The festival’s internationally-renowned competition selects emerging filmmakers’ works from South Asia and around the world. All the selected films are, in different ways, felt to enshrine the legendary director Satyajit Ray’s humanist vision and subtlety of story and eye.

Multiple languages with English subtitles.

Moti

Dir: Yash Saraf | 16 mins | Bengali with English subtitles

At the start of the pandemic, a family in Kolkata discovers that their pet dog Moti has turned into a boy – leading to a journey of ridiculous science and absurd evolution, all in search of a new normal.

Abracadabra

Dir: Amay Mehrishi | 20 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles

On a school bus ride that feels both endless and fleeting, 12-year old Agastya wrestles with identity, guilt, and unspoken emotions when his best friend chooses to sit elsewhere.

11:11

Dir: Mahnoor Eupoch | 15 mins | English

When 16-year-old Pakistani-American Noori’s wish at 11:11 to be her crush’s type goes awry, she’s magically transformed into a white, blonde, blue-eyed girl — and she must undo the wish before losing herself completely.

Permanent Guest

Dir: Sana Jafari | 15 mins | Urdu with English subtitles

A young woman’s world is rattled by the arrival of a relative who forces her to weigh family obligations against growing discomfort.

Barber of the Gods

Dir: Sushant Nagpal | 20 mins | Hindi with English subtitles

In an unnamed town in 2000s India, a barber and his son possess a strange gift – they can regrow people’s hair in exchange for years from their lives. In a parallel realm rooted in Hindu cosmology, a divine barber and his curious apprentice tend to the gods themselves.

Kuchar (The Itch)

Dir: Vaidaangi Sharma | 20 mins | Hindi with English subtitles

After the whirl of a washing machine unexpectedly introduces her to new sensations, teenage Chanda struggles to conceal her new discovery within the household. Meanwhile, her strict and composed mother is keeping secrets of her own.

The Magic Faraway Tree2026

The Stranger2025

Toy Story 52026

A Private Life2025

Cactus Pears2025

Tampopo1985

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966

Familiar Touch2025

Blue Heron2026

Dear You2026

Hoppers2026

Supergirl2026

The Runaway1959

Angel's Egg1985

Persepolis2007

The Birdcage1996

The Men I've Had1973

How to Live on Earth2026

Lessons in Love

The Ghost in the Shell2026

A Better Tomorrow1986

Disclosure Day2026

Paris, Texas1984

Dry Leaf2026

Backrooms2026

Nino2025

The Cloud-Capped Star1960

The Furious2026

Rose of Nevada2026

The Night Before the Exams2006

Jackass: Best and Last2026

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction1983

Effi o Blaenau2026

The Father and the Shaman2025

Nightcleaners + ScreenTalk1975

Boogie Nights1997

The Last Viking2025

Lesbian Space Princess2025

Funeral Parade presents 'Paris Is Burning'1990

Glastonbury The Movie 30th Anniversary2026

Obsession2026

The Little Sister2025

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale1961

When Harry Met Sally...1989

Zardoz1974

The Misfits1961

Cactus Pears2025

The Night Before the Exams Today2007

Audition2000

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity2026

Let's Make Love1960

The Second Mother2015

How to Train Your Dragon2010

Nino2025

Regal Gals Shorts2021

Toy Story 52026

A Private Life2025

La Haine1995

Obsession2026

Spaceballs1987

Pink Narcissus1971

The Misfits1961

The Golden Thread1965

Dear You2026

Noah's Ark2024

The Furious2026

Breaking Away1979

Supergirl2026

The Last Viking2025

Nosferatu the Vampyre1979

Disclosure Day2026

Jaws1975

Literary Adaptation II: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz2002

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975

A Better Tomorrow1986

Blazing Saddles1974

Blue Heron2026

The Sea1962

Backrooms2026