The Bollywood
USA International Film Festival is a prestigious event
that celebrates the vibrant and diverse world of Indian cinema in the
United States. It serves as a platform for filmmakers, actors, and
industry professionals to showcase their work and connect with
audiences from around the globe. The festival showcases a wide range of
films, including feature films, documentaries, short films, music
videos, screenplays and novels, all highlighting the rich cultural
heritage of Bollywood.
Through this festival, it promotes cross-cultural understanding and
appreciation for Indian cinema on an international scale.
VERY
IMPORTANT:
All written
material, i.e., screenplays, stage plays, and novels, must be submitted
to their respective category. DO NOT submit any written material to
categories reserved for film/video, i.e., drama, Art-house, etc. doing
so will get your submission rejected. DO NOT submit
film/video to screenplay or any written medium category, as it will
also be rejected. We hire
professional readers/judges for all written materials, and they will
not review videos. We hire
professional reviewers for videos, and they will not review written
material.
From the
creators of the Depth of Field International Film Festival,
Docs Without Borders Film Festival, and the WRPN.tv Women’s
International Film Festival (among a few other successful festivals)
and, under the umbrella of the WRPN.tv Network we bring you the
Bollywood USA International Film Festival (BUIFF)
REQUIREMENTS
TO SUBMIT Only ONE of the
following is needed to submit:
• Produced or
directed by a person of Indian Origin. • Film has a
Indian Lead and/or supporting actor. • Film Contains
a subject related to Indian issues. Films produced
in another country can be submitted, provided that one rule described
above applies.
Get your winning
scripts submitted to Polaris Pictures, a film finance company. Polaris does not
accept unsolicited submissions. If your
screenplay is rejected, we will tell you the reason (s), and
you’ll have a chance to re-submit up to 30 days before the last
deadline or the following season for free. The Bollywood
USA International Film Festival accepts unproduced and
produced feature-length screenplays 70 to 130 pages, short scripts
under 40 pages, Teleplays 45 to 70 pages, and Webisode pilots 10 to 20
pages.
Screenplays,
Novels and stage plays MUST be written in English by an Indian writer
or have an Indian theme or main character.
Top-winning
films at our other successful festivals have already
received distribution through our exclusive distributor relationships: - Guaranteed
distributor review by Worldwide Motion Pictures for
features, Adler & Associates for features and shorts, “Cardinal XD
Distribution and CCS Realeasing among others that visit our online
network, WRPN.tv, every so often.
All for
selected: Best of Festival.
- Other
festivals claim to invite distributors to a venue: We Deliver Them To
You Directly, Guaranteed. - BUIFF is a
live screening festival and virtual competition: We invest
in getting distributor recognition for quality films to give them a
life beyond a one-time festival showing.
We live-screen
only the Best of Festival winners. Our screening
event is to collect audience reactions to be used by our
distributors. We don't conduct after-screening networking parties or
seminars. Video interviews
of the viewing audience may be conducted and shown on WRPN.tv Our screening
venue is Cinema Art Theater 17701 Dartmouth
Drive Lewes, Delaware
19958 United States
The live
screening will be June , 2025
- BUIFF, with
WRPN.TV Entertainment Network, also offers a unique
opportunity to show your film to a worldwide community of video fans
from dozens of countries that filmmakers would not normally have access
to as an optional online video exposure opportunity. This feature is
available for "Best Of festival," “Best Of Show,” “Outstanding
Excellence,” “Excellence,” and even some “Exceptional Merit” winners.
Distribution BUIFF, in
cooperation with our distribution colleagues, is proud to offer
guaranteed distributor
review to the top winners in Best of Festival Category*:
"Best of
Festival Award: Selected by genre, category, and country.
Presented to outstanding entries from among the Best of Show Winners." "Best of Show"
is selected by genre, category, and country, so there
will be over one BOS, i.e., BOS Documentary (Domestic), BOS Documentary
(Foreign), and so on. * (Please note:
If there is insufficient competition within any
category, BUIFF reserves the right to withdraw a "Best of" presentation
in that category.)
Other award
levels include: “Outstanding
Excellence,” " Excellence," " Exceptional
Merit," "Jury's Choice
Award," " Merit," "Kudos Endeavor,"
Don’t forget
Feedback: The one element most festivals ignore.
We don't just
charge a fee and ignore you if you're rejected. With us,
rejected films have access to Feedback: the one element most festivals
ignore. Instead of
paying submission fees and getting nothing in return, EVERYONE who
submits to BUIFF will receive EITHER OF TWO benefits: Either 1): your
film is already competition caliber and becomes an Official Selection, OR 2): you’ll
receive a letter outlining exactly what prevents it from being accepted. If you can make
corrections, you resubmit for FREE. First-time
filmmakers: when have you ever received a letter and had the festival
explain WHY your film was rejected? Much less let
you resubmit for FREE, even the following season (In case you did not
have enough time to fix it)
What makes us different?......
In order to
ensure that each screenplay or film is read, studied and rated
individually, BUIFF has
instituted a system where entries do not compete against each
other, but are recognized for their own individual merits. For all intents
and purposes, they compete against themselves: each
entry is judged on individual merits and scored on an inherent value
system.
The judges focus
is on your screenplay or film when it is your turn to
be evaluated, not on all the other screenplays or films that are in
cue: this ensures that they will not have comparisons going on in their
minds when they should focus entirely on YOU.
Top-winning
films at our other successful festivals have already
received distribution through our exclusive distributor relationships.
- Guaranteed
distributor review by Worldwide Motion Pictures for
features, Adler & Associates for features and shorts, “Cardinal XD
Distribution and CCS Releasing, among others that visit our online
network, WRPN.tv, often. All for
selected: Best of Festival.
-- Other
festivals claim to invite distributors to a venue: We Deliver Them To
You Directly, Guaranteed. - A festival
that runs as a web-based competition PLUS, Best of
Festival Award winners will screen at WRPN.tv sponsored Event
Rehoboth Beach, DE 2024
-BUIFF, with
WRPN.TV Entertainment Network, also offers a unique
opportunity to show your film to a world-wide community of video fans
from dozens of countries that filmmakers would not normally have access
to, in the form of an optional on-line video exposure opportunity. This
feature is available for "Best Of festival" “Best Of Show,”
“Outstanding Excellence,” “Excellence,” and even some “Exceptional
Merit” winners.