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Bangkok Movie Awards, BMA

Film Fest & Competitions

Bangkok Movie Awards, BMA organizes international film festivals and competitions while accepting entries worldwide. We treat every filmmaker uniformly and welcome any film work regardless of its subject, language, origin, or content.

It is essential to remember that Bangkok Movie Awards’ events are highly competitive, and many of the submitted films are not selected as Finalists for the LIVE event. However, even if your film is not selected for the Final Round, the submission process can be a valuable learning experience.

Taking part in competitions and film festivals in BMA will help you improve your filmmaking skills and growing understanding of today’s film culture. An applicant’s film will be privately screened to our honorable Jury of Judges and will not initially be screened to the public.

BMA Competition Submission Categories:

Short Film

BMA’s Short Film Category is for fictional films, features run less than 40 Mins.

Documentary Film

BMA’s Documentary Film category is for non-fiction films of any length.

Narrative Feature

Our Narrative Feature Category is for fictional films that run 40 minutes or longer.

Experimental Film

BMA’s Experimental Film category is for experimental cinemas of any length.

Feature Script

A special Category for the Feature Script work (any length)

Short Script

Category for the scripts and calligraphy of a film (any length)

Student Film

Films that have been shot, directed, produced by the students of any Film school are eligible in this category.

* Student status evidence required

Animated Film

BMA’s Animated Film category is for films of any length, primarily featuring animated content or stop-motion animation.

Women’s Film

BMA’s this exclusive Category accepts entries of films crafted by Female Filmmakers.

Drone Film

The Documentary Drone Film category is for non-fiction films of any length.

Web, New Media

BMA’s another famous Category for 3D, Animation, Apps, Digital Comics, SRC- Socially Responsible Content, STEAM-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Art-related Filmworks.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video of any length.

Film on Women

The non-fiction, Documentary Film category is for films of any length that primarily talks about women-related issues.

Horror, Science Fiction Feature

BMA’s one of the major competitive Categories for the films of Horror, Science Fiction genres of any length

Young Filmmaker

Our Young Filmmaker Category is open only to budding filmmakers (Under 18). *Age proof required*

Debut Filmmaker

1st or 2nd Film project of a filmmaker is accepted in this Category of BMA (any length)

Mobile Film

Films are being recorded and processed with mobile/smartphone cameras (any length)

Films on Disability Issues

BMA’s special Category for films crafted with disability issues (any length)

LGBTQ Film

Category for the films made in the LGBTQ theme of content (any length)

Educational Film

A Category for the films crafted on the educational theme and subjects (any length)

Silent Film

BMA’s special Category for Silent cinemas (any length)

Films on Religion

Our special Category for films crafted on religious issues (any length)

Film on Nature, Wildlife

Category for the Filmworks for the genre of Nature or Wildlife or Environment (any length)

Travel Film

BMA’s special Category for travel stories (any length)

One-Minute Film

Category for the 1-minute-long films

Postmodern Film

The postmodern film attempts to subvert the mainstream narratives and recreate the conscious reality (any length)

Free Speech

BMA invites filmmakers around the world to join this revolution by submitting films about Free Speech. As they express themselves, or give a voice to the oppressed (any length)