Years running: 5 (since 2020)
Tamil Nadu Film Festival
TNFF celebrates & proliferates independent Cinema in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
About
TNFF is all about celebrating, educating, empowering, promoting, and proliferating amazing quality independent Cinema in Chennai (Formerly known as Madras) the capital city of the State of Tamil Nadu. TNFF aims to give opportunities to independent filmmakers to showcase their creativity. Introducing our audience to Independent content is our mission.
The 2nd Tamil Nadu Film Festival will be a Film Festival with live screenings at LE MAGIC LANTERN, Lake Area, 18, 5th Cross St, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034. Phone: 044 - 2817 4444 / 5555
The Tamil Nadu Film Festival (TNFF) offers 10 days of celebration, with live screenings of Local & International amazing quality independent Cinema. Film categories include Narrative Features, Animated Features, Documentary Features, Short Documentaries, Short Films, Short Animation Film, Music Videos, Short-short films and Student Productions from film schools.
Keeping the event truly international TNFF will have the following programs; press opportunities, networking occasions, industry attendance, Discussion Forum & high-quality Workshops.
The VIP's who graced the online 1st Tamil Nadu Film Festival (TNFF 2020) are Rev. Fr. A.J. Thamburaj, S.J., Rector, Loyola College, for the academic year 1983-84. He is the pioneer who introduced the VISCOM course at Loyola College, for the first time in city of Chennai, the state Tamil Nadu and the country India; Mr. DSR Subash, PRESIDENT, Tamil Nadu Union of Journalist; Mr. Bh. S. S. PRAKASH REDDY, Regional Secretary, Federation of Film Societies of India; Dr. M. Davamani Christober, Principal & Secretary, The American College, Madurai; S. S. Stanly (Film Director); Mr. S. Theodore Baskaran, film historian, Researcher, author, writer, actor, and speaker; Mr. Aranthai Manian, A Script writer, Director in films and TV serials; A Radio Broadcaster and an Orator; Mrs. Uma Vangal, filmmaker, film professor, Fulbright scholar, columnist, public speaker and media analyst; Mr. Mohan V. Raman, Indian actor, writer, Voice artist and orator. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema; Mr. Hariharan Krishnan, He is a Professor, Arts and Director Media Lab at KREA University; Mr. Ajayan Bala, author, publisher, script writer, Film critic of Tamil cinema (Kollywood) He has authored some 30 books on various topics and nine among them are on cinema alone; Girish Wankhede (Trade Analyst); Mr. Vivek Mohan, winner of the President’s National Film Award in 1999; Mr. Kichas (KRISHNASAMY GOPALSAMY) (DOP), multiple award winner; Mr. Ranjith Shankaran, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Mahindra University, Hyderabad; Ms. Sharada Ramanathan (Film Director), winner of three National Film Awards for her directional debut in the 2007 Tamil film “Sringaram”; and Mr. Balaji Mohan (Film Director, Actor and Producer).
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Awards
Awards of Tamil Nadu Film Festival
The 1st Tamil Nadu Film Festival (TNFF 2020) was held online due to COVID from 25th October to 22nd November 2020 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
The statistics of the 1st Tamil Nadu Film Festival 2020 are as follows;
Films Received 400 from 55 countries
Officially selected 298 from 52 countries
3300 registered viewers
12400 Views
12 Awards categories
169 films Nominated
56 Awards
The 12 Award categories of TNFF 2020 are;
1. Feature Film
2. Long Documentary Feature
3. Short Documentary
4. International Short
5. National Short
6. Animated Short Film
7. Music Video
8. Indian Student Short
9. International Student Short
10. Special Jury Mentions
11. Special Festival Mentions
12. Audience Choice Award
The 2nd Tamil Nadu Film Festival (TNFF) will give the following Awards for films in competitive category;
INTERNATIONAL MIX AWARDS
- Best Narrative Feature
- Best Long Documentary Feature
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Short Film
- Best Animated short
- Best Music Videos
- Best Short-Short film
- Best Debut Director (For International Feature)
INDIAN MIX AWARDS
- Best Narrative Feature
- Best Long Documentary Feature
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Short Film
- Best Animated Short
- Best Music Video
- Best Short-Short film
- Best Debut Director (For Indian Feature)
TAMIL MIX AWARDS
- Best Regional Narrative Feature
- Best Regional Long Documentary Feature
- Best Regional Animated Feature
- Best Regional Short Documentary
- Best Regional Short Film
- Best Regional Animated Short
- Best Regional Music Video
- Best Regional Short-Short film
- Best Cinematography (For Regional Feature)
- Best Editing (For Regional Feature)
- Best Music (For Regional Feature)
- Best Background score (For Regional Feature)
- Best Screenplay (For Regional Feature)
- Best Director (For Regional Feature)
- Best Debut Director (For Regional Feature)
GENERATION NEXT AWARDS
GENERATION NEXT – GRADE SCHOOLER
- Best Narrative Feature
- Best Long Documentary Feature
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Short Film
- Best Animated Short
- Best Music Videos
GENERATION NEXT –TEEN
- Best Narrative Feature
- Best Long Documentary Feature
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Short Film
- Best Animated Short
- Best Music Videos
CAMPUS STUDENT AWARDS
- Best Student Documentary
- Best Student Short Film
- Best Student Animated Short
- Best Student Music Videos
- Best Student Ad films
SPECIAL AWARDS
Special Honourable Jury Mention Awards, Special Festival Mentions Awards, Social Relevance Awards & Audience Awards (based on festival attendees votes) in each category.
