Bengaluru International Film Festival

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Bengaluru International Film Festival
Bengaluru International Film Festival logo.jpg
Location Bengaluru, Karnataka India
LanguageInternational
Website https://biffes.org

The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres, including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival, was held for a week from 22 to 28 December 2006 in collaboration with Suchitra Film Society. [1] More than 100 films were screened during festival.

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The film festival is now being organized by Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy and is supported by Government of Karnataka. The 16th BIFFES was held in Bengaluru from 1 to 8 March 2025. [2]

Inauguration of 16th edition in Vidhana Soudha on 1 March 2025 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival (2025) 05.jpg
Inauguration of 16th edition in Vidhana Soudha on 1 March 2025

Events history

Theme and Other details

Sl. No.BIFFes EditionYearDateThemeAmbassadorKCA ChairpersoonVenues
1First200622 to 28 December
2Second20083 to 10 January
3Third2009
4Fourth201115 to 22 December
5Fifth201220 to 27 December
6Sixth201326 Dec 2013 to 2 Jan 2014
7Seventh20144 to 11 December
8Eighth201628 Jan to 5 Feb
9Nineth20172 to 9 February
10Tenth201822 Feb to 1 Mar
11Eleventh201921 to 28 Feb
12Twelfth202026 Feb to 4 Mar
13Thirteenth20223 to 10 March
14Fourteenth202323 to 31 March
15Fifteenth202429 Feb to 7 Mar
16Sixteenth20251 to 8 MarchThe Garden of All Communities (Sarva Janangada Shantiya Tota) Kishore Sadhu Kokila PVR Orian Mall, Suchitra Film Society
17Seventeenth202629 Jan to 6 FebWoman: As She Is (Stree Andare Aste Saake) Prakash Raj Sadhu Kokila Cinepolis LuLu Mall, Suchitra Film Society

Movies screened during festival

Old Logo of the Film Festival

Logo used in 2016 Bangalore internation Film festival Logo.png
Logo used in 2016

References

  1. ↑ Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival 2006 Archived 28 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Event Page
  2. 1 2 "Bengaluru film fest to be held on march 1st to 8th 2025".
  3. ↑ Khajane, Muralidhara (26 December 2013). "Bangalore film festival launch today". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "12th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival from Feb 26 to Mar 4". 6 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Suresh, Sunayana. "Hybrid Film Festival This time". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ DHNS. "Curtains down on 14th Bangalore International Film Festival". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  7. ↑ TheHindu. "BIFFes 2025: Over 200 films from 60 countries to be screened; registrations open for delegates". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Khajane, Muralidhara (23 January 2026). "BIFFes 2026 to offer eclectic line-up of films, master classes and workshops". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "BIFFES 2022 Movies List". BIFFES. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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