27th Kolkata International Film Festival begins today

The 27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) starts today. Scroll to see some photos from the prep for the festival. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Kolkata International Film Festival will conclude on May 1. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

The festival, which is held in November every year, was postponed to January this year due to the pandemic. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

But it was again postponed due to the third wave of Covid-19 in January. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

At a press conference on Saturday, KIFF director Raj Chakraborty revealed that 163 movies from 40 countries will be screened across 10 venues. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

The Kolkata International Film Festival will kick off with the screening of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s masterpiece Aranyer Din Ratri. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Kolkata International Film Festival will celebrate the works of filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, legendary actor Dilip Kumar, Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta and European directors Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean Claude Carriere, and Je Luc Godard. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival. (Express Photo: Shashi Ghosh)