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Annual film festival held in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
26th Kolkata International Film Festival Location Kolkata Founded 1995 Festival date 8–15 January 2021 Language International Website kiff
The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 8 to 15 January 2021.[1] COVID-19 pandemic in India .[2]
Inauguration [ edit ] 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] [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]
Tributes [ edit ] 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]
Official Selection [ edit ] 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]
[6]
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 ] Bengali Panorama [ 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
Special Screening [ edit ] Special Tributes [ edit ] Centenary Tribute [ edit ] 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
Winners [ edit ] 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 See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
