Goa Khabar : The 10th, 11th and 12th Edition of Goa State Film Festival 2025 will get underway on the 14th of August, 2025. The four day festival will be held on 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of August 2025 respectively. The Inauguration ceremony will be on 14th August 2025 and closing ceremony will be on 17th August 2025.
Over the various editions, this Goan Film Festival has evolved to be one of the most awaited events. This year, as a part of GSFF-2025, ESG will be organizing a short film making competition titled “48 Hours Short Film Making Competition.” The topic for the competition will be announced on 2nd August 2025 at 10:00 AM. Participants will be required to submit their completed films within 48 hours of the topic announcement, i.e., by 4th August 2025 before 10:00 AM at ESG office.
The Aim/objective of this competition is to recognize excellence in short Film-Making, provide opportunities to connect the short film making community through networking and collaborative projects, provide an opportunity to experience the best work of Local film-making talent, to build an audience for the work of short filmmakers, to develop the skill of film-making using minimal resources and locating young and fresh talent.
Registration will starts from today (19th July 2025) and ends on 28th July 2025 at 5:00 PM. There is no registration fee. Completed forms should be submitted at the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) office. For more information on rules, regulations, eligibility criteria and to download the forms, please visit: www.esg.co.in.
The competition has different awards as listed below:
48 Hours Short Film Making Competition
Awards Prizes
1. Best Film
First Prize
Second Prize Rs. 25000
Rs. 25000
2. Best Director Rs. 15000.00
3. Best Cinematographer Rs. 15000.00
4. Best Editor Rs. 15000.00
5. Best Actor (male) Rs. 15000.00
6. Best Actor (female) Rs. 15000.00
Goa State Film Festival will showcase Excellency in terms of productions, values, stories, cinematography and other aspects of film making. It will also create an evolution in Goan Cinema and also will give an opportunity to promise a great future to the budding Goan film makers.
