One of the most compelling highlights of the 18th edition of the Habitat Film Festival 2026, which concludes on Sunday, was a Bengali cinema showcase that brought together an evocative mix of restored classics and contemporary independent voices shaped by memory, displacement, identity and social realities.
As the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) came to a close in Goa, there was a sense that something larger than the event itself had just taken place.
Highlighting that all jury-members were “on the same page for whatever films we selected”, Gulati said that they were watching the content, which is more important than anything else.
The parade will be led by the state tableaus of Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, and Goa, each presenting a portrait of the state’s identity and imagination.
The annual event will feature more than 240 films from 81 countries, including 13 world premieres, four international premieres, and 46 Asian premieres.
Relive IFFI 2024, a record-breaking film festival with 11,332 delegates, global premieres, young filmmaker initiatives, and cinematic tributes.
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which began its run in the Nehruvian era over five decades ago – and which is now on in Goa's Panaji – was first mooted as a venue for showcasing the mind-boggling diversity of our country through cinema that celebrities like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Raj Kapoor, Kamal Hassan, Mani Ratnam and so many more helped create.
A unique visual feast of film buffs came alive with the 8th Chalachitram National Film Festival—2024, held at the prehistoric city of Guwahati in the far eastern part of India, which was organised by Chalachitram
Subhash Ghai launches 'Celebrate Cinema 2024' at Whistling Woods International, featuring discussions with 'Gadar 2' and 'Stree 2' teams, and screenings of diverse films.
The Chitranjali Campus Film Society, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College , in association with the Federation of Film Societies of India and Midnapore Film Society, successfully organized a three-day “Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Film Festival” from 29 July to 31 July.
