Bhubaneswar Film Festival 2026
Film Festival Programme
- Dates
- 25 June 2026 - 28 June 2026
- Venue
- Jayadev Bhawan
- Programme
- 20 films, 3 events
Thursday 25 June 2026, 10:00 AM - Laxmi
Day 1
Thursday
- Thursday
Film
Laxmi
A socially rooted Odia film connected with the cultural and devotional imagination around Lakshmi.
Logline
A classic Odia narrative where faith, social order, and moral reform come into conflict.
- Thursday
Film
Lahari
In rural Odisha, an elderly fisherman's life is shaken when his son's wish for a doll challenges traditional gender expectations.
Logline
A father must confront his own beliefs when his child's desire exposes the fragility of tradition.
- Thursday
Film
Magunira Shagada
An ageing bullock-cart driver struggles to survive as buses and modern transport make his livelihood obsolete.
Logline
A man left behind by modernity fights a losing battle against change, poverty, and personal tragedy.
- Thursday
Film
White Snow
A Kashmiri mother travels through remote mountain villages to secretly screen her son's banned film.
Logline
A mother risks everything to keep her son's artistic voice alive in a world that tries to silence it.
- Thursday
Event
Festival Inauguration
- Thursday
Film
Do Bigha Zamin
A poor farmer goes to the city to earn money and save his small plot of land from being taken away.
Logline
A dispossessed farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in the city in a desperate attempt to reclaim his land and dignity.
Day 2
Friday
- Friday
Film
Kandeelu – The Ray of Hope
A poor farmer's family faces loss, hardship, and socio-political pressure in rural Karnataka.
Logline
A farming family searches for hope while caught between grief, injustice, and survival.
- Friday
Film
A Story That Refused to Die
- Friday
Film
Konttho
A popular radio jockey loses his voice after throat cancer and must rebuild his life through speech therapy.
Logline
A man known for his voice must rediscover himself after the very thing that defined him is taken away.
- Friday
Film
Wo-Man
- Friday
Film
Bandini
A woman serving a life sentence for murder reflects on love, sacrifice, and the choices that led her to prison.
Logline
In a prison, a woman must choose between a compassionate future and the unresolved love of her past.
Day 3
Saturday
- Saturday
Film
Semkhor
In a remote Dimasa community, a widowed mother confronts cruel traditions while trying to protect a newborn child.
Logline
A woman challenges inherited customs to save a child and create the possibility of a new dawn.
- Saturday
Film
Sabar Bonda
Anand returns to his rural hometown after a family death and reconnects romantically with a childhood friend.
Logline
A man's return home becomes a quiet journey of grief, love, identity, and self-acceptance.
- Saturday
Film
Jagat
A police sub-inspector investigates the disappearance of a twelve-year-old boy and uncovers a darker truth.
Logline
A missing-child case forces a patient investigator to confront a truth more sinister than expected.
- Saturday
Film
Baida
- Saturday
Panel
Panel Discussion
- Saturday
Film
Sujata
An adopted woman from an oppressed caste grows up in a Brahmin household and faces love, prejudice, and acceptance.
Logline
A woman's dignity and love challenge the caste boundaries that define the family that raised her.
Day 4
Sunday
- Sunday
Film
Juiphool
Two mothers from the Assam-Nagaland border form a secret bond amid ethnic conflict and village suspicion.
Logline
Across a fragile borderland, two women create a bond that unsettles a community shaped by fear.
- Sunday
Film
Lal Odhani
A love story that explores the relationship between the individual and the state.
Logline
Romance becomes a way to examine personal freedom, political pressure, and the limits of belonging.
- Sunday
Film
Aa Akare Aa
- Sunday
Film
Ullozhukku
In flood-hit Kerala, a pregnant widow and her mother-in-law face grief, secrets, and delayed funeral rites.
Logline
Two women trapped by floodwater and family truths must confront grief, shame, and the possibility of release.
- Sunday
Event
Festival Valedictory
- Sunday
Film
Amada Bata
Based on Basanta Kumari Patnaik's novel, the film follows Maya before and after marriage.
Logline
A woman's life and marriage become the centre of a classic Odia story about society, expectation, and inner resolve.