Overview
- KIFF opened on November 6 at Kolkata’s Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium with Saptapadi, inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
- The Kolkata edition features 215 films from 39 countries with a Poland focus, a six-film restored centenary tribute to Ritwik Ghatak, and new spotlights on migration and rare-language cinema.
- BangaBibhushan awards at the KIFF inauguration honoured singer Arati Mukherjee and actor-MP Shatrughan Sinha.
- IFFI in Goa runs November 20–28 with over 240 films from 81 countries, a first-ever street carnival opening in Panaji, Japan as Country of Focus, and a record 2,314 submissions.
- Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail will open IFFI, which introduces an AI Film Festival and Hackathon, hosts extensive masterclasses, and will felicitate Rajinikanth at the closing ceremony.