Welcome to JIFF
Jaisalmer International Film Festival
Festival Gallery
Awards and Categories
The officially selected project in each month will receive laurel and certificate and the winners will receive customised certificate and laurel and are rated at their respective IMDb pages (if applicable). Besides the BEST OF THE CATEGORY AWARDS, there is also OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, which are given in all categories. The monthly winners will automatically be qualified for annual screening and will be nominated for the prestigious INDIAN EAGLE AWARDS.
The Indian Eagle Awards are given in the following categories:
Rules and Terms
Please read these Rules & Terms carefully before you submit your film. By submitting your film into competition in the Jaisalmer International Film Festival (JIFF), you expressly acknowledge and agree that you shall be bound by the terms of these Rules & Terms.
JIFF is open to any film, regardless of content, subject, or origin. Submitting your film to the JIFF is not a guarantee of selection. All the official selection, nominees and the winners will be listed on our website permanently. We treat every filmmaker equally.
Rule : 1
The film submitted to the JIFF for a particular month can be re-submitted at any time for a second chance, considering that we have different judges’ panels for each season.
Rule : 2
Films made in languages other than English must have English subtitles otherwise they will be summarily rejected.
Rule : 3
The JIFF reserves the right to refuse entries
Rule : 4
A director / producer may submit more than one film in a category and more than one category at a time.
Rule : 5
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the JIFF, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits and publicity.
Rule : 6
After a film has been an official selection, the filmmaker will be notified, and eventually the film will be listed on the festival website under Official Selections. The Official Selection status doesn’t mean that your film will be screened at the festival. It means that your film has been appreciated by our judges of panel and you can use the festival logo on your poster.
Rule : 7
The JIFF will not refund any fees if the filmmaker fails to submit the film in the correct category. Films submitted without the correct fees or proper submission media may be deemed ineligible at the discretion of the OIFF programming director or executive director. The festival does not cover any of the expenses incurred by the filmmaker.
Rule : 8
We require an official trailer or poster, synopsis and a link to your film. Please select the correct category while submitting to avoid disqualification. We reserve right to re-assign films to the appropriate category.
Rule : 9
A nominee will be privately screened for the JIFF judging panel, and will not be screened initially to the public.
Rule : 10
A filmmaker’s submission fee will not be reimbursed if they decide to withdraw their submission. All entry fees are non-refundable.
Rule : 11
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the JIFF, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits and publicity.
Rule : 12
JIFF may without advance notice amend these Rules & Terms from time to time. Each and every such amendment shall be become effective immediately. It is your responsibility to periodically check for updates of these Rules & Terms.
World Cinema now in the Golden City of India
Official Selection
REVIEWS
"Many thanks, JIFF staff, for taking a chance on an outsider! All of us at ""LoveBeats"" applaud you for your diligence, efficiency, kindness - and of course, great taste! LOL! Thanks again!"
Chris Ross Leong
This is a beautiful and great festival.
Levi Wise Kenneth Catoe Jr.
"We are so honoured to have been part of your prestigious Festival. So proud that our feature film #mujhe_school_nahi_jaana directed by Nipon Dholua, award winners for the category of
1/ Narrative Feature Film ( Critic’s Choice Award)
2/ Films on Disability Issue .
The whole team of the film #mujhe_school_nahi_jaana thank you warmly for your great work and your sympathy.
A wonderfully organized festival with outstanding communication.Thank you .🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏"
nipon dholua
very nice and amazing festival
SANJIB DAS
It is a great pleasure to be a part of this prestigious festival. We are honored and deeply appreciative that the festival selected our artwork as an Award Winner. The festival has outstanding communication and is well-managed by professionals. May the festival keep giving filmmakers a stage that encourages the freedom of expression. Keep up the great work!
Rohit Raj Goyal
Wonderful festival, I highly recommend it, thank you to the team
Sandra Seixas
My film "Decoding mystery - a youtuber turned filmmaker" won at this great festival. I predicted the prompt notification and informative emails. Great event.
Shihyun Wang
A beatiful festival, it's an honour for me to have been selected and awarded by the jury, many thanks to you all.
