Dharmashala International Film Festival 2023: Ri to The Buriti Flower, full line-up of movies

"Indi(r)a's Emergency", directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, Achal Mishra's third film "Ri" and Cannes 2023 winner " Buriti Flower" are part of Dharmashala International Film Festival (DIFF) line-up this year.

festival on Saturday anunced first eleven titles, part of its on-ground special programming, to be screened from vember 4 to 7 in McLeod Ganj.

Indian Programming highlights include Mishra's third film "Ri", which will have its world premiere at DIFF; "Rapture" ('Rimdogittanga'), directed by Dominic Sangma, which premiered at prestigious Locar Film Festival and won Asia Pacific Screen Award for Cultural Diversity; and Shahrukhkhan Chavada's "Which Colour?", which had its premiere at 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam.

International Programming highlights at DIFF include South Asian premiere of " Buriti Flower" by Joao Salaviza and Renee Nader Messora, which won Cannes Un Certain Regard Ensemble Prize 2023; CJ "Fiery" Obasi’s allegorical tale "Mami Wata", winner of Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize; Iranian-born director Sepideh Farsi’s animation feature " Siren"; and acclaimed Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki's "Fallen Leaves".

This edition will feature internationally acclaimed documentary films, including Asia Premiere of "I am Sirat", a collaboration between Oscar-minated filmmaker Deepa Mehta and Sirat Taneja; India Premiere of award-winning Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi’s "Incence"; rewned Chilean documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzman’s "My Imaginary Country", and "Indi(r)a's Emergency" by Motwane.

Mehta, Farsi, Sangma, Motwane, Mishra and Chavada will be attending festival, which will take place at Tibetan Children’s Vill, Upper Dharamshala.

DIFF also anunced selection of five South Asian projects for Filmlab South Asia 2023, a collaboration with Festival des 3 Continents' Produire au Sud (PAS) and Institut Francais.

se projects from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh join a prestigious training programme, emphasising international co-production, strengning Himalayan region's independent film scene, and underscoring DIFF and PAS's dedication to fostering independent cinema in South Asia.

selected projects for FilmLab South Asia 2023 are "Suraiya" (Bangladesh), "Last Time on Earth", "Storm Bird", "Terminal 3" and "Son of a Honey Hunter" (Nepal).

Film screenings, masterclasses and discussions will take place in two auditoriums at school campus, as well as in two of PictureTime’s mobile digital cinemas.