{"id":567817,"date":"2026-01-17T21:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/?p=567817"},"modified":"2026-01-17T21:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:15:06","slug":"avaa-international-short-film-contest-season-1-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/avaa-international-short-film-contest-season-1-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"AVAA International Short Film Contest Season 1 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">From a 10-Minute Short Film to a \u20b910-Crore Feature Film: AVAA International Short Film Contest Season 1 Announced<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">On the auspicious occasion of Sankranti and Pongal, AVAA Entertainments announces the launch of the AVAA International Short Film Contest \u2013 Season One, a unique, director-centric initiative aimed at discovering and encouraging new filmmaking talent across India. The production house extends warm wishes to everyone for a very Happy Sankranti and Pongal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Designed as a director-focused reality format, the contest invites aspiring filmmakers to submit short films with a maximum duration of 10 minutes, judged purely on storytelling and directorial vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AVAA International Short Film Contest \u2013 Season 1 | AVAA Entertainment | Vishnu Manchu \ud83c\udfac\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/emL1BFWp9PA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The standout highlight of the contest is its grand reward \u2014 the winning director will get an opportunity to direct a \u20b910-crore feature film, produced by actor and film producer Mr. Vishnu Manchu. Known for his constant support of emerging talent, Vishnu Manchu\u2019s vision behind this initiative is to provide deserving directors a genuine gateway into mainstream cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">With this initiative, AVAA Entertainments reinforces its commitment to nurturing fresh voices and shaping the future of Indian cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Issued by:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AVAA Entertainments<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a 10-Minute Short Film to a \u20b910-Crore Feature Film: AVAA International Short Film Contest Season 1 Announced On the auspicious occasion of Sankranti and Pongal, AVAA Entertainments announces the launch of the AVAA International Short Film Contest \u2013 Season One, a unique, director-centric initiative aimed at discovering and encouraging new filmmaking talent across India. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":567819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17],"tags":[69831,734],"yst_prominent_words":[32035,8910,9228],"class_list":["post-567817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-slideshow","tag-avaa-international-short-film-contest","tag-vishnu-manchu"],"read":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567821,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567817\/revisions\/567821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567817"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/industryhit.com\/t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=567817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}