The 28th

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 ...

was held from 15th to 22nd December 2022 at

Netaji Indoor Stadium The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena, indoor sports arena in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The facility seats 12,000 people. This indoor stadium is located just beside the Eden Gardens. It used to host the Sunfeast O ...

, in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

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. The festival opened with 1973 film '' Abhimaan'', by

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his car ...

. 183 films including 130 feature films and 52 short and documentary films from 42 countries were screened during 7 days of the festival. The opening ceremony was attended by

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 ...

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...

Jaya Bachchan Jaya Bachchan (''Birth name, née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi ...

Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the " Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" ...

Rani Mukerji Rani Mukerji (pronounced ; born 21 March 1978) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Noted for her versatility, she is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Rani Mukerji, multiple accolades, including seven Filmf ...

Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film F ...

and cricketer

Sourav Ganguly Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), affectionately known as Dada (meaning ''"elder brother"'' in Bengali), is an Indian cricket administrator, commentator and former national cricket team captain w ...

. The festival closed on 22 December at

Rabindra Sadan Rabindra Sadan is a cultural centre and theatre in Kolkata, located close to the St. Paul's Cathedral on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in South Kolkata. It is noted for its large stage which is a prime venue for Bengali theatre and Kolk ...

hosted by

Saheb Chatterjee Shaheb Chatterjee ( bn, সাহেব চ্যাটার্জী) is a Bengali people, Bengali Indian male actor and singer of Tollywood Bangla and Bengali television. Shaheb Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and singer of Toll ...

. Spanish film ''

Upon Entry ''Upon Entry'' is a 2022 Spanish drama film directed by Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez (in their directorial debut feature). It stars Alberto Ammann and Bruna Cusí alongside Ben Temple and Laura Gómez. Plot The plot concerns ab ...

'' by Alejandro Rojas, and Juan Sebastian Vasquez and Bangladeshi film '' The Golden Wings of Watercocks'' by Muhammad Quayum, jointly won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for best film, whereas Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for best director was won by Ernesto Ardito and Virna Molina for their film ''Hitler's Witch''.

Highlights of the year

Retrospective on Amitabh Bachchan A retrospective on

, celebrating his life and works, was presented by screening his films. Paying homage through special tribute Filmmaker

Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 22 September 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director and Screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received four National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandalo ...

, veteran actor

Pradip Mukherjee Pradip Mukherjee, also known as Pradip Mukhopadhyay, (11 August 1946 – 29 August 2022) was an Indian actor and dramatist who primarily acted in Bengali movies. Although not famous for acting in mainstream movies, Pradip Mukherjee received cr ...

, classical musician

Shivkumar Sharma Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music. As a music composer, he collaborated with Indian flautist Harip ...

and American actor

Angela Lansbury Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...

, who all passed away in 2022, were given special tribute in the festival. Centenary celebration Centenary tribute was given to the French film director and screenwriter

Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...

, Italian filmmaker

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

, Greek film actor and director

Michael Cacoyannis Michael Cacoyannis ( el, Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, ''Michalis Kakogiannis''; 11 June 1922 – 25 July 2011), sometimes credited as Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot theatre and film director, writer, produce ...

, alongside Indian cinema's legendary figures

Dilip Kumar Mohammed Yusuf Khan (; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated the Indian movie scene from lat ...

, Asit Sen,

, Bharati Devi,

K. Asif K. Asif (born Asif Karim; 14 June 1922 – 9 March 1971) was an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who is known for his epic film, ''Mughal-e-Azam'' (1960). Early life Asif was born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India to paren ...

and Hindustani classical musician

Ali Akbar Khan Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 192218 June 2009) was a Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he ...

. Game On, A new category From this year a new category 'Game On' was introduced. Seven sports related films including

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

's 1984 film '' Kony'', 2016 film '' M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'', 2021 film '' 83'' were screened to promote sports among young generation.

