Durgapur International Short Film Festival (DISFF) is in its fifth year and has already made a name of its own. The festival has screened over 500 short films from various parts of the globe in its last four seasons so far. This year in 2020, there is total submission of more than 150 short films from the various countries of the world.

The 5^th season of the festival (DISFF-2020) was supposed to be held in April 2020 but due to the outbreak of Covid-19 Corona Virus, the same got postponed to September 2020. Though the internal processes like initial screening, selection of credentials etc. have started in June 2020 it will be completed by the mid of Aug 2020 before the final result declaration on 13.09.2020.

Following is the event flow of DISFF-5 (2020):

Initial Screening by Panel Members: 16^th Jun to 15^th Aug 2020

Notification of Selection/Rejection: 15^th Aug 2020 (Sunday)

Screening of selected films by Jury Members: 16^th Aug to 10^th Sep 2020

Final Result Declaration: 13^th Sep 2020 (Sunday)

Because there is a complete restriction of public gathering in India, the whole festival is being conducted through online digital platforms with the utmost priority of transparency at every stage.

Judges: Goutam Ghosh, Ashok Biswanatham

Lifetime Achievement Award: Great Indian theatre artist Mr. Chapal Bhaduri

Total Submitted Films: 167

Foreign Films: 47

Indian Films: 120

Foreign Country’s Name: USA, Italy, U.K, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Korea, Malta, Mexico, Turkey, U.A.E

Award:

1) Best Film winner Indian (Cash money, awards, certificate)

2) Best Film 1st runner up Indian (Cash money, awards, certificate)

3) Best Film 2nd Runner up (Cash money, awards, certificate)

4) Film foreign Film

5) Best Director

6) Best Actor male

7) Best Actor female

8) Best Editor

9) Best Music

10) Best Story & Concept

11) Best Child Artist

12) Best Screenplay Writer

13) Best Film Critics Award