The festival is ready to celebrate its 15th edition from August 15 to 25.

Nominations have been announced for Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Critics' Choice, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best OTT Actors and Actresses, among many other categories.

'12th Fail', 'Amar Singh Chamkila', 'Chandu Champion', 'Dunki', 'Jawan', Tamil film 'Maharaja', Malayalam film 'Premalu' and 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani' compete in the category Best film.

Ten actors, including Shah Rukh Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, Fahadh Faasil, Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranveer Singh, Sparsh Shrivastava, Vicky Kaushal and Vikrant Massey, are in the Best Actor category.

Best Actress nominees include Alia Bhatt, Alizeh Agnihotri, Beena R Chandran, Jyothika, Nitanshi Goel, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Pratibha Ranta, Preeti Panigrahi, Sanya Malhotra and Swathi Reddy.

For the Best Director category, Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan, Karan Johar, Nithilan Saminathan, Rahul Sadasivan, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra have been selected.

The Best Actor in the OTT category includes Arjun Mathur, Babil Khan, Gulshan Devaiah, Jitendra Kumar, Naveen Chandra, R. Madhavan, Roshan Mathew and Suvinder Vicky.

Actresses in the same category include Harleen Sethi, Karishma Tanna, Neena Gupta, Nimisha Sajayan, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Sobhita Dhulipala.

Supported and presented by the Victorian Government in Australia, IFFM is an annual celebration of Indian cinema showcasing the best Indian films, digital series and talent.

It aims to promote cultural exchange and celebrate the diversity of Indian cinema on an international stage.

The winners of the prestigious 2024 IFFM Awards will be announced during the festival at its annual gala night on August 16 and will be held at the Palais Theater in Melbourne.