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EntertainmentPosted at: Nov 9 2017 4:50PM


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The state government has made all the arrangements to make this another
successful festival.
All through the eight days, films will be shown at 12 auditoria – Nandan 1,
2 and 3, Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Navina Cinema, Star Theatre,
Mitra Cinema, Inox at Salt Lake City Centre 1 Mall, Purbashree Auditorium
at Salt Lake EZCC, Nazrul Tirtha and PVR Mani Square.
Initiative has also been taken to ensure that it reaches up to the grassroots
level of the state. The state Youth Services and Sports minister Aroop Biswas
said, "This year, too, the Parai Parai Cinema will be organised at Kasba,
Tala Park, Behala Parnashree and Tollygunge".
The Kolkata Film Festival which was started in 1995, was the culmination
of a film society movement that drew its inspiration from the masters of Bengali
Cinema - Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen. The KIFF is organized by
the Kolkata Chalachitra Utsav Society, with financial and logistic support
from the Government of West Bengal.
Earlier, the Kolkata International Film Festival, though prestigious, was
a comparatively small affair and hence it couldn't reach a large audience.
Since 2011, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken it to a whole new
level in terms of publicity and reach. This Film Festival grew into a larger
and more inclusive celebration of cinema, a festival which is not just grand
in scale, but also accessible to the common mass.
From 2014, the Kolkata International Film Festival has become a
competitive festival. This year the Royal Bengal Trophy would be awarded
to the Best Film and the Best Director in Innovation in Moving Images
section. The cash award for the Best Film is the single largest cash award
at any International film festival till date.
In addition to these, the usual competitive sections on NETPAC and
Short & Documentary Films will continue.
The KIFF, under the guidance of our Chief Minister, celebrates cinema by bringing good world cinema to Kolkata and also taking it to the common mass.
This year, there will be several new, innovative feature films which would
be showcased in the festival and we shall reveal about them in the coming
days and during the festival. The festival commits to be all-inclusive and
interactive.
This festival also comes alive with various seminars, master–classes,
exhibitions, filmy adda, meet the directors and many more events.
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