Festival start: 23 January 2024 – Festival End: 28 January 2024
Welcome to IKSFF 2024. The International Kolkata Short Film Festival 2023 was a grand success. More than 150 short films and short documentaries from over 20 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 2024 is again ready to attain greater heights.
A few key points:
>> It will be a hybrid event.
>> Selected short films will be screened both online and offline.
>> This year music videos are also welcome.
>> All films selected for screening will get laurels from us.
>> There will be 20 Award Categories
Like previous years, the International Kolkata Short Film Festival, IKSFF 2023 brings the opportunity for Independent filmmakers to showcase their films to the world, using Eventizer, an online platform for cine lovers, critics, actor-actress, and others.
Kolkata, a culturally rich city in India is the hub of many budding filmmakers, actor-actress, eminent personalities related to the film industry, and obviously huge cine-lovers since the past century. The objective of IKSFF is to empower short films across the globe and to nurture the development of newborn filmmakers.
The festival provides a platform for professionals as well as budding filmmakers to showcase their talent to the world. It also gives them interaction and advertising opportunities for their short film at the international level. Cine lovers can purchase tickets through Eventizer and can watch these remarkable works of art from different countries.
In its third year, IKSFF 2023 https://iksff.co.in/ is all set to continue its success and achieve greater heights and has already started the submission procedure with FilmFreeway as our Global Submission Partner.
Along with Short Films and Short Documentaries, this year, Music Videos will also be eligible to submit creations.
We thank all who have been associated with IKSFF for making it a success. We envision seeing IKSFF at a new height. Please be with us and help IKSFF achieve new milestones. Your support is highly anticipated.
We will screen all selected films virtually and also send ‘selection laurel’ to the filmmakers by mail. Then from the selected films, five will be nominated for each award category.
These nominated films will again get the ‘laurel of nomination’ and will also honor them on our website and social media pages/IDs.
From these nominated films, the award winners will be declared. There will be 25 Awards Categories and there will be some Hon’ble Mentions too. They are as follows:
1. Best Short Film
2. Best Indian (Short Film)
3. Best Bengali (Short Film)
4. Best Concept (Short Film)
5. Best Director (Short Film)
6. Best Debut Film - Director (Short Film)
7. Best Cinematography (Short Film)
8. Best Editor (Short Film)
9. Best Background Score Music (Short Film)
10. Best Actor (Short Film)
11. Best Supporting Actor (Short Film)
12. Best Child Actor (Short Film)
13. Most Promising Director (Male)
14. Most Promising Director (Female)
15. Best Documentary Film
16. Best Director (Documentary Film)
17. Best Music Video
18. Best Short Film- Festival Committee Choice
19. Best Director (Short Film)- Festival Committee Choice
20. Best Actor (Short Film)- Festival Committee Choice
21. Best DOP (Short Film) - Festival Committee Choice
22. Best Environmental Short Film*
23. Late Jiban Guha Memorial Award (Best Actor)
24. Best Innovation (Special Award)
25. Lifetime Achievement Award
*Subject to a minimum of 10 Submissions
The winning films will get a ‘winner laurel’, a certificate, and a medal from us. We will also conduct a special offline screening in our city for award-winning films. All these award-winning films will get Laurel, Certificate, Medal (or Memento), and social media promotion.
The trophy/Medal/Certificate (Hard Copy) for the winners will be sent through courier/post. Any postage charges, duties, and fees will be covered by the recipient. The festival organizers will not be liable for such expenses. However, the digital copy of the award and laurels will be emailed to the winners.
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.