Annual film festival held in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
26th Kolkata International Film FestivalLocation | Kolkata |
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Founded | 1995 |
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Festival date | 8–15 January 2021 |
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Language | International |
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Website | kiff.in |
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The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 8 to 15 January 2021.[1] It was scheduled to take place from 5 to 12 November 2020 but was postponed to January 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.[2]
The 26th Kolkata International film festival was virtually inaugurated by CM of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on 8 January 2020.[3] Shah Rukh Khan, who is the brand ambassador of Bengal, joined the ceremony over a video call.[3] Since 2011, Shah Rukh Khan has been attending the film festival each year.[3]
Around 132 feature films, documentaries and short films have been selected to be showcased at the KIFF 2021 out of 1170 submissions. The festival commenced with actor Soumitra Chatterjee's world-renowned film Apur Sansar.[3]
The Festival Paid Tribute to Late Legendary Actor Shri Soumitra Chatterjee, Federico Fellini, Éric Rohmer, Ravi Shankar, Fernando Solanas, Kim Ki-duk, Basu Chatterjee, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tapas Paul, Amala Shankar, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Bhanu Bandopdhyay & Santu Mukhopadhyay.[4]
Competition Categories
[edit] Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
Priyo Chinar Pata, Iti Segun | KUMAR CHOWDHURY | |
Drowsy City | LUONG DINH DUNG | |
Between One Shore And Several Others | sreekrishnan kp | |
Not Today | Aditya Kripalani | |
Mahanagar / One Night In Kathmandu | Mohan Rai | |
NONAJOLER KABBO | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit | NETPAC Award for Best Film[5] |
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Competition on Indian Language's Films
[edit] International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
SHAMBALA | Artykpai Suiundukov | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director |
Going Blind | Haci Orman | |
AQUARIUM | Deepesh T | |
GHOST IMAGE | Sang Jun Lee | |
The Presumption Of Guilt | Oleg Asadulin | |
Blindfold | Taras Dron | Special Jury Mention |
Snails Club | Michele Senesi | |
THE WAY TO PARADISE | Wahid Sanouji | |
BANDAR BAND | Manijeh Hekmat | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film |
Competition on Indian Documentary Films
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
On The Brink - Season 2 - Bats | Akanksha Sood Singh | |
Highways Of Life | Amar Maibam | Best Indian Documentary Film |
The Museum Man | Sabyasachi Banerji | |
Niranjan Pradhan - Journey Of A Sculptor | Anjan Bose | |
Advidiya | Anubhab Ganguly, Sourasis Bose | |
Who Says The Lepchas Are Vanishing | Abhyuday Khaitan | |
My Brother Alpha | Shantanu Mondal , Rani Bed Banshi | |
Bhobo Nodir Pare | Nikhilesh Mattoo | |
Chera Tamshuk | Suvarthi Mohanti | |
Dancing With Nature | Malay Dasgupta | |
Competition on Indian Short Films
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
Welcome Uncle | Sandipan Bhattacharya | |
Khisa | Raj Pritam More | |
Naked Voice | Deepankar Prakash | |
Virus | Anindya Bose | |
Beyond Hope | Rohit Kumar | |
An Odyssey Of Gayatri | Abhra Chakraborty | |
Nothing Happened | Himanshu Mishro Mondal | |
Jaltarang | Jhimli Roy | |
Resurgence | Sreemon Das | |
Sudurabhase | Nilanjan Karmakar | |
Balai | Suvobrata Roy Chowdhury, Arpita Chatterjee | |
Binimoy | Tanvi Chowdhary | |
Salana Jalsa | Pratik Thakare | |
Chicken Tehari | Nasrina Khan | |
Newborn Poetry | L.Priyanka | |
Nspect ANT | Suman Paul | |
Still Alive | Onkar Diwadkar | |
Get Up And Rise | Samik Roy Choudhury | |
Your Kunti | Rajat Roy, Arunava Mukherjee | |
Dusk | Ujjal Paul | Best Indian Short Film |
Non-Competition Categories
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
SAHOBASHE | Anjan Kanjilal | |
PUNGLINGO STRILINGO | Subrata Sen | |
MICHHIL | SURAJIT NAG, UJJWAL BASU | |
BISH | Jyotishman Chattopadhyay | |
DAAYE | Jyotirmay Deb | |
SUNYO | Shankha Ghosh | |
TITLI | Bishikh Talukdar | |
BEAUTIFUL LIFE | Raju Debnath | |
Cinema International
[edit] Short & Documentary Panorama
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
HOLY RIGHTS | Farha khatun | |
GRACE | Smarak Samarjeet | |
BOUND BY US | Chinmoy Sonowal | |
WE THE BROKEN COGS IN THE MACHINE | Sonatan Karmakar | |
KOLKATA DAIRY | Zhangna | |
ECO FRIENDLY GANGASAGAR MELA | Shila Datta | |
ANONYMOUS | Mithunchandra Chaudhari | |
THE ROOFTOP - THE STORY OF A PSYCHIATRIST AND A RAPED GIRL | Avirup Biswas | |
MY UNBLOOD BROTHER | Iqbaal Rizzvi | |
LACHHKA DANGIR KATHA | BUDDHADEB BARMAN | |
LAPTOP: A LOCKDOWN FILM | PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI | |
ARTIST | Tony James | |
CHITTOKHOV | Soumajit Das | |
JANAIKA | Samya Mandal | |
KARBALA KATHA | Sourav Sarangi | |
CHAK CHAGE IMA | JENISH SALAM | |
COLDFIRE | Riddhi Sen | |
Youth Day Celebration
[edit] Title | Director | Notes |
You are the Creator of Your Own Destiny | Nityanand Datta | |
Swami Vivekanand | Nirmal Dey | |
Bireswar Vivekananda | Madhu Bose | |
Biler Diary | Biswarup Biswas | |
- Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film (Innovation in Moving Pictures): Bander Band - Manijeh Hekmat
- Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director (Innovation in Moving Pictures) : Shambala - Artykpai Suiundukov
- Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Short: Dusk - Ujjwal Pal
- Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Documentary - Highways of Life - Amar Maibam
- Special Jury mention (Innovation in Moving Pictures) : Blindfold - Taras Dron
- Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Film (Indian Languages) : False Eye (Kalla Nottam) - Rahul Riji Nair
- Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Director (Indian Languages) : God On the Belcony - Biswajit Bhora
- NETPAC Award for Best Film : NONAJOLER KABBO - Rezwan Shahriar Sumit