Kolkata International Film Festival

KIFF centenary tributes: Bengal’s film fraternity hails Ritwik Ghatak as ‘voice of Partition, pioneer of alternative cinema’

“In Ritwik Ghatak, there was a voice in cinema that wanted to address the political mayhem of the Bengal partition,”…

2 weeks ago

‘Guru Dutt celebrated melancholy’: Film fraternity’s centenary tribute at Kolkata International Film Festival

The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival organised a talk and a photographic exhibition of Guru Dutt, as part of a…

3 weeks ago

50 years of Sholay: Director Ramesh Sippy revisits the making of his magnum opus at Kolkata International Film Festival

Ramesh Sippy, director of the 1975 Bollywood classic Sholay, reminisced about the making of the film and said he ‘cannot…

3 weeks ago

31st Kolkata International Film Festival inaugurated; to showcase 215 films from 39 nations across 21 theatres

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Shatrughan Sinha during the 31st International Film Festival, in Kolkata on November 6,…

3 weeks ago

Ritwik Ghatak to receive centenary tribute at 31st Kolkata International Film Festival

People visit a Durga Puja pandal themed on filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s iconic movies in Kolkata last month. | Photo Credit:…

4 weeks ago