To be held in the Queen of Hills, Darjeeling on January 25, 2025, the Kanchenjunga International Film Festival (KJIFF) is an offshoot of Everest International Film Festival (EIFF) – one of West Bengal’s Premier Film Festivals. A full-fledged Film Festival showcasing excellent Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries, Mobile Films, Music Videos, and Web Series, the Kanchenjunga International Film Festival (KJIFF) is founded to add to the beauty of film festivals in the Himalayan Range, encompassed by Tea Gardens. Breaking free from stereotypes and bringing World Cinema to the hills, the mission of KJIFF is to present quality films from around the world.

The Awards are constituted in the following categories:

Feature Film Category
Best Feature Film
Best Children Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Environmental Film
Best Film on Social Issues
Best Debutante Director
Best Suppporting Actor
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Story
Best Music
Best Editor
Best Story / Screenplay
Best Cinematography

Short Film Category
Best Short Film
Best Documentary
Best Children Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Environmental Film
Best Film on Social Issues
Best Debutante Director
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Story
Best Music
Best Editor
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography

Other Awards
Best VFX Film
Best Music Video
Best Web Series
Best Film Local Talent
Best Public Service Film

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION
The festival will not interact with anyone except the submitter and/ or the producer of the film. If any person - be it the actor, writer, director or anyone from the production crew tries to forcibly extract information about the status of the film from the festival authorities, the festival will have absolute rights to >>DISQUALIFY THE FILM<< from competition and/ or screening which you may kindly note. At the same time, the festival may take the decision to ban the production house completely from sending entries to the future editions of the festival.

Open to filmmakers worldwide, all genres and lengths depending on the categories mentioned.

- Filmmakers can submit more than one entry to the festival in any category.
- All films that are not in English must have English language subtitles.
- Each entry must be a separate submission which includes payment for each submission.
- Entry fees are payable through FilmFreeway payment systems and are non-refundable.
- The Festival reserves the right to determine eligibility of any work submitted.
- The decision of the Festival committee will be final and binding.

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  • Jean Price

    Thank you for this wonderful recognition and for considering my documentary in your film festival. I look forward to working with you again!

    April 2023
  • Fantastic, thank you very much. We are very happy to have the opportunity to present our film at your festival. Thank you for the high ratings and sincere feedback.

    April 2023
  • Excellent organization and very friendly and warm team.

    March 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Thankyou very much for your review... πŸ™

  • It was very well organised Film Fest . Our movie Little Boy was awarded Best Feature film . We are thankful to the jury for selecting our movie in the esteemed film festival .

    February 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Thankyou very much for your review... πŸ™

  • rps productions

    Fantastic festival. Obviously we must recommend others.

    February 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Thankyou very much for your review... πŸ™