India's Most Prestigious Short Film Festival In Surat

13th SHORT FILM MANTRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024

Short Filmmakers in India

Short Film Mantra has a team of talented short filmmakers in India. We have now introduced a new YouTube channel for short films and videos. The short film made by the Short Film Mantra team has been featured and praised in various film festivals around the country.

We are a generation that has grown up watching feature films, which would vary in length from two hours to three and a half hours, thus you might wonder what would classify as a short film. A short film can be anywhere from 10 seconds to 30 minutes.

Short Film Production house in Surat

Short Film Mantra is a short film production house in Surat, intended to encourage the making of short films because by this medium one can tell a story or send a message in a very short duration of time. In today’s fast-moving and changing world, no one has the time to watch a long feature-length film and we prefer short films and to the point.

The experts associated with Short Film Mantra understand how the short film market works. Good Short films are seen by a variety of audiences, from young to old, from serious cinema lovers to people who are looking for a short entertainment break in between their work. Short Film Mantra aims to provide a platform to young and aspiring filmmakers who are willing to make their mark in the film industry.

Because of a relatively less budget, we can now try subjects that were relatively unexplored before because of their economic viability. At Short film Mantra, we as a short film production house in Surat, aim at producing content that is unique and relevant at the same time.

Financial Support for Short Filmmakers

Short Film Mantra is committed to encouraging the production of meaningful short films. For the same, we would like to provide financial assistance to deserving filmmakers, provided they have a resourceful team and an inspiring concept with them.

Once the short film is made under our production house’s banner, it will be released through the Short film mantra's YouTube channel. And the filmmaker and his team will be given 10% of the revenue as per the viewership.

Short film workshop for budding Filmmakers

Short Film Mantra production house along with its Short Film Mantra Academy organizes and conducts short filmmaking workshops for budding filmmakers among school/college-going students. This workshop generally includes various topics like Basics of Film Filmmaking and Scripting, Script Writing, How to Source Ideas for a Short Film, Developing A Script, The Script Format, Preparing A Story Board For A Short Film, Budgeting, Production Planning, And Scheduling, etc.

There will also be a special workshop on the following;

Production: Camera Settings for Video, Lighting, Framing, Shot Size and Composition, Camera Movement and Equipment, Capturing Sound, Fundamentals of Film Direction, Directing Actors, and Managing the Crew.

Post Production: Editing process, Parallel cut, Editing Dialogue, Adding Sound and Music, Visual Effects, Sound Effects, Sound Design, and the FinalCut.

Where can we find quality short films?

The Internet has globally connected all of us, and that has allowed us to display our work on an international level. Right now, YouTube is the best platform to watch or upload your short film, and Short Film Mantra has a YouTube Channel just for that purpose. Short Film Mantra aims at producing aesthetically and technically superior content by training. It also aims to provide a platform for young filmmakers.