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 22, 2024

- 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.