Tibetan Children’s Village, Upper Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

DIFF 2026 schedule

All 78 screenings and talks, 29 October to 1 November 2026, on five screens at Tibetan Children’s Village. Times are India Standard Time. Every pass covers every screening; there are no reserved seats, so queue at the screen.

Thursday 29 Oct 18 screenings

9:45 AMThe Gas Station AttendantKarla Murthy · United States · PT2 · 83 min
10:15 AMBirds on IceSahil H Shah · India · HG Hall · 86 min · Q&A
10:30 AMBudapest DiariesRafael Kapelinski · Hungary, Poland · PT1 · 117 min
10:45 AMProgramme 1: Constructing BelongingSalt · Triangle · Private Property · PT3 · 63 min · Q&A
11:35 AMMayilaaSemmalar Annam · India · PT2 · 112 min · Q&A
12:35 PMProgramme 2: Generations in CollisionFlowers Bloom When Touched · The Things We Carry · Aasmani · PT3 · 80 min · Q&A
12:40 PMRehearsals for a RevolutionPegah Ahangarani · Czechia, Spain · HG Hall · 98 min
1:00 PMCapturing the Soul of the Image: Translating Mood, Texture and Memory with Your ColouristSidharth Meer · House of Peace · 90 min
1:00 PMProgramme 3: Community HistoriesBuckskin · The Sinking Monastery of Light · The Round Table · PT1 · 82 min · Q&A
2:20 PMThe Calf DollAnkur Hooda · India · PT2 · 91 min · Q&A
2:50 PMReedlandSven Bresser · Belgium, Netherlands · HG Hall · 111 min
3:00 PMRaiding The Archives: The Personal is PoliticalDhruv Sehgal, Geetanjali Gurlhosur, Heilika Pikkov, Uttkarsh Parmar with Aakanksha Jadhav · House of Peace · 90 min
3:00 PMProgramme 4: Between RealitiesDreamboat · Stray Girls · Tenfa · PT3 · 70 min · Q&A
3:30 PMProgramme 5: Weight of IdentityDarshan · Accounts of a Killing · Halgi · PT1 · 70 min · Q&A
4:40 PMTermiteShaunak Sen · India · PT2 · 31 min · Q&A
5:15 PMMiroirs No. 3Christian Petzold · Germany · PT3 · 86 min
6:15 PMNot a HeroRima Das · India, Singapore · HG Hall · 98 min
6:30 PMNot a HeroRima Das · India, Singapore · PT1 · 98 min

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Friday 30 Oct 19 screenings

9:45 AMJuliánLouise Bagnall · Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg · PT3 · 85 min
10:15 AMThe Uncertainty PrincipleDon Palathara · India · PT2 · 121 min · Q&A
10:30 AMLa GradivaMarine Atlan · France, Italy · HG Hall · 145 min
10:45 AMNeighbours of the BeastSarthak Verma · India · PT1 · 98 min · Q&A
11:00 AMThe Labours and Logistics of CinemaAman Mann, Amit Masurkar, Ashim Ahluwalia, Dechen Roder, Ranjan Singh with Suchin Mehrotra · House of Peace · 90 min
12:15 PMProgramme 6: Journeys of DiscoveryAllo Neredallo · Burning Roots, Blooming Fire · Distance · PT3 · 75 min · Q&A
1:00 PMBeyond the Festival Circuit and ROIs: Reclaiming the Screen for EveryoneNarayan Krishnaswamy · House of Peace · 90 min
1:30 PMWorking GirlsParomita Vohra · India · PT1 · 133 min · Q&A
1:30 PMShoresAkbar Quadri and Azam Quadri · India · PT2 · 85 min · Q&A
1:45 PMGuriaLevan Koguashvili · Bulgaria, Georgia, Luxembourg, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Turkey · HG Hall · 118 min
2:30 PMProgramme 7: Still HumanWhere Were We? · We Were Here · Damned · Amma, Do Giraffes Cry? · PT3 · 61 min · Q&A
3:30 PMCommunity as AuteurHansa Thapliyal, Pulkit Tomar, Ridham Janve, Shilpi Gulati with Shabani Hassanwalia · House of Peace · 90 min
4:00 PMThe Ink Stained Hand and the Missing ThumbYashasvi Juyal · India, Saudi Arabia, United States · PT2 · 127 min · Q&A
4:15 PMSirātOliver Laxe · France, Spain · HG Hall · 115 min
4:35 PMProgramme 8: No Man’s LandThe Sentinel · Flowers We Couldn’t Touch · PT3 · 44 min · Q&A
4:45 PMRoyal Enfield Himalayan Shorts ProgrammeUdgam: The Origin of Life · Between Herds and Horizon · Adi Nyemeh – Daughters of the Forest · PT1 · 66 min · Q&A
6:45 PMFlowers of AcaciaAnmol Sidhu · India · HG Hall · 87 min · Q&A
7:00 PMProgramme 9: Shared SpacesThe Mirage of a Dream · Naaz · A Radiant World · PT1 · 48 min · Q&A
7:15 PMTwo Seasons, Two StrangersSho Miyake · Japan · PT2 · 89 min

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Saturday 31 Oct 22 screenings

