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Bengal International Short Film Festival
BISFF
8th Bengal International Short Film Festival organised by Bengal Film and Television Chamber of Commerce will be held at NANDAN, the Film Centre in Kolkata from 15 to 18 May 2023. Inconvenience for the change of dates regretted.
After a Grand Success of the 7th Bengal International Short Film Festival (BISFF) we are announcing the 8th edition of BISFF in May 2023 in the City of Cinema – Kolkata. The festival is organized by the Bengal Film and Television Chamber of Commerce (BFTCC) to promote and encourage young and talented independent filmmakers from all over the world. This year the festival will be showcased preferably at NANDAN – the Film Center of Kolkata from 2-5 May 2023.
Official Selection List of BISFF 2023
DOCUMENTARY | COMPETITION | ||||
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1 | My Son and His Grandfather | 00:38:30 | India | Bengali | Bijoy Chowdhury |
2 | Elemental & Calm Abiding | 00:38:52 | Canada | English | Barbara Willis Sweete |
3 | Summer in Corbett | 00:17:00 | India | English | Swarnendu Biswas |
4 | The Ripple | 00:23:24 | India | Other | Khwairakpam Bishwamittra Singh |
5 | Madan Veri – Breath of the Ghasis | 00:33:02 | India | Bengali | Somnath Mondal |
6 | Mulsotan – The Rooted | 00:27:36 | India | Gujarati | Janantik Shukla |
7 | Haatkatha | 00:14:55 | India | Assamese | Sangeeta Medhi |
8 | Made In Belda | 00:23:10 | India | Hindi | Rafina Khatun |
9 | Immaculate | 00:02:49 | France | French | Charlie Haan |
10 | Searcher | 00:19:28 | India | English | Divya Sachar |
11 | Submerged | 00:25:00 | India | Other | Iqbal Hussain |
DOCUMENTARY | PANORAMA | ||||
1 | Mother will Arrive | 00:29:42 | India | Bengali, English | Runa Mukherjee Parikh |
2 | Before Pandemic and War, There Were Bed Bugs and Love! | 00:17:00 | Lithuania | Bengali, English, Lithuanian | Nuruzzaman Khan |
3 | Native Place | 00:34:59 | India | Bengali, English, Hindi | Andrew Francisco |
4 | Sadai Fakirer Pathshala | 00:19:23 | India | Bengali | Satyajit Dasgupta |
5 | Dear Maa | 00:20:00 | Malaysia | English | January Low, Ineza Roussille |
6 | The Robot and The Butterfly | 00:25:03 | Lithuania | Lithuanian | Gaile Garnelyte |
7 | Flower of mother earth | 00:16:21 | India | Other | Laxminarayan Devda, Pradeep Lekhwar |
8 | Angels from Water | 00:08:00 | India | Bengali | Bishwajit Sheel |
SHORT FICTION | COMPETITION | ||||
1 | My Father’s Doctor | 00:18:00 | India | Kashmiri, Urdu | Danish Renzu |
2 | 50th Anniversary | 00:39:40 | India | Bengali | Tamal Dasgupta |
3 | Duswapna | 00:13:00 | India | Gujarati | Jay Kholia |
4 | Pinky and Papa | 00:16:27 | India | Hindi | Shivang Khanna |
5 | Probaho (The flow of life) | 00:14:14 | India | Bengali | Promita Bhowmik |
6 | Wagr0 | 00:09:45 | India | Marathi | Sainath Somnath Uskaikar |
7 | Daari deepa | 00:39:23 | India | Kannada | Vinay Kumar P |
8 | Daah Sanskar | 00:29:32 | India | Hindi | Falguni Bhakta |
9 | Mother | 00:19:39 | India | Assamese | Anupjyoti Choudhury |
10 | Stray | 00:16:14 | India | Bengali | Abhishek Bhattacharyya |
11 | Ankahi Baatien | 00:17:02 | India | Hindi | Sujatha Rajashekar |
12 | Ankhidari | 00:25:09 | India | Assamese | Mriganka Borah |
13 | The Parable of Tommy | 00:37:00 | India | Malayalam | Vimal jose Thachil |
14 | Pantomime – a love beyond colour… | 00:24:25 | India | Hindi | Utpal Choudhury |
15 | The Green Window | 00:39:43 | India | Hindi | Indira Dhar Mukkherjee |
