Rajnigandha Presents Jagran Film Festival in association with Government of Uttar Praesh has invited independent filmmakers, first-time filmmakers as well as established filmmakers to send their entries. Films made between 1 January 2022 and 30th September 2023 (Films that are expected to be completed by 30th Sep. 2023) are eligible for participation in the festival. Entries must be submitted on the website www.jff.co.in by 15th July 2023, which is the deadline for Delhi. However, the entries will remain open until 1st September 2023 for other cities including Mumbai. The Festival is starting from 3rd August in Delhi and travel through Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Dehradun, Hisar, Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Patna, Darbhanga Ranchi, Raipur, Indore, Siliguri and culminate in Mumbai on 14th October 2023. This year’s edition of the festival has six categories. The categories are Shorts, an international competition section for short films; Indian Showcase, a competitive section for Indian feature films; World Panorama, a competitive section for international features and Jagran Docs (Documentary Films), a non-competitive section for documentary films. Apart from these, the festival has introduced a new category called OTT which willcontain feature films, documentaries and web series.
