An annual event envisions with Bridging Diverse Culture through Cinema.

Nepal America International Film Festival (NAIFF) is an annual film event organized by Nepal America Film Society, Inc., a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization based in Maryland, that brings together film enthusiasts from Maryland and greater Washington region including filmmakers, volunteers, community leaders, film and community organizations, businesses and companies of both Nepali, American, and global origins.

Since 2017 the Film Festival has built a unique reputation as an emerging platform for filmmakers with Nepalese background along with other International, American, and global diasporas. The Film Festival is dreaming a huge platform in the greater Washington to engage with audience members, artists, and filmmakers for bridging cultural diversity.

The film festival will take place from 28-30 June 2019, in Maryland, Washington DC metro area, and showcases all genres of films including feature length, documentaries, animation, experimental and shorts. Films from Nepal, America, Asia, and Europe will be screened at the festival. We also partner with Global Peace Film Festival Florida for the Sidebar section. 

Introducing the first annual 2018 inaugural for “Your Script Produced!” Worldwide Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Doval Bacall Films. The sponsor will fully fund, develop, package and produce the Grand Prize Winning Film script for $250,000.00 USD. Open to anyone 18 years old or older. Anyone 16 or 17 years of age can submit, must have a parental consent form.

No cap on income earned as a writer. Open to all non-union members.

Pre-production commences September 2019.

CSIFFF 2019 will be held May. 28 - 31, 2019 with 3 full days of LIVE SCREENINGS at the plush and smoke-free Jumer's Casino in Rock Island, IL. Their fantastic viewing rooms and discounted room rates make for a great intimate festival experience. Quad Cities International Airport is minutes away, or visit CHICAGO on the weekend - Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports are within a few hours drive!

CSIFFF celebrates the diversity of Americans and all human beings, so in addition to our general call for submissions, we are issuing a call for films with innovative, progressive and balanced stories from and concerning women, the LGBTQ community, seniors, and those of Latin, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native American descent.

CSIFFF's RED CARPET AWARDS CEREMONY on Friday is an evening long event and a night to remember - with a four-course meal, table wines, film clips, photo ops, and awards throughout. You won't want to miss it!

CSIFFF is an International Film Festival that also celebrates the creative talent and diversity of the American Central States. We are dedicated to REAL INDIE FILMMAKERS - not the big studio spinoffs calling themselves as such. Central States Indie FanFilmFest is held in Rock Island, Illinois, which along with Davenport, Bettendorf and Moline make up the Quad Cities along the Mighty Mississippi River in America's heartland.

Although FILMS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD, additional categories are open for submissions from the following Central States: Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin.. 

We are very excited to meet you and to review your creative gem. We understand how precious each film is to its creators and will work with you and the growing Central States Film Community to cultivate your craft in the coming months and years. OUR PROMISE - to diligently endeavor to empower INDEPENDENT filmmakers and celebrate film CREATIVITY and DIVERSITY in the Central States and around the world!

The American Documentary and Animation Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs) is one of the largest Docs and Animation only festivals in the United States, located near the media capital of Hollywood in beautiful Palm Springs. This unique event focuses on international films in both the short and feature categories as well as showcasing animation. 

IMDb qualifier Indie Short Fest (ISF-LA) is an LA-based international film competition with monthly live screenings in Burbank, CA.

ISF-LA is looking for independent projects from all genres, particularly low or no-budget ones, as well as from all countries, especially from those traditionally underrepresented in the global film industry.

IMDb qualifier's Independent Shorts Awards (ISA) is an international film festival, with monthly live screenings in Burbank, CA, and an annual live screening and awards event in North Hollywood, CA.

Each month, the submitted projects are judged by a random team of invited experts from academia and film industry, against a high standard of merit. The monthly winners are automatically qualified to compete and be screened at ISA annual event. Some of them are invited to be screened at the monthly event.

Every submission can add numerous additional judging categories.

Awards & Prizes

All entries are promoted through our social media and website with a dedicated page. 
For this purpose, we recommend that projects must be fully entered on FilmFreeway, including downloadable poster and trailer.

All projects officially selected in each month receive the Independent Shorts Awards laurel and certificate and are rated at their IMDb pages (if applicable). Also, some selected works will be reviewed by ISA team. These reviews are published on ISA website and shared at each film IMDb page (if applicable). Some filmmakers, screenwriters and actors/actresses are invited for an interview or to provide ISA with BTS material to be published also in ISA website.

Judges score quality and creativity of entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded monthly at four levels:

Platinum Awards, Gold Awards, Silver Awards, and Bronze Awards. 
It can be given also Honorable Mentions.

The awards by category: 
Best Short Script 
Best Narrative Short 
Best Indie Short 
Best Student Short 
Best Animation Short 
Best Documentary Short 
Best Experimental Short 
Best Microfilm 
Best Music Video 
Best Drama Short 
Best Comedy Short 
Best Dark Comedy Short 
Best Thriller Short 
Best Parody Short 
Best Horror Short 
Best Crime Short 
Best Film Noir Short 
Best Mystery Short 
Best Fantasy Short 
Best Sci-Fi Short 
Best Western Short 
Best Children Short 
Best LGBT Short 
Best Women Short 
Best Web Series/TV Pilot 
Best Web and New Media 
Best Mobile Short 
Best Drone Short 
Best First Time Director 
Best Young Filmmaker 
Best Director (Male) 
Best Director (Female) 
Best Student Director 
Best Acting Ensemble 
Best Acting Duo 
Best Actor 
Best Actress 
Best Child/Young Actor 
Best Child/Young Actress 
Best Cinematography 
Best Editing 
Best Sound Design 
Best Original Score 
Best Original Story 
Best Special FX 
Best Visual FX 
Best Trailer/Teaser

Rules & Terms

All genres are accepted with a maximum length of 55 minutes. 
For student fees, it is mandatory the student status evidence (e.g copy of student card included in the project).

The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).

By submitting your film, you agree that: 
1. Independent Shorts Awards can use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for promotional purpose. 
2. Entry fees are non-refundable. 
3. You own all the rights to the film.

Independent Shorts Awards does not accept the following:

1. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations. 
2. Films which are made before 2000. 
3. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, or video resolution less than 720p HD).