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{{Infobox film festival<br />
| name = Bengaluru International Film Festival<br />
| logo = Bengaluru International Film Festival logo.jpg<br />
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| location = [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]] India<br />
| language = International<br />
| website = https://biffes.org<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Bengaluru International Film Festival''', is an annual [[film festival]] held in [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], the capital of the [[India]]n [[States of India|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.<ref name="biffes2006">[http://biffes.in/1st%20Suchitra%20Biffes%202006.html Suchitra Bangalore International Film Festival 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128011049/http://www.biffes.in/1st%20Suchitra%20Biffes%202006.html |date=28 November 2012 }} , Event Page</ref> More than 100 films were screened during festival.<br />
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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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Bengaluru film fest to be held on march 1st to 8th 2025. |url=https://biffes.org/# }}</ref><br />
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[[File:16th Bengaluru International Film Festival (2025) 05.jpg|thumb|right|Inauguration of 16th edition in [[Vidhana Soudha]] on 1 March 2025]]<br />
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==Events history==<br />
* 1st Suchitra Bengaluru International Film Festival 2006 was held from 22 to 28 December 2006<br />
* 2nd Suchitra Bengaluru International Film Festival 2008 was held from 3 to 10 January 2008<br />
* 3rd Suchitra Bengaluru International Film Festival 2009 was held from December 2009<br />
* 4th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2011 was held from 15 to 22 December 2011<br />
* 5th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2012 was held from 20 to 27 December 2012<br />
* [[6th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2013]] was held from 26 December 2013 to 2 January 2014<br />
* [[7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014]] was held from 4 to 11 December 2014 <ref name="BIFFES 2013 launch">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bangalore-film-festival-launch-today/article5501553.ece |title=Bangalore film festival launch today |access-date=26 December 2013 |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |first=Muralidhara |last=Khajane |date=26 December 2013}}</ref><br />
* 8th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2016 was held from 28 January 2016 to 5 February 2016.<br />
* [[9th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2017]] was held from 2 to 9 February 2017<br />
* 10th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2018 was held from 22 February 2018 to 1 March 2018<br />
* 11th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2019 was held from 21 February 2019 to 28 February 2019<br />
* 12th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2020 was held from 26 February 2020 to 4 March 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/12th-edition-of-bengaluru-international-film-festival-from-feb-26-to-mar-4-802266.html |title=12th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival from Feb 26 to Mar 4 |date=6 February 2020}}</ref><br />
* 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2022 was held from 3 to 10 March 2022<ref name="2020fest">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hybrid-bengaluru-international-film-festival-to-be-held-in-march/articleshow/89178459.cms?from=mdr |title=Hybrid Film Festival This time |work=The Times of India |access-date=28 January 2022 |last1=Suresh |first1=Sunayana}}</ref><br />
* 14th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2023 was held from 23 to 31 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DHNS |title=Curtains down on 14th Bangalore International Film Festival |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/curtains-down-on-14th-bangalore-international-film-festival-1205147.html |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 15th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2024 was held from 29 February to 7 March 2024.<ref name=":0" /><br />
* 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2025 was held from 1 to 8 March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TheHindu |title=BIFFes 2025: Over 200 films from 60 countries to be screened; registrations open for delegates |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/biffes-2025-over-200-films-from-60-countries-to-be-screened-registrations-open-for-delegates/article69211456.ece |access-date=13 March 2025 |website=The Hindu |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2026 scheduled from 29 Jan to 6 Feb 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khajane |first=Muralidhara |date=2026-01-23 |title=BIFFes 2026 to offer eclectic line-up of films, master classes and workshops |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/biffes-2026-to-offer-eclectic-line-up-of-films-master-classes-and-workshops/article70524313.ece |access-date=2026-01-29 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Theme and Other details ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Sl. No.<br />
!BIFFes Edition<br />
!Year<br />
!Date<br />
!Theme<br />
!'''Ambassador'''<br />
!KCA Chairpersoon<br />
!Venues<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|First<br />
|2006<br />
|22 to 28 December<br />
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|-<br />
|2<br />
|Second<br />
|2008<br />
|3 to 10 January<br />
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|-<br />
|3<br />
|Third<br />
|2009<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
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|-<br />
|4<br />
|Fourth<br />
|2011<br />
|15 to 22 December<br />
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|<br />
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|-<br />
|5<br />
|Fifth<br />
|2012<br />
|20 to 27 December<br />
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|<br />
|<br />
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|-<br />
|6<br />
|Sixth<br />
|2013<br />
|26 Dec 2013 to 2 Jan 2014<br />
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|-<br />
|7<br />
|Seventh<br />
|2014<br />
|4 to 11 December<br />
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|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|Eighth<br />
|2016<br />
|28 Jan to 5 Feb<br />
|<br />
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|-<br />
|9<br />
|Ninth<br />
|2017<br />
|2 to 9 February<br />
|<br />
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|<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|Tenth<br />
|2018<br />
|22 Feb to 1 Mar<br />
|<br />
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|-<br />
|11<br />
|Eleventh<br />
|2019<br />
|21 to 28 Feb<br />
|<br />
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|-<br />
|12<br />
|Twelfth<br />
|2020<br />
|26 Feb to 4 Mar<br />
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|-<br />
|13<br />
|Thirteenth<br />
|2022<br />
|3 to 10 March<br />
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|-<br />
|14<br />
|Fourteenth<br />
|2023<br />
|23 to 31 March<br />
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|-<br />
|15<br />
|Fifteenth<br />
|2024<br />
|29 Feb to 7 Mar<br />
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|-<br />
|16<br />
|Sixteenth<br />
|2025<br />
|1 to 8 March<br />
|The Garden of All Communities (Sarva Janangada Shantiya Tota)<br />
|[[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]]<br />
|[[Sadhu Kokila]]<br />
|[[Orion Mall|PVR Orian Mall]], Suchitra Film Society<br />
|-<br />
|17<br />
|Seventeenth<br />
|2026<br />
|29 Jan to 6 Feb<br />
|'''W'''oman: As She Is (Stree Andare Aste Saake)<br />
|[[Prakash Raj]]<br />
|[[Sadhu Kokila]]<br />
|Cinepolis LuLu Mall, Suchitra Film Society<br />
|}<br />
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==Movies screened during festival==<br />
*[[List of Movies Screened in Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014|13th BIFFES 2022 Movies List]]<ref name="BIFFES 2022 Movies List">{{cite web |url=http://biffes.in/ |title=BIFFES 2022 Movies List |publisher=BIFFES |access-date=28 January 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123154307/http://biffes.in/ |archive-date=23 January 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Old Logo of the Film Festival==<br />
[[File:Bangalore internation Film festival Logo.png|thumb|Logo used in 2016]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{commons category}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://biffes.org/ Official website]<br />
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{{Cinema of Karnataka}}<br />
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