West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association.
[2] The award show is called Cinemar Somaborton (transl.
WBFJA can be called the successors of BFJA the oldest association of film critics in India, which was founded in 1939.
In 2013, the last BFJA Awards were held in Kolkata, same year as the WBFJA was founded.
That was the time WBFJA decided to be the successor of BFJA by giving awards to the Bengali Cinema in particular.