After a week of 175 entertaining cinema for the film lovers, curtains for the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival came down today with the movie, Tarika bagging two crucial awards in the Innovation In Moving Images' in international competition category.
The future of the globally appreciated Iranian cinema, which is suffering at the hands of ‘strict’ rules from the state authorities, stern censorships and financial constraints faced by production houses
The weeklong KIFF will be inaugurated at the Dhanadhanya auditorium tomorrow in presence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee and other dignitaries.
The upcoming 30 edition of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is to offer more than just handpicked movies to the film enthusiasts in the city.
After a week's entertainment with 219 handpicked movies from 39 countries across the globe, the 29 Kolkata International Film Festival came to an end today.
The 29th edition of KIFF screened Kalamkathi, a feature film from Bankura that talks about a nearly lost variety of Bengal's own conventional paddy cultivation in which the use of chemical fertilizer is prohibited.
Actor Chandan Roy Sanyal, who makes his directorial debut with ‘Suzie Q’, has said that the film challenges preconceptions, blurs the lines between genres.
The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be inaugurated on 5 December, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced at a Bijoya Sammelan organised by the state government at Alipore Jail museum this evening.
The Bangladeshi film, The Golden Wings of Watercockshas been directed and produced by Muhammad Quayum and is a movie based on the hardships of around 20 million people mainly farmers, living in the ‘haor’ region of the country.
The West Bengal government has earmarked a budget of Rs 15.75 crore for 28th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) scheduled in December, surpassing all records in expenditure allocation for this annual event.