9:30 AMProgramme 10: Alternative GrammarStill Life · Memoria~ · PT3 · 19 min · Q&A
10:00 AMUstad BantooArsh Jain · India · PT2 · 120 min · Q&A
10:15 AMCool Ladies ClubAnjum Shaikh, Darshana Mayekar, Gauri Rane, Kavita Ghuge, Kavita Khomne, Nazneen Siddiqui, Rehana Shaikh, Rohini Kadam, Sheetal Navle, Shilpi Gulati and Vaishali Mane · India · PT1 · 72 min · Q&A
10:30 AMArcoUgo Bienvenu · France · HG Hall · 88 min
11:00 AMThe New Realism and Braided Truth: The Era of Hybrid CinemaAnkur Hooda, Ayan Mrinal, Irene Bartolomé, Madhusree Dutta, Shailesh Singh with Ashok Vish · House of Peace · 90 min
11:05 AMWhispers of ThunderPema Dorji, Sonam Zangmo, Thinley Wangchuk, Poonam Rai, Ninjyed · Bhutan · PT3 · 65 min · Q&A
12:30 PMMy Family and Other ClownsHeilika Pikkov and Liina Särkinen · Estonia · PT1 · 84 min · Q&A
12:45 PMRehmatGurvinder Singh · France, India · HG Hall · 157 min · Q&A
1:00 PMLegal Basics for Indie Filmmakers: Protecting Your Films and FriendshipsXerxes Ranina · House of Peace · 90 min
1:15 PMThe Ordinary StarSamreen Farooqui, Shabani Hassanwalia · India · PT2 · 65 min · Q&A
1:15 PMProgramme 11: Modern LoveUpon Starvation · Hudke ki Pyaang Pyaang · XO · PT3 · 62 min · Q&A
3:00 PMShadowboxSaumyananda Sahi, Tanushree Das · India · PT1 · 93 min
3:20 PMProgramme 12: Unpacking Family TrunksNirakar · Heartbeat · Saira & David · PT3 · 69 min · Q&A
3:30 PMAI Forum: DIFF In The Age of AIAastha Tiku, Dibakar Banerjee, Don Palathara, Nikkhil Advani, Paromita Vora with Prathyush Parasuraman · House of Peace · 90 min
3:30 PMHunter’s MoonRidham Janve · Germany, India · PT2 · 98 min · Q&A
4:30 PMDream of Another SummerIrene Bartolomé · Lebanon, Spain · HG Hall · 70 min · Q&A
5:30 PMThe Soul WhispererLeo Thaddeus · Australia, Bangladesh, France, India · PT1 · 96 min · Q&A
5:30 PMTime and WaterSara Dosa · Iceland, United States · PT3 · 93 min
6:15 PMMidnight MomoTenzin Yeshi · United States · PT2 · 82 min · Q&A
6:45 PMRoseMarkus Schleinzer · Austria, Germany · HG Hall · 94 min
7:15 PMHEXMaja Holand · Norway · PT1 · 92 min
7:30 PMNomad ShadowEimi Imanishi · France, Spain, United States · PT3 · 82 min

Plan Saturday in the app

Sunday 1 Nov 19 screenings

9:30 AM9 Temples to HeavenSompot Chidgasornpongse · Thailand · HG Hall · 140 min
9:45 AMThe Storms of Jeremy ThomasMark Cousins · United Kingdom · PT1 · 94 min
10:00 AMAmma AriyanJohn Abraham · India · PT3 · 115 min · Q&A
11:00 AMShifting The Gaze: Panjab NoirAnmol Sidhu, Gurvinder Singh, Mauli Singh, Shashank Walia with Monica Gyamlani · House of Peace · 90 min
12:00 PMCeltic UtopiaDennis Harvey, Lars Lovén · Ireland, Sweden · PT1 · 90 min
12:30 PMA Fox Under A Pink MoonMehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhlaghi · Iran · HG Hall · 77 min
1:00 PMFinding Your Voice: Self-Doubt and Knowing When You’re ReadyVarun Grover · House of Peace · 90 min
1:15 PMMembers of the Problematic FamilyR Gowtham · India · PT2 · 105 min · Q&A
1:15 PMProgramme 13: Visual PoetryGolden Island · Story of a Flat-Tired Bicycle · A River Colored Red · PT3 · 68 min · Q&A
2:15 PMProgramme 14: Breaking the CocoonThe Chair · Ruse · Delicate Darling · Auto Queens · PT1 · 63 min · Q&A
2:30 PMLost LandAkio Fujimoto · France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia · HG Hall · 99 min
3:15 PMGadiRohan Pingal · India · PT3 · 77 min · Q&A
3:30 PMThe ViewfinderSudhir Mishra, Nikkhil Advani · House of Peace · 90 min
4:15 PMFliesFernando Eimbcke · Mexico, Spain · PT2 · 99 min
4:30 PMRepeat ScreeningTitle revealed at the festival · PT1
5:20 PMBirds in the DarkShashank Walia · India · HG Hall · 142 min · Q&A
5:45 PMBaby Jackfruit Baby GuavaNong Nhat Quang · South Korea, Vietnam · PT3 · 103 min
6:30 PMRepeat ScreeningTitle revealed at the festival · PT1
6:30 PMRepeat ScreeningTitle revealed at the festival · PT2

Plan Sunday in the app