World Film Festival Kolkata, FFSI, C-7 Bharat Bhavan, 3 Chittaranjan Avenue 2nd Floor (2026)

30/03/2026

📢CLOSING TOMORROW!
🎤Extended Deadline for Submission to the 9th South Asian Short Film Festival (Kolkata, 8-14 June 2026) closing Tomorrow.
🎬Short Fiction and Documentary Films made after 1 Jan 2023 in any country are eligible for the following categories:
(A) South Asian Films
1. Short Fiction: Competition [max. 40 mins]
2. Short Fiction: Panorama (Out of Competition) [max. 40 mins]
3. Documentary: Competition [max. 60 mins]
4. Documentary: Panorama (Out of Competition) [max. 60 mins]
(B) International Window
5. Short Fiction (Out of Competition) [max. 40 mins]
6. Documentary: (Out of Competition) [max. 60 mins]
🏆Awards
🏆Satyajit Ray Gold, Silver & Bronze Awards for the Best, 2nd and 3rd Best Documentary
🏆Ritwik Ghatak Gold, Silver & Bronze Awards for the Best, 2nd and 3rd Best Short Fiction
🔗Submit Online at: https://filmfreeway.com/sasff
⏳Extended Deadline: 31 Mar 2026
🌐Website: https://sasff.in/
🤝Organized by: Eastern Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India affiliated to IFFS International federation of film societies.

27/02/2026

📢Regular Deadline Closing Tomorrow!
🎤Submit your films to 5th World Film Festival Kolkata (10 to 15 Aug 2026).
🎬Fiction and Non-Fiction Films made after 1 Jan 2023 in any country are eligible.
🏆AWARDS
🏆Bimal Roy Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Feature Films (Fiction: 60 to 120 mins)
🏆Harisadhan Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Documentaries (Non-Fiction: 10 to 120 mins)
🏆Chidananda Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Short Fiction (Fiction: 01 to 59 mins)
🔗Submit Online at: https://filmfreeway.com/wffk
⏳Regular Deadline: 28 Feb 2026.
🌐Website: https://ffsi.org.in/
🤝Organized by: Eatsern Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Section of IFFS International federation of film societies.

17/02/2026

🎤Call for Submission to the 5th World Film Festival Kolkata (10 to 15 Aug 2026) is Now Open.
🎬Fiction and Non-Fiction Films made after 1 Jan 2023 in any country are eligible.
🏆AWARDS
🏆Bimal Roy Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Feature Films (Fiction: 60 to 120 mins)
🏆Harisadhan Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Documentaries (Non-Fiction: 10 to 120 mins)
🏆Chidananda Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Short Fiction (Fiction: 01 to 59 mins)
🔗Submit Online at: https://filmfreeway.com/wffk
⏳Regular Deadline: 28 Feb 2026.
🌐Website: https://ffsi.org.in/
🤝Organized by: Eatsern Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Section of IFFS International federation of film societies.

15/02/2026

🎤Call for Submission to the 5th World Film Festival Kolkata (10 to 15 Aug 2026) is Now Open.
🎬Fiction and Non-Fiction Films made after 1 Jan 2023 in any country are eligible.
🏆AWARDS
🏆Bimal Roy Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Feature Films (Fiction: 60 to 120 mins)
🏆Harisadhan Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Documentaries (Non-Fiction: 10 to 120 mins)
🏆Chidananda Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Short Fiction (Fiction: 01 to 59 mins)
🔗Submit Online at: https://filmfreeway.com/wffk
⏳Regular Deadline: 28 Feb 2026.
🌐Website: https://ffsi.org.in/
🤝Organized by: Eatsern Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Section of IFFS International federation of film societies.

29/10/2025

🎤Call for Submission to the 5th World Film Festival Kolkata (Kolkata, 10 to 15 Aug 2026) is Now Open.
🎬Fiction and Non-Fiction Films made after 1 Jan 2023 in any country are eligible.
🏆AWARDS
🏆Bimal Roy Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Feature Films (Fiction: 60 to 120 mins)
🏆Harisadhan Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Documentaries (Non-Fiction: 10 to 120 mins)
🏆Chidananda Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Short Fiction (Fiction: 01 to 59 mins)
🔗Submit Online at: https://filmfreeway.com/wffk
⏳Earlybird Deadline for Submission: 30 Nov 2025.
🌐Website: https://ffsi.org.in/
🤝Organized by: Eatsern Region of the Federation of Film Societies of India in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Section of IFFS International federation of film societies.

26/09/2025

Call for Submission to 5th World Film Festival Kolkata (10 to 15 AUG 2026) is Now Open at: https://filmfreeway.com/wffk
Earlybird Deadline: 30 NOV 2025
Fiction and Non-Fiction Films made after 1 JAN 2023 in any country are eligible.
This is a Competitive Festival organized by Federation of Film Societies of Eastern Region with the following Awards:
🏆BIMAL ROY GOLDEN AWARD for the Best Feature Film (Fiction: 60 to 120 mins)
🏆BIMAL ROY SILVER AWARD for the 2nd Best Feature Film (same as above)
🏆HARISADHAN DASGUPTA GOLDEN AWARD for the Best Documentary: (Non-Fiction: 10 to 120 mins)
🏆HARISADHAN DASGUPTA SILVER AWARD for the 2nd Best Documentary: (same as above)
🏆CHIDANANDA DASGUPTA GOLDEN AWARD for the Best Short Fiction (01 to 59 mins)
🏆CHIDANANDA DASGUPTA SILVER AWARD for the 2nd Best Short Fiction (same as above)

26/08/2025

Submit your films on Sports & Adventures to the 4th INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA (Kolkata, 04 to 08 Feb 2026) organized by the Federation of Film Societies of Eastern Region in collaboration with the Social Sports Foundation Kolkata.
Regular Submission Deadline: 31 Aug 2025.
Get Details & Apply Online at: https://filmfreeway.com/isffkolkata
🏆Cash Awards (10,000 INR each) for Best Fiction Film, Best Non-Fiction Film, Best Film on Extreme Sports, Best Student Film, and Best Advertisement Film - All on Sports & Adventures made in any country after 1st January 2021.

