[2][3] Since its inception, the university's Kennedy Auditorium has been used as the festival's screening venue.
The proposal was mooted with the University Grants Commission that film societies be established with the universities in India which was accepted and thus the film club was the outcome of such a proposal.
[5] A short film festival- Filmsaaz was conceived and begun in 2008 by the then secretary Adil Hossain.
In 2013, under the secretary-ship of Arif Jwadder the 6th edition of the festival become international in scope.
When first established, the festival was organized as a national short film festival with national and local categories but with its sixth installation, local categories were removed.