Federation of Film Societies of India

19/08/2026

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🎬5th World Film Festival Kolkata (Nandan, Kolkata, 8 – 13 September 2026) organised by Federation of Film Societies of India in collaboration with IFFS International federation of film societies
📅SCHEDULE (Daily from 12.00 Noon to 8.00 PM)
📅8 Sept 2026 Tuesday
🎬12.00 – 12.25: (1) Disaster, Documentary, Iran, Persian, 2025, 25 mins. Dir. Saied Nabi, Maryam Khadivi. (Alireza Shahrokhi)
🎬12.26 – 12.57: (2) The Royal Route – Shahrah, Documentary, India, Hindi, Urdu, 2026, 31 mins. Dir. Rahul Sood.
🎬1.00 – 2.50: (3) Magazine, Feature, India, Marathi, 2026, 110 mins. Dir. Shubham Sanjay Shevade.
🎬2.51 – 3.51: (4) River Still Flows, Documentary, India, Assamese, 2024, 60 mins. Dir. Dip Bhuyan.
🎬3.55 – 5.41: (5) Clara Sola, Feature, Costa Rica, Spanish, 2021, 106 mins. Dir. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén.
🎬5.45 – 6.45: INAUGURATION
🎬6.50 – 8.02: (6) Turba, Feature, Venezuela, 2025, 72 mins. Dir. Luis and Andres Rodriguez.
📅9 Sept 2026 Wednesday
🎬12.00 – 1.05: (7) The Magical Grass – Sathyappullu, Documentary, India, Hindi, Malayalam, 2025, 65 mins. Dir. Ramdas Kadavallur.
🎬1.06 – 1.22: ( 8 ) Death in the Office, Short Fiction, India, Bengali, Hindi, 2026, 16 mins. Dir. Atanu Ghosh.
🎬1.23 – 1.33: (9) Is Snow White? Short Fiction, Sri Lanka, 2026, 10 mins. Dir. Sureni Ranawaka (Anomaa Rajakaruna)
🎬1.35 – 2.45: (10) Dolls Don’t Die (Putulnama), Documentary, India, Bengali, 2024, 70 mins. Dir. Ranajit Ray.
🎬2.46 – 4.29: (11) River Tales, Feature, India, Assamese, 2025, 103 mins. Dir. Pankaj Borah.
🎬4.30 – 5.33: (12) Sukal - Puppet Himself, Documentary, India, Bengali, 2026, 63 mins. Dir. Shilbhadra Bapan Datta.
🎬5.35 – 6.19: (13) A Box of Biryani, Short Fiction, India, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Hindi, 2025, 44 mins. Dir. Sharmistha Mitra Chakraborty.
🎬6.20 – 8.00: (14) Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed, Feature, Germany, German, 1968, 100 mins. Dir. Alexander Kluge.
📅10 Sept 2026 Thursday
🎬12.00 – 1.30: (15) Handumaan, Feature, India, Hindi, 2025, 90 mins. Dir. Prashant Rasaily (Samhita Veda Acharya)
🎬1.31 – 2.39: (16) Lost Queen, Documentary, India, English, Hindi, 2025, 68 mins. Dir. Saumya Sengupta.
🎬2.40 – 3.06: (17) The Tale of Katha, Short Fiction, India, Bengali, 2026, 26 mins. Dir. Dhritisree Sarkar.
🎬3.10 – 4.52: (18) The Song Sustxotin, Feature, Uzbekistan, Uzbek, 2024, 102 mins. Dir. Husnora Rozmatova.
🎬4.55 – 6.22: (19) Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave, Feature, Germany, German, 1973, 87 mins. Dir. Alexander Kluge.
🎬6.25 – 8.00: (20) Before I Forget, Feature, Brazil, Portuguese, 2018, 95 mins. Dir. Tiago Arakilian.
📅11 Sept 2026 Friday
🎬12.00 – 2.07: (21) The Dress - Gunyo Cholo, Feature, Nepal, Nepali, 2024, 127 mins. Dir. Samundra Bhatta. (KP Pathak)
🎬2.10 – 3.40: (22) Theepantham, Feature, Sri Lanka, Tamil, 2025, 90 mins. Dir. Raj Sivaraj.
🎬3.41 – 3.58: (23) Suddenly Rise, Short Fiction, Iran, Persian, 2025, 17 mins. Dir. Mohammad Sajad Motaharizadeh.
🎬4.00 – 4.17: (24) A Woman-K(o)ellek, Short Fiction, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 2026, 17 mins. Dir. Tharindu Jayarathna.
🎬4.20 – 4.58: (25) Time River, Documentary, India, Bengali, 2024, 38 mins. Dir. Debja Ni Banerjee.
🎬5.00 – 6.30: (26) Dream of Liberation, Feature, Iran, Persian, 2025, 90 mins. Dir. Abbas Rafei.
🎬6.31 – 8.02: (27) Strongman Ferdinand, Feature, Germany, German, 1976, 91 mins. Dir. Alexander Kluge.
📅12 Sept 2026 Saturday
🎬12.00 – 1.41: (28) A Stone Dreams to Blossom, Feature, Portugal, Portuguese, 2024, 101 mins. Dir. Rodrigo Areias (Joao Paulo Macedo)
🎬1.42 – 3.07: (29) K Poper, Feature, Iran, Persian, 2025, 85 mins. Dir. Ebrahim Amini.
🎬3.10 – 4.49: (30) Pantrum, Feature, Sri Lanka, Sinhala, Tamil, 2025, 99 mins. Dir. Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi.
🎬4.50 – 6.15: (31) An Actor Prepares, Feature, Venezuela, Spanish, 2024, 85 mins. Dir. Inti Torres y Camilo Pineda.
🎬6.20 – 8.01: (32) Papa Buca, Feature, India, Papua New Guinea, 2025, 101 mins. Dir. Bijukumar Damodaran.
📅13 Sept 2026 Sunday
🎬12.00 – 12.06: (33) The Talking Wall, Short Fiction, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 2026, 6 mins. Dir. Sanduni Wanasinghe.
🎬12.07 – 1.40: (34) Moon Hunt, Feature, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 2025, 93 mins. Dir. Asoka Handagama.
🎬1.41 – 3.04: (35) Malavazhi, Feature, India, Malayalam, 2025, 83 mins. Dir. Boban Govindan.
🎬3.05 – 4.05: (36) Mamun - In Praise of Shadows, Documentary, Bangladesh, Bengali, UK, 2025, 60 mins. Dir. Makbul Chowdhury.
🎬4.10 – 5.35: (37) People of the Garden – Manusher Bagan, Feature, Bangladesh, Bengali, 2021, 85 mins. Dir. Nurul Alam Atique.
🎬5.40 – 7.06: (38) Jaya Aar Sharmin, Feature, Bangladesh, Bengali, 2026, 86 mins. Dir. Piplu R Khan (Abu Shahed Emon).
🏆7.10 – 8.00: Closing & Award Ceremony
🏆Bimal Roy Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Feature Films (Fiction: 60 to 120 mins)
🏆Harisadhan Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Documentaries: (Non-Fiction: 10 to 120 mins)
🏆Chidananda Dasgupta Golden and Silver Awards for the Best and 2nd Best Short Fiction (01 to 59 mins)
📍Screening at Nandan is subject to the Approval of the I&B Ministry, Govt. of India. Accordingly the Schedule may change at the last moment under unavoidable circumstances.
📍*For Delegate Cards 📞 Call Sankar Pal, Secretary, FFSI at +91 94335 61571 (10.00 AM – 10.00 PM) OR 📧 Mail at:

