Film Categories, Durations & Awards
We are accepting submissions in below 6 categories :
(A) Student Short Film (school/college ID card must be provided) :
Sub categories: Fiction/Drama, Animation, Documentary, Social awareness or other.
No restriction on the topic, theme, subject or genre of the film.
Duration should be 45 minutes or less.
(B) Professional Short Film :
Sub categories: Fiction/Drama, Animation, Documentary, Social awareness or other.
No restriction on the topic, theme, subject or genre of the film.
Duration should be 45 minutes or less.
(C) Feature Film :
Sub categories: Fiction/Drama, Animation, Documentary, Social awareness or other.
No restriction on the topic, theme, subject or genre of the film.
Duration should be more than 45 minutes.
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(D) Scripts/Screenplays- Short :
Short film/teleplay scripts with lengths from 1-45 pages in English only.
Font size must be 12 point and in courier type.
Pages must be numbered in the top right-hand corner.
No restriction on the topic, theme, subject or genre.
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(E) Scripts/Screenplays- Feature :
Scripts/Screenplays with lengths from 46-120 pages in English only.
Font size must be 12 point and in courier type.
Pages must be numbered in the top right-hand corner.
No restriction on the topic, theme, subject or genre.
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(F) Music Video :
Can be of a band or a solo artist.
No restriction on the topic, theme, subject, language or genre.
Duration should not be more than 10 minutes.
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Awards : BITFF is a competitive festival with cash awards, trophies and awards in-kind in different categories finalised by the festival panel and jury.