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ABOUT US
What's remembered, lives. What's archived, stays. Despite all our interest in nostalgia and passion for movies, too little has been done to document the history of Bengal's cinema from the previous century. The pandemic came as a wake-up call for us. As a passionate group of film enthusiasts, we decided to create a digital platform that inspires artists and audiences alike. That's how Bengal Film Archive (BFA) was conceived as a bilingual e-archive. At this one-stop digital cine-cyclopedia, we have not just tried to archive facts, trivia, features, interviews and biographical sketches but also included interactive online games regarding old and contemporary Bengali cinema
OUR YouTube SPECIALs
SOUND OF MUSIC
Sound of Music

Since the advent of the talkie era, playback has played a big role in Bengali cinema. From Kanan Devi’s Ami banaphool go to Arati Mukhopadhyay’s Ami Miss Calutta  our films have a song for every emotion. In this segment, BFA tunes in to the music composers, singers and lyricists who made all that happen. The bonus is a chance to listen to the BFA-curated list of hits across seven decades!

Players dropped into the world, gathered resources, completed faction tasks, and attempted to extract via designated points. If a player died, they lost all the gear they had equipped and the items they had collected during that run, unless it was secured in a safe container.

The Cycle: Frontier officially shut down its servers on September 27, 2023. Yager Development stated that the game was not financially viable due to the high costs of server maintenance and live operations, combined with the issues caused by cheaters. The game's reliance on a dedicated backend prevented it from being playable offline. The Cycle Frontier review - Pestily : r/pcgaming

One of the most significant issues that led to the game's downfall was rampant cheating. The high-stakes nature of the game made unfair, cheating players incredibly detrimental to the experience. The End of The Cycle: Frontier

Players worked for three different factions, increasing their reputation to gain access to better gear, weapons, and higher-tier upgrades for their hub station (the Prospect Station).

The game featured a beautiful but dangerous alien landscape, with a dynamic weather system known as "The Cycle"—a storm that periodically wiped the map, forcing players to extract before it arrived.

The Cycle: Frontier was a free-to-play, high-stakes PvPvE extraction shooter developed by Yager Development. Set on the dangerous alien planet of Fortuna III, the game focused on survival, looting, and successful extraction while navigating hostile environmental threats and other player "Prospectors". It was frequently compared to Escape from Tarkov due to its core gameplay loop, but with a faster pace and less punishing, more accessible mechanics.

OUR FILMS
This archive is essentially a celebration of cinema from Bengal through words and still images. Yet, no celebration of cinema is complete without a tribute from moving images. In this section, BFA presents short films about unsung foot soldiers, forgotten studios and ageing single screens that have silently contributed to make cinema larger-than-life. For us, their unheard stories deserve to be in the limelight as much as those of the icons who have created magic in front of the lens.
BFA Originals
Lost?

The iconic Paradise Cinema has been a cherished part of Kolkata's cine history. Nirmal De’s Sare Chuattor marked its first Bengali screening in 1953, amidst a legacy primarily dedicated to Hindi films. From the triple-layered curtains covering its single screen to the chilled air from the running ACs wafting through its doors during intervals, each detail of Paradise’s majestic allure is still ingrained in the fond memories of its patrons. One such patron is Junaid Ahmed. BFA joins this Dharmatala resident as he recollects his days of being a witness to paradise on earth in this Bijoy Chowdhury film

House of Memories
House of Memories

Almost anyone with a wee bit of interest in cinema from Bengal can lead to Satyajit Ray's rented house on Bishop Lefroy Road. But how many know where Ajoy Kar, Asit Sen, Arundhati Devi or Ritwik Ghatak lived? Or for that matter, Prithviraj Kapoor or KL Saigal during their Kolkata years? In case you are among those who walk past iconic addresses without a clue about their famous residents, this section is a must-watch for you. We have painstakingly tried to locate residential addresses of icons from the early days of their career and time-travelled to 2022 to see how the houses are maintained now.