Dharamsala International Film Festival comes to a close

The fifth edition of Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) came to a close today in the mountain town of McLeod Ganj here.
Nasiruddin Shah's short film "Interior Cafe Night" was screened on the closing day of the four-day festival.
DIFF founder director Ritu Sarin said, "We had a very good audience here and that feels really good."
The festival included feature films, children's films, video installations, master classes, conversations, panel discussions and community outreach events, thus offering a selection of the best of contemporary independent cinema.
The DIFF screened 43 films, including 27 feature films (18 narratives and nine documentaries), 15 short films and one medium documentary fiction. About 20 filmmakers, including nine international filmmakers presented their films at the festival.

As part of the DIFF's community outreach programme, screenings were organised in local villages, including Dharamkot, Heini and Rakked, and at the district jail in Lower Dharamsala.