South Indian International Movie Awards

South Indian International Movie Awards
Current: 14th South Indian International Movie Awards
Awarded forExcellence in the South Indian film industry
CountryIndia
Presented byVibri Media
First award22 June 2012 (14 years ago) (2012-06-22)
Websitewww.siima.in
RelatedCelebrity Cricket League
SIIMA Short Film 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 21–22 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) Venue City Country Ref.
1st21–22 June 2012R Madhavan, Lakshmi Manchu, Parvathy OmanakuttanDubai World Trade Centre Dubai UAE
2nd12–13 September 2013Shriya Saran, Rana Daggubati, Sonu Sood, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Ash ChandlerExpo Centre Sharjah Sharjah UAE
3rd12–13 September 2014Navdeep, Shraddha Das (Telugu)
Shiva, Pooja Ramachandran (Tamil)		 Stadium Negara Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
4th6–7 August 2015Rana Daggubati, Ali, Sreemukhi (Telugu)
Shiva, Suchitra (Tamil)		Dubai World Trade CentreDubai UAE
5th30–1 July 2016Allu Sirish, Lakshmi Manchu (Telugu)
Shiva, Sathish, Dhanya Balakrishna (Tamil)
Ranjini Haridas (Malayalam)		Suntec Convention CentreSingapore Singapore
6th30–1 July 2017Allu Sirish, Lakshmi Manchu (Telugu)
Sathish, Dhanya Balakrishna (Tamil)		Abu Dhabi National Exhibition CentreAbu Dhabi UAE
7th14–15 September 2018Rahul Ramakrishna, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Sreemukhi (Telugu)
Vijay Raghavendra, Samyuktha Hedge (Kannada)		Bollywood Parks DubaiDubai UAE
8th15–16 August 2019Rahul Ramakrishna, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Suma Kanakala (Telugu)
Janani Iyer, Mirchi Shiva (Tamil)
Vijay Raghavendra, Anupama Gowda (Kannada)
Pearle Maany (Malayalam)		Lusail Sports ArenaDoha Qatar
9th 18–19 September 2021 Sreemukhi, Sundeep Kishan (Telugu) Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) Hyderabad India
10th 10–11 September 2022 Sreemukhi, Ali, Siddhu (Telugu)
Shiva, VJ Ramya (Tamil)
Akul Balaji, Sonu Gowda (Kannada)
Adil Ibrahim, Pearle Maaney (Malayalam)		 Palace Ground Bengaluru India
11th 15–16 September 2023 Priyadarshi, Kavya Kalyanram (Telugu)
Sathish, Pavithra Lakshmi (Tamil)
Akul Balaji, Anupama Gowda (Kannada)
Govind Padmasoorya, Shilpa Bala (Malayalam)		 Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai UAE
12th 14–15 September 2024 Sudigali Sudheer, Simran Choudhary (Telugu)
Bhavana Balakrishnan, Sathish (Tamil)
Adil Ibrahim, Pearle Maaney (Malayalam)
Rishi, Shubra Aiyappa (Kannada)
 Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai UAE
13th 5–6 September 2025 Sudigali Sudheer, Roopa Koduvayur (Telugu)
Sathish (Tamil)
Govind Padmasoorya (Malayalam)
Rishi, Shubra Aiyappa (Kannada)		 Dubai Exhibition Centre Dubai UAE
14th 12–13 September 2026 Akul Balaji, Bindu Madhavi (Telugu)
Sathish, Dhanya Balakrishna (Tamil)
Govind Padmasoorya (Malayalam)
Akul Balaji (Kannada)		 Koramangala Indoor Stadium Bengaluru India

Categories

Telugu

Tamil

Malayalam

Kannada

Other

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