biffes
BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
BIFFes – Bengaluru International Film Festival – the flagship cultural congregation of the capital city of Bengaluru – Riding on the stupendous success of the past 13 years, the 14 Edition of BIFFES, with FlAPF Accreditation, will be held from March 23 – 30, 2023. The film festival, which took its genesis, in the winter of 2006, has risen in size, scope and stature, carving a special niche for itself as a must seen festival, BIFFes brings with it a bounteous bouquet promising enriching experience and engagement with cinema, in its 14th Edition. The film festival is organised by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the Karnataka Government and is overseen by the Karnataka Information and Public Relations Department. The 14th BIFFes will be held from March 23 to March 30, 2023. Bengaluru, is an important centre of international film culture in keeping with Karnataka’s glorious heritage and the state’s achievements in the fields of literature, fine arts, and cinema. We would like to recall here that our 13th edition of BIFFes was a resounding success with the screening of 200 films across 13 screens from more than 45 countries, witnessed by more than 8000 delegates who enjoyed and appreciated the quality of cinema presented.
The upcoming 14th edition of BIFFes will have different sections, as mentioned below.

Asian Cinema Competition

Indian Cinema Competition (Chitrabharati)

Kannada Cinema Competition

Critics Week

Country Focus

Retrospectives – Directors / Artists / Technicians

Curated section on a Special Theme

Revisiting Classics: Kannada and International

Panorama of Kannada popular cinema

Cinema of the world
Organizing Committee

Basavaraj Bommai
Chief Minister Of Karnataka

R Ashoka
Chairman
Minister Of Revenue
Government Of Karnataka

Munirathna
Member,
Film Producer,
Minister For Horticulture
Government Of Karnataka

Manjunatha Prasad N, IAS
Member
Principal Secretary
Department Of Information And Public Relations
Government Of Karnataka

Dr. P.S Harsha, IPS
Member
Commissioner
Department Of Information And Public Relations
Government Of Karnataka

Ashok Cashyap
Member
Festival Director, 14th Biffes
Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

H N Narahari Rao
Member
Artistic Director, 14th Biffes

BA MA Harish
Member
President, Karnataka Film Chamber Of Commerce

T S Nagabharana
Member
Chairman, Kannada Development Authority
& Film Director

Tara Anuradha
Member
Chairman, Karnataka State Forest Development Corporation
& Film Actor

Dr Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
Film Director

S V Rajendra Singh Babu
Member
Filmmaker

Suneel Puranik
Member
Ex Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

K Sadashiva Shenoy
Member
President, Karnataka Media Academy

Himantharaju G
Member Secretary
Registrar, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
Core Committee

Manjunatha Prasad N, IAS
Member
Principal Secretary
Department Of Information And Public Relations
Government Of Karnataka

Dr. P.S Harsha, IPS
Member
Commissioner
Department Of Information And Public Relations
Government Of Karnataka

Ashok Cashyap
Member
Festival Director, 14th Biffes
Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

H N Narahari Rao
Member
Artistic Director, 14th Biffes

D P Muralidhar
Member
Joint Director
Department Of Information And Public Relations
Government Of Karnataka

Himantharaju G
Member, Secretary, Registrar, Karnataka
Chalanachitra Academy
Advisory Committee

Ashok Cashyap
Advisory Committee

H N Narahari Rao
Member
Artistic Director, 14th Biffes

Rockline Venkatesh
Secretary
Karnataka Artist
Association & Producer

BA MA Harish
Member
President, Karnataka Film Chamber Of Commerce

Umesh Banakar
Member
Film Producer

P Sheshadri
Festival Coordinator,
14th Biffes

Dr Pradeep Kenchanuru
Member
Deputy Artistic Director,
14th Biffes

M S Ramesh
Member
Jury Chairman – Asian, Indian & Kannada Competition Section

Girija Lokesh
Artist

V. Manohar
Music Director
SELECTION COMMITTEE PANEL
Asian Cinema Competition

Dip Bhuyan

Dr. Devi. K

Jyotsana Garg

Manish Saini

Master Manjunath

Murtaza Ali Khan

Raviraj Kini

Sourabh Kanti Dutta

Sreelekha Mukherji
Indian Cinema Competition

A. Karthik Raaja

Ajay. K.R

Amarnath Jha

Kamakhya Narayan Singh

Nakul Dev

Roshini Dinakar

Shubha HS

Sree Varun

Sudhakar Bannanje
Kannada Cinema Competition

Anchehalli Shivakumar

Ashok Kadaba

B. R. Ambujakshi

Krishnappa Uppur

N. Vaidyanath

Satheesha M B

V Chandrashekar

V.M. Rajanna

Yakub Khadar Gulvady
Jury

M S Ramesh
Asian Cinema Competition Jury

Dr. Anuradha Singh

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Abhishek Jain
Indian Cinema Competition Jury

Ananda Jyothi

Panah Panahi

V.N. Adithya
Kannada Cinema Competition Jury

Abinash Bikram Shah

Ayash Arif

B S Basavaraju
14th Biffes Festival Team

Ashok Cashyap
Festival Director, Chairman, Karnataka
Chalanachitra Academy

HN Narahari Rao

Dr. Pradeep Kenchanuru

P. Sheshadri
Festival Coordinator

Anand Varadaraj

S Viswanath
& Creative Advisor

P. Umesh Naik
Volunteer Program Designer

Chandan Shankar
Secretary
(Festival Director)

R Satish Achar
Secretary
(Festival Director)

Shyam R Raghavendran
Asst. Programmer

Anil B

Nikhil Bharadwaj
Assistant Festival
Coordinator

Niranjana C
Venue & Volunteer Coordination

Suhas Gangadhar

Gangadhara Mudaliar
and Content Coordinator

B N Subramanya

Shilpa Anandaraj

Anand Kannan

Nisarga J

Sunayana Katta

Akshay Mahesh
Jury Coordinator

Chandru Mahadev
Jury Coordinator

Suresh Babu
Preview Screening Coordinator

Saravanan GN
Preview Screening Coordinator

Vijay Kumar KH
Coordinator

Madhukar A
Preview Screening
Coordinator

Sachin Goudar
Preview Screening Coordinator

Suresh Kumar VH
Preview Screening Coordinator

Badrinath

Arvind Kamath
Technical Consultant

Suhas Raghu
Technical Consultant

J Shilpa Merlin

Rohit S

Rajashekar B R
Content Coordinator

Asmita V

Taashna Kalappa

Charishna Reddy K

Shivanand Somappa

Ram Shankar Ambati

Bhanupriya

M R Sachin

Ramswamy
Festival Book

H N Narahari Rao
Chief Editor

Gangadhara Mudaliar
Co Editor

Viswanath S

Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy , Bengaluru 560096
Publisher
KCA Administration

Himantharaju G
Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

Venkatramaiah R

Ramaswamy J

Soumya R
Office Staff

Mahadeva
Support Staff

Naveena

Darshan
Support Staff

Nanjundappa
KCA Team

P Tunga Renuka

Paul Sudharshan

Shreeraj Gudi

Sonu Gowda
Support Team

Chitrayana Private Limited
Website Development

Sharva Creative Communications
Social Media

Ujwala Enterprises
Printers

Flower Grafic
Festival Book Design & Concept