26th Kolkata International Film Festival
The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival took place from 8 to 15 January 2021.[1] It was scheduled to take place from 5 to 12 November 2020 but was postponed to January 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.[2]
| Location | Kolkata |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Festival date | 8–15 January 2021 |
| Language | International |
| Website | kiff |
Inauguration
The 26th Kolkata International film festival was virtually inaugurated by CM of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on 8 January 2020.[3] Shah Rukh Khan, who is the brand ambassador of Bengal, joined the ceremony over a video call.[3] Since 2011, Shah Rukh Khan has been attending the film festival each year.[3]
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 Soumitra Chatterjee's world-renowned film Apur Sansar.[3]
Tributes
The Festival Paid Tribute to Late Legendary Actor Shri Soumitra Chatterjee, Federico Fellini, Éric Rohmer, Ravi Shankar, Fernando Solanas, Kim Ki-duk, Basu Chatterjee, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tapas Paul, Amala Shankar, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Bhanu Bandopdhyay & Santu Mukhopadhyay.[4]
Official Selection
Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Priyo Chinar Pata, Iti Segun | KUMAR CHOWDHURY | |
| Drowsy City | LUONG DINH DUNG | |
| Between One Shore And Several Others | sreekrishnan kp | |
| Not Today | Aditya Kripalani | |
| Mahanagar / One Night In Kathmandu | Mohan Rai | |
| NONAJOLER KABBO | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit | NETPAC Award for Best Film[5] |
Competition on Indian Language's Films
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LAILA AUR SATT GEET | Pushpendra Singh | |
| BELCONY T BHOGAWAN | BISWAJEET BORA | Best Director[5] |
| PINKI ELLI? | Prithvi Konanur | |
| KOSA | Mohit Priyadarshi | |
| AVIJATRIK | Subhrajit Mitra | |
| ORANGU MARANGALUDE VEEDU | Dr Bijukumar Damodaran | |
| KALLA NOTTAM | Rahul Riji Nair | Best Film [5] |
| MOHANDAS | P Sheshadri | |
| TRIPLE WHAMMY | Anish Chacko | |
| BITTERSWEET | Ananth Narayan Mahadevan |
International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SHAMBALA | Artykpai Suiundukov | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director |
| Going Blind | Haci Orman | |
| AQUARIUM | Deepesh T | |
| GHOST IMAGE | Sang Jun Lee | |
| The Presumption Of Guilt | Oleg Asadulin | |
| Blindfold | Taras Dron | Special Jury Mention |
| Snails Club | Michele Senesi | |
| THE WAY TO PARADISE | Wahid Sanouji | |
| BANDAR BAND | Manijeh Hekmat | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film |
Competition on Indian Documentary Films
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| On The Brink - Season 2 - Bats | Akanksha Sood Singh | |
| Highways Of Life | Amar Maibam | Best Indian Documentary Film |
| The Museum Man | Sabyasachi Banerji | |
| Niranjan Pradhan - Journey Of A Sculptor | Anjan Bose | |
| Advidiya | Anubhab Ganguly, Sourasis Bose | |
| Who Says The Lepchas Are Vanishing | Abhyuday Khaitan | |
| My Brother Alpha | Shantanu Mondal , Rani Bed Banshi | |
| Bhobo Nodir Pare | Nikhilesh Mattoo | |
| Chera Tamshuk | Suvarthi Mohanti | |
| Dancing With Nature | Malay Dasgupta |
Competition on Indian Short Films
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome Uncle | Sandipan Bhattacharya | |
| Khisa | Raj Pritam More | |
| Naked Voice | Deepankar Prakash | |
| Virus | Anindya Bose | |
| Beyond Hope | Rohit Kumar | |
| An Odyssey Of Gayatri | Abhra Chakraborty | |
| Nothing Happened | Himanshu Mishro Mondal | |
| Jaltarang | Jhimli Roy | |
| Resurgence | Sreemon Das | |
| Sudurabhase | Nilanjan Karmakar | |
| Balai | Suvobrata Roy Chowdhury, Arpita Chatterjee | |
| Binimoy | Tanvi Chowdhary | |
| Salana Jalsa | Pratik Thakare | |
| Chicken Tehari | Nasrina Khan | |
| Newborn Poetry | L.Priyanka | |
| Nspect ANT | Suman Paul | |
| Still Alive | Onkar Diwadkar | |
| Get Up And Rise | Samik Roy Choudhury | |
| Your Kunti | Rajat Roy, Arunava Mukherjee | |
| Dusk | Ujjal Paul | Best Indian Short Film |
Bengali Panorama
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SAHOBASHE | Anjan Kanjilal | |
| PUNGLINGO STRILINGO | Subrata Sen | |
| MICHHIL | SURAJIT NAG, UJJWAL BASU | |
| BISH | Jyotishman Chattopadhyay | |
| DAAYE | Jyotirmay Deb | |
| SUNYO | Shankha Ghosh | |
| TITLI | Bishikh Talukdar | |
| BEAUTIFUL LIFE | Raju Debnath |
Cinema International
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Genus Pan | Lav Diaz | |
| Thou Shalt Not Hate | Mauro Mancini | |
| Miss Marx | Susanna Nicchiarelli | |
| In Between Dying | Hilal Baydarov | |
