The thirteenth annual Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place November 7—10 in McLeod Ganj, India, home to the Tibetan Government in Exile and the 14th Dalai Lama. This year’s festival features award-winning films from around the world including Nocturnes, Wisdom of Happiness, All We Imagine as Light, Agent of Happiness, and more.
Other feature titles include Ma—Cry of Silence, A Fly on the Wall, In the Land of Brothers, When the Light Breaks, From Ground Zero, State of Statelessness, We Are Faheem and Karun, Madina, No Other Land, Viet and Nam, La Chimera, and the remastered 4K restoration of the classic documentary, Burden of Dreams, by the late Les Blank, screened in a double feature with the Werner Herzog film Fitzcarraldo, the subject of the documentary.
There’s also an extensive program of shorts and mid-length films, as well as a series of films for young adults. This year’s program director is Bina Paul.
Founded and co-directed by veteran filmmakers and partners Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, DIFF has become one of India’s leading independent film festivals, attracting audiences from across the country and further afield. The festival also nurtures the larger independent filmmaking community in India and South Asia, and builds networks of solidarity, support, and resources. DIFF is known for its bold and adventurous programming that enriches knowledge and understanding of societies, cultures, and ideas. Bringing filmmakers to the festival has been a signal priority for DIFF, and its large network of alumni filmmakers and film professionals includes the majority of key independent filmmakers working in South Asia today.
Buddhist Film Foundation is the fiscal sponsor for DIFF.
DIFF official website.
