Experience the magic of cinema
Welcome to the Bollywood Star International Film Festival, where aspiring filmmakers from around the globe gather to compete, showcase their work, and celebrate diversity and inclusion in the film industry.
In the city of Dreams
Mumbai
Our Story
The Bollywood Star International Film Festival was organized by two filmmakers to give their colleagues from all over the world an opportunity to compete with each other and bring out the best ones, but soon transformed into a venture to make the world better by supporting filmmaking.
To support Indian female directors, we have created the free-to-submit category: "Films directed by Indian women".
The First Edition
The Bollywood Star International Film Festival debuted on September 30, 2025. The winning films were screened at the well-known Veda Black Box theatre at the heart of Bollywood – Versova, Mumbai.
The best feature film, Reparations, written and directed by Chrystal Rose (UK), attracted special attention from the audience and was discussed in length.
All the guests of the event appreciated the subjects and the high standards of the filmmaking exhibited during the festival.
The chief guest, Mr. Arun Shekhar, a well-known writer and director, graced the event and appreciated the efforts of the organizers in promoting genuine talents at the international level.
Rules, Terms and Conditions
Any film, series or screenplay submission means acceptance of the rules.
Any submission of a film screener, a series episode screener or a screenplay file must be done only through FilmFreeway before the late deadline.
Any film, series episode or screenplay will be considered submitted after payment of submission fees.
Only one version of a film, series episode or screenplay will be considered.
All submitted screeners or files must be working and downloadable.
The festival is not legally liable for any lost and damaged submission.
Any password-protected screener or file must have the password available.
Any participant must have all the rights to submit film, series episode, screenplay including, but not limited to intellectual property rights. The festival is not legally liable in this respect.
Any submitted film or series episode must be in English or subtitled in English.
Any submitted screenplay must be in English.
Not all submitted films, series episodes or screenplays will be selected for the program of the festival.
The festival will not refund entry fees and will not explain its decisions.
Any film or series episode showing real murders, containing pornographic scenes or content which may be considered extremist or otherwise unacceptable, will be disqualified without explanations and refund. The same rules apply to any submitted screenplay content.
Any participant must be ready that any submitted film, series episode or screenplay can be disqualified without explanations and refund.
Any selected film, series episode or screenplay can not be withdrawn.
Any participant gives the festival the right to show the submitted film or series episode and their parts for the festival's purposes. The same rule applies to publication of any submitted screenplay.
Any selected film or series episode can be awarded, so any selected participant must be ready to follow the festival's technical and other requirements for theatrical screening.
The failure to follow the requirements will lead to the cancellation of the screening, but will not lead to the cancellation of the award(s).
The festival will not pay screening fees.
Only films or series episodes awarded as the best shall be theatrically screened. No film, or series episode will be theatrically screened more than once. If a film or series episode wins both best film or series episode award and crew and cast award(s), it will be theatrically screened once.
Every screening of a winning film or series episode shall be followed by receiving the award certificate(s) by the submitter or representative of the film, series episode or trailer during a small award ceremony.
The submitters or representatives of winning screenplays will receive the award certificates during the same ceremony.
The representative must be appointed by the submitter of a film, series episode or screenplay. The appointment letter must be sent to the festival by e-mail.
The transportation and accommodation expenses of the submitters, representatives and other festival participants will not be covered by the festival.
If the submitter or representative of the awarded film, series episode or screenplay is not able to receive the award certificate(s), the award ceremony will be canceled and the certificate(s) will be sent to the submitter by e-mail.
Submissions will not be returned.
The festival can change or correct the rules. The changes will be published by the festival.
