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Tagore International Film Festival 8.6

Festival overview

About Tagore International Film Festival 8.6

Physical film festival with submission categories including Exclusive Offer and Premium Offer.

The monthly live screenings will take place at the end of each month at the below-mentioned venue. GITANJALI CULTURAL COMPLEX

PRABHAT SARANI, BOLPUR WEST BENGAL The word Shantiniketan means Abode of Peace.

It is built on the vision of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who wanted to create a space where people can interchange their ideas about art, culture, and life in general. Bolpur’s air still breathes his energy, his passion, and his free-thinking.

People from all over the world come to Bolpur to participate in the Poush Mela and Vasant Utsav. Another unique feature of Bolpur is its lush greenery and Kopai River along the Sonajhuri forest in Khoai.

The landscape purifies one’s soul. The sole purpose of TIFF is to celebrate the joy of artistic creation in a land of beauty and intellect.

TIFF showcases an outstanding presentation of independent filmmaking, while also building a strong sense of community around the art of visual storytelling. Our mission is to discover diverse new voices & to promote the artists’ work through numerous platforms.

Please include the names being credited in your cover letter. The monthly live screenings take place at the end of each month at an auditorium of Bolpur.

The list of these annual winners will be published on our Festival website

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Aug 25, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
Oct 25, 2026
Notification Date
Oct 27, 2026
Festival Starts
Oct 28, 2026
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. Please read these Rules & Terms carefully before you submit your film.

  2. By submitting your film into competition in the Tagore International Film Festival (TIFF), you acknowledge and agree that you shall be bound by the terms of these Rules & Terms.

  3. TIFF is open to any film completed after January 1, 2018, regardless of its content, subject, or origin.

  4. Submitting your film to the TIFF is not a guarantee of selection.

  5. All the official selection, nominees and the winners will be listed on our website permanently.

  6. All the winning films will receive a trophy, award or certificate.

  7. Please note that we do not offer application of fee waivers.

  8. We treat every filmmaker equally.

  9. Films made in languages other than English must have English subtitles otherwise they will be summarily rejected.

  10. The film submitted to the TIFF for a particular month can be re-submitted at any time for a second chance, considering that we have different judges' panels for each season.

  11. A director / producer may submit more than one film in a category and more than one category at a time.

  12. The TIFF is hereby granted the rights to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted for promotional purposes of the fe

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

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Short Films (Less than 40 minutes)

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Narrative Features (Above 40 minutes)

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Documentary Films (Any length)

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Experimental Films (Any length)

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Student Films (Any length)

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Women's Films (Any length)

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Drone Films (Any length)

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Web and New Media (Any length)

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Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video (Any length)

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Horror / Science Fiction / Genre Feature Film (Above 60 minutes)

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Film on Women (Any Length)

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Animated Films (Any length)

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LGBT Film (Any length)

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Free Speech (Any length)

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Educational Film (Any length)

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Film on Religion (Any length)

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Silent Film (Any length)

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Young Filmmaker (Under 18) (Any length)

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Debut Filmmaker (1st or 2nd Film) (Any length)

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Family/Children Films (Any length)

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Films on Disability Issue (Any length)

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Film on Nature / Environment / Wildlife (Any length)

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Short Script

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Feature Script

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Travel Film (Any length)

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Mobile Film (Any length)

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Postmodern Films (Any length)

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Television / Pilot Program or Series (Any length)

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Commercial / Advertisement (Any length)

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Music Video (Any length)

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Trailer/Teaser (5 minutes or less)

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Treatment / Synopsis

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Performing Arts

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Best Director (Any Length)

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Best Cinematography (Fiction & Documentary)

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Best Editing (Fiction & Documentary) (Any Length)

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Best Sound Designing (Fiction & Documentary) (Any Length)

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Best Actor (Fiction) (Any Length)

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Best Actress (Fiction) (Any Length)

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Best Supporting Actor (Fiction) (Any length)

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Best Supporting Actress (Fiction) (Any length)

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Best Film Score – Soundtrack

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Bengali Short Film

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Bengali Narrative feature

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Tagore 165 Special Category

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