04/09/2026
5th World Film Festival Kolkata (Nandan-III, 8 – 13 Sept 2026)
🤝Organised By: Federation of Film Societies of India (Eastern Region) in collaboration with: International Federation of film societies, The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in New Delhi, The Embassy of Brazil in New Delhi, The Embassy of the Republic of Costa Rica in New Delhi, The Embassy of Spain in New Delhi, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
SCHEDULE
📅8 Sept 2026 Tuesday
🎬12.00 – 12.25: (1) Disaster, Documentary, Iran, Persian, 2025, 25 mins. Dir. Saied Nabi, Maryam Khadivi
🎬12.26 – 12.57: (2) The Royal Route – Shahrah, Documentary, India, Hindi, Urdu, 2026, 31 mins. Dir. Rahul Sood
🎬12.58 – 2.48: (3) Magazine, Feature, India, Marathi, 2026, 110 mins. Dir. Shubham Sanjay Shevade
🎬2.50 – 3.50: (4) River Still Flows, Documentary, India, Assamese, 2024, 60 mins. Dir. Dip Bhuyan
🎬3.51 – 5.37: (5) Clara Sola, Feature, Costa Rica, Spanish, 2021, 106 mins. Dir. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
🌐5.40 – 6.40: INAUGURATION
🎬6.45 – 7.57: (6) Turba, Feature, Venezuela, 2025, 72 mins. Dir. Luis and Andres Rodriguez
📅9 Sept 2026 Wednesday
🎬12.00 – 1.05: (7) The Magical Grass – Sathyappullu (Documentary, India, Hindi, Malayalam, 2025, 65 mins. Dir. Ramdas Kadavallur
🎬1.06 – 1.22: ( 8 ) Death in the Office, Short Fiction, India, Bengali, Hindi, 2026, 16 mins. Dir. Atanu Ghosh
🎬1.23 – 1.33: (9) Is Snow White? Short Fiction, Sri Lanka, 2026, 10 mins. Dir. Sureni Ranawaka (Crt: Anomaa Rajakaruna)
🎬1.34 – 2.44: (10) Dolls Don’t Die (Putulnama), Documentary, India, Bengali, 2024, 70 mins. Dir. Ranajit Ray
🎬2.45 – 4.28: (11) River Tales, Feature, India, Assamese, 2025, 103 mins. Dir. Pankaj Borah
🎬4.29 – 5.32: (12) Sukal - Puppet Himself, Documentary, India, Bengali, 2026, 63 mins. Dir. Shilbhadra Bapan Datta
🎬5.33 – 6.17: (13) A Box of Biryani, Short Fiction, India, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Hindi, 2025, 44 mins. Dir. Sharmistha Mitra Chakraborty
🎬6.18 – 8.12: (14) Sirat, Feature, Spain, Spanish, 2025, 114 mins. Dir. Oliver Laxe
📅10 Sept 2026 Thursday
🎬12.00 – 1.30: (15) Handumaan, Feature, India, Hindi, 2025, 90 mins. Dir. Prashant Rasaily (Prod: Samhita Veda Acharya)
🎬1.31 – 2.39: (16) Lost Queen, Documentary, India, English, Hindi, 2025, 68 mins. Dir. Saumya Sengupta
🎬2.40 – 3.06: (17) The Tale of Katha, Short Fiction, India, Bengali, 2026, 26 mins. Dr. Dhritisree Sarkar
🎬3.07 – 4.48: (18) A Stone Dreams to Blossom, Feature, Portugal, Portuguese, 2024, 101 mins. Dir. Rodrigo Areias (Crt: Joao Paulo Macedo)
🎬4.50 – 6.17: (19) Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin), Feature, Germany, German, 1973, 87 mins. Dir. Alexander Kluge
🎬6.20 – 7.55: (20) Before I Forget, Feature, Brazil, Portuguese, 2018, 95 mins. Dir. Tiago Arakilian
📅11 Sept 2026 Friday
🎬12.00 – 2.07: (21) The Dress - Gunyo Cholo, Feature, Nepal, Nepali, 2024, 127 mins. Dir. Samundra Bhatta
🎬2.10 – 3.40: (22) Theepantham, Feature, Sri Lanka, Tamil, 2025, 90 mins. Dir. Raj Sivaraj
🎬3.41 – 3.58: (23) Suddenly Rise, Short Fiction, Iran, Persian, 2025, 17 mins. Dir. Mohammad Sajad Motaharizadeh
🎬4.00 – 4.17: (24) A Woman-K(o)ellek, Short Fiction, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 2026, 17 mins. Dir. Tharindu Jayarathna
🎬4.20 – 4.58: (25) Time River, Documentary, India, Bengali, 2024, 38 mins. Dir. Debja Ni Banerjee
🎬5.00 – 6.30: (26) Dream of Liberation, Feature, Iran, Persian, 2025, 90 mins. Dir. Abbas Rafei
🎬6.31 – 8.02: (27) Strongman Ferdinand, Feature, Germany, German, 1976, 91 mins. Dir. Alexander Kluge
📅12 Sept 2026 Saturday
🎬12.00 – 1.40: (28) Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed, Feature, Germany, German, 1968, 100 mins. Dir. Alexander Kluge OR (Moon Hunt, Feature, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 2025, 93 mins. Dir. Asoka Handagama)
🎬1.41 – 3.06: (29) K Poper, Feature, Iran, Persian, 2025, 85 mins. Dir. Ebrahim Amini
🎬 3.07 – 4.46: (30) Pantrum, Feature, Sri Lanka, Sinhala, Tamil, 2025, 99 mins. Dir. Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi
🎬4.50 – 6.15: (31) An Actor Prepares, Feature, Venezuela, Spanish, 2024, 85 mins. Dir. Inti Torres y Camilo Pineda
🎬 6.10– 8.01: (32) Papa Buca, Feature, India, Papua New Guinea, 2025, 101 mins. Dir. Bijukumar Damodaran
📅13 Sept 2026 Sunday
🎬12.00 – 12.06: (33) The Talking Wall, Short Fiction, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 2026, 6 mins. Dir. Sanduni Wanasinghe
🎬12.07 – 1.49: (34) The Song Sustxotin, Feature, Uzbekistan, Uzbek, 2024, 102 mins. Dir. Husnora Rozmatova
🎬1.50 – 3.13: (35) Malavazhi, Feature, India, Malayalam, 2025, 83 mins. Dir. Boban Govindan
🎬3.14 – 4.14: (36) Mamun - In Praise of Shadows, Documentary, Bangladesh, Bengali, UK, 2025, 60 mins. Dir. Makbul Chowdhury
🎬4.15 – 5.40: (37) People of the Garden – Manusher Bagan, Feature, Bangladesh, Bengali, 2021, 85 mins. Dir. Nurul Alam Atique
🎬5.41 – 7.07: (38) Jaya Aar Sharmin, Feature, Bangladesh, Bengali, 2026, 86 mins. Dir. Piplu R Khan (Prod: Abu Shahed Emon, Jaya Ahsan)
🏆7.10 – 8.00: CLOSING & AWARD CEREMONY
📍NB: The programme is subject to change at the last moment due to unavoidable circumstances.
👥ENTRY
📍All GUESTS (against valid Guest Cards issued by FFSI)
📍All DELEGATES (against valid Delegate Cards issued by FFSI)
📍Members of the following Film Societies against their valid membership cards:
1) Cine Central, Calcutta.
2) Cine South.
3) Dum Dum Cine Club.
4) Film Club Calcutta.
5) Film Institute, Calcutta.
6) People's Cine Society.
7) Ritwik Cine Society.
8 ) Shilpak Film & Television Institute.