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Yellowstone International Film Festival
In a city, with a strong art and cultural heritage, dedicated to be the destination for celebrating world-class independent cinema, is Yellowstone International Film Festival.
Yellowstone International Film Festival is a global adventure of red carpets, premiers, screening of daring documentaries, eye-opening short films, and interesting discussions with filmmakers from across the globe. With special categories for LGBTQ films, Women Empowerment films, environmental films and student films, the festival aims to be the hub for independent filmmakers.
A festival in its true meaning, YIFF is a host to Red carpets, Opening & Closing nights, Press Interaction for participants, Official portraits of nominated filmmakers, Festival interviews of nominated filmmakers, After parties, Live music performances, Filmmaker panels, Award presentations, that extends to city tours, giving an enhanced filmmaker hospitality program.
Yellowstone International Film Festival - Highlights
- Best Super short films - 2023
- Copenhagen RendezvousAndré Palacios TingbergDead to meBraden Bickle
- TraditionSabrina ArissLiberationMilad Maleki Kahengi
- Best Animated short films - 2023
- Daisy's Final GoodbyeSteven LongShelterAbolfazl Hoseinipour
- Pink LemonadeJayden Van Win
- Best Indian Live Action short Films - 2023
- Kottakil GanapathyJayaprakash RadhakrishnanThe Girl At The AirportAmey Khanwalkar
- Rat in the KitchenArkish AftabThe Broken TableChintan Sarda
Testimonials
We are very grateful to have the “Dubliner” selected at the Yellowstone International Film Festival. Very professional approach as well as communication and kind friendly attitude.
Yellowstone was a great experience overall. We were honored to have our short documentary, Spokespeople, selected as part of it, and were delighted to find an elegant, artful festival during a global pandemic. The community was warm and welcoming to boot! Would recommend to other filmmakers.
It’s a delight to have attended the festival. The space for discussion and conversations about some important topics has been fostered with festivals like these 🙂
Well organized festival, great communication from the very kind and lovely team. Definitely participating again. Highly recommended one of a kind film festival!
A very well curated festival by Tushar and his team. It was extremely fulfilling to be a part of all the planned events and panels. We were so glad to have our film screen at YIFF! Even though it’s a brand new festival, it was more professional than most out there. Highly recommend it!
I had a lovely experience with the Yellowstone International Film Festival! My film won the award for the Best Documentary Short category. The communication was always spot on. I was also invited on a panel for women filmmakers, which was an incredible initiative by the team at YIFF! I was glad to be a part of the festival this year 🙂
A brilliant festival. Very supportive of Indie Cinema and experiments. A boon for filmmaker’s of all styles and genres! Thanx for screening MISSING!
Tushar and team are wonderful, super hospitable with a strong sense of what a filmmaker can benefit from if part of the program. Regardless of being a virtual event, it was a great environment to be a part of. Hopefully in person soon.
The festival provides a great platform for the upcoming filmmakers and really puts in the work to help the selected films reach an audience!
Thank you for selecting Cry of the Forests for screening in the YIFF 2021. A great experience all round.I will be back!
The team from Yellowstone were absolutely lovely and proactive in reaching out regarding including our film in their programming. I was pleasantly surprised to find “Eating the Other” was having a special screening at the Australian embassy in Delhi which was such a nice bonus! Thank you Rahul, Tushar and the wonderful team for having us and allowing to us to have our Indian premiere with you- it was very special to me as the film touches on so many themes related to Indian female identity
It was an honor to have my film ‘Where’s my spot?’ screened at YIFF 2023. The team was very communicative and responsive. I do think that attending it in person would have been way more fun. I would definitely submit my future films here and hopefully attend it in person
Attending YIFF 2023 was an absolute delight!!! Despite its modest size, the festival exuded a remarkable commitment to the noble cause. Kudos to the entire team, it was so well-organized. The curation of films showcased a diverse range of talent, reflecting the festival's dedication to nurturing emerging filmmakers. What impressed me most was the seamless execution and warm hospitality extended to all attendees. With Tushar Tyagi's leadership, I have no doubt this festival will expand manifold and become one of the topmost in India soon! As an award recipient, I'm also grateful for the recognition. I believe that YIFF truly embodies the spirit of community and celebration of cinema. Eagerly looking forward to its future editions.
One of the best Film Festivals that I have attended. My Film "The Girl At The Airport" won the "Best Achievement in Direction" and "Best Actor award". They justify the meaning of Festival in true sense and is nothing less than any other grand Award Ceremony. Tushar is a one of the most genuine & charming person we have interacted with, whose love for movies is clearly seen with the effort he puts in. Communication wise Rahul has been doing a great job! All in a all one of the best! Keep up the good work Peoples!
This is a very good film festival, and it is worth everyone's participation!
A most wonderful time attending the 2023 edition of YIFF with two films. Amar Colony by Siddharth Chauhan and my own Ye Shaam Mastaani. Festival Director Tushar Tyagi along with his wonderful team bring together a most rewarding festival experience. Along with watching a fine selection of films from all over the world the festival creates opportunities for filmmakers to network and then collaborate. With the perfect balance of glamour, substance and warmth, YIFF is an overall class act.
Thank you Tushar and team YIFF. It was wonderful to be a part of the festival. Really appreciate all the support you extended to our film during our Oscars campaign post the festival.
We are very grateful to Tushar & his team for including two of our shorts - 'The Island' & 'Kottakil Ganapathy' for this year's festival edition.'Yellowstone' was the right platform for our indie projects to reach a large audience & critics. One of our short- "Kottakil Ganapathy" was even awarded the 'Best Indian Live Action Film' & we were overwhelmed by the audience response to our short film.