Kolkata International Micro Film Festival - KIMFF 2025 is an International Short & Micro Film Festival, running in its sixth year. This international film festival is organized by Onu Chhobi Welfare Association, Kolkata.

The festival invites all short film makers, micro film makers, mobile film makers with their short, micro and mobile films, in the live action, Animation & Documentary genre, Music Video & Short Scripts for micro film in any language (with English Subtitle), within a duration of 30 minutes (including the title and credits).

The festival aims to showcase the best of latest National and International Short Films of the world in front of the Film lovers of Kolkata, India.

In addition, KIMFF shines a significant amount of light on screenwriting in Bengali language through its Best Cine Writer Awards program with annual competitions in micro and short formats.

KIMFF is well familiar with and understand the complete cycle of, and the challenges of, professional film making. The method is always complicated and unforgiving, from the perils of funding to the delivery of any given job. We understand that a film or screenplay can take a short lifetime to complete, and whether or not any given work is selected at Kolkata International Micro Film Festival, creative minds are encouraged to keep pressing forward!

We understand filmmakers and writers have many options when it comes to festivals, and we appreciate your interest in KIMFF 2025.

Awards & Prizes

For International Short and Micro Films:
Awards:

1) Best International Micro or Mobile Film
Winner award and Runners up Trophy

2) Best International Short Film
Winner award & Runners up Trophy

3) Best International Animation Micro Film
Winner award & Runners up Trophy

4) Best International Documentary Film
Winner award & Runners up Trophy

All the officially selected Short films will get the Laurel of the festival, and Official Selection certificates of the festival. Winner will get an additional Winner Certificate also.
To get the Winners Trophy, any of the representative of the short film team, must present in the venue.

For Indian Short and Micro Films:
Awards:

1) Best Indian Micro or Mobile Film
Winner Cash award and Runners up Trophy & Certificate

2) Best Indian Short Film
Winner Cash award and Runners up Trophy.& Certificate

3) Best Indian Animation Micro Film
Winner Cash award & Runners up Trophy & Certificate

4) Best Indian Documentary Film
Winner Cash award & Runners up Trophy & Certificate

1) Best Music Video
Winner Cash award & Runners up Trophy & Certificate

For Bengali Short / Micro / Mobile Films,
Awards:
1) Winner, Best Bengali Short Film Cash award & Trophy & Certificate
2) 1st Runners Up, Best Bengali Short Film award & Trophy & Certificate
3) 2nd Runners Up, Best Bengali Short Film award & Trophy & Certificate

TROPHY Awards for Technicians in Bengali Short/Micro/Mobile/Documentary Film

1) Best Editor in Bengali Short Film
2) Best Cinematographer in Bengali Short Film
3) Best Background Score in Bengali Short Film.
4) Best Director in Bengali Short Film
5) Best Director in Bengali Documentary Film
6) Best Scriptwriter in Bengali Short Film
7) Best Sound in Bengali Short Film
8) Best Actor (Male) in Bengali Short Film
9) Best Actor (Female) in Bengali Short Film
10) Best Poster in Bengali Short Film.

For Bengali Short / Micro Film Scripit
Awards:

The Top Five Award Winners will get the Winner Certificate and also the Winners Trophy from the Festival Coordinator along with CASH Prize.

All the Officially selected Short and Micro films will get the Laurel of the festival and also the Official Selection Certificate from the Festival Coordinator.

If the crew member of any Officially Selected Short & Micro Films, or Winning Short & Micro Films are not present in the venue, the Winning Trophy or Memento will not be given to the film afterwards, although we will send the soft copy of the certificates to their official email.

Rules & Terms

Duration:
**The film Duration of the Short film or Documentary film should be within 30 minutes and the Duration of the Micro or Mobile film should be within 15 minutes.

**The decision of the Jury will be final and no alteration will be entertained.

**Kolkata International Micro Film Festival - KIMFF does not take any type of financial commitment for the expense incurred on the correspondence by the participants. All Travel, Lodging and Boarding and other miscellaneous expenses will have to be borne by the participant himself/herself for attending the festival. No request for the same will be entertained.

**If the Submitted Short Film or Micro Film or Mobile Film is Publicly Available in any YouTube Channel or in Vimeo or in any other Public Video Platforms what so ever, the Short Film will not be Selected for the Festival.

**Once the film or Scipt is submitted, it can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances. However festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film or Script on certain grounds.

**By submitting live action short & micro & mobile films and Animated Short & Micro Films and Bengali Film Scripts in Kolkata International Micro Film Festival 2024 film makers /producers/ writers takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of the films.

Filmmakers are requested to submit the following through email at imffkolkata@gmail.com

i. Synopsis of the Film or documentaries
ii. Crew and Cast List.
iii. Biography and Filmography of the Film Director
iv. Photograph of the Film Director
v. Still and posters of the film in JPEG format.

By Submitting in this festival the film makers / writers are giving the rights to show the trailers of their short films, or to print the scripts or restrict it from printing to the festival organizers.

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  • ASIM KUMAR SAHU

    Great experience and opportunity for new film maker to expose them.

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Sir.

  • Shaunak Tiwari

    It is a very well organised festival. The staff was cooperative and sweet. I hope to visit this festival the next year.

    January 2024
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  • Creative Claps

    It's a very well-organized film festival. Thank you for giving me the best director award for my film Captured. They sent all the updates regarding the festival on time. It was an honour to receive the prize from a legendary filmmaker like Mr. Goutam Ghose. Hope KIMFF continues like this every year, so that all the budding filmmakers get the encouragement to make more quality short films.

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Sir.

  • Pratyush Halder

    This is one of the best festivals in Kolkata and also in the country. An amazing platform for budding filmmakers and writers because these people not only promoting short film culture, they are also helping and providing financial aids to winning filmmakers which is a much bigger motivation for independent filmmakers.This is a great platform to submit your film

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Sir.

  • Harry Waldman

    Thanks for selecting "Enter the Room" into your festival. I wasn't able to attend the event in person, but the communication was clear and concise and I received everything I needed. I had a good experience overall and will consider submitting future projects to Kolkata International Micro Film Festival.

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Sir