Categories: Feature Films
Requirements: 35mm. Films must have been produced within 2 years to the last date of entry
Awards: $20,000 for Best Feature Film, $10 000 Best Director, $10,000 Best Actor, $10,000 Best Actress, Best Marathi Film INR 5,00,000/-, Student Film Competition Best Script $ 2000, Best Director $1000, Best Cinematography $1000
Fees: None

Pune is the fastest growing cosmopolitan in the country today. The presence of FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) for a very long time has generated an unparalleled “intellect” Cinema audience base. Pune has a very large influx of foreign students, professionals, researchers etc. They come from all parts of the world and they are integral part of the strong society structure of Pune. The education capital of India-Pune, also draws students from all disciplines across the country and around the World. The National Film Archive of India is also situated in Pune.

The availability of a world-class movie watching experience through the newly built Multiplexes has also been responsible for triggering a new passion for cinema enthusiasts in the city. Also given the multi cultural mix of population with varied interests, Pune provides for an ideal base for an International Film Festival.

Keeping in mind these things, the Pune International Film Festival launched its pursuit to bring the best in “celluloid” to the vast audience of Pune in 2002 with it’s first “International Film Festival”. It has been evolving as a major annual event.

The Festival offers a contemporary and liberal platform for the filmmakers of the world to exhibit the excellence of the film art. The aim is mainly to contribute to the understanding and appreciation of cultures of different nations. We hope to present the complex human situations of the rapidly changing world in the globalise era.