The officially selected project in each month will receive laurel and certificate and the award winners will receive customised certificate and laurel and are rated at their respective IMDb pages (if applicable). Also, all the monthly award winners will automatically be qualified for annual film screening and nominated for our, honorary Andrei Tarkovsky Memorial Award.

The awards are given in the following categories:

• Short Films (Less than 30 minutes)
• Narrative Feature Films (Above 40 minutes)
• Documentary Films (Any length)
• Experimental Films (Any length)
• Student Films (Any length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Director (Any Length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Cinematography (Fiction Film & Documentary Film) (Any Length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Editing (Fiction Film & Documentary Film) (Any Length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Sound Designing (Fiction Film & Documentary Film) (Any Length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Actor (Fiction Film) (Any Length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Actress (Fiction Film) (Any Length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Supporting Actor (Fiction Film) (Any length)
•  Extra consideration: Best Supporting Actress (Fiction Film) (Any length)
•  Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video (Any length)
•  Web and New Media (Any length)
•  Mobile Film (Any length)
•  Young Filmmaker (Under 18) (Any length)
•  Debut Filmmaker (1st or 2nd Film) (Any length)
•  Horror Film / Science Fiction Film / Genre Feature Film (Above 40 minutes)
•  Women’s Films (Any length)
•  Film on Women (Any Length)
•  LGBT Film (Any length)
•  Animated Films (Any length)
•  Family/Children Films (Any length)
•  Educational Film (Any length)
•  Films on Disability Issue (Any length)
•  Film on Religion (Any length)
•  Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife (Any length)
•  Travel Film (Any length)
•  Silent Film (Any length)
•  One Minute Film
•  Postmodern Films (Any length)
•  Free Speech (Any length)
•  Television / Pilot Program or Series (Any length)
•  Commercial / Advertisement (Any length)
•  Music Video (Any length)
•  Best Film Score – Soundtrack
•  Trailer/Teaser (5 minutes or less)
•  Film/Video Poster
•  Photography (Photos from film set included)
•  Treatment / Synopsis
•  Short Script
•  Feature Script
•  Amateur Film
•  Best VFX Artist
•  Best Producer
•  Crime short
•  Romantic short
•  Comedy short
•  Selfie video

Besides the BEST of the category AWARDS, there are also OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, which are given in different categories.