Calcutta International Short Film Festival seeks to enlighten, educate, and entertain the viewers’ community through the exhibition of short length cinema.
Moonlight Dreams
Written and diirected by Souvid Datta.
Krishna, 17 years-old and pregnant, returns to her village home in rural West Bengal to face her family and challenge the marriage of Tara, her beloved younger sister. Faced with patriarchy, they both must make a choice.
Roqaia
Directed by Diana Saqeb Jamal.
After surviving a suicide bomb attack, 12-year-old Roqaia finds herself in the middle of a media frenzy, as she deals with her trauma all by herself.
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Prelude Of The Moving Zoo
Directed by Sorayos Prapapan
Dusit Zoo closed to the public in 2018. The iconic, popular spot started life as Thai King Rama V's private garden. The filmmaker records the last day it's open in his own idiosyncratic way. But this is not without setbacks.
Miss Man.
Directed by Tathagata Ghosh.
Manob is in love with another man. And he has a price to pay for that. Not only is he fighting the society around him, but his own homophobic father. Cornered, he has to make choice between giving up or standing up for who he truly is.
Jamie.
Directed by Esmé Creed-Miles. (UK)
A struggling nineteen year old is contemplating ending her life. On the train to her nan’s, her journey is interrupted by another young woman’s death.
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Unsquare.
Directed by Meiting Wang.
Unsquare is a 2D animation about how society rejects people and/or things that are different from the “norm.” Even with such high stakes, the protagonist in Unsquare ultimately chooses to maintain his own authentic personality.
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Extra Safe
Directed by Nouran Sherif.
In Cairo, 28 years old Noha goes to pharmacy to buy a condom, and her mother shows up suddenly to turn the whole situation upside-down.
Aswan International film festival for women Aswan, Egypt, February 13, 2020.
As an international short film festival, Calcutta International Short Film Festival posed to be a unique short film festival being hosted annually at the City of Joy, Kolkata and aims to provide a platform for films that deserve a screen.
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The judging stage is now over, and we are going to announce our official selections on Facebook LIVE, on 7th November 2020, at 6:30PM (Indian Standard Time).
We wish Best of Luck to all the filmmakers!!
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