Film buffs can expect rich offerings at New York Indian Film Festival’s 25th Anniversary; Also honors Shyam Benegal and James Ivory

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New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), the longest-running U.S. festival dedicated to Indian independent cinema, returns for its milestone 25th edition from June 20–22, at Manhattan’s Village East by Angelika. (nyiff.us)

Organizers say the lineup spotlights “bold new voices, storied auteurs, and urgent narratives from the Indian subcontinent and its global diaspora.”

The festival pays tribute to Shyam Benegal, a titan of Indian parallel cinema who passed away in 2024. NYIFF will screen a 4K restoration of Manthan (1976), his landmark film about India’s White Revolution, restored by the Film Heritage Foundation. The film premiered at the Cannes Classics in 2024.

The 2025 lineup includes 22 feature-length films—18 narratives and 4 documentaries—spanning more than a dozen languages and regions. From Tamil and Odia to Assamese, Hindi, and Malayalam, the selection reflects both the diversity and the evolving language of Indian cinema. The festival program also includes 21 short narrative and documentary films. All details including ticket purchasing is available on the nyiff.us website.