The winner, Manijeh Hekmat, who is the director and one of the producers of the film was awarded a prize money of Rs 51 lakhs by the state Urban Development minister,
January 16, 2021The festival will screen eight films of Soumitra Chatterjee in a special tribute section.
January 9, 2021One must note that Greek cinema isn't just cinema but a reflection of the Greek society that is a melange of post modern generation on one hand, and on the other, it has its reservoir of traditional architecture, literature, philosophy, poetry, music, cinema and art. The country has a rich cultural history along with its own sets of turmoil, both economical and political ASHOKE VISWANATHAN, Director and Dean at SRFTI.
November 23, 2019Rajib Banerjee has been given the charge of department of forests while relieving him of the charge of backward classes welfare department and tribal affairs department.
November 18, 2019Addressing the gathering, Azmi said that efforts to curb the freedom of expression should be resisted.
November 16, 2019The 25 years journey of KIFF is marked with countless milestones.
November 14, 2019Homosexuality still remains a subject of conflict, says director Garin Nugroho.
November 15, 2018Film enthusiasts who had queued up looked visibly disappointed on not being duly informed.
November 14, 2018On the second day after the inauguration of KIFF, viewers were once again left disappointed as New Empire cinema hall for the second time on Monday, managed to draw severe flak after the Japanese film rolled with subtitles going off the screen.
November 13, 2018Turkish film Sibel turned out to be a damp squib as it rolled without any subtitle, two shows cancelled at a city multiplex.
November 12, 2018Khan then sought Banerjee's permission to "behave a little cheaply" and screen the trailer of 'Zero'.
November 11, 2018Bhatt said the festival commits itself only to the idea of India "which says all make it together or none of us makes it together".
November 11, 2018Bachchan said many top stars began their careers as faceless assistants.
November 11, 2018The best reason for expanding the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival is the need to prepare the ground for the silver jubilee next year.
November 10, 2018Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has rubbished all rumours about meeting with a car accident in Kolkata, saying he is well. “I am informed by concerned well wishers and media, that I had a close escape from a car accident in Kolkata… that is incorrect, there has been no accident. I am well,” he tweeted on Thursday …
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November 17, 2017It is distressing to reflect that the spirit of the Kolkata International Film Festival has been tarnished by two developments in places as far apart as the city and Mumbai. The enormity of the tragedy of sub-inspector Amitabha Malik, who fell to the GJMM’s bullet in Darjeeling recently, has been trivialised with the installation of …
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November 16, 2017The 23rd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), India’s second oldest film festival, rolls back into the eastern metropolis on Friday, welcoming world cinema, attracting the finest of talents and embracing fresh cinematic experiments. Beginning with a star-studded inaugural on Friday, the gala event, hosted by the West Bengal government, will screen an …
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November 10, 2017