SYDNEY, 16 September, 2025: The Indian Film Festival of Sydney (IFFS) is back — celebrating its 11th anniversary edition with three unforgettable days of cinema, culture, and conversation. After a pause during COVID, we are proud to return in person this year, bringing global audiences the very best of Indian storytelling with a lineup of 15 plus movies.
The festival is brought to audiences by those who recently and successfully concluded the 10 days Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), with Bollywood biggie Aamir Khan as the chief guest.
The IFFS-2025, will open IFFS 2025 with Tannishtha Chatterjee’s directorial debut, Full Plate, produced by Ashutosh Goswami and Anup Chitnis, and starring Kirti Kulhari in a career-defining role alongside Sharib Hashmi, Monica Dogra, and Indraneil Sengupta.
Fresh from its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival 2025, Full Plate tells the powerful story of a Muslim homemaker in Mumbai whose husband’s accident forces her to step into the workforce, sparking both her transformation and her husband’s insecurities.
Director Tannishtha Chatterjee says: “This film was born out of struggle, grit, and hope, and sharing it with the Sydney audience feels like bringing the journey full circle.”
Festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange AM adds: “There is something deeply resonant about opening with Full Plate. Tannishtha’s courage, her determination to tell this story despite overwhelming odds, reflects exactly why Indian cinema matters—because it does more than entertain, it reveals, it heals, it challenges. We are honoured to welcome Sydney audiences back with this film and with three days of cinema that
probe, celebrate and uplift.”
The movie will screen on Thursday 9 October, 2025, as the Opening Night film of IFFS 2025, with Tannishtha Chatterjee and Kirti Kulhari in attendance.
Over the course of the three-day festival, Sydney will witness a carefully curated lineup of over 15 films from across India and the Indian diaspora, spanning multiple languages and genres. The programme will include independent voices, feature films, shorts, and documentaries, along with panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and filmmaker conversations that allow audiences to engage directly with the art and artists.
IFFS-2025 – October 9, 10 & 11, 2025.
Website – https://indianfilmfestival.com.au/
