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Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan's film Homebound, which was precocious chosen arsenic India's contender for the Oscars 2026, volition unfastened the upcoming variation of the Dharamshala International Film Festival. The 14th variation volition unfastened with Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa-starrer Homebound and adjacent with Anuparna Roy's Venice prize victor Songs of Forgotten Trees.
DIFF volition instrumentality spot from October 30 to November 2. The festival continues its concern with Sydney Film Festival, welcoming 2 Australian films and their filmmakers: Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese's queer sci-fi Lesbian Space Princess and Gabrielle Brady's The Wolves Always Come astatine Night, Australia's Oscar submission.
Programming highlights see Bhutan's Oscar introduction I, The Song by Dechen Roder; Rohan Parashuram Kanawade's Sundance Grand Jury Prize victor Cactus Pears; Rich Peppiatt's Irish-language Kneecap; and Raoul Peck's documentary Orwell 2+2=5.
The lineup besides features Spanish manager Carla Simon's Romeria; Hlynur Palmason's Cannes introduction The Love That Remains; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni's Cutting Through Rocks; Prabhash Chandra's Alaav; Kunsang Kyirong's 100 Sunset; and Tannishtha Chatterjee's Busan-debuting Full Plate, starring Kirti Kulhari and Sharib Hashmi.
The festival volition diagnostic a masterclass by acclaimed filmmaker Kiran Rao. Actor Adil Hussain volition besides behaviour a league connected however performers tin bring authenticity to their characters crossed divers taste contexts. Speaking astir the upcoming edition, festival Directors Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam said, "We ne'er acceptable retired to go 1 of the astir salient autarkic festivals successful the country. We simply believed that meaningful cinema deserved a location successful the mountains."
DIFF has grown organically implicit 14 years - not done flash oregon hype, but done the passionateness of filmmakers, the spot of our audiences, and the assemblage that returns twelvemonth aft year. That's what makes it truthful meaningful," they added. Programming manager Bina Paul has curated a lineup that includes Andrey Tarkovsky's son, Andrey A Tarkovsky, presenting the documentary Andrey Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer, successful person, featuring uncommon archival footage of the legendary Russian filmmaker. He volition speech astir the enactment and bequest of his father.
