07/11/2025
🎬 56th International Film Festival of India✨
➡️ Programme Scale & Premieres
👉 240+ films in total from 81 countries
👉160 films in the International Section, including 13 world premieres
👉Over 80 award-winning festival titles and 21 official Oscar-nominated films will screen at 2025
👉Over 55 films under “Cinema of the World” and a curated selection of 133 International titles that have done festival rounds
➡️Women, Debut Voices & Emerging Talent
👉Women in Cinema: 50+ films directed by women
👉More than 50 debut works to be featured
➡️Global spotlight at IFFI
👉Country of Focus for IFFI 2025: Japan
👉Japan presents a panoramic view of Japanese cinema celebrating the creative force of both rising filmmakers and established auteurs who continue to shape the nation’s evolving film language
👉Special Packages: Spain & Australia
🎞️ Opening Film: The Blue Trail
🎥 Director: Gabriel Mascaro
👉The Opening Film of is Brazilian auteur Gabriel Mascaro’s THE BLUE TRAIL, a sci-fi and fantasy feature which follows a 75-year-old woman whose defiant voyage, through the Amazon becomes a quiet manifesto on freedom, dignity, and the right to dream. The film won the Silver Bear - Grand Jury Prize, Berlin International Film Festival 2025
👉The Gala Premieres segment will present 18 titles, including 13 World Premieres, 2 Asia Premieres, 1 India Premiere, and 2 Special Showcase screenings. The red carpet will welcome a distinguished line-up of artists and filmmakers
🎞️ Mid-Fest Film: Sirât
🎥 Director: Oliver Laxe
👉The 56th IFFI presents Sirāt by Spanish filmmaker Óliver Laxe as its Mid-Fest Film. A Cannes 2025 Critics’ Week winner following a father’s search for his missing daughter across the Moroccan desert. A poetic journey of faith, loss, and redemption.
🎞️ Closing Film: A Useful Ghost
🎥 Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
👉 concludes with 'A Useful Ghost' by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke — A Cannes 2024 FIPRESCI Award winner that masterfully blends comedy, horror, and heart