Welcome to the Tasmania edition of the
National Indian Film Festival of Australia (NIFFA)

Australia’s first and only national celebration of Indian cinema returns in 2026 with an expanded program through a historic national footprint and the first edition in Tasmania.

We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary support from audiences, filmmakers, and partners that has enabled NIFFA 2026 to grow into the largest national celebration of Indian cinema anywhere in the world outside India, spanning 13+ cities, presenting 32+ films in official selection across 15 Indian languages, with every film screening as an Australian, International, or World Premiere.

We thank the filmmakers and the global industry, along with key partners such as the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), for entrusting us with their work. That trust is both an honour and a responsibility, one we carry with great care as we present these stories to Australian audiences.

True to its spirit as a festival for filmmakers, by filmmakers, and of filmmakers, NIFFA 2026 also features a dynamic program of red carpets, special screenings, panel discussions, and industry conversations, creating space not just to showcase cinema, but to engage with it meaningfully.

Tasmania is a particularly personal stop for me. I spent some crucial time here as a child, including in Campbell Town, and those memories have stayed with me. There is something about Tasmania, its landscape, its pace, its people, its history, and its quiet emotional power, that leaves a mark. For me, returning with NIFFA is a deeply meaningful full-circle moment.

We are especially delighted to bring what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first ever Indian film festival of this scale and national context to Tasmania. For a state with such extraordinary natural beauty, strong cultural identity, and growing multicultural communities, it feels both timely and important that Indian cinema now finds a platform here through NIFFA. We are particularly honoured by the support we have received from the oldest Indian association in Australia The Indian Cultural Society of Tasmania.

Tasmania has long inspired artists, writers, filmmakers, and travellers. Its locations, heritage towns, dramatic coastlines, forests, mountains, and intimate communities offer a cinematic canvas unlike anywhere else in Australia. As Australia and India move into a new era of cultural and screen collaboration, Tasmania has a unique opportunity to become part of that story,  by bringing its own distinctive voice, beauty, and creative character to the relationship.

As we bring NIFFA to Tasmania, we do so with gratitude, excitement, and a strong sense of possibility. This is more than simply screening Indian films in a new state. It is about opening a door, creating a cultural bridge, and inviting Tasmanian audiences, institutions, artists, students, government, tourism bodies, and the screen sector to engage more deeply with one of the world’s most dynamic film cultures.

For the Indian and South Asian communities of Tasmania, this is also a moment of recognition and celebration. Indian cinema carries language, memory, music, family, identity, humour, emotion, and history. To bring these stories to Tasmanian screens is to say that these communities, their journeys, and their cultural connections matter within the broader Australian story.

It is your platform. We invite you to embrace it, use it, and make it your own — a shared cultural space that celebrates diversity, fosters dialogue, and enriches Australia’s vibrant screen culture.