16 | The One-Way Ticket | 00:10:11 | Germany | Persian | Melika Rezapour |
17 | Sweet Curd | 00:13:24 | India | Assamese | Bhaskar Deka |
18 | Portrait | 00:25:00 | India | Bengali | Kunal Chowdhury |
19 | The Money Plant | 00:27:44 | India | Bengali | Alik Roy, Sudipta Goswami |
20 | Brink of tears | 00:19:00 | France | French | Anne Amiand |
21 | Takbir | 00:14:49 | Spain | English, French, Italian, Spanish | Jordi Calvet |
22 | Kaankhowa | 00:29:04 | India | Assamese | Hira Das |
23 | Miru | 00:19:49 | India | Other | Shyama Sundar Majhi |
24 | What Are You Searching? | 00:34:55 | India | Hindi | Princy Pal |
25 | Homecoming | 00:30:00 | Bangladesh | Bengali | S M Kamrul Ahsan |
SHORT FICTION | PANORAMA | ||||
1 | Mafia | 00:20:38 | United States | English | Harshad Mahadeshwar, MrudhuKiran Akella |
2 | Urula | 00:15:42 | India | Malayalam | Sanju M Suresh |
3 | Last Wish | 00:14:53 | Bangladesh | Bengali, English | Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko |
4 | Circle | 00:04:33 | India | Bengali | Suman Chatterjee |
5 | déjà vu | 00:23:45 | Bangladesh | Bengali | Rayhan Shoshi |
6 | Qurbat – A dark desire | 00:12:22 | India | Hindi | Subhadip Mazumdar |
7 | Black Gold | 00:29:14 | India | Bengali | Debabrata Bhowmik |
8 | Ebong Shubho Ratri | 00:28:51 | India | Bengali | Pratish Ghosh |
9 | Memoriam | 00:11:00 | United Kingdom | English | Kayser Foyz |
10 | Juddho Joyer Kishore Nayak | 00:29:21 | Bangladesh | Bengali | Shaila Rahman Tithi |
11 | Hands Of A… | 00:14:55 | India | English | Snigdha P Roy |
12 | Karonda Keema | 00:19:35 | India | Hindi | Tabish |
13 | Behind an Audition | 00:16:38 | India | Bengali | Spandan Bandyopadhyay |
14 | Birthday | 00:09:40 | India | Bengali | Sudip Chatterjee |
15 | Skylamp | 00:27:25 | India | Bengali | Pavel Paul |
16 | Dark Mirror | 00:06:37 | India | No Dialogue | Sayantan Roy |
17 | Birohe Jodi | 00:28:00 | India | Bengali | Anuradha Kunda |
SCHEDULE FOR 8th Bengal International Short Film Festival
15 to 18 May 2023 daily from 1.30PM to 7.30PM at Nandan, the Film Center in Kolkata
֍ 1st Day: 15 May Monday
- Before Pandemic and War, There Were Bed Bugs and Love!; Doc; 00:17:00; Lithuania; Bengali, English, Lithuanian; Nuruzzaman Khan.
- Dear Maa; Doc; 00:20:00; Malaysia; English; January Low, Ineza Roussille.
- The Robot and The Butterfly; Doc; 00:25:03; Lithuania; Lithuania; Gaile Garnelyte.
- Flower of Mother Earth; Doc; 00:16:21; India; Other; Laxminarayan Devda, Pradeep Lekhwar.
- Native Place; Doc; 00:34:59; India; Bengali, English, Hindi; Andrew Francisco.
- Angels from Water; Doc; 00:08:00; India; Bengali; Bishwajit Sheel.
- Mother will Arrive; Doc; 00:29:42; India, Bengali, English; Runa Mukherjee Parikh.
- Sadai Fakirer Pathshala; Doc; 00:19:23; India; Bengali; Satyajit Dasgupta.
- Submerged; Doc; 00:25:00; India; Other; Iqbal Hussain.
INAUGURAL PROGRAM: 5PM to 6PM - The Green Window; Fic; 00:39:43; India; Hindi; Indira Dhar Mukkherjee.
- My Son and His Grandfather; Doc; 00:38:30; India; Bengali; Bijoy Chowdhury.
֍ 2nd Day: 16 May Tuesday - Elemental & Calm Abiding; Doc; 00:38:52; Canada; English; Barbara Willis Sweete.
- Mulsotan – The Rooted; Doc; 00:27:36; India; Gujarati; Janantik Shukla.
- Immaculate; Doc; 00:02:49; France; French; Charlie Haan.
- Mafia; Fic; 00:20:38; United States; English; Harshad Mahadeshwar, MrudhuKiran Akella.
- Memoriam; Fic; 00:11:00; United Kingdom; English; Kayser Foyz.
- Karonda Keema; Fic; 00:19:35; India; Hindi; Tabish.
