7th Durgapur International Film Festival Organized
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