The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres, including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival, was held for a week from 22 to 28 December 2006 in collaboration with Suchitra Film Society.Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival 2006 , Event Page More than 100 films were screened during festival.
The film festival is now being organized by Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy and is supported by Government of Karnataka. The 16th BIFFES was held in Bengaluru from 1 to 8 March 2025.
Events history 1st Suchitra Bengaluru International Film Festival 2006 was held from 22 to 28 December 2006 2nd Suchitra Bengaluru International Film Festival 2008 was held from 3 to 10 January 2008 3rd Suchitra Bengaluru International Film Festival 2009 was held from December 2009 4th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2011 was held from 15 to 22 December 2011 5th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2012 was held from 20 to 27 December 2012 6th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2013 was held from 26 December 2013 to 2 January 2014 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014 was held from 4 to 11 December 2014 8th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2016 was held from 28 January 2016 to 5 February 2016. 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017 was held from 2 to 9 February 2017 10th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2018 was held from 22 February 2018 to 1 March 2018 11th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2019 was held from 21 February 2019 to 28 February 2019 12th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2020 was held from 26 February 2020 to 4 March 2020 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2022 was held from 3 to 10 March 2022 14th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2023 was held from 23 to 31 March 2023. 15th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2024 was held from 29 February to 7 March 2024. 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2025 was held from 1 to 8 March 2025. 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2026 scheduled from 29 Jan to 6 Feb 2026.
Theme and Other details +Sl. No.BIFFes EditionYearDateThemeAmbassadorKCA ChairpersoonVenues1First200622 to 28 December2Second20083 to 10 January3Third20094Fourth201115 to 22 December5Fifth201220 to 27 December6Sixth201326 Dec 2013 to 2 Jan 20147Seventh20144 to 11 December8Eighth201628 Jan to 5 Feb9Ninth20172 to 9 February10Tenth201822 Feb to 1 Mar11Eleventh201921 to 28 Feb12Twelfth202026 Feb to 4 Mar13Thirteenth20223 to 10 March14Fourteenth202323 to 31 March15Fifteenth202429 Feb to 7 Mar16Sixteenth20251 to 8 MarchThe Garden of All Communities (Sarva Janangada Shantiya Tota)KishoreSadhu KokilaPVR Orian Mall, Suchitra Film Society17Seventeenth202629 Jan to 6 FebWoman: As She Is (Stree Andare Aste Saake)Prakash RajSadhu KokilaCinepolis LuLu Mall, Suchitra Film Society
Movies screened during festival 13th BIFFES 2022 Movies List
Old Logo of the Film Festival
References
External links Official website