| LAILA IN HAIFA | Amos Gitai | |
| Charlatan | Agnieszka Holland | |
| There Is No Evil | Mohammad Rasoulof | |
| Dear Comrades | Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov Konchalovsky | |
| True Mothers | Naomi Kawase | |
| Summer Of 85 | Francois Ozon | |
| High Ground | Stephen Maxwell Johnson | |
| Nadia, Butterfly | Pascal Plante | |
| THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN | Kaouther Ben Hania | |
| Oskar & Lilli | ARASH T. RIAHI | |
| Rival | Marcus Lenz | |
| THE TIES | Daniele Luchetti |
Short & Documentary Panorama
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| HOLY RIGHTS | Farha khatun | |
| GRACE | Smarak Samarjeet | |
| BOUND BY US | Chinmoy Sonowal | |
| WE THE BROKEN COGS IN THE MACHINE | Sonatan Karmakar | |
| KOLKATA DAIRY | Zhangna | |
| ECO FRIENDLY GANGASAGAR MELA | Shila Datta | |
| ANONYMOUS | Mithunchandra Chaudhari | |
| THE ROOFTOP - THE STORY OF A PSYCHIATRIST AND A RAPED GIRL | Avirup Biswas | |
| MY UNBLOOD BROTHER | Iqbaal Rizzvi | |
| LACHHKA DANGIR KATHA | BUDDHADEB BARMAN | |
| LAPTOP: A LOCKDOWN FILM | PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI | |
| ARTIST | Tony James | |
| CHITTOKHOV | Soumajit Das | |
| JANAIKA | Samya Mandal | |
| KARBALA KATHA | Sourav Sarangi | |
| CHAK CHAGE IMA | JENISH SALAM | |
| COLDFIRE | Riddhi Sen |
Special Screening
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue | Jia Zhang Ke | |
| LAALI | Abhiroop Basu | |
| MEE RAQSAM | Baba Azmi |
Special Tributes
| Person | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Amala Shankar | KALPANA | Uday Shankar |
| Basu Chatterjee | CHHOTI SI BAAT | Basu Chatterjee |
| Farnando Solanas | SUR | Farnando Solanas |
| Irrfan Khan | Paan SIngh Tomar | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Kim Ki Duk | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring | Kim Ki Duk |
| Rishi Kapoor | MULK | Anubhav Sinha |
| Santu Mukhopadhyay | Autumn Bird | Urmi Chakraborty |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Dekha | Gautam Ghose |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | GANADEVATA | Tarun Majumdar |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | WHEEL CHAIR | Tapan Sinha |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Up In The Clouds | Mrinal Sen |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | The World Of Apu | Satyajit Ray |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | MAYURAKSHI | Atanu Ghosh |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Kony | Saroj De |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | Footsteps | Suman Ghosh |
| Soumitra Chattopadhyay | BOHOMAAN | Anumita Dasgupta |
| Tapas Pal | DADAR KIRTI | Tarun Majumdar |
| Tapas Pal | 8:08 ER BONGAON LOCAL | Debaditya Bandopadhyay |
Centenary Tribute
| Person | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Bhanu Bandyopadhyay | BHRANTI BILAS | Manu Sen |
| Bhanu Bandyopadhyay | BHUBON-MOY BHANU | Sarmistha Chakraborty |
| Eric Rohmer | The Marquise Of O | Eric Rohmer |
| Federico Fellini | I VITELLONI | Federico Fellini |
| Federico Fellini | LA VOCE DELLALUNA | Federico Fellini |
| Federico Fellini | The Truth About La Dolce Vita | Giuseppe Pedersoli |
| Federico Fellini | LA DOLCE VITA | Federico Fellini |
| Federico Fellini | Juliet Of The Spirits | Federico Fellini |
| Federico Fellini | 8 1/2 | Federico Fellini |
| Hemanta Mukhopadhyay | SAPTAPADI | Ajoy Kar |
| Pandit Ravi Shankar | ANURADHA | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Youth Day Celebration
| Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| You are the Creator of Your Own Destiny | Nityanand Datta | |
| Swami Vivekanand | Nirmal Dey | |
| Bireswar Vivekananda | Madhu Bose | |
| Biler Diary | Biswarup Biswas |
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 (Kalla Nottam) - Rahul Riji Nair
- Hiralal Sen Memorial Award Best Director (Indian Languages) : God On the Belcony - Biswajit Bhora
- NETPAC Award for Best Film : NONAJOLER KABBO - Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
References
- "Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- "Kolkata International Film Festival postponed due to Covid-19". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Bhowal, Tiasa (8 January 2021). "Mamata di I miss hugging you, says Shah Rukh at Kolkata Film Festival 2021 inauguration". India Today. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- "The show must go on. Celebrating 26th KIFF" (PDF). kiff.in. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- "Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- "Official Selection - Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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