The 26th

Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...

took place from 8 to 15 January 2021. It was scheduled to take place from 5 to 12 November 2020 but was postponed to January 2021 due to

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Inauguration

The 26th Kolkata International film festival was virtually inaugurated by CM of West Bengal

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on 8 January 2020.

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, who is the brand ambassador of Bengal, joined the ceremony over a video call. Since 2011, Shah Rukh Khan has been attending the film festival each year. Around 132 feature films, documentaries and short films have been selected to be showcased at the KIFF 2021 out of 1170 submissions. The festival commenced with actor

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's world-renowned film Apur Sansar.

Tributes

The Festival Paid Tribute to Late Legendary Actor Shri

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, Bhanu Bandopdhyay &

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Official Selection

Competition Categories

Asian Select (NETPAC Award)

Competition on Indian Language's Films

International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images

Competition on Indian Documentary Films

Competition on Indian Short Films

Non-Competition Categories

Bengali Panorama

Cinema International

Short & Documentary Panorama

Special Screening

Special Tributes

Centenary Tribute

Youth Day Celebration

Winners

* Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film (''Innovation in Moving Pictures)'': ''Bander Band'' - '' Manijeh Hekmat'' * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director (''Innovation in Moving Pictures)'' : ''Shambala -'' ''Artykpai Suiundukov'' * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Short: ''Dusk -'' ''Ujjwal Pal'' * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Documentary - Highways of Life - ''Amar Maibam'' * Special Jury mention (''Innovation in Moving Pictures)'' : ''Blindfold'' ''- Taras Dron'' * Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Film ''(Indian Languages) : False Eye (

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)'' ''-

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'' * Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Director ''(Indian Languages) : God On the Belcony -'' ''Biswajit Bhora'' * NETPAC Award for Best Film : ''

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-'' ''Rezwan Shahriar Sumit''

References

External links

* {{Kolkata Film Festival Kolkata International Film Festival 2020 film festivals 2020 festivals in Asia 2020 in Indian cinema