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Dharamshala International Film Festival Selections 2026

Bantoo, an Indian wedding band trumpet player risks everything to go on a journey of finding his own tune, his own music.

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Birds on Ice (2026)
Sahil H. Shah
In winter, the frozen lake in Ladakh, a high-altitude region in the Himalayas, becomes an ice rink where children train for ice hockey. Young Tashi loves the sport more than anything, but her family.. more

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Guria (2026)
Levan Koguashvili
In Guria, western Georgia – where progress has yet to take hold following the collapse of the USSR – the locals struggle to survive day to day in the 1990s, with humor, songs, and unwavering sol.. more

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The Ordinary Star (2026)
Samreen Farooqui, Shabani Hassanwalia
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is asked to study Ashok, the actual resident of the room the actor is going to inhabit for the filming of Star, Dibakar Banerjee’s short in Bombay Talkies, 2013. The fict.. more

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Gadi (2026)
Rohan Pingal
A man living in a small Konkan hamlet who is grieving the loss of his child learns that he has no free will.

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Inspired by a true story, Flowers of Acacia follows wedding orchestra dancers whose dreams collide with the harsh realities of patriarchy and misogyny.

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Whispers of Thunder (2026)
Pema Dorjee, Ninjyed, Sonam Zangmo, Thinley Wangchuk, Poonam Rai
Whispers of Thunder is a Bhutanese anthology capturing the quiet rumblings and malaise of youth in the capital city. A man secretly yearns to cross-dress, while a drifting young woman finds herself .. more

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A man dies young. Funeral rites – yes; mourning – not so much. A death that stirs and shakes things up. A film that shows the violence of family relationships with uncanny subtlety and verve, th.. more

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Termite (2026)
Shaunak Sen
Shaunak Sen’s follow-up to the Academy Award–nominated documentary All That Breathes is an evocative drama set in the vibrant neighbourhoods of Old Delhi, where the routined lives of two middle-.. more

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9 Temples to Heaven (2026)
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
A man takes his sick mother and nine family members on a single-day temple pilgrimage after his boss predicts she may die soon.

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Rehmat (2026)
Gurvinder Singh
Follows three interconnected stories in present-day Punjab: a woman hiding a wounded stranger from police, a family coping with a disappearance, and an elderly man who returns from England claiming .. more

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In a smog-choked village in Haryana, a retired professor turns to an outlawed ritual, crafting a calf doll from a stillborn's body, to save his cow from the urbanization slowly erasing his rural wor.. more

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Chevittorma (2026)
Leo Thaddeus
Theresia stays by the bedsides of the dying, praying for them and helping them pass away in peace. At the bedside of Varkichan, a wealthy farmer, she urges him to repent and forgive, but the stubbor.. more

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When an unplanned baby enters the lives of a conservative mother, neurodivergent daughter and detached gay son, the trio travels back in time through their diaries and family photos to mend ruptured.. more

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Mayilaa (2026)
Semmalar Annam
Mayilaa embarks on a journey as a travelling salesperson in Southern India to fulfil her expensive obligations. The only problem: she doesn’t know how to sell. A sharp yet heartwarming tale of a m.. more

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If the world had an edge, it might look something like the remote corner of northern India where Santosh and Rajji live, collecting highway tolls in dilapidated booths. Work and endless waiting are .. more

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Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — .. more

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Exiled from city comforts to his ancestral village, Mivan meets his embittered aunt, befriends a horse and joins the local kids on wild adventures, discovering the beauty of life and a courage he ne.. more

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Celtic Utopia (2026)
Dennis Harvey, Lars Loven
The story of a new Ireland and its vibrant music scene, but also that of a postcolonial society wrestling with its heritage. A society where folk music carries both the oppression of the past and th.. more

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After a successful season in the Upper Dhauladhar Mountains, a hunter hides his meat in a cave and heads home with his first load. At home, his wife is upset over his prolonged absence and its impac.. more

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Kunga’s having a hell of a night. It’s 15 minutes to closing at the Queens momo shop where he works and things are just heating up. A homeless regular comes in for his nightly leftovers. Kunga.. more

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For 25 years, world-famous Estonian clowns Haide and Toomas, better known as Piip and Tuut, have brought joy and laughter to children and families across the globe. But behind the face paint and cur.. more

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Sirat (2025)
Oliver Laxe
A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at another rave. Driven by fate, they decide t.. more

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In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet by the sea. Their vacant gazes reflect each other as they exchange awkward words and wade into the rain-drenched ocean. In winter, Li, a screenwriter, travels to a .. more

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A daughter reflects on her father's life - weaving the story of his miraculous journey from the streets of India with the realities of life in America. Using recorded phone calls with her dad while .. more

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A Fox Under a Pink Moon (2025)
Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhlaghi
At just 16, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark. This strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to e.. more

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Working Girls (2025)
Paromita Vohra
A humorous yet raw and authentic study of women’s reproductive labour across the marriage-market continuum, including, sex work, erotic dancing, surrogacy and egg donation, paid domestic work and .. more

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Reedland (2025)
Sven Bresser
When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down .. more

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Amma Ariyan (1986)
John Abraham
Purushan, a student on his way to Delhi, becomes obsessed with the tragic suicide of a young drummer. He collects many people to go with him to tell the boy’s mother.

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