Filmmakers and speakers
The directors, panelists and teachers at DIFF 2026, with the films and sessions they’re part of.
Aakanksha JadhavRaiding The Archives: The Personal is Political
Aastha TikuAI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AI, Dreamboat
Abhay PBurning Roots, Blooming Fire
Akbar Quadri and Azam QuadriShores
Akio FujimotoLost Land
Alberto AllicaDarshan
Ali CherriThe Sentinel
Aman MannThe Labours and Logistics of Cinema
Ambarien AlqadarStray Girls
Amit MasurkarThe Labours and Logistics of Cinema
Anaël DangTriangle
Ananya KashyapAdi Nyemeh – Daughters of the Forest
Anjum Shaikh, Darshana Mayekar, Gauri Rane, Kavita Ghuge, Kavita Khomne, Nazneen Siddiqui, Rehana Shaikh, Rohini Kadam, Sheetal Navle, Shilpi Gulati and Vaishali ManeCool Ladies Club
Ankur HoodaThe Calf Doll, The New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid Cinema
Anmol SidhuFlowers of Acacia, Shifting The Gaze: Panjab Noir
Arief BudimanGolden Island
Arsh JainUstad Bantoo
Arun FularaHudke ki Pyaang Pyaang
Ashim AhluwaliaThe Labours and Logistics of Cinema
Ashok VishThe New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid Cinema
Ayan MrinalThe New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid Cinema, Accounts of a Killing
Ayushi GuptaSalt
Bakhtawar TagarNaaz
Bandari Sai SmaranAllo Neredallo
Benjamin BucherThe Round Table
Chetan Parshuram GangavaneA Radiant World
Christian PetzoldMiroirs No. 3
Dechen RoderThe Labours and Logistics of Cinema
Deepak RauniyarPrivate Property
Dennis HarveyCeltic Utopia
Dhruv SehgalRaiding The Archives: The Personal is Political, Nirakar
Dibakar BanerjeeAI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AI
Don PalatharaThe Uncertainty Principle, AI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AI
Eimi ImanishiNomad Shadow
Eisha NairHeartbeat
Fernando EimbckeFlies
Geetanjali GurlhosurRaiding The Archives: The Personal is Political, The Things We Carry
Gurvinder SinghRehmat, Shifting The Gaze: Panjab Noir
Hansa ThapliyalCommunity as Auteur, A Radiant World
Heilika PikkovRaiding The Archives: The Personal is Political
Heilika Pikkov and Liina SärkinenMy Family and Other Clowns
Irene BartoloméThe New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid Cinema, Dream of Another Summer
Jaideep Singh Kanyal and Namgyal TseringBetween Herds and Horizon
John AbrahamAmma Ariyan
Juliette MenthonnexThe Round Table
Kalyani BThe Mirage of a Dream
Karla MurthyThe Gas Station Attendant
Kartikeya SaxenaAmma, Do Giraffes Cry?
Lara JaydhaStill Life
Lars LovénCeltic Utopia
Leo ThaddeusThe Soul Whisperer
Levan KoguashviliGuria
Louise BagnallJulián
Madhusree DuttaThe New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid Cinema
Maja HolandHEX
Manikanta RajFlowers We Couldn’t Touch
Marine AtlanLa Gradiva
Mark CousinsThe Storms of Jeremy Thomas
Markus SchleinzerRose
Mars VerroneBuckskin
Mauli SinghShifting The Gaze: Panjab Noir
Mehrdad OskoueiA Fox Under A Pink Moon
Monica GyamlaniShifting The Gaze: Panjab Noir
Naina Bisht and Jigmet DeachenUdgam: The Origin of Life
Narayan KrishnaswamyBeyond the Festival Circuit and ROIs: Reclaiming the Screen for Everyone
Nihaarika NegiTenfa
Nikkhil AdvaniAI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AI, The Viewfinder
NinjyedWhispers of Thunder
Nong Nhat QuangBaby Jackfruit Baby Guava
Oliver LaxeSirāt
Paromita VohraWorking Girls- Paromita VoraAI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AI
Pearl MalikDelicate Darling
Pegah AhangaraniRehearsals for a Revolution
Pema DorjiWhispers of Thunder
Poonam RaiWhispers of Thunder
Pranav BhasinWe Were Here
Prathyush ParasuramanAI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AI
Priyanka KrishnanFlowers Bloom When Touched
Pulkit TomarCommunity as Auteur, The Sinking Monastery of Light
R GowthamMembers of the Problematic Family
Rafael KapelinskiBudapest Diaries
Ranjan SinghThe Labours and Logistics of Cinema
Rhea ShuklaRuse
Ridham JanveCommunity as Auteur, Hunter’s Moon
Rima DasNot a Hero
Rohan PingalGadi
Rohit JadhavHalgi
Sahil H ShahBirds on Ice
Samreen FarooquiThe Ordinary Star
Sara DosaTime and Water
Sarthak VermaNeighbours of the Beast
Saumyananda SahiShadowbox
Saurav Kumar MundaA River Colored Red
Saurav MahindUpon Starvation
Sayani GuptaAasmani
Semmalar AnnamMayilaa
Shabani HassanwaliaCommunity as Auteur, The Ordinary Star
Shahi A.JMemoria~
Shailesh SinghThe New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid Cinema
Shashank WaliaShifting The Gaze: Panjab Noir, Birds in the Dark
Shaunak SenTermite
Shilpi GulatiCommunity as Auteur
Sho MiyakeTwo Seasons, Two Strangers
Sidharth MeerCapturing the Soul of the Image: Translating Mood, Texture and Memory with Your Colourist
Sompot Chidgasornpongse9 Temples to Heaven
Sonam ZangmoWhispers of Thunder
Soraya AkhlaghiA Fox Under A Pink Moon
Sraiyanti HAuto Queens
Suchin MehrotraThe Labours and Logistics of Cinema
Sudhir MishraThe Viewfinder
Surabhi Jayachandra VermaA Radiant World
Suresh EriyatWhere Were We?
Sven BresserReedland
Swapnil S. SonawaneDistance
Tanushree DasShadowbox
Tenzin YeshiMidnight Momo
Thinley WangchukWhispers of Thunder
Triparna MaitiThe Chair
Ugo BienvenuArco
Umesh Vinayak KulkarniXO
Uttkarsh ParmarRaiding The Archives: The Personal is Political, Saira & David
Varun GroverFinding Your Voice: Self-Doubt and Knowing When You’re Ready, Damned
Xerxes RaninaLegal Basics for Indie Filmmakers: Protecting Your Films and Friendships
Xoán Fernández DizStory of a Flat-Tired Bicycle
Yana SamnamAdi Nyemeh – Daughters of the Forest
Yashasvi JuyalThe Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb