Films
Documentaries
Experimental Short Films
Music Videos
Animated Feature films
Ad Films
TV Series
Web Series
Smartphone Shorts
Screenplays
Trailers
& many others listed on our Festhome profile.

Running time:

The short films upto 59 minutes,
The feature films should not be less than 1 hour and more than 4 hours

Format:

All of the submitted films can participate, no matter the format. The screening will be from a 1080p digital file (participants will be informed about the format needed for the screening with time enough).

Short Film

Short Films 59'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 8$ 7.36$ 3.36$ 15 Oct 25

Standard 9$ 8.28$ 3.78$ 19 Nov 25

Late 9$ 8.28$ 3.78$ 17 Dec 25

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Feature Film

Short and Feature Films >59' 300'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 29$ 26.68$ 12.18$ 15 Oct 25

Standard 29$ 26.68$ 12.18$ 19 Nov 25

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Experimental Short Film

Short and Feature Films

Fee

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Standard 5$ 4.6$ 2.1$ 19 Nov 25

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Documentary

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Standard 29$ 26.68$ 12.18$ 19 Nov 25

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Animated Short Film

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Standard 9$ 8.28$ 3.78$ 19 Nov 25

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Screenplay

Short and Feature Films

Fee

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Music Video

Short and Feature Films

Fee

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Web Series

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Standard 5$ 4.6$ 2.1$ 19 Nov 25

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TV Series

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Ad Film / Spot

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Special Jury Awards

Short and Feature Films

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All International Films with all genres and with all lengths and of any category are most Welcome in this SPECIAL JURY AWARD category but We don't Screen the films in this category, As it is a Non-Screening Section. but all films are in competition. This category is a kind of Award Ceremony Film Festival Category. So MORE CHANCES OF WINNING, As it is our social initiative to give more strength to all International film-makers. Your film can win 'Special Jury Award' in Best Director or Best Writer or Actor or DOP or EDITOR or Best Picture...

Animated Feature Film

Short and Feature Films >59' 300'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 58%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 11.76$ 15 Oct 25

Standard 29$ 26.68$ 12.18$ 19 Nov 25

Late 29$ 26.68$ 12.18$ 17 Dec 25

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SmartPhone (Mobile) Shorts

Short Films 59'<

Fee

-8%

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Early 8$ 7.36$ 3.36$ 15 Oct 25

Standard 9$ 8.28$ 3.78$ 19 Nov 25

Late 9$ 8.28$ 3.78$ 17 Dec 25

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Trailer

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Standard 5$ 4.6$ 2.1$ 19 Nov 25

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Film Poster

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Story

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BEST FOREIGN Language FILM AWARDS

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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All International Films with all genres and with all lengths are most Welcome in this film category but We don't Screen the films of this section, As it is a Non-Screening Section. but all films are in competition. This category is a kind of Award Ceremony Film Festival Category. So more chances of Winning, All International Films with any language like English or Spanish or German or French or Italian or any European, American, Gulf, African, Australian languages films are most welcome except Marathi, Hindi or all other Indian origin Languages. As it is our social initiative to give more strength to global film-makers.

Best Director - Special Jury Award

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Early 8$ 7.36$ 3.36$ 15 Oct 25

Standard 9$ 8.28$ 3.78$ 19 Nov 25

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Best Picture - Special Jury Award

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Best Actor - Special Jury Award

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Best Documentary - Special Jury Award

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Best Short Film - Special Jury Award

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Best Writer - Special Jury Award

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Best Feature Film - Special Jury Award

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Best Editor - Special Jury Awards

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Best DOP / Cinematographer - Special Jury Award

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Best Debut Director - Special Jury Award

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Best Filmmaker - Special Jury Award

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King Shivaji Global Leadership Prize - in Filmmaking

Short and Feature Films

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Best Music - Special Jury Award

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Best Producer - Special Jury Award

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