17/08/2026

15/08/2026

📢Registration Closing TODAY!
🎬POINT OF VIEW 2026 - 5th Summer Course on Film Appreciation: How to Read Cinema as a Text
📝Register Online: https://forms.gle/sbNmZzuAQNN9R2hm9
⚠️ Seats are limited and will be allotted strictly on a first-come, first-served basis.
👥Resouce Persons: Siladitya Sen, Sarmisthaa Maity, Ujjal Chakraborty, Sekhar Das, Atanu Ghosh, and an Expert from Germany (to be announced).
🤝Organised by: Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern Region) in collaboration with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📅 24–29 August 2026
🕓 4.00 PM – 6.30 PM
📍Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📞 For queries and registration assistance Call Sankar Pal
Secretary, FFSI at +91 94335 61571 (10.00 AM – 10.00 PM)
📧 OR Mail to:

11/08/2026

🎬POINT OF VIEW 2026 - 5th Summer Course on Film Appreciation: How to Read Cinema as a Text
📝Register Online: https://forms.gle/sbNmZzuAQNN9R2hm9
⏳Registration closes on 15 August 2026.
⚠️ Seats are limited and will be allotted strictly on a first-come, first-served basis.
👥Resouce Persons: Siladitya Sen, Sarmisthaa Maity, Ujjal Chakraborty, Sekhar Das, Atanu Ghosh, and an Expert from Germany (to be announced).
🤝Organised by: Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern Region) in collaboration with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📅 24–29 August 2026
🕓 4.00 PM – 6.30 PM
📍Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📞 For queries and registration assistance Call Sankar Pal
Secretary, FFSI at +91 94335 61571 (10.00 AM – 10.00 PM)
📧 OR Mail to:

