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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
Read all recent news items here
Subha J Rao recieves two Laadli Media Awards
FCG Member, Subha J Rao received two Laadli Media Awards — Regional and National — in the Web (Op-Ed) category for her opinion piece in The News Minute on the film Maharaja and its problematic portrayal of gender violence. The film, directed by Nithilan Saminathan, stars Vijay Sethupathi and Anurag Kashyap.
Celebrating India Film Festival (CIFF), New Delhi
The Celebrating India Film Festival (CIFF) 2025 took place from August 8 to 10 at the NCUI Auditorium in New Delhi. The festival showcased films that explored India’s environment, heritage, art, culture and spirituality, with a focus on stories rooted in the country’s diverse identity. Organised by Graphisads, CIFF positioned itself as a platform for meaningful storytelling and thoughtful conversations in cinema, bringing together filmmakers, critics and audiences.
Canvasses Unmasked at St. Xavier’s Malhar Festival
Canvasses Unmasked, held on August 15, 2025, was a standout event at Malhar, the annual intercollegiate cultural festival of St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Organized by the Entertainment Theatricals and Contests and Fine Arts departments, the event challenged teams to bring iconic portrait paintings to life through face painting, costumes, and a short theatrical performance.
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.
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
