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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.
Festivals
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.
Opportunities
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.
News
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.
Payal Sethi’s India-France-Germany co-production Kurinji is among the 66 projects selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market 2026.
The festival will host world premieres from Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller and Lee Chang-dong, with India's Anuparna Roy selected for Orizzonti.
A year after making history at Venice, Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy returns to the festival with her sophomore feature Lovers in the Blue Night.
NFDC has opened submissions for Indian Panorama 2026. Feature, non-feature and debut films can apply until 10 August for IFFI's flagship showcase.
Theja Rio’s Angh, shot on 16mm in Nagaland, will make its world premiere in TIFF’s Platform competition, celebrating bold directorial voices.
Richie Mehta’s Phoolan will have its world premiere in the Special Presentations section at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
