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Rohan Kanawade's Sabar Bonda has won the FIPRESCI-India Grand Prix 2025, topping the critics' annual list of India's best films.
The Germany-India co-production follows an Afghan refugee in Germany and will receive script support and industry exposure in Busan.
Six Indian film professionals have been invited to join the Academy's 2026 membership class and vote for the Oscars
Festivals
Dominic Arun's Dulquer Salmaan-produced fantasy Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra and Sandeep Francis' Switch Off are among the Indian selections at BIFAN 2026.
Polish documentary Silver won MIFF 2026's Golden Conch, while Small Clouds and Iran's Under the Snow topped the short fiction categories.
Ali El Arabi’s 52 Blue, following a football-obsessed young man from Kerala on a life-changing trip to the Qatar World Cup, will open LIFF 2026.
Singapore director Anthony Chen-led jury awarded Ridham Janve's Hunter's Moon Best Screenplay in Shanghai's Asian New Talent section.
Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who sparked controversy at IFFI Goa over The Kashmir Files, quits Marseille festival after boycott calls.
Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon and Tom Holland will attend the Mumbai premiere of The Odyssey ahead of its July 17 release.
Oscar-nominated The Voice of Hind Rajab has been cleared for release in India after the CBFC granted the film an ‘A’ certificate. The film opens in cinemas on June 19.
MIFF opens in Mumbai on June 15 with a line-up featuring films that have screened at Sundance, Cannes, TIFF and Berlinale.
Curation
As Karlovy Vary revisits Mrinal Sen with Oka Oori Katha (The Outsiders), here are 14 films to discover one of India’s most vital and influential filmmakers — all streaming now.
The 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has selected Yashasvi Juyal’s The Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb for the Proxima Competition, the section focused on emerging and formally adventurous cinema.
Opportunities
The Red Sea Souk Project Market 2026 is now open for submissions, offering mentorship, industry meetings, travel support and access to US$210,000 in awards for selected feature film projects.
Following Elephants in the Fog (Tiniharu)’s Cannes triumph, here are five films that reveal why Nepali cinema has quietly become one of South Asia’s most exciting arthouse movements.
From Cannes and Sundance to Berlin, these acclaimed Indian films are finally available to watch at home after remarkable festival runs.
These ten recent films are a good place to begin:
Here are 14 Cannes titles now available to stream.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival concluded with a winners list that reaffirmed the festival’s long-standing appetite for politically charged storytelling, formally adventurous cinema and emerging filmmakers from outside the traditional centres of world cinema.
Nepali cinema marked a historic breakthrough at the 79th Cannes Film Festival as Elephants in the Fog (Tiniharu), directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, became the first Nepali feature film to win a major prize at the festival.