Jury

International jury

International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images * Iliana Zakopoulou, (Chairperson), Head of the Department of Sales and Promotion (Hellas Film) of the Greek Film Centre. * Mano Khalil, a Kurdish-Swiss film director and producer * Shalini Dore, an editor with Variety * Tanvir Mokammel, current director of Bangladesh Film Institute (BFI) * Tannishtha Chatterjee, an Indian actress and director Competition on Indian Language's Films *

Siddiq Barmak Siddiq Barmak ( fa, صدیق برمک, born September 7, 1962) is an Afghan film director and producer. In 2004, Barmak won Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes for his first feature film, '' Osama''. He received an M.A. degree in cine ...

, (Chairperson), an Afghan film director and producer * Gulnara Abikeyeva, a Kazakh film critic and film researcher * Viera Langerová, Slovakian film critic, lecturer and scriptwriter Asian Select (NETPAC Award) * Latika Padgaonkar (Chairperson), a columnist, translator and editor of several books, also member of the NETPAC (India), and the FIPRESCI. * Italo Spinelli, a director and author, the founder and artistic director of Asiatica International Film Festival, Rome * Supriya Suri, the founding member of Cinedarbaar in India and a film curator, and runs her production company Maison Su. Competition on Indian Short Films * Jaya Seal Ghosh, an Indian actress, dancer and producer * Prasun Chatterjee, an Indian filmmaker, also the founder of Kathak Talkies, a Kolkata-based film production company * Raajhorshee De, a writer and creative director, also project head for two channels in Bengal—

Colors Bangla Colors Bangla, previously known as ETV Bangla, is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel broadcasting in Bengali language. It was launched in 2000 as ETV Bangla, owned by the Hyderabad-based ETV Network. It was later sold to TV18 ...

and

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. Competition on Indian Documentary Films * Anindita Choudhury, the current Vice President of Original Content for

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Kolkata and Bangladesh * Manas Mukul Pal, an Indian film director and writer *

Sani Ghose Ray Sani Ghose Ray is an Indian Film director and producer based out of Kolkata. He is also one of the founder members of the production house Acropoliis Entertainment along with a line production company Greyscale Entertainment. The movie Nagarki ...

, a creative entrepreneur. Currently heading

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Official selection

Inaugural Film

Competition categories

International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images

Source: :Highlighted title indicates award winner

Competition on Indian Language's Films

Source: :Highlighted title indicates award winner

Asian Select (NETPAC Award)

Competition on Indian Short Films

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Competition on Indian Documentary Films

Non-Competition Categories

Amitabh Bachchan: A Living Legend

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Bengali Panorama

Centenary tribute

: International : Indian

Cinema International

Game On

Homage

Four films will be showcased to pay homage to

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran� ...

, the French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic.

Short and Documentary Panorama

Special Screening

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Special tribute

Unheard India: Rare Language Films

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Winners

Source: * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film: ** ''

'' ** '' The Golden Wings of Watercocks'' * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director: Ernesto Ardito, Virna Molina for ''Hitler's Witch'' * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Short: ''I Am, Mehmood'' by Prataya Saha * Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Documentary: ''Nybreum - The Unsettled Shade'' by Neha Sharma * Special Jury mention (Innovation in Moving Pictures): ''Silent Glory'' by Nahid Hassanzadeh * Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Film (Indian language's films) : ''Muthayya'' by Bhaskhar Maurya * Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Director (Indian language's films) : Deepankar Prakash for ''Naanera'' *Special Jury mention (Indian language's films): ** ''The Terrace'' by Indrani ** ''If Only Trees Could Talk'' by Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah * NETPAC Award for Best Film : ''Fortune'' by Muhiddin Muzaffar * Special Jury mention (Indian Short Films): ** ''Void'' by Nabapan Deka ** ''The Divine Touch'' by Dr. Prosenjit Choudhury

References

External links

* {{Kolkata Film Festival Kolkata International Film Festival 2022 film festivals 2022 festivals in Asia 2022 in Indian cinema