The logo, flyer, and Royal Bengal Golden Tiger Trophy of the 28^th Kolkata International Film Festival were unveiled recently.

Gracing the occasion was Raj Chakraborty, June Malia, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Haranath Chakraborty, Aroop Biswas, Power Minister Of West Bengal, Birbaha Hansda, Rukmini Maitra, and others.

The festival will start on 15^th December and end on 22^nd December.

The inauguration will take place on 15^th December at Netaji Indoor Stadium. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with eminent celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sourav Ganguly, Arijit Singh, and others will grace the inauguration ceremony.

The inaugural will take place at 4 pm.

The inaugural film will be Abhiman and will be screened at the Netaji Indoor Stadium and Rabindra Stadium on 15^th December at 5.30 pm.

1078 films from 57 countries applied for participating in the 28^th KIFF. 183 films from 42 countries, including 130 feature films and 52 short and documentary films have been selected.

66 films will be there in the competition section and 114 films including the inaugural film will be there in the non-competition section.

231 shows in 14 categories will be shown during the seven days of the film festival.

The festival will pay homage to Jean-Luc Godard, pioneer of the French New Wave, and centenary tribute to Alan Resnais, Peir Paolo Pasolini, Michael Cacoyannis, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Asit Sen, Bharati Devi, K. Asif, Ali Akbar Khan, Dilip Kumar.

The special tribute will be paid to Tarun Majumdar, Angela Lansbury, Pradip Mukherjee, and Shiv Kumar Sharma.

There will be a special category “Game On” on 28^th KIFF. The film festival will screen 7 films to celebrate youth and spirit in society, a new initiative for promoting sports.

The 28^th KIFF will pay homage to the living legend, Amitabh Bachchan, by screening 9 films of the legendary actor in the Retrospective category.

The Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture will be delivered on 18^th December at 4 pm at Sisir Mancha by Sudhir Mishra. He will speak on “Understanding Cinema in Changing Times of OTT”.

Two exhibitions will be there at the film festival. They are:

• Amitabh Bachchan- A Living Legend at Gaganendra Pradarshashala and Nazrul Tirtha
• Jean-Luc Godard- The Immortal Object of Art at Nandan Foyer and Nazrul Tirtha.

The Cine Adda will take from 17^th to 21^st December from 6 pm onwards at Ektara Mancha, Nandan, Rabindra Sadan complex.

The venues where the films will be screened include Nandan I, Nandan II, Nandan III, Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Paschim Banga bangle Akademi Sabhaghar (Talk Show and Masterclass), Radha Studio (Cinema Centenary Building), Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Nazrul Tirtha I and Nazrul Tirtha II.

The closing ceremony will take place on 22^nd December at Rabindra Sadan at 6.30 pm.

Priyanka Dutta