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Shorts & Mid-length

Tenfa

Directed by Nihaarika Negi

Screens as part of Programme 4: Between Realities.

Screening at DIFF 2026

Thu29 to Thursday 29 Oct · PictureTime 3
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Runtime
30 min
Year
2026
Country
India
Language
Hindi, Kinnauri
Subtitles
English

Synopsis

In Kinnaur, deep in the Himalayas, ecological damage erodes ancestral land and Indigenous traditions. A government-certified midwife, an 85-year-old grandmother and her granddaughter set out to find an endangered medicinal herb to save a pregnant woman’s life. Shot in an endangered language, the film features an all-Indigenous cast from the director’s community.

Director

Nihaarika Negi Nihaarika NegiNihaarika Negi is an interdisciplinary artist working across film, theatre, and XR. Her work draws on folklore and magical realism to explore fragile landscapes and the body. A Berlinale Talents alumna and USC Stark graduate, her writing includes The Threshold. She debuted with Labours Of (An)Other Solipsist.

Cast and crew

Producer
Asawari Jagushte, Mathivanan Rajendran, Ishan Hendre, Varsha Panikar, Shilpa Kumar
Writer
Nihaarika Negi
Editor
Emily Packer
Sound
Ankita Purkayastha, Santwana Bayaskar
Music
Peter Lam

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