West Bengal International Film Festival (WBIFF) 2025 was organised by Event Maniac Foundation, in collaboration with Cine Central, Calcutta.
This is 3rd Edition.
Screening Dates & Venue:
📅 22nd – 24th December 2025
📍 Nandan – III, Kolkata
Award Ceremony:
đź“… 30th December 2025
đź“Ť Birendra Mancha, Shyambazar, Kolkata
Chief Guest / Guests Present at Award Ceremony:
â—Ź Sajal Dutta – (Cine Central, Calcutta – General Secretary)
â—Ź Nirmal Chandra Dhar (Jury Member) – Prominent Indian film critic, festival programmer and journalist
â—Ź Papia Choudhury (Jury Member) – Writer and reviewer for KIFF Daily Bulletin, Selection Committee Member – Kolkata International Children Film Festival, Classical dance performer, examiner, and theatre artist
â—Ź Jaydip Mukherjee – Jaydip Mukherjee is an Indian filmmaker best known for directing the documentary film ‘Other Ray’: The Art of Satyajit Ray. He has also directed numerous documentary films
and is widely recognized for his work in non-fiction cinema.
â—Ź Premendu Bikash Chaki (P. B. Chaki)- Â Indian cinematographer, director and screenwriter associated with Tollywood. He has been actively involved in Bengali cinema through his work behind the camera and in direction, contributing significantly to regional filmmaking.
6 documentaries, 2 music videos, 3 feature films, 26 short films were screened in Nandan.
LION Sovan Chakraborty, President of Event Maniac Foundation, inaugurated the Festival.