Golden Era
Satyajit Ray unveiled the curtain of the foundation stone of Suchitra Art Theater on 8th January 1980
Marie Seton and Satyajit Ray in the Seminar of Calcutta Film Society (1956)
Chidananda Dasgupta - one of the pioneer leaders of the Film Society Movement in India
Satyajit Ray inaugurated NANDAN: the Film Centre of West Bengal in Kolkata with Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, and filmmaker Mrinal Sen on 2 September 1985.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with the festival delegates after inauguration of 1st International Film Festival of India in Delhi in 1952 (Courtesy: NFAI)
Indira Gandhi with Satyajit Ray
All India Film Societies Conference of FFSI organised by Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore, 10-11 Feb 1979
Indira Gandhi and Vijaya Mulay
Meeting of Calcutta Film Society on 29 January 1956 at the Society Cinema Calcutta
Marie Seton delivering lecture at Calcutta Film Society (1956)
Meetings
All India Film Societies Conference of FFSI organised by Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore, 10-11 Feb 1979
Central Council Meeting of FFSI, Pune, 1 September 2024
International Conference of Film Societies Recife Brazil organized by the International Federation of Film Societies (IFFS). Premendra Mazumder of FFSI was elected as the Secretary of Asia-Pacific Section of IFFS in this Conference held in Brazil in Dec. 2010.
CEC Meeting of FFSI in Bangalore (18 March 2012)
CEC Meeting of FFSI in Guwahati (6 March 2016)
CC-CEC Meeting of FFSI at INTACH New Delhi (30 Sept 2023)
Central Council Meeting of FFSI in Kolkata (19 Sept 2022)-1
Central Council Meeting of FFSI in Kolkata (19 Sept 2022)-2
Central Council Meeting of FFSI in Trivandrum (4 Aug 2018)
CEC Meeting of FFSI in Ranchi (10 Mar 2018)
BRGM of FFSI-East in Kolkata (9 June 2024)
BRGM of FFSI Kerala in Trivandrum (14 July 2024)
BRGM of FFSI-West at Pune (28 July 2024)
BRGM of FFSI-West at Pune (28 July 2024)
BRGM of FFSI-North in Delhi (28 July 2024)
BRGM of FFSI-South in Bangalore (14 July 2024)
CEC Meeting of FFSI at Perumbavoor, Kerala (20 Feb 2023)
Country-Specific Film Festivals
European Union Film Festival organised by FFSI-East (24-30 June 2016)
Bolivian Film Festival organised by FFSI-East at Nandan, Kolkata (14-16 Jan 2016)
American Film Festival at Nandan, Kolkata organised by FFSI-East (27 Aug 2918)
Bangladesh Film Festival organised by Cine Guild Bally at Bally Rabindra Bhavan (31 May to 2 June 2024)
Bangladesh Film Festival organised by Cine Guild Bally at Bally Rabindra Bhavan (31 May to 2 June 2024)
Bangladesh Film Festival by FFSI-East at Nandan, Kolkata (25-28 June 2018)
Hyderabad Film Club organised Taiwanese Film Festival at Prasad Labs Preview Theatre, Hyderabad (on 24-26 July 2015)
Shooting of Documentary Film
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Baharampur Film Society, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Bangalore, Nov 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Celluloid Chapter, Jamshedpur, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Cine Guild Bally, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (FFSI Office Kolkata, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Guwahati, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Kolkata Film Festival, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Kolkata, Dec 2024)-1
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Kolkata, Dec 2024)-2
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Kolkata, Dec 2024)-3
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Midnapore Film Society, Dec 2024)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Mumbai, Aug 2023)
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Thrissur, Nov 2024)-1
Shooting the Documentary on the Film Society Movement in India (Thrissur, Nov 2024)-2
Open Forum / Workshops / Courses
2nd Summer Course on Film Appreciation organised by FFSI-East and Max Mueller Bhavan in Kolkata (June 2023)
3rd Summer Course on Film Appreciation organised by FFSI-East and Max Mueller Bhavan in Kolkata (22-27 July 2024)
4th Summer Course of Film Appreciation organised by FFSI-East with Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata (4-8 Aug 2025)
Face to Face organised by Gauhati Cine Club (27-28 June 2015)
FFSI Open Forum at the International Film Festival of India (Goa, 23-29 Nov 2014)
Film Appreciation Course by Gauhati Cine Club (31 Aug to 5 Sept 2015)
Open Forum of FFSI in Bangalore International Film Festival (2011)
Open Forum of FFSI in Hyderabad, 11-20 January 1999
Open Forum of FFSI in International Film Festival of Kerala (2022)
Open Forum of FFSI in Kolkata International Film Festival (2018)
Workshop by Vizag Film Society at Andhra University (20-21 June 2015)
FFSI-East with Max Mueller Bhavan organised Workshop on Filmmaking by Smart Phone in Kolkata (7-9 May 2025)
Campus Film Society Activities
Felicitations / Celebrations / Special Event
Celebration of 100 Years of Indian Cinema at Nandan, Kolkata (5-10 June 2013)-1
Celebration of 100 Years of Indian Cinema at Nandan, Kolkata (5-10 June 2013)-2
Celebration of Golden Jubilee of Gauhati Cine Club (1965-2015)
Celebration of Golden Jubilee of Gauhati Cine Club (2015)
Celebration of Satyajit Ray's Birth Anniversary at FFSI Office in Kolkata (2 May 2024)
Citizens Film Forum Delhi celebrated 70th Anniversary of Victory over the Fascists (24-30 April 2015)
Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Midnapore Film Society (1963-2023) on 5 Aug 2023 at Society's Auditorium in Midnapore-1
Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Midnapore Film Society (1963-2023) on 5 Aug 2023 at Society's Auditorium in Midnapore-2
Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Midnapore Film Society (1963-2023) on 5 Aug 2023 at Society's Auditorium in Midnapore-3
FFSI Kerala inaugurates the Ritwik Ghatak Birth Centenary (B. 4 Nov 1925) in collaboration with the Purogamana Kala Sahithya Sangham in Thiruvananthapuram (17 Aug 2025)
FFSI President Kiran Shantaram felicitating Mrinal Sen with Satyajit Ray Award during Celebration of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Kolkata (5-10 June 2013)-2
FFSI President Kiran Shantaram felicitating Mrinal Sen with Satyajit Ray Award during Celebration of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Kolkata (5-10 June 2013)
FFSI President Kiran Shantaram felicitating Shyam Benegal with Satyajit Ray Award during Celebration of 100 Years of Indian Cinema in Mumbai (2013)
FFSI Vijaya Mulay Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 conferred by FFSI Keralam to Premendra Mazumder on 24 Feb 2023
FFSI-East conferred Lifetime Time Achievement Award to Pronab Mukherjee of Chandernagore Cine Centre for his contributions to the film society movement on 13 July 2025 at Nandan, Kolkata
FFSI-East paid tribute to 100 Years of Visva-Bharati by a special screening of the documentary Rabindranath and Visva-Bharati (English, 138M, 2022) by Sisir Sahana (17 Sept 2022)
Girish Kasarvalli was felicitated with Baburao Painter life time achievement award by Amol Palekar in 4th Kolhapur IFF
Inauguration of Golden Jubilee of Burnpur Film Society (17 May 2015)
Jyoti Prakash Mitra of North Calcutta Film Society receiving the LifeTime Achievement Award from FFSI for his contributions to the film society movement (13 July 2024)
Prabhat Chitra Mandal celebrated 47th Anniversary on 25 July 2015 at Chavan Center, Mumbai in collaboration with FFSI (West)
Releasing the Special Issue of CHITRABHAVNA of FFSI-East on 75 Years of Film Society Movement in India (Jan 2023)
Sibansu Basu of North Midnapore Film Society receiving the LifeTime Achievement Award from FFSI for his contributions to the film society movement (29 July 2024)
Other Activities
Inauguration of 1st Siliguri Short Film Festival in 2010
5th Assam International Film Festival organised by Assam Film Society and FFSI-East at Jorhat Assam (2014)
5th Siliguri Short Film Festival organised by Siliguri Cine Society in collaboration with FFSI (15-17 Nov 2014)
6th Assam International Film Festival organised by Assam Film Society and FFSI-East at Jorhat Assam (2016)-2
6th Assam International Film Festival organised by FFSI-East at Jorhat Assam (19-21 Feb 2016)
6th Guwahati Film Festival organised by Gauhati Cine Club with FFSI (Dec 2013)
7th International Guwahati Film Festival organised by Gauhati Cine Club with FFSI (10-16 Dec 2014)
11th Winter Film Festival organised by Bidhannagar Film Society with FFSI-East (Jan 2023)
15th FILCA International Film Festival inaugurated by Adoor Gopalakrishnanat University Students Center, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala (24 April 2015)
15th International Guwahati Film Festival organised by Gauhati Cine Club in association with FFSI (23 Dec 2022)
17th International Guwahati Film Festival organised by Gauhati Cine Club (Dec 2024)
32nd Karimganj Film Festival organized by Ritwiz Cine Art Society in collaboration with FFSI-East at Sribhumi, Assam (3-7 Jan 2025)
Atul Kulkarni inaugurated the 10th Film Appreciation Course organised by FFS (West) al Film Archive Auditorium Pune on 6 Sept 2015
Bookstall of FFSI at the Literature and Little Magazine Fair in Kolkata (April 2025)
Concluding Ceremony of 17th SiGNS FESTIVAL organised by FFSI-Keralam at Malayalam University, Tirur, Malappuram, Kerala (Oct 2024)
FFSI Camp Office at Kolkata International Film Festival (Dec 2023)
FFSI Office Kolkata (2014)
FFSI Office Kolkata (Sept 2024)
Film Association of Nagaland affiliated by FFSI in 2021
Governing Committee (RC) of the Federation of Film Societies of India Eastern Region for 2024-26
Hyderabad International Film Festival organised by Hyderabad Film Club (March 2007)
Inauguration of 1st Assam International Rural Film Festival organised by FFSI-East and Assam Film Society at Meleng Tea Estate Jorhat (Dec 2017)
Inauguration of 2nd Assam International Rural Film Festival, Jorhat (14 March 2025)
Incredible Journey of Indian Cinema organised by Film Society of Jodhpur (14 Feb 2015)
Madhabi Mukherjee inaugurating 19th Bardhaman International Film Festival organised by BCCK in collaboration with FFSI-East (Nov 2017)
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Bratya Basu and Buddhadeb Dasgupta Inaugurating the 1st FFSI International Travelling Film Festival in Kolkata on 3 Aug 2015
National Conference of FFSI at INTACH Delhi (30 Sept 2023)
Paolo Minuto, President of the International Federation of Film Societies, visits Barasat Cine Circle (Dec 2004)
Press Conference at Kolkata Press Club for the 1st Kannada Film Festival organised by FFSI (East) in July 2017
Ritwik Ghatak Memorial Library and Sales Counter for Books and Journals on Cinema opened by FFSI on 2 May 2024