Since its inception in 2012, the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), directed by Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam of White Crane Film, has remained faithful to its founding mission to promote contemporary art, cinema, and independent media practice in the Himalayan regions of India and to create an engaged cultural platform that encourages intercultural exchange by bringing local and international high-profile films and filmmakers to Dharamshala. Dharamshala is a small town in the foothills of the North Indian Himalaya, home of the Tibetan exile community and their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, remote of the conventional infrastructure of international film festivals.

For one long weekend each year DIFF brings the world to Dharamshala. Momos in one hand, cappuccinos in the other, film lovers find their way to screenings, Q&A’s with filmmakers, panel discussions and masterclasses. All of the town’s diverse communities come together to make the festival a success. DIFF is a festival for everybody: filmmakers and volunteers, grown-ups and children, travellers from afar and the local community.

Please find here a full list of this years programme:
http://diff.co.in/programme-2018/