22/08/2025

4th World Film Festival Kolkata (16-21 Aug 2025) organised by Federation of Film Societies of Eastern Region in collaboration with IFFS International federation of film societies (Asia-Pacific) concluded yesterday at Nandan conferring the following awards by the Jury Members Reshmi Naskar, Debasish Chakraborty, and Abu Shahed Emon, with Frau Astrid Wege, Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata as the Chief Guest, and Mr. Katsunori Ashida, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata as the Guest of Honour:
🏆Bimal Roy Award for Best Feature Film: Beline (India, 2023, 84 M) by Samik Roy Choudhury
🏆Special Jury Mention for the Best Feature Film: At The End of The Day (Iran, 2024, 96 M) by Babak Bahrambeygi (Attn: Alireza Shahrokhi)
🏆Harisadhan Dasgupta Award for the Best Documentary: Yet Another Mohenjo Daro (India, 2022, 95 M) by Ashok Rane
🏆Special Jury Mention for the Best Documentary: Parvathy Baul - Cross the Golden River (Japan, 2024, 109 M) by Sakurako Abe
🏆Chidananda Dasgupta Award for the Best Short Fiction: Somewhere, To A Better Place (Armenia, Moldova, Russia, 2024, 19 M) by Ksenia Pchelintseva (Attn: Daria Elena Dashunina)
🏆Special Jury Mention for the Best Short Fiction: Re-Routing (India, 2025, 36 M) by Kankana Chakraborty
🤝Patron: Bimal Roy Award: Rinki Bhattacharya
🤝PR & Communication Partner: Chilka Roy-Reciprociti Communication
📷PC: Mousumi Maity FFSI Office Kolkata.

21/08/2025

Closing Today!
4th World Film Festival Kolkata (Nandan 16-21 Aug) organised by Federation of Film Societies of Eastern Region in collaboration with IFFS International federation of film societies.
TODAY'S PROGRAM:
From 12:00 Noon at Nandan-III
🎬6th Day: 21 Aug Thursday
32. Tantrik Dance (Nepal, 2024, Doc. 37 M) by KP Pathak
33. Five In the Afternoon (Brazil, 2023, Feature, 126 M) by Eduardo Nunes
34. Yakasi’s Daughter (India, 2024, Feature, 74 M) by Jayanta Madhab Dutta
35. The Broken Mirror (India, 2024, Feature, 78 M) by Soumendu Bhattacherya
36. Re-Routing (India, 2025, Short Fic. 36 M) by Kankana Chakraborty
37. My Comrade (India, 2024, Short Fic. 24 M) by Tathagata Ghosh
🏆6.00 PM: AWARD CEREMONY
Jury Members: Reshmi Naskar, Abu Shahed Emon, Debasish Chakraborty.
Chief Guest: Frau Astrid Wege, Director, -Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
Guest of Honour: Mr. Katsunori Ashida, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata
Awards:
🏆BIMAL ROY AWARD for the Best Feature Film (Patron: Rinki Bhattacharya)
🏆HARISADHAN DASGUPTA AWARD for the Best Documentary
🏆CHIDANANDA DASGUPTA AWARD for the Best Short Fiction

20/08/2025

Closing Tomorrow!
4th World Film Festival Kolkata (Nandan 16-21 Aug) organised by Federation of Film Societies of Eastern Region in collaboration with IFFS International federation of film societies.
TODAY'S SCREENINGS:
From 12:00 Noon at Nandan-III
🎬5th Day: 20 Aug 2025 Wednesday
27. Signal Man – 1971 (India, 2022, Feature, 115 M) by K. Shivarudraiah
28. Naate (India, 2023, Feature, 92 M) by Shyam Upadhyay
29. The First Film (India, 2024, Short Fic. 24 M) by Piyush Thakur
30. Yet Another Mohenjo Daro (India, 2022, Doc. 95 M) by Ashok Rane
31. Body (India, 2024, Feature, 142 M) by Abhijit Mazumdar
TOMORROW'S SCREENINGS:
From 12:00 Noon at Nandan-III
🎬6th Day: 21 Aug Thursday
32. Tantrik Dance (Nepal, 2024, Doc. 37 M) by KP Pathak
33. Five In the Afternoon (Brazil, 2023, Feature, 126 M) by Eduardo Nunes
34. Yakasi’s Daughter (India, 2024, Feature, 74 M) by Jayanta Madhab Dutta
35. The Broken Mirror (India, 2024, Feature, 78 M) by Soumendu Bhattacherya
36. Re-Routing (India, 2025, Short Fic. 36 M) by Kankana Chakraborty
37. My Comrade (India, 2024, Short Fic. 24 M) by Tathagata Ghosh
🏆6.00 PM: AWARD CEREMONY
Jury Members: Reshmi Naskar, Abu Shahed Emon, Debasish Chakraborty.
Chief Guest: Frau Astrid Wege, Director, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
Guest of Honour: Mr. Katsunori Ashida, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata
Awards:
🏆BIMAL ROY AWARD for the Best Feature Film (Patron: Rinki Bhattacharya)
🏆HARISADHAN DASGUPTA AWARD for the Best Documentary
🏆CHIDANANDA DASGUPTA AWARD for the Best Short Fiction

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