- Urula; Fic; 00:15:42; India; Malayalam; Sanju M Suresh.
- Hands Of A…; Fic; 00:14:55; India; English; Snigdha P Roy.
- Qurbat – A dark desire; Fic; 00:12:22; India; Hindi; Subhadip Mazumdar.
- Black Gold; Fic; 00:29:14; India; Bengali; Debabrata Bhowmik.
- Ebong Shubho Ratri; Fic; 00:28:51; India; Bengali; Pratish Ghosh.
- Dark Mirror; Fic; 00:06:37; India; No Dialogue; Sayantan Roy.
- Mother; Fic; 00:19:39; India; Assamese; Anupjyoti Choudhury.
- Sweet Curd; Fic; 00:13:24; India; Assamese; Bhaskar Deka.
- Haatkatha; Doc; 00:14:55; India; Assamese; Sangeeta Medhi.
- Summer in Corbett; Doc; 00:17:00; India; English; Swarnendu Biswas.
- Made In Belda; Doc; 00:23:10; India; Hindi; Rafina Khatun.
- Madan Veri – Breath of the Ghasis; Doc; 00:33:02; India; Bengali; Somnath Mondal.
֍ 3rd Day: 17 May Wednesday - The Ripple; Doc; 00:23:24; India; Other; Khwairakpam Bishwamittra Singh.
- Searcher; Doc; 00:19:28; India; English; Divya Sachar.
- My Father’s Doctor; Fic; 00:18:00; India; Kashmiri, Urdu; Danish Renzu.
- Duswapna; Fic; 00:13:00; India; Gujarati; Jay Kholia.
- Pinky and Papa; Fic; 00:16:27; India; Hindi; Shivang Khanna.
- Daari deepa; Fic; 00:39:23; India; Kannada; Vinay Kumar P.
- Daah Sanskar; Fic; 00:29:32; India; Hindi; Falguni Bhakta.
- Ankahi Baatien; Fic; 00:17:02; India; Hindi; Sujatha Rajashekar.
- Pantomime – A Love Beyond Colour…; Fic; 00:24:25; India; Hindi; Utpal Choudhury.
- Portrait; Fic; 00:25:00; India; Bengali; Kunal Chowdhury.
- Probaho – The Flow of Life; Fic; 00:14:14; India; Bengali; Promita Bhowmik.
- The Money Plant; Fic; 00:27:44; India; Bengali; Alik Roy, Sudipta Goswami.
- Wagro; Fic; 00:09:45; India; Marathi; Sainath S. Uskaikar.
- Stray; Fic; 00:16:14; India; Bengali; Abhishek Bhattacharyya.
- Miru; Fic; 00:19:49; India; Other; Shyama Sundar Majhi.
- Behind an Audition; Fic; 00:16:38; India; Bengali; Spandan Bandyopadhyay.
- Sky Lamp; Fic; 00:27:25; India; Bengali; Pavel Paul.
֍ 4th Day: 18 May Thursday - Takbir; Fic; 00:14:49; Spain; English, French, Italian, Spanish; Jordi Calvet.
- The Parable of Tommy; Fic; 00:37:00; India; Malayalam; Vimal Jose Thachil.
- The One-Way Ticket; Fic; 00:10:11; Germany; Persian; Melika Rezapour.
- Brink of Tears; Fic; 00:19:00; France; French; Anne Amiand.
- Homecoming; Fic; 00:30:00; Bangladesh; Bengali; S M Kamrul Ahsan.
- Kaankhowa; Fic; 00:29:04; India; Assamese; Hira Das.
- What Are You Searching? Fic; 00:34:55; India; Hindi; Princy Pal.
- Last Wish; Fic; 00:14:53; Bangladesh; Bengali, English; Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko.
- Déjà Vu; Fic; 00:23:45; Bangladesh; Bengali; Rayhan Shoshi.
- Juddho Joyer Kishore Nayak; Fic; 00:29:21; Bangladesh; Bengali; Shaila Rahman Tithi.
- Birthday; Fic; 00:09:40; India; Bengali; Sudip Chatterjee.
- Birohe Jodi; Fic; 00:28:00; India; Bengali; Anuradha Kunda.
- Circle; Fic; 00:04:33; India; Bengali; Suman Chatterjee.
- 50th Anniversary; Fic; 00:39:40 ; India; Bengali; Dasgupta Tamal.
- Ankhidari; Fic; 00:25:09; India ; Assamese; Mriganka Borah.
NB: Program is subject to last-minute change without prior notice in case of any unavoidable circumstances.