Tag: Kolkata International Film Festival

  • 27th Kolkata International Film Festival to be held from 25 April to 1 May

    27th Kolkata International Film Festival to be held from 25 April to 1 May

    Mumbai: The 27th edition of Kolakata International Film Festival will be held form 25 April to 1 May, according to an official notification of Information and Cultural Affairs Department.

    The film festival was earlier scheduled to take place in January, but it was postponed due to sudden rise in Covid-19 cases. 

    All the sections of the festival – competitive and retrospective – will remain as usual and its details will be announced later, an official from the film festival told PTI. “With the lifting of the restrictions, the theatres will have full capacity. There will also be more public screenings than what was planned in January,” the official said.

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  • Kolkata fest to pay tribute to Ritwik Ghatak

    Kolkata fest to pay tribute to Ritwik Ghatak

    MUMBAI: The 17th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival will pay a special tribute to filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak.

    Ghatak‘s 1961 film Komal Gandhar, a trilogy based in Kolkata that deals with the aftermath of partition of India in 1947, will be screened as a tribute the reputed filmmaker.

    Additionally, films like Meghe Dhaka Tara and Subarnarekha would also be screened.

    Ghatak directed eight feature films in his lifetime. Ajantrik was his first commercial release in 1958. He taught at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

    The Kolkata International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 10- 17 November.