West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the date of the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has been moved to January 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, the festival was scheduled to be held between November 5 and 12.
Mamata Banerjee posted on Twitter, “After receiving global film fraternity’s consent, I hereby inform all the stakeholders of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) and cine lovers that our festival has been rescheduled, given the current circumstances.”
The new dates of the film festival are January 8-15 2021.
As the new dates have come and since the lockdown relaxations are also happening, the festival committee is working on a plan to hold the festival as a physical event rather than making it a online film festival.
Every year, the festival is held in Kolkata to show various Indian and international films. It has renowned guests like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and others.
By Sahana Iyer
