Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival

About

The Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival is a 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.

Awards

• 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)
• Special Jury Mention
• Special Festival Mention
• Best Cinematography
• Best Editing
• Best Screenplay
• Best VFX
• Best Original Music
• Best Background Music 
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress

Rules

• Year of production: Jan-2021 onwards.
• Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.
• Submit movie via:
  • private online link through Vimeo, Google drive, YouTube or wetransfer etc, scanned entry form & fee payment details at festival.office@educationexpo.tv 
  • OR
  • Two sets of DVD-Pal (Video DVD or Data DVD) along with entry form, fee and others details mentioned in application form.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Jyoti SINGH