Durgapur International Film Festival

The short film festival at Durgapur was started by Solis Institute of Acting & Arts – Durgapur under the ownership of Debolina Modak Sadhu and Tiyasha Movies – Kolkata under the ownership of Kajari Modak. The 1st festival was initially organised in 2016 and was named as “Solis Short Film Festival – Durgapur”. For the last two consecutive years, this event has gathered a huge popularity among the people of Durgapur, Kolkata & various parts of West Bengal & outside. In the 1st festival, total 25-30 numbers of short films were screened in the presence of expert judges from Theatre & Film Industry. In 2nd Short Film Festival – 2017, the event could gathered 45-50 numbers of finely worked short films under various cadres. In that festival, we were blessed by the presence of legendary actor Mr. Chinmay Roy and we had the opportunity to honour him with “Life Time Achievement Award”. 3rd Film Festival was enriched with more than 100 short films in various cadres. The legendary actor of Tollywood Mr. Biplab Chatterjee was honoured with Life Time Achievement Award. 4th Festival conducted in Jan 2019 gathered more than 130 entries from various parts of the country and few came from outside India. Top 35 entries have been screened in the presence of expert Juries. 5th Festival conducted online in Sep 2020 due to corona pandemic worldwide. Even with all the restrictions of lockdown across the world, our festival could manage to gather more than 130 entries from various parts of the country & more then 40 entries came from outside India. Our team can't be thankful enough for the kind of support you film-makers have shown on us. With the new hope of Corona Virus Vaccine, we will be organizing this year's festival as a mega event & will be conducted in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Kolkata is a city of cultural heritage having a traditional history of film making. Hope, DISFF Season 6 in 2021 will be as joyful and successful like all the last seasons. Thanks to all the film makers around the world for such a beautiful collaboration with Durgapur International Short Film Festival.