{"id":663227,"date":"2024-12-01T18:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=663227"},"modified":"2024-12-01T18:53:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:53:51","slug":"30th-kolkata-international-film-festival-a-cinematic-extravaganza-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/663227\/","title":{"rendered":"30th Kolkata International Film Festival: A Cinematic Extravaganza Awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/663227\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-663228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/film-fest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>The 30th Kolkata International Film Festival ( KIFF) is set to commence on December 4, offering a cinematic feast with 175 films from 29 countries. This year, France takes the spotlight as the festival\u2019s focus country, promising a rich showcase of French cinema<\/p>\n<p>The festival lineup includes 42 feature-length films, 30 short films and documentaries in competitive categories, and 103 non-competitive entries. Screenings will be held at 20 venues across Kolkata from December 5 to December 11.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the Festival<br \/>\nThe logo and theme song for this year\u2019s KIFF were unveiled on Friday at an event held at Rabindra Sadan. The ceremony was attended by notable personalities, including KIFF chairman Gautam Ghose, Minister Aroop Biswas, Indranil Sen, Birbaha Hansda, and Nicolas Facino, director of Alliance Fran\u00e7aise du Bengale.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival will pay homage to the legendary filmmaker Tapan Sinha on his birth anniversary, with his celebrated film Golpo Holeo Sotyi likely to open the festival. Additionally, tributes will be paid to the birth centenaries of cultural icons Marlon Brando, Marcello Mastroianni, and Mohammad Rafi.<\/p>\n<p>A special segment focusing on contemporary French women filmmakers will add to the festival&#8217;s appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Changes and Special Guests<br \/>\nThe 30th KIFF is expected to see a shift in its usual grandeur, with some prominent superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Salman Khan absent this year. However, the festival will still shine with the presence of Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar as chief guests. Vidya Balan is also expected to attend on December 5.<\/p>\n<p>The opening ceremony, traditionally held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, has been relocated to the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>A Message from the Chairman<br \/>\nSpeaking about the festival, KIFF chairman Gautam Ghose said, \u201cIt\u2019s true that the number of people going to the theatre to watch Bengali films has decreased. But the footfall in the festival will not reduce. Even though OTTs have taken over, directors have not stopped making films for the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further emphasized, \u201cIn the AI era, the entire filmmaking process will change. Before that happens, I request the audience to experience different kinds of films in this year\u2019s festival.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 30th Kolkata International Film Festival ( KIFF) is set to commence on December 4, offering a cinematic feast with 175 films from 29 countries. This year, France takes the spotlight as the festival\u2019s focus country, promising a rich showcase of French cinema The festival lineup includes 42 feature-length films, 30 short films and documentaries in competitive categories, and 103 non-competitive entries. Screenings will be held at 20 venues across Kolkata from December 5 to December 11. Highlights of the Festival The logo and theme song for this year\u2019s KIFF&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":663228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51629,47742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663230,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663227\/revisions\/663230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}