KPFF 2026 Schedule

10:00 – 11:30

OPENING NOTE & OPENING FILM

STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA / DIASPORA

MYANMAR RESISTANCE

Dir: Tommaso Cotronei

70’ / 2025 / Myanmar / Burmese (English subtitles)

11:30 – 13:45

STORIES FROM INDIA

MUSIC IN A VILLAGE NAMED 1PB (1PB MEIN SUFIYANA QALAM)

Dir: Surabhi Sharma

130’ / 2025 / India / Saraiki, Hindi (English subtitles)

14:10 – 15:20

STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA / DIASPORA (DOCUMENTARY)

PANKAURI

Dir: Jafar Muhammad

18′ / 2025 / Bangladesh / Bengali (English subtitles)

LAND OF DREAMS

Dir: Ambarien Alqadar

40′ / 2024 / India, USA / Punjabi, Hindi, English (English subtitles)

15:20 – 17:05

NEW INDIAN FICTION

WE, THE PUFFCORNS OF INDIA (AMHI BHARATACHE MURKUL)

Dir: Aditya Ashokrao Mungde

19′ / 2024 / India / Marathi, Hindi (English subtitles)

ROSES ARE …

Dir: Digvijay Andhorikar

39′ / 2025 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

HILLS DON’T DANCE ALONE

Dir: Shubham Negi

24′ / 2025 / India / Hindi, Pahari (English subtitles)

17:15 – 17:40

INAUGURAL SESSION

WELCOME NOTE KPFF 2026

17:50 – 21:00

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

DARE TO DREAM

Dir: Ranu Ghosh

83’ / 2025 / India / Hindi, Rebari (English subtitles)

I, POPPY (HUN, AMAL)

Dir: Vivek Chaudhary

82’ / 2025 / India / Mewadi, Hindi (English subtitles)

10:00 – 10:20

NEW INDIAN FICTION

IDENTITY (OLAKH)

Dir: Suhashya Telang

15’ / 2024 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

10:20 – 12:30

NEW FICTION FROM SOUTHASIA / DIASPORA

THE LAST ENDLESS NIGHT (NEELUM OOR KADAISI IRAVU)

Dir: Jacob L. Jeroshan

19’ / 2025 / Sri Lanka / Tamil (English subtitles)

A WAITING ROOM

Dir: Saw

17’ / 2024 / Myanmar, Thailand / Burmese (English subtitles)

DRAINED BY DREAMS

Dir: Shekh Al Mamun

84’ / 2025 / South Korea, Bangladesh / Korean, Bengali (English subtitles)

12:30 – 13:45

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

SANGEETA MANISHA

Dir: Shobhit Jain

71’ / 2024 / India / Nimadi, Hindi (English subtitles)

14:10 – 16:40

NEW INDIAN FICTION

MY HOME (YEH MERA GHAR)

Dir: Prabodh Bhajni

132′ / 2025 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

16:50 – 18:50

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

ENCOUNTERING HATE (NAFRAT KA SAAMNA)

Dir: Lalit Vachani

48’ / 2025 / India / Hindi, English (English subtitles)

GOLA DREAMS

Dir: Pankaj Rishi Kumar

51’ / 2025 / India / Hindi (English subtitles)

19:20 – 21:00

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

MARCHING IN THE DARK

Dir: Kinshuk Surjan

105’ / 2024 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

10:00 – 12:00

NEW INDIAN FICTION

SHAPE OF MOMO

Dir: Tribeny Rai

115’ / 2025 / India / Nepali (English subtitles)

12:00 – 13:45

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

AGAINST THE TIDE

Dir: Atish Dipankar

25’ / 2024 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)

THE VALLEY

Dir: Tishya Chakraborty

18’ / 2025 / India / Bengali, Hindi, Sadri (English subtitles)

FRIENDS OF JILIPIBALA (JILIPIBALAR BONDHURA)

Dir: Debalina Majumder

29’ / 2025 / India / Bengali (English subtitles)

14:10 – 15:10

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

BALI

Dir: Amoli Birewar

26’ / 2025 / India / Marathi (English subtitles)

SEE ME, WHEN YOU LEAVE

Dir: Dipin Chenayil

18’ / 2025 / India / Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali (English subtitles)

15:10 – 17:30

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

INSIDE OUT

Dir: Amit Mahanti

57’ / 2025 / India / Khasi, English (English subtitles)

MAD OVER DISCO (DISCO DEEWANE)

Dir: Shridhar Sudhir

53’ / 2025 / India / Hindi, Sahyadri, English (English subtitles)

17:40 – 18:25

STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA / DIASPORA (DOCUMENTARY)

THE DELIVERY GUY

Dir: Debarun Dutta

30′ / 2025 / Germany / Hindi, English (English subtitles)

18:25 – 19:30

NEW INDIAN FICTION

THAT PERFECT DAY

Dir: Anup Abraham Parackal

24′ / 2025 / India / Bengali, Hindi, English (English subtitles)

DROPLESS (NIPANIYA)

Dir: Anamika Pal

20′ / 2025 / India / Hindi, Kannauji (English subtitles)

19:30 – 21:00

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

SANGAMA | COMING TOGETHER

Dir: Sunanda Bhat

67’ / 2025 / India / Kannada, Hindi, English (English subtitles)

10:00 – 11:30

SPECIAL SCREENING

TO KILL A WAR MACHINE

Dir: Rainbow Collective

78’ / 2025 / UK / English (English subtitles)

11:30 – 13:45

STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA / DIASPORA (DOCUMENTARY)

IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM

Dir: Vivek Bald, Alaudin Ullah

84’ / 2022 / Bangladesh, USA / English, Bengali (English subtitles)

A DREAM CALLED KHUSHI

Dir: Rishabh Raj Jain

35’ / 2024 / Bangladesh / English, Rohingya (English subtitles)

14:10 – 15:25

STORIES FROM SOUTHASIA / DIASPORA (DOCUMENTARY)

THE LAMA’S SON

Dir: Kesang Tseten

73′ / 2025 / Nepal, USA / Dolpo, Mustang Kay (English subtitles)

15:25 – 17:05

NEW INDIAN FICTION

SEARCHING FOR GRANDPA

Dir: Mohamad W. Ali

22′ / 2025 / India / Kashmiri, Urdu (English subtitles)

GODS DO NOT FOLLOW

Dir: Ishan Pehal

17′ / 2025 / India / Kullavi, Himachali (English subtitles)

ONLY TO YOU I SURRENDER (TWAMEVA SHARANAM MAMA)

Dir: Aditya Raj Bhargav

30′ / 2025 / India / Tulu (English subtitles)

17:05 – 18:50

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

A GOOD WIFE

Dir: Anuradha Bansal

90’ / 2025 / India / Hindi, English, Marwari (English subtitles)

19:00 – 19:20

CLOSING NOTE KPFF 2026

19:20 – 21:00

CLOSING FILM

STORIES FROM INDIA (DOCUMENTARY)

THAT DAWN THAT WE WILL BRING (VOH SUBAH HAMI SE AAYEGI)

Dir: Uma Chakravarti

77’ / 2025 / India / Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada (English subtitles)