Assam: 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival 2025 Set for Oct 25–26 in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: The annual Chalachitram National Film Festival, providing a dignified space for short features and documentaries with the central theme ‘Our Heritage, Our Pride’, will be organised on October 25 and 26 at the Jyoti Chitraban film studio premises in the Kahilipara locality of the prehistoric city in northeast India.

Organised by Chalachitram (www.chalachitram.in), a subsidiary of Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam, the CNFF 2025 will comprise the entries in both competitive (confined to north-eastern film makers) and non-competitive categories. The two-day festival is initiated to foster nationalism through film works and also pay homage to India’s thousands-of-years-old civilisation, culture, and heritage.

The entries with various sub-themes, including Indian heritage, indigenous society, heroes of the freedom movement, epics & mythology, national integration & solidarity, arts & artisans, manuscripts & paintings, museums, wood carving, musicians, authors, indigenous festivals, ethnic groups, monuments & heritage sites, social reformation, traditional sports, women empowerment, tradition & family values, yoga & Ayurveda, cultural nationalism, tea & oil, environment, agriculture, education, human rights, tourism potential of northeast India, etc., will be accepted for the acclaimed festival.

The film works may be submitted through FilmFreeway with the necessary documents. The entries should reach the Chalachitram office by June 19 (Early Bird section), till July 19 (with fees of Rs 500), and by September 20 (with fees of Rs 1,000). The duration of the east entry should be limited to 25 minutes, including credit titles.

The awards include Best Short Feature, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing under the Northeast category, along with Best Short Feature and Best Documentary in the national category.

Meanwhile, a new executive committee for CNFF-25 was formed with senior journalist Nava Thakuria as its president, film personalities Prabal Khaund and Deepak Dutta as vice-presidents, actor-director Bhagwat Pritam Dutta as secretary, Riju Dutta as treasurer, Bobita Sharma as organising secretary, and Pranjit Deka and Dhrubajyoti Deka as assistant secretaries, along with Amarjyoti Deka, Indrani Laskar, Sanjeev Parashar, Julan Krishna Mahanta, Pallavi Thakuria, Himanshu Baishya, Hiten Thakuria, Bibhu Dutta, Priya Chetri, Aparajita Pujari, Asimkrishna Barua, and Buddha Boro as executive members, said a press statement issued by VSK Assam secretary Kishor Shivam.

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