The Bengaluru film festival organized by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the Government of Karnataka and supported by Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, acts as the cosmopolitan Bangalore city’s window into the world of cinema. It offers contemporary world, Asian and Indian cinema as well as the national and regional films to the film buffs of the city. All shows are ticketed and the films are released in multiple theaters which are spread across the city. The film festival offers various awards in the categories of Indian cinema, Asian cinema and regional cinemas. Film lovers from different walks of life and film societies are asked to volunteer to help organize the festival.