Welcome to IKSFF 2023. The International Kolkata Short Film Festival 2022 was a grand success. More than 190 short films and short documentaries from over 26 countries got submitted. It also received the support and association of many eminent personalities, celebrities, and popular brands. The gala award ceremony was a huge success in the presence of renowned celebrities. Now in its third year, IKSFF 2023 is again ready to attain greater heights.
Selected short films will be screened both online and offline.
This year music videos, Advertisement/Commercials are also welcome.
All films selected for screening will get laurel from us.
There will be multiple awards.
Festival Start: 10 January 2023 – Festival End: 15 January 2023
Festival Director: Saswati Guha Charkraborty
Executive Director: Manas Banerjee
- Call for Entry Opens : 1 April 2022
- Early Bird Deadline : May 31, 2022
- Regular Deadline : July 15, 2022
- Extended Regular Deadline : August 31, 2022
- Late Deadline: : October 15, 2022
- Final Deadline: November 15, 2022
- Extended Final Deadline: December 15, 2022
- Festival Categories :
- Short Film (Less than 30 Minutes)
- Short Documentaries ( Less than 30 Minutes )
- Short Animation ( Less than 30 Minutes )
- Music Video (Less than 10 Minutes)
- Advertisement/Commercials (Less than 6 Minutes)
- Public Service Announcements (Less than 6 Minutes)
- Festival Dates :
Online & Offline Festival: 10 January 2023 to 15 January
2023 Award Ceremony: Sunday, 15 January 2023 (Kolkata)
Kindly Note, The films will be screened either online or offline or on both platforms. Kindly note, all Selected/Nominated/Awarded films may not be screened during the physical screening due to time constrain. The choice of the festival committee will be the final in this regard.
- Eligibility
1. Submission to the Festival is open to Short Film, Short Documentary, Short Animations, Music Video, Advertisement/Commercials & Public Service Announcements.
2. All the films Submitted by Film Makers to the Festival under Short Film, Short Documentary, Short Animation, Public Service Announcement Categories and Created after 1 January 2017 will be included under the Competition Section of the festival program. If any filmmaker wants the screening of his/her film which is completed before 2017, it will be accepted but will be excluded from the competition.
- Call for Entry Opens : 1 April 2022
- Early Bird Deadline : May 31, 2022
- Regular Deadline : July 15, 2022
- Extended Regular Deadline : August 31, 2022
- Late Deadline: : October 15, 2022
- Final Deadline: November 15, 2022
- Extended Final Deadline: December 15, 2022
- Festival Categories :
- Short Film (Less than 30 Minutes)
- Short Documentaries ( Less than 30 Minutes )
- Short Animation ( Less than 30 Minutes )
- Music Video (Less than 10 Minutes)
- Advertisement/Commercials (Less than 6 Minutes)
- Public Service Announcements (Less than 6 Minutes)
- Festival Dates :
- Eligibility
1. Submission to the Festival is open to Short Film, Short Documentary, Short Animations, Music Video, Advertisement/Commercials & Public Service Announcements.
2. All the films Submitted by Film Makers to the Festival under Short Film, Short Documentary, Short Animation, Public Service Announcement Categories and Created after 1 January 2017 will be included under the Competition Section of the festival program. If any filmmaker wants the screening of his/her film which is completed before 2017, it will be accepted but will be excluded from the competition.
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2022
BEST SORT FILM
The Curious Wood USA Ek Achchi Naukri India The Wait Austria Timless BULGARIA Shikhandi INDIA -
2022
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Belle-ile in Acadie Canada And thus Man Gets Crushed Again & Again Canada Bamboo Ballad India The Lost Children Of Kolkata India Last Poem Denmark Ora India Arippa India -
2022
BEST INDIAN (SORT FILM)
Basanthi Kerala Crescent Tamilnadu Mute Water Assam Dining Table Maharastra Mera Number Kab Aayega Maharasyra -
2022
BEST BENGALI (SORT FILM)
Bindur Sumati Ritam Paul Chowdhury Son of Vultures Tuhin Sha Virgin? Argyadeep Banerjee Dugga Dugga Pritam Guha Warrant Purnendu Haldar
Mera Number Kab Aayega
Director Name: Jayant Inder Gupta
Country: India
Shikhandi
Director Name: Dev Shah
Country: India
Cycle
Director Name: Devashish Makhija
Country: India
Ek Achchi Naukri
Cinematographer: Vadim Alsayed
Country: France
Mera Number Kab Aayega
Director Name: Jayant Inder Gupta
Country: India
Ek Achchi Naukri
Cinematographer: Vadim Alsayed
Country: France
Mera Number Kab Aayega
Director Name: Jayant Inder Gupta
Country: India
Shikhandi
Director Name: Dev Shah
Country: India
Cycle
Director Name: Devashish Makhija
Country: India
Ek Achchi Naukri
Cinematographer: Vadim Alsayed
Country: France
Mera Number Kab Aayega
Director Name: Jayant Inder Gupta
Country: India
Ek Achchi Naukri
Cinematographer: Vadim Alsayed
Country: France