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CINEMA ANTARANGA FILM FESTIVAL - 2022    #CFF2022

Cinema Antaranga Film Festival proudly brings Independent film industry to Bangalore, India’s IT city. The organizers of this film festival “Filmaholic Foundation” aim to attract the best films to compete in the film festival happening in Bangalore, Karnataka. Filmaholic Foundation believe in the power of the visuals is more than words. The visual image is more colorful than the set of words, literally and figuratively.
Cinema Antaranga Film Festival is being celebrated during the month of November 2021 to promote the aspiring Independent filmmakers. Awards will be presented to the films under various categories dedicated to senior Kannada artists and filmmakers.
The Filmaholic Foundation is a trust established to run programs that support and promote cinema, art and culture. It regularly engages in many social activities and promotes empowerment of the people.

*Rules & Guidelines for Cinema Antaranga Film Festival*

  • *Rules & Guidelines for Cinema Antaranga Film Festival*
    >Films should be independent in spirit and original in perspective. Open to all films made with less than 50% participation by a major studio or television broadcaster.
    >Submitting your film to the Cinema Antaranga Film Festival Film Festival is not a guarantee of selection. We treat every filmmaker equally. All the official selection, nominees and the winners will be listed on our website permanently.
    >Films made in languages other than Kannada & English must have English subtitles otherwise they will be summarily rejected.

  • Films which have been already submitted in the previous years of Cinema Antaranaga Film Festival if resubmitted will not be considered for this film festival.

  • >Independent Feature Films made by Indian citizens are only accepted
    >Do not submit works in progress.
    >All Film Entries should be submitted online only through FilmFreeway and given access for downloading the movie to the festival organizers for screening of the movie. The films must be submitted at https://filmfreeway.com/CFF2022
    >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.
    >Running time above 60 minutes (including Animation films) will be considered as Feature Film. And it can be of maximum 2:30 hours or 150 minutes.
    >Documentary films will not be accepted
    >Films, videos and scripts can be from any year
    >A synopsis of no more than 180 characters in English, a screenshot from the film and a short director's biography also in English are requested upon submission.
    >In order to submit a film, the submitter must own the rights or have permission from the owner. The film festival organization team reserves the right to demand appropriate proof of these rights and to reject the submission upon failure to provide it.
    >By submitting your film, you authorize Cinema Antaranga film festival team to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills in Publicity (Online & Offline)
    >The participant must ensure that the official festival logo for Cinema Antaranga Film Festival is clearly visible on all advertising and promotional measures for the participating films.
    >We will accept only online submission of all major video formats in full quality HD with a 10GB file size limit.
    >By submitting the registration form, the film submitter agrees that the festival retains submitted films until the end of the festival. The submitter also agrees that selection screeners (except DCPs) will be made available online in encrypted form to the festival committee for the purpose of selection.
    "The participant must provide the following material: film stills (minimum width 1600 pixel & minimum height 1100 pixel, JPG/TIFF) and a portrait of the director (minimum width 303 pixel & minimum height 404 pixel, JPG/TIFF) – with captions – in electronic form film poster in electronic form (300dpi JPG of 13x18 cm) press kit as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (max. 3 MB)
    >The images will also be used for the Cinema Antaranga Film Festival publicly available print products (festival publications) and online media (websites, apps, social media channels) where they will remain available without any time or territorial restrictions."
    >Festival times may be subject to delay or change.
    >In submitting, Cinema Antaranga Film Festival is given the right to screen submission at no charge to the fest.
    >Not all submissions received will be selected for live exhibition, nor given award honors.
    >Participants agree to participate in the publicity for the Festival as well as other promotional events, including website, social media, international press coverage and festival trailers.
    >Submitters should ensure project information is complete and that they have followed all of the appropriate terms and conditions related to their project. Keep contact information up-to-date at all times. Please enter specific information into the project profile on FilmFreeway to make sure it’s clear. For example, list actor names as well as the character they portray. Be sure to include technical credits as well, such as cinematographers, editors, and visual effects artists in the FilmFreeway credit section.
    Only the Producer(s) and/or Director(s) may submit a film for consideration.
    >The film maker will be solely responsible for ensuring that the film will not be pirated during the film festival screening and it will not be the responsibility of the Cinema Antaranga festival team

*Awards & Categories


  • Best Director 


  • Best Supporting Role


  • Best ScreenPlay


  • Best Producer


  • Best Editor


  • Best Film


  • Best Cinematographer


  • Special Jury Award


  • Best Actress


  • Best Actor

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  • Music Director

*Important Dates of Festival

  • Opening Date: January 15, 2022

  • Regular Deadline: October 16, 2022

  • Late Deadline: November 6, 2022

  • Notification Date: November 13, 2022

  • Event Date: November 27, 2022

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