Himachal Pradesh : Entry of films invited for International Film Festival Shimla

Entries of films have been invited for the seventh edition of International Film Festival Shimla 2021. The entries are invited for Feature Film, Documentary, Short Film and Animation Film at International, National and State level. The last date for sending the entry of films is 31 August 2021. Filmmakers can apply directly on the film festival’s website or submit a link to their film through the film submission press releaseFreeway. Festival Director Pushpraj Thakur said that even during the Corona transition, a lot of filmmakers are continuously producing films and struggling to get their films screened and the film festival provides a proper platform to the filmmakers to screen their films. Established film festivals around the world are also organizing online film festivals as per the guidelines of the government. Last year, even during the Corona transition, the sixth International Film Festival Shimla edition was organized online in December 2020. The popularity of the International Film Festival of Shimla has increased worldwide. In each edition of the last six editions, filmmakers from about thirty-five countries presented their films. registered its participation through Regional filmmakers from different parts of India have also participated in large numbers. Apart from Hindi films, Bengali, Marathi, Malayali, Telugu, Tamil, Rajasthani, Haryanvi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Oriya, Manipuri, Kashmiri and Himachali films have been screened at the International Film Festival Shimla.