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Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

Film Festival|Film screenings, Masterclass, Discussions

  • Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, Bangalore

  • Language English

Short film festival © BISFF

Short film festival © BISFF

This year, the ants march in! Tiny. Tenacious. Timeless. Just like your short films!

The 15th edition of the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF) will showcase shorts from all over the world, creating a physical space for a great audience experience and bringing together a keen audience for the filmmakers. Like in the past, this edition will be presented in a Hybrid version, having both Online and Venue Screenings. Online Screenings are accessible only within India, while offline screenings will be presented at five venues across Bangalore. 

We are happy to host BISFF at the Bhavan on 16 and 17 August, 2025 and screen films from the following sections:
Queer Qorner Competition
Women's Collective Cinema
Karnataka Competition
Indian Competition
German Films

The highlight on 16 August, is the Indian premiere of the German Short Films curated and presented by Maike Mia Höhne, artistic director of the Hamburg Short film Festival. 
 
On 17 August, the last day of the festival don't miss the coversation between Maike Mia Höhne and the well-known Marathi film director, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni on How to not enter European Film Festivals at 4:00 pm at Suchitra.

We also invite you to be there for the closing ceremony at Suchitra to get to know the grantees of the Script to Screen 2.0

Following the sucess and recognition of the short films produced from the first edition of Script to Screen, we are delighted to have recieved 3 times as many application this time around. 

Find the complete schedule here!

BISFF was conceived on a dream-fuelled evening with the idea to create a platform for young and amateur filmmakers to screen their shorts to discerning audiences and, more importantly, find constructive and critical feedback from experts in the field. 

BISFF is the only film festival in India which is accredited by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as an official qualifying film festival for Live-Action.

The 2025 edition of BISFF is supported by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan.