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Official selection 2026.

The films of our 7th edition, screening 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026. Open a film to watch the trailer and meet the filmmaker.

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YIFF 2026 · 7th edition

The 2026 line-up

Independent voices from across the world, picked by our jury. The line-up grows as each selection is announced.

24Official selections
9Countries
8Competition categories

Official Selection

Every film, every category

Filter by category or search for a title, director or country. Open a film for the trailer, synopsis and filmmaker.

Feature Length Film

Arifa

Dir. Dimpy Agarwal

India 1h 31m

Feature Length Film

The Calf Doll

Dir. Ankur Hooda

India 1h 31m

Feature Length Film

Flowers of Acacia

Dir. Anmol Sidhu

United States 1h 27m

Feature Length Film

La bola negra

Dir. Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Spain 2h 35m

Feature Length Film

Selvi

Dir. Sailesh Rathnakumar

India 1h 37m

Documentary Feature

American Doctor

Dir. Poh Si Teng

United States 1h 31m

Documentary Feature

Herland

Dir. Kallol Mukherjee

India 1h 00m

Documentary Feature

The Wolf

Dir. Wancheng Gu, Prasad Shetty

France, India 1h 29m

Short Documentary

Born Secret

Dir. Riley Fitchpatrick

United States 20 min

Short Documentary

Homemade

Dir. Huxley Scott

United Kingdom 16 min

Short Documentary

In The Silence After

Dir. Sebastian Delascasas

Colombia, United States 17 min

International Live Action Short

Abracadabra

Dir. Amay Mehrishi

India, United Kingdom 20 min

International Live Action Short

Habibi

Dir. Alexey Evstigneev

France 16 min

International Live Action Short

I Owe You A Touch

Dir. Marwan Elshafie

Egypt 14 min

International Live Action Short

The Intimacy Coordinator

Dir. Louisa Connolly-Burnham

United Kingdom 21 min

International Live Action Short

Jazz infernal

Dir. Will Niava

Canada 16 min

International Live Action Short

Jāti

Dir. Sarthwik Bollu

India, United States 15 min

International Live Action Short

Kamathipura Express

Dir. Leon Korzyński

Poland 28 min

International Live Action Short

Please Hold

Dir. Solal Bouloudnine

France 20 min

International Live Action Short

That's My Sister

Dir. Zoé Pelchat

Canada 14 min

Frames

Stills from the selection

A frame from the films selected so far. Hover to pause the reel, click a frame to open the film.

Still from Arifa Arifa · Dimpy Agarwal Still from The Calf Doll The Calf Doll · Ankur Hooda Still from Elephants in the Fog Elephants in the Fog · Abinash Bikram Shah Still from Flowers of Acacia Flowers of Acacia · Anmol Sidhu Still from La bola negra La bola negra · Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo Still from Selvi Selvi · Sailesh Rathnakumar Still from American Doctor American Doctor · Poh Si Teng Still from Herland Herland · Kallol Mukherjee Still from The Wolf The Wolf · Wancheng Gu, Prasad Shetty Still from Born Secret Born Secret · Riley Fitchpatrick Still from Homemade Homemade · Huxley Scott Still from In The Silence After In The Silence After · Sebastian Delascasas Still from No Matter The Weather No Matter The Weather · Florence Lafond Still from The Sailor & The Chef The Sailor & The Chef · Ashish Sawhny Still from A Sunflower in Delhi A Sunflower in Delhi · Revantika Gupta

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YIFF 2026 runs 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026. Missed last year? Browse the 2025 selection and its winners.

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Now projecting · Reel 01 / 24
Poster of Arifa

Official Selection · Feature Length Film

Arifa

Director
Dimpy Agarwal
Year
2026
Country
India
Runtime
1h 31m

Arifa is the story of an estranged daughter who returns home after years of separation when her dying father asks to see her, forcing them to confront the past before time runs out.

Dimpy Agarwal Directed by Dimpy Agarwal

Stills

Still from Arifa
Now projecting · Reel 02 / 24
Poster of The Calf Doll

Official Selection · Feature Length Film

The Calf Doll

Director
Ankur Hooda
Year
2026
Country
India
Runtime
1h 31m

In a smog-choked village in Haryana, a retired professor turns to an outlawed ritual, crafting a calf doll from a stillborn's skin, to save his cow from the urbanization slowly erasing his rural world.

Ankur Hooda Directed by Ankur Hooda

Stills

Still from The Calf Doll
Now projecting · Reel 03 / 24
Poster of Elephants in the Fog

Official Selection · Feature Length Film

Elephants in the Fog

Director
Abinash Bikram Shah
Year
2026
Country
India
Runtime
1h 48m

Follows Pirati, matriarch of a Kinnar community in a Nepalese village, who dreams of escaping to a normal life. When one of her daughters disappears, she must investigate and choose between love and responsibility.

Abinash Bikram Shah Directed by Abinash Bikram Shah

Stills

Still from Elephants in the Fog
Now projecting · Reel 04 / 24
Poster of Flowers of Acacia

Official Selection · Feature Length Film

Flowers of Acacia

Director
Anmol Sidhu
Year
2026
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m

Inspired by a true story, Flowers of Acacia follows wedding orchestra dancers whose dreams collide with the harsh realities of patriarchy and misogyny.

Anmol Sidhu Directed by Anmol Sidhu

Stills

Still from Flowers of Acacia
Now projecting · Reel 05 / 24
Poster of La bola negra

Official Selection · Feature Length Film

La bola negra

Director
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Year
2026
Country
Spain
Runtime
2h 35m

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo Directed by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Stills

Still from La bola negra
Now projecting · Reel 06 / 24
Poster of Selvi

Official Selection · Feature Length Film

Selvi

Director
Sailesh Rathnakumar
Year
2026
Country
India
Runtime
1h 37m

After her best friend Kavitha’s sudden collapse, Selvi, a home care nurse, takes on her shifts in addition to her own, determined to hold everything together. Moving from one house to another, she spends her days caring for the elderly, rarely stopping to rest. As the long hours blur the boundaries between care and exhaustion, Selvi begins to confront the weight of guilt, love, and survival.

Sailesh Rathnakumar Directed by Sailesh Rathnakumar

Stills

Still from Selvi
Now projecting · Reel 07 / 24
Poster of American Doctor

Official Selection · Documentary Feature

American Doctor

Director
Poh Si Teng
Year
2026
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m

When three American doctors save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and risking everything to expose the truth.

Poh Si Teng Directed by Poh Si Teng

Stills

Still from American Doctor
Now projecting · Reel 08 / 24
Poster of Herland

Official Selection · Documentary Feature

Herland

Director
Kallol Mukherjee
Year
2025
Country
India
Runtime
1h 00m

In a deeply conservative Indian village where women are forbidden from stepping outside without male permission, Bhagyashree and her growing sisterhood rise in defiance, claiming their right to work and confronting generations of patriarchal control. As their resistance gathers force, the cost of being seen as equal begins to turn dangerous. How much are they willing to risk?

Kallol Mukherjee Directed by Kallol Mukherjee

Stills

Still from Herland
Now projecting · Reel 09 / 24
Poster of The Wolf

Official Selection · Documentary Feature

The Wolf

Director
Wancheng Gu, Prasad Shetty
Year
2026
Country
France, India
Runtime
1h 29m

Known as "Wolf," Yuan is a mother, business owner and lesbian who remains married while caring for her aging husband. Her life has been shaped by compromise at every turn, her identity negotiated within rigid family and societal expectations. Now, with her daughter grown, she is finally claiming space for herself and a new relationship with a woman thirty years her junior. But in a country where personal desire and duty are rarely allowed to coexist, nothing stays simple for long. Shot on iPhone with striking observational intimacy, The Wolf weaves past and present into a compelling portrait of a woman who has spent decades navigating the gap between the life she was given and the one she wants.

Wancheng Gu, Prasad Shetty Directed by Wancheng Gu, Prasad Shetty

Stills

Still from The Wolf
Now projecting · Reel 10 / 24
Poster of Born Secret

Official Selection · Short Documentary

Born Secret

Director
Riley Fitchpatrick
Year
2025
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min

A filmmaker returns to his hometown that built the atomic bomb. There he meets the workers who created humanity's greatest weapon that now wrestle with their legacy, while their grandchildren inherit a world on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.

Riley Fitchpatrick Directed by Riley Fitchpatrick

Stills

Still from Born Secret
Now projecting · Reel 11 / 24
Still from Homemade
Poster of Homemade

Official Selection · Short Documentary

Homemade

Director
Huxley Scott
Year
2026
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
16 min

Since 1979, a North London corner shop has sustained four generations of one family and the community around them. As matriarch Anju embarks on a new chapter beyond the counter, the strength of what they have built comes into focus.

Huxley Scott Directed by Huxley Scott

Stills

Still from Homemade
Now projecting · Reel 12 / 24
Poster of In The Silence After

Official Selection · Short Documentary

In The Silence After

Director
Sebastian Delascasas
Year
2026
Country
Colombia, United States
Runtime
17 min

A son returns home to care for his mother, filming the last year they will spend together.

Sebastian Delascasas Directed by Sebastian Delascasas

Stills

Still from In The Silence After
Now projecting · Reel 13 / 24
Poster of No Matter The Weather

Official Selection · Short Documentary

No Matter The Weather

Director
Florence Lafond
Year
2025
Country
Canada
Runtime
15 min

Renée, 83, broke her ankle. Fortunately, she can rely on her granddaughter Florence, who steps in as her caregiver. While this ordeal brings them closer than ever, it inevitably confronts them with the reality of Renée's decline.

Florence Lafond Directed by Florence Lafond

Stills

Still from No Matter The Weather
Now projecting · Reel 14 / 24
Poster of The Sailor & The Chef

Official Selection · Short Documentary

The Sailor & The Chef

Director
Ashish Sawhny
Year
2026
Country
India
Runtime
20 min

Piyush & Sushil met entirely by chance 30 years ago at a theatre in Mumbai, India. Unbeknownst to each other, they were both gay & seeking partners in a time when the internet was nascent, and there was barely any out & proud queer community.

Ashish Sawhny Directed by Ashish Sawhny

Stills

Still from The Sailor & The Chef
Now projecting · Reel 15 / 24
Poster of A Sunflower in Delhi

Official Selection · Short Documentary

A Sunflower in Delhi

Director
Revantika Gupta
Year
2026
Country
India
Runtime
23 min

In a tiny women’s only beauty parlour, generations of devoted customers, including the filmmaker’s family, reflect on letting their hair go grey. The film meanders between the intimate oasis of the Sunflower Chinese Beauty Parlour and the bustling city landscape outside.

Revantika Gupta Directed by Revantika Gupta

Stills

Still from A Sunflower in Delhi
Now projecting · Reel 16 / 24
Poster of Abracadabra

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

Abracadabra

Director
Amay Mehrishi
Year
2025
Country
India, United Kingdom
Runtime
20 min

On a school bus ride home, 12 year-old Agastya is left adrift when his best friend Naman chooses to sit elsewhere. A small shift quickly spirals into a quiet storm of identity, guilt and longing. As the journey unfolds through chaos and childhood games, a playful magic trick leads Agastya to confront unspoken emotions and the pressure to fit in. Set entirely during one afternoon, Abracadabra is a tender story about friendship, identity, and the invisible ways children absorb the world’s expectations; on a bus that moves forward, even when they’re not ready to.

Directed by Amay Mehrishi
Now projecting · Reel 17 / 24
Poster of Habibi

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

Habibi

Director
Alexey Evstigneev
Year
2025
Country
France
Runtime
16 min

Laura and Daur live in an isolated village high in the mountains. Today, Laura will be travelling to the city to give birth.

Directed by Alexey Evstigneev
Now projecting · Reel 18 / 24
Poster of I Owe You A Touch

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

I Owe You A Touch

Director
Marwan Elshafie
Year
2026
Country
Egypt
Runtime
14 min

Following a personal tragedy, teenage "Seif" sets out to purify himself, only to find that the path to water is anything but simple.

Directed by Marwan Elshafie
Now projecting · Reel 19 / 24
Poster of The Intimacy Coordinator

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

The Intimacy Coordinator

Director
Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Year
2026
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
21 min

Kate is an intimacy coordinator. She is also a sex addict.

Directed by Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Now projecting · Reel 20 / 24
Poster of Jazz infernal

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

Jazz infernal

Director
Will Niava
Year
2025
Country
Canada
Runtime
16 min

Koffi, a young Ivorian trumpeter, arrives in Montreal with nothing but the legacy of his father to guide him. Lost between the city's noise and the silence of his past, he must confront his roots to finally find his own voice.

Directed by Will Niava
Now projecting · Reel 21 / 24
Poster of Jāti

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

Jāti

Director
Sarthwik Bollu
Year
2026
Country
India, United States
Runtime
15 min

When deeply rooted biases and discrimination test a couple's love, their relationship faces the far-reaching effects of casteism beyond India.

Directed by Sarthwik Bollu
Now projecting · Reel 22 / 24
Poster of Kamathipura Express

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

Kamathipura Express

Director
Leon Korzyński
Year
2026
Country
Poland
Runtime
28 min

A young Polish man, Osa, has been living in the slums of Mumbai for some time, escaping the responsibilities of adulthood. He falls in love with Sapna, a teenage dancer, whose family is deep in debt and poverty. When Sapna's father tries to sell her to a brothel, the couple is forced on a desperate run across India, away from Kamathipura, Mumbai's red-light district.

Directed by Leon Korzyński
Now projecting · Reel 23 / 24
Poster of Please Hold

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

Please Hold

Director
Solal Bouloudnine
Year
2026
Country
France
Runtime
20 min

Laurent and Sophie call on Gagu, the home furniture assembly specialist, to assemble the cot for little Lea, who is due to arrive in a few weeks, in just one hour. But Laurent and Sophie did not opt for the automatic departure option, and their ‘GaguMan’ ends up spending a little over an hour at their home...

Directed by Solal Bouloudnine
Now projecting · Reel 24 / 24
Poster of That's My Sister

Official Selection · International Live Action Short

That's My Sister

Director
Zoé Pelchat
Year
2026
Country
Canada
Runtime
14 min

Camille, a teenager with Down syndrome, dreams of dancing in a semi-professional dance troupe. On the day of the audition, her sister Agathe witnesses how the world still stumbles over difference. Love and rage find their own choreography.

Directed by Zoé Pelchat