WaveX opens startup pod bookings for the WAVES Bazaar pavilion at the film festival in Goa

7 November 2026

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has invited film and allied technology startups to apply for the WaveX Startup Pavilion at WAVES Bazaar, to be held during the International Film Festival of India in Goa this year. WaveX, short for the WAVES Startup Accelerator, is the ministry's accelerator and incubation initiative for the media and entertainment sector, and works with startups in animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality, together written as AVGC-XR, as well as media technologies. Only startups registered with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade may apply, and a WaveX Selection Committee will screen them. The pavilion is meant to put products in front of filmmakers, production houses and investors. The festival itself was established in 1952 and is now held every year in Goa.