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… India’s first registered association of film critics — a geographically diverse cross-section of professionals — who have come together to streamline the ethical and quality standards for film criticism in the country.
With India’s most credible critics – representing print, radio, broadcast, and the web – at its helm, the Guild is dedicated to maintaining the highest level of integrity amongst its members and evaluating works of cinema that stand apart in their story telling.
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Critics' Choice Awards
Since 2018, the Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group in collaboration with Vistas Media Capital have showcased, recognised and rewarded the best talent coming out from different film industries, all across India. Our aim have championed short films, web series and feature films all on the same platform across all Indian languages, through an unbiased, credible, transparent process.
Outreach Programmes
Film Critics Guild aims to carry out meaningful conversations around film criticism across the country, in different cities as a part of our robust year-round programme. We collaborate with different organizations, film festivals and educational institutions to carry out film screenings, workshops and panel discussions on the art of film criticism.
Member Reviews
Film Critics Guild currently has 57 members spread across 13 different cities, who regularly review the films released every week, across all Indian languages. Our mandate is to further the cause of credible and ethical film criticism in the country. This site collates reviews by members which you can browse starting here, or look for a specific film using our alphabetic index of films.
Guild News
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Best of Critics Choice at the 17th Habitat Film Festival
The Film Critics Guild collaborated with the 17th Habitat Film Festival to showcase the Best of Critics’ Choice Awards 2025 — a selection of nine short films from across India, handpicked by our critics. Guild members Deepak Dua and Arnab Banerjee introduced the screenings on May 17 and 18 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Choice Shorts of Choice Awards at Soho House, Mumbai
On Friday, 25 April, Shilajit Mitra, member, Film Critics Guild, introduced a curated package of short films from the 2025 edition of Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA) at Soho House, Mumbai. ‘Virundhu’ (The Feast) by Rishi Chandna, ‘Obur’ by Faraz Ali and ‘Jal Tu Jalaal Tu’ by Prateek Vats were the three gorgeous shorts screened. The event concluded with an invigorating Q&A with the cast and crew of ‘Jal Tu Jalaal Tu’, whose lead actor, Harish Khanna, won the Best Actor Award for short films at CCA 2025.
FCG Member Arnab Banerjee as jury at Dyal Singh College (DSC) Festival
Cine Revamp, an event organized on February 28, 2025, by the Connecting Dreams Foundation (CDF) chapter at Dyal Singh College (DSC), New Delhi, as part of their annual fest Chang-E-Rah, challenged participants to redesign posters of socially driven films revealed on the spot. Film Critics Guild member Arnab Banerjee was invited to be on the jury panel for this event. A fusion of cinema and design, Cine Revamp proved that a fresh perspective can transform the way we see stories. Arham Khan (1st prize – 12th Fail) and Bhavya Singh (2nd prize – Super 30) captivated the jury members with their bold reinterpretations. A fusion of cinema and design, Cine Revamp proved that a fresh perspective can transform the way we see stories!
Film Critic Ishita Sengupta at the Berlinale Talents 2025
Film critic Ishita Sengupta was selected as part of Berlinale Talents 2025. She was one of eight writers from around the world to partake in intensive workshops and networking opportunities aimed at elevating her craft. She was also among the 34 members of the press selected to cover the Sundance Film Festival as part of the Press Inclusion initiative—an effort by the festival to support critics from underrepresented groups through financial and systematic assistance.
(Picture credit: © Peter Himsel, Berlinale 2025)
Critics' Choice Awards 2025
The Critics' Choice Film Awards is a platform to celebrate diversity and flair in Indian films. It is a space to reward and recognise creativity, ingenuity and quality.
As a pan-India award, the Critics' Choice Film Awards represents the diverse range of filmmaking in the country. It honours talent and displays the rich culture of films across languages, styles and themes. The Critics' Choice Film Awards were instituted in 2018 and have continued every year since.
In our first edition, the awards recognized short films, in the second we enhanced the awards to include the exciting and burgeoning space of web series and episodic content. This year we aim to continue unearthing and honoring talent from this flourishing space. With a transparent process to identify worthy winners, these awards aim to reward the immense creativity of this industry.
View earlier years from here
Special Awards 2025
Feature Films 2025
Web Series 2025
Short Films 2025
Documentary Films 2025
