Kolkata International Film Festival

'Questions being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression': Amitabh Bachchan speaks amid SRK's Pathaan row

Amitabh Bachchan’s statement comes at a time when Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming much-anticipated film Pathaan has become the newest target of the “boycott club.”

Positive and alive, says Shah Rukh Khan; historicals now steeped in jingoism: Amitabh Bachchan

“Hamare jaise positive log zinda hai (We are positive and alive),” Shah Rukh Khan said in his speech before tens of thousands of fans and guests who had converged at the Netaji Indoor Stadium for the film festival’s inaugural.

Kolkata International Film Festival 2022: Satyajit Ray's illustrations and Mitchel camera from 'Pather Panchali' at display

The exhibition at the Kolkata Film Festival showcases the synthesiser used by Ray for composing the music of 'Ghare Baire' and the Mitchel camera used for making 'Pather Panchali'.

Lihaaf movie review: Rahat Kazmi's adaptation lacks the fire of Ismat Chugtai's story

What Ismat Chugtai's short story had in abundance, — a pressing need to reveal difficult truths through beautifully crafted metaphors — is what Rahat Kazmi's adaptation falls short of, despite staying ardently faithful to the source material.

How writer-director Mohit Priyadarshi made Kosa, a searing look at human rights violations in Chhattisgarh

The film made its Indian premiere at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival in January 2021, after debuting internationally at UK's Raindance Festival in October last year.

True Mothers review: Naomi Kawase's film explores nuances of motherhood but succumbs to its clichés

The film made its Indian premiere at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival this year, and is Japan's official nominee for the Oscars 2021.

Genus Pan movie review: Lav Diaz's film cuts down on runtime but not intensity of its scathing criticism of Filipino society

The Filipino film was screened at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival earlier this month.

A guide to Kolkata International Film Festival 2021: Apur Sansar, Saptapati, Bhranti Bilas

KIFF commences today and will conclude on 15 January

Soumitra Chatterjee's Apur Sansar to open 26th Kolkata International Film Festival on 8 January

A total of 131 films – in feature, short and documentary formats – will be screened at the seven-day festival, said West Bengal minister Arup Biswas.

Hava, Maryam, Ayesha: How Sahraa Karimi's film subverts silence to talk about women's trauma in Afghanistan

Sahraa Karimi's Hava, Maryam, Ayesha, which was recently screened at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival, tells the stories of the three title characters, held together by their common plight of being pregnant in modern-day Kabul. Despite the varying conditions under which each of them has conceived, the film plaintively underlines the universal status of women as second-class citizens, especially in war-torn parts of the world where privilege barely cuts it for anyone besides a certain class of men.