ViBGYOR Film Festival is an international short and documentary film festival held annually in Thrissur city in Kerala state of India. ViBGYOR Film Festival is organised by ViBGYOR Film collective, a coalition of Chetana Media Institute, Nottam Traveling Film Festival, Navachitra Film Society, Visual Search, Moving Republic, Cense, GAIA, with the support of Thrissur Municipal Corporation, Zilla Panchayath, Federation of Film Societies of India, Kerala Chalachitra Academy, Information & Public Relations, ActionAid India, ICCO-South Asia and other various Film Societies. The ViBGYOR Film Festival is the largest alternate film festival in India; and second only to the government sponsored Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). The inaugural edition of ViBGYOR was held from February 22–25, 2006 in Thrissur. The Second Edition of ViBGYOR was held from May 10–13, 2007 at the Sangeetha Nataka Akademy Campus (Regional Theatre and Natyagriham), Thrissur.
Event history
- First Edition: February 2006
- Second Edition: May 2007
- Third Edition: February 2008
- Fourth edition: February 2009
- Fifth edition: February 2010
- Sixth edition: January 2011