Pranav Birje | Senior Correspondent
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 mega filmy bonanza for Goan film connoisseurs will be organized in association with Department of Information and Publicity.
The 10th Edition will be the films made from 1st Jan 2018 to 31st Dec 2019
The 11th Edition will be the films made from 1st Jan 2020 to 31st Dec 2021
The 12th Edition will be the films made from 1st Jan 2022 to 31st Dec 2023
The Inauguration ceremony will be on 14th August 2025 and closing ceremony will be on 17th August 2025.
Movie screenings will take place in Maquinez palace theatre and Inox, Panaji.
Various workshops, In-Conversation sessions, Market Interactions, Knowledge series and Information segments will be the part of this festival.
Also there will be Question & Answer sessions with the Movie casts after every film.
The festival will showcase Goan regional language movies including Konkani and Marathi.
There will be 2 categories, Feature Films which will have two sections, Konkani and Marathi separately, whereas, Non-Feature films will have a combined section for Konkani and Marathi languages. The feature film should have minimum running time of 70 minutes while non-feature films should have a minimum running time of 5 minutes and maximum time of less than 70 minutes. Films of which a minimum of 15% on screen artist and 15% main technicians must be of Goan origin or having at least 15 years domicile in the State of Goa (further details are available on www.esg.co.in). All films should have Censor Certificate and with subtitles in English.
In the Feature Films section will have the following awards will be given in Konkani and Marathi section separately:
Best Film First Prize Rs. 500000/-
Second Prize Rs. 300000/-
Best Direction First Prize Rs. 50000/-
Second Prize Rs. 35000/-
Best Actor Rs. 25000/-
Best Actress Rs. 25000/-
Best Supporting Actor Rs. 25000/-
Best Supporting Actress Rs. 25000/-
Best Child Artiste Rs. 25000/-
Best Story Rs. 25000/-
Best Screenplay Rs. 25000/-
Best Dialogues Rs. 25000/-
Best Lyrics Rs. 25000/-
Best Music Director Rs. 25000/-
Best Playback Singer (male) Rs. 25000/-
Best Playback Singer (female) Rs. 25000/-
Best Cinematography Rs. 25000/-
Best Editor Rs. 25000/-
Best Audiography Rs. 25000/-
Best Art Director Rs. 25000/-
Best Costume Designer Rs. 25000/-
In the Non-Feature Films section the following awards will be given for Konkani and Marathi section combined:
Best Non-Feature Film (Two awards as under)
Fiction Rs. 100000/-
Non-Fiction Rs. 100000/-
Other awards for Non-Feature Films are as below:
Best Cinematography Rs. 25000/-
Best Audiography Rs. 25000/-
Best Editing Rs. 25000/-
Best Music Direction Rs. 25000/-
Best Theme Rs. 20000/-
This year we will be having a short film making competition during pre festival period. The topic for the film will be given during festival and the movie makers have to submit their films in 48 hours after the topic is announced. Selected films will also be screened during the festival.
Prize money for the Short film competition are as follows:-
Best Film – First place 25000 & Second place 20000
Best Cinematographer – 15000
Best Editor – 15000
Best Director – 15000
Best Actor (Male) – 15000
Best Actor (female) – 15000
This festival will give Goan Film fraternity to showcase and orchestrate their professional excellence in the field of Cinema. They will also get a platform to nurture talent in field of entertainment through Master classes, Workshops, In-Conversation sessions etc. that will be held during the festival.