The Yellowstone International Film Festival (YIFF) has unveiled its much-anticipated lineup for the 2025 edition, promising an expansive, inclusive, and diverse cinematic showcase that bridges continents, cultures, and creative voices.
This year’s festival will take place in Mumbai from November 13 to 20, presenting over 100 films from across the world, including more than 50 Asian and Indian premieres. The festival’s program spans a wide spectrum of categories, including International and Indian Feature Films, Shorts, Documentaries, LGBTQIA+ Cinema, and Short Docs.
The festival will present a range of awards across categories including Feature Films, Documentaries, Documentary Shorts, Live Action Shorts (Indian and International), and Animated Shorts. The entries will be evaluated by a distinguished panel featuring filmmakers Nicholas Eliopoulos and Marta Cunningham, acclaimed actor and singer Alison Fraser, and award-winning producer Mariana Méndez Alejandre.
Among the highlights of this year’s lineup are several acclaimed international titles making their Indian and Asian premieres. Festival favourites like Caravan by Zuzana Kirchnerová, Têtes Brûlées by Maja Ajmia Zellama, I’ve seen all I need to see by Zeshaan Younus, Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day by Ivona Juka and Aisha can’t Fly by Morad Mostafa are set to have their Indian premieres at the festival.
Meanwhile, 100 Sunset by Kusang Kyirong, Thinestra by Nathan Hertz, and Aurora by Raintolk and Andres Maimik will mark their Asian premieres at YIFF 2025.
Celebrating the best of Indian independent cinema that reflect the evolving landscape of contemporary Indian storytelling, the festival will also feature the Indian premieres of Chewing Gum by Abhay Sharma, Kaisi Yeh Paheli by Ananyabrata Chakravorty, among others.
In the documentary segment, YIFF 2025 brings together an outstanding lineup of global and Indian voices. The festival will screen Hot Docs favourite Saints and Warriors by Patrick Shannon, Arushi Nigam’s Dream Factory, alongside the world premiere of Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste, a powerful and deeply moving documentary by Manjeet Sarkar and Mike Noone.
The festival’s short film section will also feature some of the year’s most celebrated works from the global festival circuit, including Cannes winner I’m Glad You’re Dead Now by Tawfeek Barhom, Cannes selection Across the Waters and DISC by Viv Li, and TIFF winner I Fear Blue Skies by Salar Pashtoonyar, among others.
Speaking about this year’s program, Tushar Tyagi, Founder of the Yellowstone International Film Festival, said “Cinema is one of the few art forms that speaks a language everyone understands. At YIFF, our goal has always been to create a space where stories from every corner of the world can be seen, heard, and celebrated. This year’s lineup reflects that belief and that film has the power to connect cultures, challenge perspectives, and remind us of our shared humanity.”
Adding to this, Anshika Singh, Festival Director, shared saying “We’ve curated a program rooted in merit and inclusivity, spotlighting films that rarely find theatrical space due to their form, scale, language, or politics. Our goal is to create a democratic platform where under-seen films meet engaged audiences. We look forward to unveiling exciting sessions soon and invite everyone to discover a new generation redefining cinema.”
With its distinctive blend of international prestige and independent spirit, YIFF 2025 promises to be a vibrant meeting ground for filmmakers, audiences, and storytellers from across the globe. The Festival will be held from November 13-20, with PVR Dynamix, Juhu, serving as the main screening venue along with Gaysi, Veda Kunba and Veda Blackbox and masterclasses and discussions being held across the city.
Complete Festival Line Up:
- Feature Film Selections
| Film Name | Filmmaker | Country | Premiere Status |
| Holy Rosita | Wannes Destoop | Belgium | Asian Premiere |
| Aurora | Rain Tolk, Andres Maimik | Estonia | Asian Premiere |
| Caravan | Zuzana Kirchnerová | France | Indian premiere |
| A Mother, a Son, and a Murder | Ananyabrata Chakravorty | India | Asian Premiere |
| Thinestra | Nathan Hertz | United States | Asian premiere. |
| Chewing Gum | Abhay Sharma | India | Asian Premiere |
| Secret of a Mountain Serpent | Nidhi Saxena | India | – |
| I’ve seen all I need to see | Zeshaan Younus | United States | Indian premiere |
| Sheness | Manuraj Dubey | India | – |
| 100 Sunset | Kunsang Kyirong | Canada | Asian Premiere |
| Têtes Brûlées | Maja Ajmia Zellama | Belgium | Indian premiere |
| Aisha Can’t Fly Away | Morad Mostafa | Egypt | Indian premiere |
| Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day | Ivona Junka | Croatia/Poland/Canada/Cyprus/ Bosnia and Herzegovina | Indian premiere |
| The Second Coming Act 1 The New for the Old | Jean Carlos Díaz Sepúlveda | Puerto Rico | Asian premiere |
- Feature Documentary Selections:
| Film Name | Filmmaker | Origin | Premiere Status |
| My Missing Aunt | Juyeon Yang | Republic of Korea | Indian premiere |
| Dalit Subbaiah – Voice of the Rebels | Gridaran MKP | India | Indian premiere |
| Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste | Manjeet Sarkar, Mike Noone | India | World Premiere |
| Village of Bastards | Amritansh Shukla, Uday Thakur | India | Asian Premiere |
| Fear and Now | Liat Ron | United States | Asian Premiere |
| Trans and Pregnant | Ramon Te Wake | New Zealand | – |
| Saints and Warriors | Patrick Shannon | Canada | Indian premiere |
| Negative Remorse | Shankar Goud | India | – |
| Dream Factory | Aarushi Nigam | India | Asian Premiere |
Short Documentary Selections:
| Film Name | Filmmaker | Origin | Premiere Status |
| Beneath Which Rivers Flow | Ali Yahya | Iraq | Indian premiere |
| DARU/N (PASSED/MOTHER) | Benjamin Hindrichs | Germany, Spain | Asian premiere. |
| A Small Fiction of My Mother in Beijing | Dorothea Zhang | China | Indian premiere |
| Mother Of Chooks | Jesse Samos Leaman, Maite Martin Samos | Australia | Asian premiere. |
| P for Paparazzi | Divya Hemant Kharnare | India | None |
| Threads in Tune | Nakul Jain | India | None |
| Mom Dances | Mégane Brügger | Switzerland | Asian premiere. |
| How to Listen to Fountains | Eva Sajanová | Slovakia | Asian premiere. |
| Voices from the abyss | Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón | Mexico | Indian Premiere |
| In my hand | Marja Helander, Liselotte Wajstedt | Norway | Asian premiere. |
d.Indian Shorts Selection:
| Film Name | Filmmaker | Origin |
| Razaa | Pooja Tolani | India |
| Two Sinners | Samir Zaidi | India |
| Praarambh | Gaurav Utreja | India |
| That’s A Wrap | Sunny Hinduja, Shinjini Raval | India |
| Tara | Ashutosh S. Shankar | India |
| Greeshmaant | Sagar Mashalkar | India |
| Nails | Triparna Banerjee | India |
| Method Actor | Junayed Alavi | India |
| Postman | Faizan Anees Bazmee | India |
| Ziddh | Aryaman Adik | India |
| Raddi | Ishan Singh | India |
| Moti | Yash Saraf | India |
| Knot | Abhay Parveen Gupta | India |
| Basanti Tailors | Ajay Govind | India |
| As Dusk Falls | Jaskirat Singh | India |
| Ek Wajah (The Reason) | Sushank Verma | India |
| Re-Routing | Kankana Chakraborty | India |
| The Giant Wheel of Life | Mohammed Ali Rukadikar | India |
| Automatic | Ashok Vish | India |
| Poli | Janvi Madabusi | India |
| Aankhon Suni | Brian Benhur Dongardive | India |
| Nyingma.. Through her eyes. | Liton Paul | India |
| The Sadist | Kundan Shashiraj | India |
| Zoya | Sayantan Mukherjee | India |
International Shorts Selection:
| Film Name | Filmmaker | Origin |
| No One Knows I Disappeared | Hanxiong Bo | China |
| A South Facing Window | Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir | France, Mongolia |
| Kicking Towards Tomorrow! | Yunbin An | South Korea |
| I’m Glad You’re Dead Now | Tawfeek Barhom | France, Greece |
| Red Flag | Dimitri Krassoulia-Vronsky | France |
| Places I’ve called my own | Sushma Khadepaun | India |
| Jupiter | Carlos Segundo | France |
| Changing Rooms | Violette Gitton | France |
| #kalyug (Age of Darkness) | Atharva Puranik | United Kingdom |
| Raha | Mohammad Mozafari | France |
| I Want To Go To Moscow | Sarah Baskin | United States |
| Aicha | Sanaa El Alaoui | Morocco |
| Nani | Mainak Dhar | United States |
| And Now I Lay Me Down | Rani DeMuth | United States |
| Before You | Lauren Melinda | United States |
| DISC | Blake Rice | United States |
| Across The Waters | Viv Li | France |
| Better with Milk | Ashika Srinivassan | France |
| Crane | Aiden Keltner | United States |
| Extracurricular Activity | Dean Wei, Yidan Xu | China |
| Baozhda | Keran Abukasimu | China |
| Side A: A Summer Day | Wan KinFai | Taiwan |
| The Sorceress Echo | Marc Camardons | Spain |
| Saint-Honoré | Mohamed Seddiki, Christopher Caulier | France |
| Who Are You, Nanu? | Anjini Taneja Azhar | India, United States |
| Trinity | R.B van Heesch | Netherlands |
| Lou | Tara Maurel | France |
| Same Star Above Us | Ke Liu | United States |
| Sunflower Girl | Holly M. Kaplan | United States |
| Karupy | Kalanithan Kalaichevan | Canada |
| A son and a father | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia |
| Alone Together ( | Tobin Carter | United States |
| Guardian Asshole | The Neese Twins | United States |
| The Manic Helm | Alexander Peter Lercher | Australia |
| The Angel | Barrett Burgin, Jessica Burgin | United States |
| Are You Fucking Kidding Me?! | Zen Pace | United States |
| Strawberry Cream | Vishnu Sinha | United States |
| Farewell | Soham Kundu | United Kingdom |
| Poreless | Harris Doran | United States |
Animated Shorts Selections:
| Film Name | Filmmaker | Origin |
| More Than Happy | Wei Keong Tan | Singapore |
| The One Who Knows | Eglė Davidavičė | France, Lithuania |
| Kinavu | Brigitta Varghese | India |
| Loop Line | Renuka Shahane | India |
| Cell Buddies | Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas | Netherlands |
| Where Darkness Grows | Naomi Plasterer | United States |
| Eureka! | Kris Borghs | Belgium |
| Flocky | Esther Casas Roura | Spain |
| Happy New Year | Saki Muramoto | Japan |
| Dark orange | Zahra Azadpour | Iran |
| Two Black Boys in Paradise | Baz Sells | United Kingdom |
| Catfish | Aurélie Galibois, Aurélie Martin, Camille Naud, Cristina Ganusciac, Hee Young Park, Vedushi Sinha | France |
