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‘All We Imagine as Light,’ ‘Pooja, Sir’ to Bookend as India’s Dharamshala Film Festival Sets Robust Slate With Female Directors in Focus


Female filmmakers lead 24 of 45 films at Dharamshala, opening with Cannes winner 'All We Imagine as Light' and closing with Venice title 'Pooja, Sir.'

The international slate includes Venice titles “Separated” from Errol Morris and Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winner “The Room Next Door.” The festival secured Busan New Currents Award recipient “MA – Cry of Silence” by The Maw Naing and “Agent of Happiness” by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó, which topped Biografilm 2024. “Our program for the 13th edition of DIFF is a mix of films that directly explore difficult subjects like social inequalities and trauma, and those that allow audiences to briefly forget these realities and lose themselves in different worlds,” added Paul. The Film Critics Guild will present its Gender Sensitivity Award, while DIFF Online will offer remote access to select titles after the physical festival concludes.

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