The School Cinema International Film Festival (SCIFF) has announced that its 10th edition will be held from November 14 to 30, and opened submissions for filmmakers and independent creators from India and abroad.
The festival will be conducted through participating schools across India and will screen selected films for school audiences.
According to organisers, submissions are open in live action, animation and documentary categories, with entries accepted in both short and feature formats.
Films must have been completed after January 1, 2024, and films containing dialogue must include English subtitles. The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2026.
Organisers stated that selected entries will be screened in schools for audiences aged 5 to 16 years during the festival period.
Submission guidelines specify that films should be submitted in .mp4 or .mov formats, preferably using H.264 codec, with HD or Full HD quality preferred. Organisers added that submitted films may be screened through protected digital platforms used during the festival.
Awards will be presented across six categories:
> Best Live Action – Feature
> Best Animation – Feature
> Best Documentary – Feature
> Best Live Action – Short
> Best Animation – Short
> Best Documentary – Short
Organisers said the School Cinema programme currently operates across 905 schools in 350 cities and 28 states, reaching more than 670,796 students.
In Assam, the programme is being implemented in seven schools across four cities, involving more than 5,000 students, according to organisers.
Launched in 2017, SCIFF is organised under the LXL Foundation, the non-profit arm of LXL Ideas.