RSI Recommends: Must-See Indie Films At Yellowstone International Film Festival 2025

The Yellowstone International Film Festival 2025 (YIFF 2025) is set to happen from Nov. 13 to 20, 2025, in Mumbai at the PVR dynamix, Juhu. With a selection of classifications consisting of documentaries, shorts, function movies, and LGBTQIA+ movies, this year’s edition will include over 100 international movies, with 50 of them being Indian and Asian bests. An event of the finest choices from independent movie theater, the celebration will likewise include well-known worldwide titles, such as Lovely Evening, Beautiful Day by Ivona Juka, which has to do with the lives of 4 Yugosalvian gay filmmakers attempting to avert the communist celebration’s suspicion in the 1950’s, and Aisha Can’t Fly by Morad Mostafa– which illustrates the rifts in between African migrant groups and the underworld through the eyes of Aisha, a Somali caretaker.

In addition, the celebration’s brief movie areas will premiere works from international celebration circuits, consisting of Cannes winner I’m Glad You’re Dead Now by Tawfeek Barhom, Cannes choice Throughout the Waters and DISC by Viv Li, and TIFF winner I Fear Blue Skies by Salar Pashtoonyar, among others. In addition to these screenings, audiences can likewise anticipate masterclasses with panelists like Hansal Mehta, Ashwiny Iyer, Rohan Kanawade, Shoojit Sircar, and more.

Ahead of the upcoming eight-day celebration, Wanderer India highlights a few of the Indian movies from YIFF 2025 that must be on your radar.

Dream Factory (2023)

This Arushi Nigam Documentary checks out the unrecognized heroes of the Bollywood production market, who meticulously work behind the scenes to strengthen the hero’s journey. Varying from light and sound operators to find dadasNigam’s documentary uses an intimate peek into the unnoticeable labor of Mumbai and New Delhi-based teams working backstage. Believe Luck By Chancehowever with the gritty realism of Faiza Ahmand Khan’s Supermen of Malegaon

Places I’ve Called My Own (2023)

This 28-minute movie records the contrasting feelings that bubble up when you go back to the location you when called home. For Tara, a U.S. returnee in the middle of an I.V.F. treatment, returning suggests challenging layers of sorrow, regret, and unsettled desire. In the middle of her dad’s death, her mom’s rejection about her sexual preference, and her ex-girlfriend restoring a life with a male, Tara faces browsing a plethora of feelings that require her to face what home and belonging really suggest.

Town Of Bastards (2024)

Amritansh Shukhla and Uday Thakur’s grasping socio-cultural documentary follows the patriarchally established custom of ancestral sex-work performed in the town of Natpurwa, Uttar Pradesh. With ladies as young as 15 entering the inter-generational profession of sex trade, this gut-wrenching function exposes the vulnerability of the woman of the streets, who continue to be made use of not simply by the villagers, however likewise by the media and federal government.

Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste (2024)

Funnyman Manjeet Sarkar’s feature-length documentary integrates humor and social taboos into a powerful mix, making you, the audience, face unpleasant realities. Covering statewide trips, Sarkar utilizes the mic to vocalize his individual journey of maturing as a Dalit person, highlighting the dirty complexities of the overbearing Indian caste system through razor-sharp wit and informative observations. Significantly, Sarkar is likewise India’s very first Dalit comic to have actually explored nationally and carried out at the United Nations.

P for Paparazzi(2024)

Diving into the life of Manoj, a Nepali professional photographer, the movie catches the excessive life of the paparazzi. Beyond the celeb photo-ops, glamour and allure, and the continuous flare of flashlights, the Divya Kharnare movie portrays the surprise intricacies,

Syncing the sweet-sounding tunes of the harpsichord with the elaborate functions of Indian looms, Threads In Tune includes a fantastical aspect to the difficult procedure of making carpets and tosses. Showcasing the workmanship, action by action, the movie integrates distinct cinematography while pulling concentrate on homegrown craftsmens’contemporary tools to continue

Renuka Shahane’s Marathi animated movie Loop Line follows the life of a middle-class homemaker, slowed down by constant tasks and her other half’s chauvinistic habits, who turns to psychological dreams as a type of escapism. Utilizing animation as a medium, Shahane’s directorial launching checks out the tomb yet continuous cycle of domestic subjugation that prevails in Indian conventional families.

Kaisi Yeh Paheli (2025)

Resting at the crossway of an Agatha Christie-esque murder secret and a slice-of-life drama, Kaisi Yeh Paheli teases a property that’s far much deeper and darker than what fulfills the eye. Embed in the drowsy town of Kalimpong, the movie dissects the unstable relationship in between Utam, a police officer, and his mom, as she tries to join him in resolving an engaging case that strikes closer to home than either of them anticipated.

Dalit Subbaiah: Voice of The Rebels (2025)

Telling the tale of the late Dalit advanced vocalist, author, and activist Lenin Subbaiah, the acclaimed M.K.P. Gridaran documentary shines a light on creative expression as a socio-political tool for modification. Subbaiah was likewise the creator of a music performers called Viduthalai Kalai Kuzhu (Voice Of Liberation-A Cultural Troupe), which magnified caste-based concerns and propagated Ambedkarite ideologies through music. The feature-length movie likewise brings to attention Margazhiyil Makkalisai, an extreme musical celebration helmed by Tamil rap artist, vocalist, and songwriter Arivu. Utilizing music as a driver, the documentary not just narrates Subbaiah’s tradition however likewise highlights the huge selection of non-hegemonic musical variety within marginalized neighborhoods in India.

Chingam (2025)

Set versus the rural Himanchali background, Ajay and Radhika, 2 youth sweeties, discover their method back to each other as life deals them both losing cards. The movie catches how Ajay, an unsuccessful vocalist, and Radhika, now wed, decipher the layers of love, is sorry for, and the magic of 2nd opportunities. Directed by Abhay Sharma, the launching function likewise has him functioning as the male lead.

Sheness (2025)

This four-part anthology follows the lives of ethically grey females as they browse the intricacies of their relationships in minutes of increased distress and chaos. Less about validating females’s wrongs and more about comprehending what obliges them to act, the Manuraj Dubey function unapologetically unloads the numerous layers of wacky womanly archetypes– from the apolitical lady, to the kleptomaniac, to a spouse painting herself as a cheater simply to get a divorce. At its core, it’s a visual collection of what takes place when ladies reach their boiling point. Vengeance, absurdism, mania, and flexibility; the movie unapologetically and refreshingly faces ladies’s wrongs.

Editor’s note: A previous variation of this story specified that Karupy would be evaluated at YIFF 2025. The movie is no longer part of the celebration’s lineup. The post has actually been upgraded to show this.