Kolkata International Film Festival
The Kolkata International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the West Bengal Government. In 2019, it was held from 8 November to 15 November. In 2024 the inaugural ceremony of the Kolkata International Film Festival will take place on 4 December and will continue upto 11 December 2024.The 30th Kolkata International Film Festival began on 4 December 2024 at Dhanadhanya Auditorium, in Kolkata, India. A 1966 Bengali film Galpo Holeo Satti by Tapan Sinha opened the festival
Duration will be not less than 60 minutes for featured films. The length of short films must be not more than 30 minutes, and for documentaries not more than 60 minutes. Productions may not be older than two years and must be an Indian premiere.
Awards
- Innovation in Moving Images - Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film, Best Director, Special Jury Mention
- FIPRESCI Award in Innovation in Moving Images
- Competition on Indian Language's Films - Best Film, Best Director, Special Jury
- Bengali Panorama - Best Film
- Asian Select - Best Film
- Competition on Indian Short Films - Best Film, Special Jury
- Competition on Indian Documentary Films - Best Film, Special Jury
Awards ceremonies
The following is a listing of all Kolkata International Film Awards ceremonies since 1995.| Ceremony | IMI : Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film | IMI : Best Director | IMI : Special Jury Mention | IMI : FIPRESCI Award for International Competition | Competition on Indian Language’s Films : Hiralal Sen Memorial Award for Best Film | Competition on Indian Language’s Films : Best Director | Competition on Indian Language’s Films : Special Jury Mention | Asian Select - NETPAC award : Best Film | Bengali Panorama | Sources |
| 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival | Los Perros by Marcela Said | Ása Hjörleifsdóttir for The Swan | Kupal by Kazem Mollaie & Birds Are Singing in Kigali by Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | To Let by Chezhian Ra | Dr. Bijukumar Damodaran for Sound of Silence | Pathumma by Panchakshari | Goodbye Katmandu | |||
| 24th Kolkata International Film Festival | The Third Wife by Ash Mayfair | Abu Bakr Shawky for Yomeddine | Tarikh by Churni Ganguly | Widow of Silence by Praveen Morchhale | Arijit Biswas for Sun Goes Around the Earth | Kedara | ||||
| 25th Kolkata International Film Festival | La llorona by Jayro Bustamante | Václav Marhoul for The Painted Bird | Aga's House by Lendita Zeqiraj | Mai Ghat: Crime No 103/2005 by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan | Indrasis Acharya for The Parcel | Run Kalyani | Devi aur Hero | |||
| 26th Kolkata International Film Festival | Bander Band by Manijeh Hekmat | Artykpai Suiundukov for Shambala | Blindfold by Taras Dron | Kalla Nottam by Rahul Riji Nair | Biswajit Bora for God On The Balcony | Nonajoler Kabbo | ||||
| 27th Kolkata International Film Festival | Jhilli by Ishaan Ghose | Ola Jankowska for Anatomia | Streams by Mehdi Hmili | Adieu Godard by Amartya Bhattacharyya | Ishrat R Khan for Guthlee Ladoo | The Cloud and the Man | ||||
| 28th Kolkata International Film Festival | Upon Entry by Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez & The Golden Wings of Watercocksby Muhammad Quayum | Ernesto Ardito & Virna Molina for Hitler's Witch | Silent Glory by Nahid Hassanzadeh | Muthayya by Bhaskhar Maurya | Deepankar Prakash for Naanera | The Terrace by Indrani Chakraborty & If Only Trees Could Talk by Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah | Fortune by Mujaheddin Muzaffar | |||
| 29th Kolkata International Film Festival | Children of Nobody by Erez Tadmor | Carlos Daniele Malave for One Way | Chalchitra Ekhon by Anjan Dutt | Wild Swans by Rajni Basumatary | Shonet Anthony Barretto for Avni Ki Kismat | Joseph's Son by Haobam Paban Kumar | Broken Dreams: Stories from the Myanmar Coup by Nay Ni Hlaing Ka, L Minpyae Mon, Myat Noe, Bo Thet Tun, Nay Chi Myat Noe Wint | Mon Potongo by Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | ||
| 30th Kolkata International Film Festival | Tarika by Milko Lazarov | Ana Endara for Beloved Tropic | Dead Man's Switch by Alejandro Gerber Bicecci | Tarika by Milko Lazarov | Lacchi by Krishne Gowda | Aaryan Chandra Prakash for Aājoor | Nukkad Naatak by Tanmaya Shekhar | Putulnama by Ranajit Ray | Dhrubor Aschorjo Jibon by Abhijit Chowdhury | |
| 31st Kolkata International Film Festival | To the West, in Zapata by David Bim | Lalith Rathnayake for Riverstone | Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day by Ivona Juko | To the West, in Za by David Bim | Shape of Momo by Tribeni Rai | Pradip Kurbah for The Elysian Field | Kangbo Aloti by Khanjan Kishore Nath | Victoria by Sivaranjini J | Porshi by Chandrasish Ray |