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Festivals
Sailesh Rathnakumar’s debut Selvi, led by Anjali Patil, will world premiere at Busan, exploring the unseen lives of home-care workers.
Shashank Walia’s black-and-white Punjabi feature explores gender, caste, labour, justice and love, marking a major international launch for the emerging filmmaker.
News
A BFI-backed India–UK project uses generative AI, gaming and archival footage to reimagine colonial images of India from a South Asian perspective.
Pradip Krishen’s In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones and John Abraham’s Amma Ariyan join the 64th New York Film Festival’s Revivals section.
Opportunities
Sundance and TikTok invite global creators to submit short-form series for five $5,000 grants and a chance to pitch directly to TikTok.
Tanmay and Tanvi Chowdhary’s Abhinetri joins San Sebastián’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera alongside Cannes and Berlinale short-film winners.
Industry
Indian filmmaker Suchana Saha’s How to Eat Tomatoes wins support from the 2026 Asian Short Film Fund, alongside filmmakers from Malaysia and China too.
Florin Șerban’s You Don’t Belong Here won the Golden Leopard at Locarno 2026, while Gurvinder Singh’s Rehmat went without an award.
Rima Das’s Not a Hero wins Best Indie Film at IFFM 2026, marking her second win in the category after Bulbul Can Sing in 2019.
The Film Federation of India has invited entries for India's official submission to the 99th Academy Awards' Best International Feature race.
Deepa Mehta’s Sher, with Jeremy Irons attached, is among five India and South Asia-linked projects selected for TIFF’s new financing market.*
IFFR's Hubert Bals Fund selects two Indian projects for 2026 Development Support as it expands the scheme from 15 to 20 recipients.
John Abraham’s Amma Ariyan, restored in 4K by Film Heritage Foundation, will have its North American premiere at TIFF Classics after Cannes.
Shaunak Sen and Rahul Roye will represent India in TIFF 2026's Short Cuts with the world premieres of Termite and Aman.
Samjad P. S.‘s Half will make its world premiere in TIFF’s Midnight Madness, becoming the latest Indian feature selected for Toronto.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 1942: A Love Story returns to cinemas on 21 August in a newly restored 8K version with remastered Dolby 5.1 sound.
Karthik Subbaraj's Dorothy and Abinash Bikram Shah's Elephants in the Fog lead South Asian representation in TIFF's Centrepiece section.
Tribeny Geeta Rai and Dominic Sangma’s new projects have been selected for Busan’s Asian Project Market, chosen from over 640 submissions.
River to River Florence Indian Film Festival is accepting entries until 1 September for Indian features, shorts and documentaries.
IFFI has opened entries for its Best Web Series (OTT) Award, with submissions for eligible Indian series accepted until 10 August 2026.
