Location | Kolkata |
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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] 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]
Title | Director | Notes |
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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] |
Title | Director | Notes |
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LAILA AUR SATT GEET | Pushpendra Singh | |
BELCONY T BHOGAWAN | BISWAJEET BORA | Best Director [5] |
PINKI ELLI? | Prithvi Konanur | |
KOSA | Mohit Priyadarshi | |
AVIJATRIK | Subhrajit Mitra | |
ORANGU MARANGALUDE VEEDU | Dr Bijukumar Damodaran | |
KALLA NOTTAM | Rahul Riji Nair | Best Film [5] |
MOHANDAS | P Sheshadri | |
TRIPLE WHAMMY | Anish Chacko | |
BITTERSWEET | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
Title | Director | Notes |
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Genus Pan | Lav Diaz | |
Thou Shalt Not Hate | Mauro Mancini | |
Miss Marx | Susanna Nicchiarelli | |
In Between Dying | Hilal Baydarov | |
LAILA IN HAIFA | Amos Gitai | |
Charlatan | Agnieszka Holland | |
There Is No Evil | Mohammad Rasoulof | |
Dear Comrades | Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov Konchalovsky | |
True Mothers | Naomi Kawase | |
Summer Of 85 | Francois Ozon | |
High Ground | Stephen Maxwell Johnson | |
Nadia, Butterfly | Pascal Plante | |
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN | Kaouther Ben Hania | |
Oskar & Lilli | ARASH T. RIAHI | |
Rival | Marcus Lenz | |
THE TIES | Daniele Luchetti |
Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
Title | Director | Notes |
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Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue | Jia Zhang Ke | |
LAALI | Abhiroop Basu | |
MEE RAQSAM | Baba Azmi |
Person | Title | Director |
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Amala Shankar | KALPANA | Uday Shankar |
Basu Chatterjee | CHHOTI SI BAAT | Basu Chatterjee |
Farnando Solanas | SUR | Farnando Solanas |
Irrfan Khan | Paan SIngh Tomar | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
Kim Ki Duk | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring | Kim Ki Duk |
Rishi Kapoor | MULK | Anubhav Sinha |
Santu Mukhopadhyay | Autumn Bird | Urmi Chakraborty |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Dekha | Gautam Ghose |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | GANADEVATA | Tarun Majumdar |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | WHEEL CHAIR | Tapan Sinha |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Up In The Clouds | Mrinal Sen |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | The World Of Apu | Satyajit Ray |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | MAYURAKSHI | Atanu Ghosh |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Kony | Saroj De |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Footsteps | Suman Ghosh |
Soumitra Chattopadhyay | BOHOMAAN | Anumita Dasgupta |
Tapas Pal | DADAR KIRTI | Tarun Majumdar |
Tapas Pal | 8:08 ER BONGAON LOCAL | Debaditya Bandopadhyay |
Person | Title | Director |
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Bhanu Bandyopadhyay | BHRANTI BILAS | Manu Sen |
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay | BHUBON-MOY BHANU | Sarmistha Chakraborty |
Eric Rohmer | The Marquise Of O | Eric Rohmer |
Federico Fellini | I VITELLONI | Federico Fellini |
Federico Fellini | LA VOCE DELLALUNA | Federico Fellini |
Federico Fellini | The Truth About La Dolce Vita | Giuseppe Pedersoli |
Federico Fellini | LA DOLCE VITA | Federico Fellini |
Federico Fellini | Juliet Of The Spirits | Federico Fellini |
Federico Fellini | 8 1/2 | Federico Fellini |
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay | SAPTAPADI | Ajoy Kar |
Pandit Ravi Shankar | ANURADHA | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Title | Director | Notes |
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You are the Creator of Your Own Destiny | Nityanand Datta | |
Swami Vivekanand | Nirmal Dey | |
Bireswar Vivekananda | Madhu Bose | |
Biler Diary | Biswarup Biswas |
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