Schedule

OPENING CEREMONY OPENING FILM: My Daughter's Hair (1 hr 49 mins) Directed by. Hesam Farahmand Iran | WORLD PANORAMA A teen sells her hair for a laptop, sparking a mysterious family adventure.

Taraharu (2 hr 29 mins) Directed by. Aashant Sharma NEPAL PANORAMA An honest worker overcomes a corrupt manager’s obsession through the power of music.

The Tide Turns (1 hr 1 mins) Directed by. Igor Virabov India, Russia | NIFF DOCS Two salt harvesters in India struggle to break a cycle of poverty as their dreams clash. Udeko Chara (14 mins) Directed by. Luja Manandhar Nepal | NIFF DOCS A woman with Down syndrome seeks self-expression despite social exclusion in […]

White Snail (1 hr 55 mins) Directed by. Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter Austria, Germany | WORLD PANORAMA A model’s pursuit of beauty in China is unraveled by a romance with a morgue worker.

The Climb of the Shoeshiner (1 hr 15 mins) Directed by. Ian Ruas Brazil | NIFF DOCS A former shoeshiner overcomes poverty to conquer the world’s highest peaks.

August (2 hr 18 mins) Directed by. Ilya Lebedev, Nikita Vysotskiy Russia | OUT-OF-COMPETITION Counterintelligence officers race to stop a sabotage plot in the forests of 1944 Belarus.

Merlie, Go Home (20 mins) Directed by. Shane David Philippines | INTERNATIONAL SHORTS A girl uses her imagination to protect her community from demolition threats. Deva Aaj Pan Vhay (15 mins) Directed by. Amol Jalandhar Jadhav India | INTERNATIONAL SHORTS A village boy discovers the value of education through his daily school journey. Place Under […]

Pooja, Sir (1 hr 48 mins) Directed by. Deepak Rauniyar Nepal | WORLD PANORAMA Two policewomen battle systemic bias and unrest to solve a kidnapping in Nepal.

With Love from Bhutan (2 hr 8 mins) Directed by. Charmi Chedda Bhutan | SOUTH ASIAN PANORAMA A student returns to Bhutan to heal his fractured family through food and a secret.