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]
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]
Competition Categories
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Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
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| Priyo Chinar Pata, Iti Segun
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KUMAR CHOWDHURY
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| Drowsy City
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LUONG DINH DUNG
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| Between One Shore And Several Others
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sreekrishnan kp
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| Not Today
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Aditya Kripalani
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| Mahanagar / One Night In Kathmandu
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Mohan Rai
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| NONAJOLER KABBO
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Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
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NETPAC Award for Best Film[5]
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Competition on Indian Language's Films
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International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
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Director
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| SHAMBALA
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Artykpai Suiundukov
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Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director
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| Going Blind
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Haci Orman
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| AQUARIUM
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Deepesh T
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| GHOST IMAGE
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Sang Jun Lee
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| The Presumption Of Guilt
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Oleg Asadulin
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| Blindfold
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Taras Dron
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Special Jury Mention
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| Snails Club
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Michele Senesi
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| THE WAY TO PARADISE
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Wahid Sanouji
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| BANDAR BAND
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Manijeh Hekmat
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Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film
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Competition on Indian Documentary Films
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| On The Brink - Season 2 - Bats
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Akanksha Sood Singh
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| Highways Of Life
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Amar Maibam
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Best Indian Documentary Film
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| The Museum Man
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Sabyasachi Banerji
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| Niranjan Pradhan - Journey Of A Sculptor
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Anjan Bose
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| Advidiya
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Anubhab Ganguly, Sourasis Bose
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| Who Says The Lepchas Are Vanishing
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Abhyuday Khaitan
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| My Brother Alpha
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Shantanu Mondal , Rani Bed Banshi
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| Bhobo Nodir Pare
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Nikhilesh Mattoo
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| Chera Tamshuk
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Suvarthi Mohanti
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| Dancing With Nature
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Malay Dasgupta
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Competition on Indian Short Films
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| Welcome Uncle
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Sandipan Bhattacharya
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| Khisa
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Raj Pritam More
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| Naked Voice
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Deepankar Prakash
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| Virus
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Anindya Bose
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| Beyond Hope
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Rohit Kumar
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| An Odyssey Of Gayatri
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Abhra Chakraborty
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| Nothing Happened
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Himanshu Mishro Mondal
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| Jaltarang
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Jhimli Roy
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| Resurgence
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Sreemon Das
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| Sudurabhase
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Nilanjan Karmakar
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| Balai
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Suvobrata Roy Chowdhury, Arpita Chatterjee
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| Binimoy
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Tanvi Chowdhary
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| Salana Jalsa
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Pratik Thakare
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| Chicken Tehari
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Nasrina Khan
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| Newborn Poetry
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L.Priyanka
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| Nspect ANT
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Suman Paul
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| Still Alive
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Onkar Diwadkar
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| Get Up And Rise
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Samik Roy Choudhury
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| Your Kunti
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Rajat Roy, Arunava Mukherjee
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| Dusk
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Ujjal Paul
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Best Indian Short Film
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Non-Competition Categories
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| SAHOBASHE
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Anjan Kanjilal
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| PUNGLINGO STRILINGO
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Subrata Sen
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| MICHHIL
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SURAJIT NAG, UJJWAL BASU
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| BISH
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Jyotishman Chattopadhyay
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| DAAYE
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Jyotirmay Deb
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| SUNYO
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Shankha Ghosh
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| TITLI
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Bishikh Talukdar
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| BEAUTIFUL LIFE
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Raju Debnath
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Cinema International
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Short & Documentary Panorama
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| HOLY RIGHTS
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Farha khatun
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| GRACE
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Smarak Samarjeet
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| BOUND BY US
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Chinmoy Sonowal
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| WE THE BROKEN COGS IN THE MACHINE
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Sonatan Karmakar
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| KOLKATA DAIRY
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Zhangna
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| ECO FRIENDLY GANGASAGAR MELA
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Shila Datta
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| ANONYMOUS
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Mithunchandra Chaudhari
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| THE ROOFTOP - THE STORY OF A PSYCHIATRIST AND A RAPED GIRL
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Avirup Biswas
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| MY UNBLOOD BROTHER
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Iqbaal Rizzvi
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| LACHHKA DANGIR KATHA
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BUDDHADEB BARMAN
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| LAPTOP: A LOCKDOWN FILM
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PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI
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| ARTIST
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Tony James
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| CHITTOKHOV
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Soumajit Das
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| JANAIKA
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Samya Mandal
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| KARBALA KATHA
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Sourav Sarangi
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| CHAK CHAGE IMA
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JENISH SALAM
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| COLDFIRE
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Riddhi Sen
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Youth Day Celebration
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| You are the Creator of Your Own Destiny
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Nityanand Datta
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| Swami Vivekanand
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Nirmal Dey
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| Bireswar Vivekananda
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Madhu Bose
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| Biler Diary
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Biswarup Biswas
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- 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