Stefano Grossi
I am proud to receive an award from such a hard-working film festival with the intentions of helping filmmakers, actors, etc. Thank you for my Best Actor award for my work on Bail Out, I am Lorenzo Lamas.
Dennis O'Neill
Greetings from Norway. We are so happy to be part of your wonderful festival and honoured to receive an award for our short film. Thank you!
Kristina Gjems
We are honored and deeply appreciative that your festival selected our artwork as an Award Winner. The festival has outstanding communication and is well-managed by professionals. May the festival keep giving filmmakers a stage that encourages self creativity, imagination and film-making freedom. It was a great pleasure to be a part of this prestigious festival. Keep up the good work guys! God bless everyone
T.Danesh Kumar
Great experience and great festival! Thank you for including our film!
Ellen Weisberg
Thank you for selecting "Enter the Room" for Best Short Film at your festival. The communication was frequent, clear and I received everything that I had initially hoped for. I had a very good experience with this festival and will definitely consider submitting future projects to JAISALMER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
Harry Waldman
"Thank you so much JIFF for recognising my work, i am really looking forward for the results of annual event.I would also recommend all the filmmakers reading this, to participate in this festival without any doubt :) Regards,"
Aryan Bahl
I am so very grateful to everyone at Jaisalmer Film Festival. Their courtesy and professionalism to make this event special for the participants is so appreciated. I am very proud to be a winner in the Feature Script category for Tryst With Destiny - A Ghost Story. Thank you so much.
Khadi Madama
What an wonderful blessing and honor it is to be a winner in this amazing Jaisalmer International Film Festival! We are so pleased and thankful for the kindness and blessing of being able to take part in such an incredible experience! Thank you so much for sharing our artist expression! We appreciate you so very deeply! We look forward to future film adventures with is festival! Yashiya blessings to you always darlings!
Uniqueness Heiress & Azia
A lovely new festival in Rajasthan. The films are top quality and diverse. Will recommend to others!
NIKITA HATTANGADY
JAISALMER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is fantastic film festival, It gives the independent filmmakers like me a real voice. Was really happy to have been chosen to win this year because some the other films were really brilliant, so it felt really good to know our film stacked up nicely against some intense competition.
Miguel Miller
Very smooth experience- excellent communication. Thank you very much for choosing our film for an award. My colleagues and I send you our best wishes for continued success.
Tassos Rigopoulos
Thank you, the most important thing for me is communication. It's great to be updated on how your film is doing. Thank you so much for hosting our work and for the professional manner in which you did so.
Sharon Woodward
Disclaimer
All filmmakers understand and accept that if their film is accepted for presentation and screening at the film festival, they grant full and unrestricted permission for JIFF to screen the film/video at times of the festival’s choice and to charge an admission fee for the presentation of the digital video program.
The Filmmaker understands and accepts that they do not participate in receiving any funds from the Box-office proceeds which are fully retained by the festival to help cover the overall cost of the festival presentation. It should be noted for the record that box-office proceeds never cover the cost of presentation of the Features and Short Film Programs. The Festival (JIFF) is a non-profit, Cultural Organization with Federal, State, Country & City Tax-Exemptions.
Required Legal Stuff: The filmmaker releases the festival (JIFF) from any and all liability for dam-ages or destruction of the entered DCP. The Filmmaker understands that the entered DCP will be retained in a secure facility by the festival, and every effort will be taken to protect and control the viewing of this production. The festival assumes no liability whatsoever for theft, copyright violations or piracy of the entry.
We use Professional Pioneer International playback systems, all formats, all regions, including Region 0. All entries are carefully pre-screened prior to the public showing to assure that the DCP does perform to industry Standards. The Festival (JIFF) assumes no responsibility for any technical difficulties in the presentation of this video at the actual event.
The Film Festival (JIFF) reserves the complete right to make changes in the program dates and times and to possibly not screen the video, despite its being selected for screening.
The filmmaker will endeavour to present to The Festival (JIFF) a new and pre-checked Hard disk / DCP for the actual presentation of the video at the festival.