13th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-24 is an amalgamation of unleash cinematic creativity & madness of cine-goers of beautiful city of Kolkata. The Kolkata city is the hub of Bengali Cinema, a culturally rich & destination of many budding filmmakers since past century. The festival objective is to give momentum to the short cinema & to foster the growth of new breed of filmmakers.

The festival is dedicated to serve the short filmmakers specifically from west Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Orissa along with short film makers from India & world.

The humble journey of KSIFF has began in year 2012 to mark the 100 years celebration of Indian cinema & to salute the contribution of the Bengali film industry towards the development of cinema in India. The 2012 to 2023 editions of festival were huge success with participation from all over India & foreign nations and are the trendsetter festival in India & now in huge demand among young filmmakers.

The festival provide platform to aspiring and professional filmmakers for showcasing their talent with networking & marketing opportunities in film industry. The festival also hosts master classes & short film market. The festival objective is to create short films culture, promotion of upcoming filmmakers, developing sources of revenue generation for short films and to make short film making a commercial enterprise.

Awards & Prizes

KSIFF-24

Production Awards
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Music Video
Special Festival Mention
Honorable Jury Mention
Best Director
Best Ad Film

Creative Awards
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best VFX

Performance Awards
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

Music Awards
Best Original Music
Best Background Music

Rules & Terms

Rules and Regulations:

13th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-2024

1. Awards for both professional and students category-

Production Awards

❏ Best Short Film ❏ Best Animation ❏ Best Documentary ❏ Best Music Video ❏ Honorable Jury Mention ❏ Best Director
❏ Special Festival Mention ❏ Best Ad Film

Creative Awards

❏ Best Cinematography ❏ Best Editing ❏Best Screenplay
❏ Best VFX

Performance Awards

❏ Best Actor ❏ Best Actress
❏ Best Supporting Actor ❏ Best Supporting Actress

Music Awards

❏ Best Original Music ❏ Best Background Music

Certificate of participation will be given to all participants. The winners will be honored with certificate and trophy + short film distribution deal.

2. Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.

3. Year of production & accepted movie duration:

Year of production: Jan-2021 onwards
Short Film, Documentaries & Animation: up-to 60 min
Music Videos: 2-8 min & ad film- any duration

4. Films participated in KSIFF-2012 to 2023 are not eligible for participation in 2024.

5. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.

6. KSIFF-24 stages/process:
• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted films by the festival office on 17 July 24 and late submission notification on 21 July 24.
• Delegate registration to attend KSIFF-24. All filmmakers must have registered as delegate to attend the festival. Hospitality charges are applicable for filmmakers & attendees, which include lunch, tea/coffee with cookies & master classes.
• Festival movies screening & workshops followed by award ceremony on 28 July 2024 at Kolkata, India.

7. Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-2024 does not take any type financial commitment for the expense incurred on the correspondence by the participant. All Travel, Lodging & Boarding and other miscellaneous expenses will have to be borne by the participant himself for attending the festival. No request for the same will be entertained.

8. Once the film submitted can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.

9. By submitting movie to Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-2024, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.
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  • Sai Karan Talwar

    Thank you for having our film GHANIMAH screen this year, we are very grateful to have been a part of your festival.

    October 2023
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  • Pratyush Halder

    Excellent experience. Very well organized festival

    August 2023
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  • Gino 家诺 Zhang张

    It's a very good film festival

    August 2023
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  • Julia Deak

    This festival is considerate in a rare way, and it's good that they also showed their respect for film work with a certificate. The letters confirming the selection show that an important aspect of the festival is the motivation of filmmakers.
    Thank you for allowing me to participate in the festival with my short film Future Fractal.

    August 2023
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  • VIJAY CHAUGULE

    12th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-23 is without any doubt one of the most prestigious film festivals.
    I'm super glad to be a part of 12th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-23 with my short film 'VYARTH'.
    Thanks for understating the depth and need for the social message that we want to give through "VYARTH".
    It has been an honor to be a part of this incredible film festival.

    May the festival continue to provide filmmakers with a platform that encourages creativity and expressiveness.
    Five stars! I highly recommend this prestigious film Festival!
    Thank you for the experience!

    August 2023
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