Kolkata Film Festival

Kolkata Film Festival ( [http://www.kff.in/ KFF] ) is an annual international film festival held in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The festival is organized by West Bengal Film Centre under the West Bengal Government. The 13th Kolkata Film Festival has been celebrated in 2007.

Commemorating the glorious heritage of the Film Society movement, the Government of West Bengal created Nandan, the West Bengal Film Centre in 1985. Inaugurated by Satyajit Ray, the centre started functioning from the year of its genesis.

Nandan not only provided the technical infrastructure for the film movement, but bestowed fruits to the Bengal intelligentsia for cerebral cultivation. From the moment of its foundation the Kolkatan film buffs demanded their own film festival that Bengal thoroughly deserved.

In 1995, Nandan organized its first ever independent film festival. Within a couple of years it was recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers' Associations – Paris), the international authority of film festivals. For years Nandan has marched forward in building a proper film culture, travelling parallel to the so-called mainstream. Now, the Kolkata Film Festival is in its 13th year and shares a permanent place in the international film festival calendar, showcasing films from all over the world.

Profile

Time

Usually the second-third week of November.

Venue

*Nandan I (Press, Delegates & Guests)
*Nandan II (Press, Delegates & Guests)
*Nandan III (Press, Delegates & Guests)
*Sisir Mancha (Press, Delegates & Guests)
*Rabindra Sadan
*New Empire
*STAR Theatre
*Madhusudan Mancha - for FFSI Members
*Purbashree Auditorium (EZCC, Salt Lake City)
*Okakura - Rabindra Bhavan (Salt Lake)
*SRFTI (Main Auditorium)

ections

*Cinema International
*Retrospective
* Focus (Region/Country)
* Tribute
* Homage
* Indian Select
* Children's Film
* Special Screening
* Short (fiction, non-fiction)

Genres

* Children and Youth
* Feature Films Cinema
* Short Films

Terms of Entry

No restriction regarding length; productions may not be older than two years

ubtitles

English subtitles necessary

Format

35mm, 70mm

Registration Deadline

Usually the 31 August of every year

Fees

none

Participants of the Film Industry

More than 100 producers and festival representatives

Prizes/Awards

none

Other Associate Events and their location

*FILM MARKET - Festival Campus
*ACADEMIC SESSIONS - Bangla Academy
*FACE TO FACE - Film Market Campus
*INTERACTIVE SESSIONS - Jibanananda Sabhaghar (Bangla Academy Premises)
*PRESS CONFERENCE - Media Centre (Nandan IV)
*EXHIBITION - Nandan II Foyer
*FILM BOOK BAZAAR - Bangla Academy Campus

External links

* [http://www.kff.in/ New Official Site] - Designed & Developed By [http://www.w2n.net/ The Rozaleenda Group, Inc.]
* [http://www.calfilmfestival.org/ Old Site]