09/08/2026

🎬CALL FOR INTERN
📍The Federation of Film Societies of India: FFSI (Estd. 1959) invites applications for a Voluntary Internship at its Central Office in Kolkata at C-7, Bharat Bhavan, 3 Chittaranjan Avenue, 2nd Floor,
Kolkata – 700072
🗓 Duration: 6 Months (Renewable)
⏰ Working Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday | 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
🎬If you are passionate about cinema, film appreciation, cultural activities, and the film society movement, this is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working with one of India's oldest and most respected film organizations.
📧Send your detailed CV, along with a brief note explaining why you wish to join the internship, to
🗓 Application Deadline: 15 August 2026
🤝Join us. Learn. Contribute. Be a part of the movement that continues to celebrate meaningful cinema.

09/08/2026

🎬 Deadline Extended till 15th August 2026!
📝 Register Online Today at: https://forms.gle/sbNmZzuAQNN9R2hm9
🤝 Don't Miss the 5th Summer Course on Film Appreciation: POINT OF VIEW 2026 - How to Read Cinema as a Text
👥 Learn from our Resouce Persons: Siladitya Sen, Sarmisthaa Maity, Ujjal Chakraborty, Sekhar Das, Atanu Ghosh, and an Expert from Germany over six engaging sessions.
🤝 Organised by: Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern Region) in collaboration with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📅 24–29 August 2026
🕓 4.00 PM – 6.30 PM
📍 Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
🎬 This course is ideal for: Students & Researchers, Aspiring Filmmakers, Film Society Members, and Anyone curious about the Art of Cinema.
⏳Registration closes on 15 August 2026.
⚠️ Seats are limited and will be allotted strictly on a first-come, first-served basis.
📞 For queries and registration assistance Call Sankar Pal
Secretary, FFSI at +91 94335 61571 (10.00 AM – 10.00 PM)
📧 OR Mail to:

08/08/2026

📚🎬 Build Your Cinema Library! 🎬📚
Looking for essential books on Cinema, Film Appreciation, Film History, and the Film Society Movement?
Visit the Ritwik Memorial Library of The Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) and collect your copy of these books, along with many other valuable titles, at special discounted prices.
📍Ritwik Memorial Library: Federation of Film Societies of India, C-7 Bharat Bhavan, 3 Chittaranjan Avenue 2nd Floor, Kolkata – 700072
🕒 Library Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Call the Librarian S.N. Barman at 93392-67390 to get books at your home)
Whether you are a film student, researcher, filmmaker, critic, or cinephile, our carefully curated collection is an invaluable resource for deepening your understanding of cinema.
Expand your cinematic horizons—visit the Ritwik Memorial Library today! 🎥

08/08/2026

🎬CLOSING IN 02 DAYS
🎬REGISTER NOW – LIMITED SEATS!
🎬5th Summer Course on Film Appreciation: POINT OF VIEW - How to Read Cinema as a Text
🎥 How do films create meaning?
🎥 How can we read cinema as a text?
🤝Join this intensive six-day course and explore the fascinating language of cinema—from visual storytelling and film aesthetics to the digital revolution and new media.
🤝Organised by: Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern Region) in collaboration with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📅 24–29 August 2026
🕓 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
📍Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
👥 Who should attend?
Students • Film Enthusiasts • Cinephiles • Aspiring Filmmakers • Researchers • Anyone passionate about cinema
📝 REGISTER ONLINE NOW:
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⏳ Registration Deadline: 10 August 2026
⚠️ Seats are strictly limited!
Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Register today to secure your place.
📞 For further information: Sankar Pal, Secretary, Federation of Film Societies of India, 📱+91 94335 61571 (10:00 AM – 10:00 PM)
📧 Email: [email protected]
✨ Watch films. Read cinema. Think critically. Experience a new Point of View.

05/08/2026

REGISTER ONLINE NOW at: https://forms.gle/sbNmZzuAQNN9R2hm9
🕓Deadline: 10th August 2026.
🎬5th Summer Course on Film Appreciation: POINT OF VIEW
How do films create meaning? How can we read cinema as a text? Join this intensive six-day course and deepen your understanding of film language, visual storytelling, and contemporary developments in cinema, from the digital revolution to new media.
🤝Organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern Region) in collaboration with Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
📅 24–29 August 2026
🕓4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
📍Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
Whether you are a student, film enthusiast, cinephile, or aspiring filmmaker, this is a unique opportunity to engage critically with cinema and learn from experts in the field.
⚠️ Seats are limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Secure your spot now!
📞For any further information Call Sankar Pal (Secretary, FFSI) – +91 94335 61571 (10 AM to 10 PM) or Mail to: