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Ishaan Ghose's Bengali film Jhilli bags best film award in international category in 27th KIFF

May 02, 2022, at 05:44 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Filmmaker Goutam Ghose's son Ishaan Ghose's Bengali film Jhilli has won the best film award in the international competition section in the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) which ended Sunday.

Tech use should not compromise discipline of filmmaking: Goutam Ghose

May 01, 2022, at 04:40 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Though technology has brought a sea-change in filmmaking over the last few years, especially the pandemic, Indian director Goutam Ghose feels the discipline of filmmaking should never be compromised.

KIFF pays tribute to Sumitra Bhave through her last film Dithee

Apr 29, 2022, at 08:23 pm

Multiple award-winning director Sumitra Bhave, who passed away last year, is being bestowed a tribute at the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) with a screening of Dithee, her last film in Marathi,  which happens to be the first feature film she happened to direct independently without her co-director Sunil Sukhtankar beside her. 

KIFF screens documentary on Badal Sarkar by Ashoke Viswanathan

Apr 29, 2022, at 08:17 pm

Nandan 3 auditorium was packed on an evening of documentary films chosen for screening at the 27th KIFF. Among the three films, one, Badal Sarkar and Third Theatre, drew a big audience.

Aparna Sen's new film The Rapist explores why a man becomes a sexual predator

Apr 29, 2022, at 05:45 pm

Aparna Sen's latest film THE RAPIST is being screened in Kolkata as the last film at the 27th KIFF 2022 on May 1. Shoma A. Chatterji offers a ring-side view of the film from the director

Mohan Agashe to produce late Sumitra Bhave's last work on 'elderly singles'

Apr 29, 2022, at 04:38 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Psychiatrist-actor Dr. Mohan Agashe has revealed he will be producing late filmmaker Sumitra Bhave's unfinished work which deals with "elderly singles".

Guthlee, a touching film on education for the Dalits

Apr 27, 2022, at 05:14 pm

Filmmaker Ishrat Khan's Guthlee, produced by Pradeep Rangwani of UV Films, is being screened at Nandan  as part of the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival 2022. Shoma A Chatterjee speaks to director Ishrat Khan how a father and his boy, Guthlee, struggle for admission in a school which refuses to admit him because he belongs to the community of manual scavengers.

Satyajit Ray is my Bible, his works more commercial to me: Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar

Apr 27, 2022, at 03:58 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The influence of legendary filmmaker late Satyajit Ray on director Shoojit Sircar was evident in one of the early scenes from Piku where Deepika Padukone rants about her date's complete ignorance of Ray's works.

Talking Cinema: The Life and Time of Aruna Vasudev

Apr 26, 2022, at 06:14 pm

It is indeed rare to discover a lengthy documentary on an internationally celebrated media person, specializing in Asian Cinema who has travelled across the world. But the young Supriya Suri has made this possible. She has made a long documentary – Aruna Vasudev – The Mother of Asian Cinema- which forms a part of the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival. Suri talks to IBNS-TWF correspondent Shoma A. Chatterji on the why’s and wherefore’s of the film.

COVID-19 surge: West Bengal govt decides to postpone 27th Kolkata International Film Festival

Jan 05, 2022, at 10:25 pm

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday announced its decision of temporarily postponing the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival.

27th KIFF to be held from Jan 7 amid COVID-19 pandemic, focus country Finland

Jan 05, 2022, at 03:37 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The 27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be held from Jan 7 in the city amid COVID-19 pandemic with 50 percent occupancy in cinema halls.

Amitabh Bachchan, SRK, Aamir, Salman at 27th KIFF?

Nov 30, 2021, at 09:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata might get another year of star-studded film festivals if some top Bollywood actors accept the invitations sent to them by the West Bengal government.

As I got directing Rishi Kapoor was most lovable man: Anubhav Sinha

Jan 20, 2021, at 06:42 pm

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, who is credited for films with a social message like Article 15, Thappad, delivered the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), where Mulk was screened as a tribute to late actor Rishi Kapoor. As the festival, which began on Jan 8, ended on Friday, India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh looks back at his words during his festival visit

Iranian film Bandar Band wins best film at 26th KIFF

Jan 16, 2021, at 07:23 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The USP of any International Film Festival is that this is the only space where you get to watch films from beyond Hollywood and UK. You have no chance to watch films from other countries and especially the ones that capture the top awards in every section. Let us take a closer look.

26TH KIFF: Some brilliance beyond Indian shores

Jan 15, 2021, at 05:23 pm

Why is it always that at international film festivals, nations we know little about pull out the most outstanding films as if out of a magic hat? 26th KIFF is no exception. National Award winning film writer Shoma A Chatterji picks out around four films screened in the International cinema section some in competition and some not because they have already been screened at other film festivals.

Bittersweet: An explosive film by Ananth Mahadevan screened at 26th KIFF

Jan 14, 2021, at 11:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Ananth Mahadevan, a theatre actor who shifted to television, cinema and OTT platforms and also turned to writing scripts, is now a reputed filmmaker in his own right.

26TH KIFF: Anubhav Sinha's Mulk pays tribute to late Rishi Kapoor

Jan 14, 2021, at 11:12 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Mulk, directed by Anubhav Sinha with a track record of 20 years in Bollywood, is the tribute being paid to the memory of the versatile and talented Rishi Kapoor who passed away of cancer last year.

26th KIFF: Mulk and Anubhav Sinha

Jan 12, 2021, at 09:10 pm

Mulk directed by Anubhav Sinha with a track record of 20 years in Bollywood, is the tribute being paid to the memory of the versatile and talented Rishi Kapoor who passed away of cancer last year. Sinha was chosen to deliver the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture at the 26th KIFF this year. The subject he spoke on was “Social Responsibility and Mainstream Indian Cinema”. So, it was a double whammy for Sinha. He admitted in his address that the main attraction for him to deliver the speech was that his name would appear alongside Satyajit Ray on the posters, announcements and notices.

26th KIFF Bitter Sweet: An explosive film by Ananth Mahadevan

Jan 12, 2021, at 09:07 pm

Ananth Mahadevan, a theatre actor who shifted to television, cinema and OTT platforms and also turned to writing scripts, is now a reputed filmmaker in his own right whose film Mai Ghat/Crime No 203 has been acclaimed across the world including a top award at the 25th KIFF now comes with his latest film Bittersweet which establishes, with documented proof, that the sweetness of sugar disguises the sharp bitterness that consumes the lives of men and women, specially women, who work in the sugar farms in Beed, Maharashtra, which supplies 50% of the sugar produced by Maharasthra.

Deaths of farmers during protests terrible: Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha

Jan 10, 2021, at 01:01 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Reacting to the ongoing farmers' protests in and around Delhi, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha on Saturday said the deaths of a number of peasants during the agitation are "terrible" and "should not have happened".

26th KIFF: No online seat booking system from Jan 11 after Mamata Banerjee's impromptu announcement

Jan 09, 2021, at 06:21 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The online seat booking system in the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has been called off by the organisers after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made an impromptu announcement of allowing all people with special cards to enter into the theatres.

26TH KIFF: Priyo Chinar Pata Iti Segun chosen for screening for Asian competition- NETPAC competition

Jan 08, 2021, at 11:46 pm

This year, the Asian Competition (Netpac Jury) features six films of which three are from India. Among them is the Bengali film with the intriguing title – Priyo Chinar Pata Iti Segun which translates into English as Fire of Teak, Flame of Chinar which symbolises the tragic closure to a very unusual love story where two “outsiders” meet in Kolkata, fall in love but the boy cannot come back to marry the girl.

The Show Must Go On: Low-key 26th KIFF inaugurated in Kolkata

Jan 08, 2021, at 11:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a low-key 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) was inaugurated virtually at the state headquarters Nabanna on Friday.

Looking back on Saptapadi: Centenary tribute to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay in 26th KIFF

Jan 08, 2021, at 08:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: What better film than the Suchitra Sen-Uttam Kumar-starrer Saptapadi to pay a centenary tribute to Hemanta Mukhopadhay in celebration of his centenary? Let us take a look.

26TH KIFF: Centenary tribute to Federico Fellini (1920 – 2020)

Jan 08, 2021, at 08:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The KIFF had scheduled a retrospective of Federico Fellini’s films at the 15th edition of the festival in 2009. This year round, it is a centenary tribute. This time, we will get to watch five films and a documentary. These are I vittolini (The Wastrels), The Voice of the Moon, La Dolce Vita, Juliet of the Spirits and 8-and-a-half.

Tribute to Irrfan Khan: Screening of Paan Singh Tomar in 26th KIFF

Jan 08, 2021, at 07:15 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The 26th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will pay tribute to late actor Irrfan Khan for his rich contribution to Indian and world cinema.

Special screening of Mee Raqsam at 26th KIFF

Jan 08, 2021, at 07:07 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Mee Raqsam (I Dance) finds a special place at the KIFF this year. It marks the directorial debut of famous cinematographer Baba Azmi, the only son of the late Kaifi and Shaukat Azmi, the younger brother of Shabana Azmi and the brother-in-law of Javed Akhtar.

Special screening as a tribute to Basu Chatterjee at 26th KIFF

Jan 08, 2021, at 07:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Basu Chatterjee, the celebrated filmmaker who passed away at the age of 93, is being paid a tribute with a screening of Chhoti Si Baat. 

26th KIFF to be inaugurated amid Covid-19 in Kolkata today

Jan 08, 2021, at 04:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The 26th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be inaugurated amid Covid-19 pandemic here on Friday.

Shah Rukh Khan to attend 26th KIFF inauguration virtually tomorrow

Jan 07, 2021, at 06:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Bollywood superstar and West Bengal brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan will be virtually present at the inauguration of 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) on Friday.