South Indian International Movie Awards

The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreciate and honour film makers from across the South Indian film industries: Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema, and Kannada cinema, and provide a platform to promote South Indian films in international markets.

History The ceremony was instituted in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri, the founder of Celebrity Cricket League. Adusumilli Brinda Prasad is the chairperson of SIIMA. The awards are presented in separate parts on two different days. On the first day the most promising upcoming South Indian film artistes are honoured at the Generation Next Awards, while the second day is reserved for the main SIIMA Awards. The award nominees are selected by a jury of senior artistes and professionals and voted for by public polling.

The first SIIMA ceremony was held on 2122 June 2012 at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Unlike other South Indian film awards, SIIMA holds its ceremony abroad. However, in 2021, SIIMA was conducted in Hyderabad, India owing to the travel restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic.

SIIMA Short Film Awards were announced in 2017 to recognise makers and actors of short films. In September 2017, a twitter emoji was released on the platform. Invenio Origin joined as the strategic partner in January 2024, with significant stake in SIIMA and CCL, to scale-up these formats, and to launch OTT Streaming Academy Awards through, a new media IP called Indian National Cine Academy (INCA).

Ceremonies # Date Host(s) VenueCityCountryRef. 1st 21–22 June 2012 R Madhavan, Lakshmi Manchu, Parvathy Omanakuttan Dubai World Trade CentreDubai 2nd 12–13 September 2013 Shriya Saran, Rana Daggubati, Sonu Sood, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Ash Chandler Expo Centre SharjahSharjah 3rd 12–13 September 2014 Navdeep, Shraddha Das (Telugu)Shiva, Pooja Ramachandran (Tamil)Stadium NegaraKuala Lumpur 4th 6–7 August 2015 Rana Daggubati, Ali, Sreemukhi (Telugu) Shiva, Suchitra (Tamil) Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai 5th 30–1 July 2016 Allu Sirish, Lakshmi Manchu (Telugu) Shiva, Sathish, Dhanya Balakrishna (Tamil) Ranjini Haridas (Malayalam) Suntec Convention Centre Singapore 6th 30–1 July 2017 Allu Sirish, Lakshmi Manchu (Telugu) Sathish, Dhanya Balakrishna (Tamil) Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre Abu Dhabi 7th 14–15 September 2018 Rahul Ramakrishna, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Sreemukhi (Telugu)Vijay Raghavendra, Samyuktha Hedge (Kannada) Bollywood Parks Dubai Dubai 8th 15–16 August 2019 Rahul Ramakrishna, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Suma Kanakala (Telugu)Janani Iyer, Mirchi Shiva (Tamil)Vijay Raghavendra, Anupama Gowda (Kannada) Pearle Maany (Malayalam) Lusail Sports Arena Doha 9th18–19 September 2021Sreemukhi, Sundeep Kishan (Telugu) Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC)Hyderabad10th10–11 September 2022Sreemukhi, Ali, Siddhu (Telugu)Shiva, VJ Ramya (Tamil)Akul Balaji, Sonu Gowda (Kannada)Adil Ibrahim, Pearle Maaney (Malayalam)Palace GroundBengaluru11th15–16 September 2023Priyadarshi, Kavya Kalyanram (Telugu)Sathish, Pavithra Lakshmi (Tamil)Akul Balaji, Anupama Gowda (Kannada)Govind Padmasoorya, Shilpa Bala (Malayalam)Dubai World Trade CentreDubai12th14–15 September 2024Sudigali Sudheer, Simran Choudhary (Telugu)Bhavana Balakrishnan, Sathish (Tamil)Adil Ibrahim, Pearle Maaney (Malayalam)Rishi, Shubra Aiyappa (Kannada)Dubai World Trade CentreDubai13th5–6 September 2025Sudigali Sudheer, Roopa Koduvayur (Telugu)Sathish (Tamil)Govind Padmasoorya (Malayalam)Rishi, Shubra Aiyappa (Kannada)Dubai Exhibition CentreDubai14th12–13 September 2026Akul Balaji, Bindu Madhavi (Telugu)Sathish, Dhanya Balakrishna (Tamil)Govind Padmasoorya (Malayalam)Akul Balaji (Kannada)Koramangala Indoor StadiumBengaluru

South Indian International Movie Awards

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