The 7th Durgapur International Film Festival was organized recently. It started as “Solis Short Film Festival” for the first time in 2016 at Durgapur.

Only 10–12 short films from West Bengal were presented during the festival’s inaugural season. The filmmakers very well accepted the festival, and it has been held every year since. The celebration continued online even in the midst of the corona pandemic. The event, now known as the “Durgapur International Film Festival,” has more than 150 films submitted to it, making it one of the leading Indian film festivals. The festival, which is being held in Kolkata for the first time, is in its seventh edition.

The festival was held at Dr. Triguna Sen Auditorium, Jadavpur University, where 40 short and feature films were screened.

A total of 153 films were submitted from different parts of the world in categories like feature, short and documentary films.

Biswanath Bose and Anamika Saha graced the film festival.

Anamika Saha and cameraman Shri Dilip Das was presented with Life Time Achievement Award this year.

The judge’s panel consisted of Sila Dutta, Ashoke Viswanathan, Cameraman Bibek Banerjee, famous theaters director Sabyasachi Biswas and the famous film director from Bangladesh Shahidul Haque Khan.

Category –Name- Film Language

Child Actor (short Film) Madhura More Munghyar Marathi

Actor Female Anuya Kalaskar Shimga Marathi

Critics Choice – Female Divya Seth Shah The Session English

Best Actor Male (Short Film)

Critics Choice Actor – Male Biswanath Basu Warrant Bengali

Editor Suvadip Sengupta Eyeris English

DOP Dhananjay Bali Varaaha Hindi

Story & Concept Manas Sagra The Tongue of My Mother Assamese

Director Sanat Dhananjay Ganu Shimga Marathi

Social Awerness film Nilesh Yashwant Ambedkar Munghyar Marathi

Animated film Sreemon Das A Conclusion Silent

Music Video 2nd Runner up Runa Choudhury Tabu e Mon Bengali

Music Video 1st Runner up Saubhik Chattapadhyay Ki Paini Tari Hisab Bengali

Music Video Avishek Basu Najariyaa Hindi

Documentary 2nd Runner Up Priyanka Saharia Mon Pakhila Asamese

Documentary 1st Runner Up Pratim Chatterjee Narayan Debnath Bengali

Documentary film Somnath Mondal Dukhu Majhi Bengali

Mobile Short Film Debasish Biswas Mind Bengali

Short film Critics Choice Amrit Makhlooq Hindi

Short Film 2nd Runner Up Sharanya Dey The Nightmare of an Accidental Artist Bengali

Short Film 1st Runner Up Mohan Anandrao Dhuldhar Ankur Marathi

Best Short film Rishabh Kumar The Session English

Category Name Film Language

Child Actor (Feature Film) Puja Das Brihanalla Bengali

Actor Male (Feature Film) Shekhar Das, Megh Sayantani Ghosh Brihanalla Bengali

Feature Film – 2nd Runner-up Dibyadoot Roychowdhury Brihanalla Bengali

Feature Film – 1st Runner Up Kishore Moodabidri Cake Bengali

Best Feature Film Asok R Nath Holy Wound Silent

Category Name Film Language

Best Neibouring Country Short Film Jibon Shahadat Chad Bagan Bangla Desh

Best Short Film Foreign 2nd Runner Up Biplab Sanyal The Grumpy Uncle Sweden (Bengali, Hindi) Biplab Sanyal The Grumpy Uncle Sweden (Bengali, Hindi)

Best Short Film Foreign 1st Runner Up Jiatong Tu Luck China (Chinese)

Best Short Film Foreign Gudmund Helmsdal Brother Troll Faroe Island (Faroese)

Best Foreign Documentary Hellen Rose Haunted Burkha Australia (Afghani)

Best Feature Film Foreign Runner-up Mitsuo Kurihara The Haunted Jizo of Shimo Japan (Japanese)

Best Feature Film Foreign Kate Bohan Harpar USA (English)

Category (LTA) Name Film Language

Life time achievement – Actress Anamika Saha

Lifetime achievement – DOP Dilip Das

Congratulations to the winners!!

Priyanka Dutta