Rules
Rules of Tamil Nadu Film Festival
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
J D MEDIA PROMOTIONS
JD Media Promotions, an organization involved in promoting and empowering the film Medium since April 2010 has organized the first edition of Tamil Nadu Film Festival 2020 (TNFF). Due to COVID, the TNFF 2020 Film Festival was conducted online. JD Media Promotions has been the backbone for getting recognition for its many filmmakers (Clients). These filmmakers have achieved great heights because of the visibility they received through screening and winning awards at many International and National film Festivals.
Jury and Report of 1st TNFF 2020
Documents
Rules of Tamil Nadu Film Festival
Place
India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Official Website
Contacts
Mrs. Josephine David
Founder and Festival Director
Tamil Nadu Film Festival
For all calls and WhatsApp
Mobile: +91 90423 11145
Contact Emails
Email of TNFF:
tamilnadufilmfestival@gmail.com
Social Networks
Facebook
Twitter
- Opening DateMarch 06, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineMarch 20, 2024
- Regular DeadlineApril 20, 2024
- Late DeadlineMay 20, 2024
- Extended DeadlineJune 20, 2024
- NotificationsJuly 30, 2024
- Event Dates10 — 19 August 2024
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with a minimum run time of 45 minutes to a maximum run time of 120 Minutes are eligible under Narrative Feature
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Earlybird Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Late Deadline — $50
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Extended Deadline — $60
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with a minimum run time of 50 Minutes and above and up to any length are eligible under the Form: Documentary Feature.
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $30
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Late Deadline — $35
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Extended Deadline — $40
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with a run time of 0 to 120 Minutes are eligible under the Form: Animated Feature.
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $30
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Late Deadline — $35
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Extended Deadline — $40
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with a minimum run time of 7 Minutes to a maximum run time of 45 Minutes are eligible under the Form: Short Film.
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Earlybird Deadline — $20
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Regular Deadline — $25
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Late Deadline — $30
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Extended Deadline — $35
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with a run time of 0 to 50 Minutes are eligible under the Form: Short Documentary.
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Earlybird Deadline — $15
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Regular Deadline — $20
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Late Deadline — $25
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Extended Deadline — $30
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with the maximum run time of 45 Min is eligible under Animated Film
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Earlybird Deadline — $15
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Regular Deadline — $20
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Late Deadline — $25
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Extended Deadline — $30
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Videos with the maximum run time of 7 Min is eligible under Music Video
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Earlybird Deadline — $10
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Regular Deadline — $12
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Late Deadline — $14
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Extended Deadline — $16
Submit films made in any language and from anywhere in the world except INDIA. Films with a run time of 0 to 5 Minutes are eligible under the Form: Short-Short Film.
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Earlybird Deadline — $10
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Regular Deadline — $12
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Late Deadline — $14
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Extended Deadline — $16
Submit films made in any language in INDIA except films made in the TAMIL language. Films with a run time of 45 to 120 Minutes are eligible under the Form: Narrative Feature.
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Earlybird Deadline — $29
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Regular Deadline — $36
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Late Deadline — $43
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Extended Deadline — $50
Submit films made in any language in INDIA except films made in the TAMIL language. Films with a minimum run time of 50 Minutes and above and up to any length are eligible under the Form: Documentary Feature.
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Earlybird Deadline — $17
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Regular Deadline — $22
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Late Deadline — $27
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Extended Deadline — $32
Submit films made in any language in INDIA except films made in the TAMIL language. Films with a run time of 45 to 120 Minutes are eligible under the Form: Animated Feature.
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Earlybird Deadline — $17
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Regular Deadline — $22
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Late Deadline — $27
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Extended Deadline — $32
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