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Kaushal Oza’s National Award-winning career leads to his feature debut, a 90s Goa-set children’s story with Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Dugal this fall
Festivals
Anuparna Roy’s 'Lovers in the Blue Night' has won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at Venice, a year after her Orizzonti Best Director win.
Shalini Adnani’s 'Our Share of Sand', an India-UK-Greece production, won the Audience Award at Venice Critics’ Week after its world premiere in Venice.
May el-Toukhy’s 'Woman Unknown' wins Venice’s Golden Lion, with Lee Chang-dong, Ilya Khrzhanovsky and others taking top prizes.
Rubaiyat Hossain’s The Difficult Bride has won the Premio Bisato d’Oro at Venice, adding an independent critics’ award to Bangladesh’s historic debut.
Anuparna Roy says India’s film board blocked Songs of Forgotten Trees, calling it a “threat to society” after its Venice success.
Films from Iran, India, Lebanon and Belgium featured among IFFJK's inaugural winners, alongside a dedicated award for cinema from Jammu & Kashmir.
Industry
Shweta Tripathi, selected for the WIF India and Gold House Scholarship, will present her debut feature as a producer at TIFF 2026 in Toronto this year.
Awards
Three Indian films, alongside Nepal’s Elephants in the Fog, are among the nominees for the 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
TIFF’s seven Indian films span regional cinema, genre, restoration and new voices, while Indian projects also enter the festival’s inaugural market.
Shalini Adnani’s debut earns positive reviews at Venice Critics’ Week, with praise for its child’s-eye view of class, labour and environmental cost.
Opportunities
The Fondazione Prada Film Fund is accepting feature-film projects in development and post-production until Sept. 10, 2026, with grants up to €100,000.
The 72nd National Film Awards will leave Delhi for Ekta Nagar on Sept. 22, breaking a 72-year venue tradition as the awards remain delayed after COVID.
Vindhya Gupta and producer Shilpi Agarwal’s 'A Forward Society' is among 12 projects selected for Venice’s Biennale College Cinema 2026-27 edition.
Sriram Raghavan joins IFFJK’s five-member jury as Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Ramesh Sippy are added as special guests at the festival in Srinagar today.
IFFJK opens today with Sarah Francis’ Dead Dog, followed by international competition, Indian films, masterclasses and industry sessions across J&K.
Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Bhutan-U.S. short A Song for the Snow Lion is playing in The Show, Telluride’s chief program, at the 2026 festival in Colorado.
Rubaiyat Hossain’s The Difficult Bride is among ten films competing for Best Film at the 70th BFI London Film Festival, from Oct. 7-18 in London, UK.
Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the Forest is now streaming on Criterion Channel in a new 4K restoration, following its Cannes Classics premiere.
Film Heritage Foundation has restored Kamal Amrohi’s Pakeezah in 4K, with the restored film set for premieres in Lyon and London during October 2026.
