Vision

Celebration of film making @ MyCinema Global Film Festival!

MyCinema GFF aspires to empower storytellers by offering them a platform to showcase their creation. Cinema knows no boundaries and so does an online film festival; a unique opportunity for the film makers to charm global audiences. The film festival will be screened on my CinemaHall platform, a Digital Multiplex especially designed for Indie film makers.

Last year My CinemaHall had successfully organized & hosted MyShorts, a festival of Bengali Short Films. It had an exceptional jury headed by the Chairperson Ms Aparna Sen – renowned director, actor and international film personality. The response from film fraternity & viewers was overwhelming and encouraged by its success, this year it is an international film festival covering three competitive categories.

The selected films will be screened on the platform for a period of one month as part of the film festival. The winners will be announced in a virtual online event, which will be simultaneously broadcasted on the social media channels & the platform. All rights of the Film, will remain with the original film maker. my CinemaHall will merely have TVOD license, i.e., the right to stream the said film on the online platform for the exhibition period.

Highlights

MyCinema Global Film Festival aspires to empower film makers to charm global audiences.

It is an online film festival & the films will be screened on my CinemaHall a safe, piracy-protected online platform.

One can invite ones own audience and viewership of the film is not restricted by the invites of the film festival organisers.

There are three competitive segments that film makers can participate in MyStory (feature film), MyShorts (short films) MyFrames (novel films).

A rare opportunity for the film maker to showcase any local issue or noteworthy work in the locality and express their point of view.

It offers a unique opportunity to Indie film makers to continue exhibiting their films after the festival on the platform and earn fair share from the ticket sales.

There are multiple awards to recognise various aspects of film making. In addition as a token of our appreciation we will reimburse participation fee for the films that garnered highest (top 5) viewership per category during the screening of the festival.

MyShorts 2020

My CinemaHall, a revolutionary Digital Theatre app, had organised a Bengali Short Film Festival called MyShorts in 2020. A first in the world for short films, this festival was a unique opportunity for filmmakers to not only showcase their work but also earn money. All shortlisted films were screened on My CinemaHall during Durga Puja (a local festival) and the revenue generated from each film was shared with the filmmaker.

The panel of judges was another attraction for the festival. The Chairperson of the jury was Ms Aparna Sen renowned director, actor and international film personality. Other judges include Arghyakamal Mitra (award-winning editor), Anik Datta (well-known director), Sohag Sen (actor and theatre personality). It is noteworthy that apart from the awards decided by the jury, there will be a special Audience Choice Award as well.

A total of 69 films were shortlisted from 300+ registrations and were screened for a period of 1 month on my CinemaHall platform. The jury first painstakingly viewed the films; then followed it up with intense discussions to identify the eventual winners. The award ceremony to announce 15 awards across 10 categories was a virtual event with simultaneous broadcast from the platform and the social media channels.