page_title: Nandan (Kolkata)
section_title: Programs and festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Nandan (Kolkata) / Programs and festivals
caption_attribution_description: English: I took the picture in 25se boishakh
context_page_description: Nandan is a government-sponsored film and cultural centre in Kolkata, India. The primary aim of the cultural hub is to encourage and facilitate cinematic awareness in society. It includes a few comparatively large screens housed in an impressively architectured building. The complex, besides being a modern cinema and cultural complex, is a popular destination for the young and the aged alike.
  Nandan is one of the main venues of the Kolkata International Film Festival, hosting it till 2010.
  While in 2011 the opening and closing ceremonies was shifted to Netaji Indoor Stadium, Nandan remains the main centre for the festival.
context_section_description: Nandan has been a cultural hub of Kolkata for a long time. Memorial lectures and special programs are organised here on regular basis. Nandan also organises a Social Communication Film Festival in collaboration with Roopkala Kendra.
caption: Deceased poet Sunil Gangopadhyaya in Krittibash book stall in little magazine festival in Nandan
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