South Asian Short Film Festival is the biggest Short Fiction and Documentary Film Festival in Eastern India. The festival is organized by the Federation of Film Societies of India (Estd. 1959) Eastern Region which will take place at Nandan, the film center Kolkata from 8-13 July, 2024 physically. The first six editions of the festival had witnessed a great enthusiasm and appreciation from Film Makers, Critics and Audiences. Every year we showcase about 100 films in different sections like: Short Fiction (Competition), Short Fiction (Panorama), Documentary- Short & Long (Competition), Documentary- Short & Long (Panorama), Asian Window (Short Fiction and Documentary - both Out of Competition).
1. Satyajit Ray Golden Award for the Best Documentary
2. Satyajit Ray Silver Award for the 2nd Best Documentary
3. Satyajit Ray Bronze Award for the 3rd Best Documentary
4. Ritwik Ghatak Golden Award for the Best Short Fiction
5. Ritwik Ghatak Silver Award for the 2nd Best Short Fiction
6. Ritwik Ghatak Bronze Award for the 3rd Best Short Fiction
7. Mrinal Sen Golden Award for the Best Direction in Documentary
8. V Shantaram Golden Award for the Best Direction in Short Fiction