Today, we are going through exceptionally strange and difficult times. Covid-19 is reshaping the world as we know it and no one knows what awaits us on the other side. Here at DIFF, we are trying to keep our spirits afloat by turning once again to cinema to inspire and encourage us. The deep humanism and artistic insights that inform the best of cinema are as relevant in the age of coronavirus as they have always been.

With this in mind, we reached out to DIFF alumni and requested them to make their films available for screening online on the DIFF website. The response from our filmmakers was overwhelmingly positive, although some, understandably, were unable to share their films due to contractual obligations. We are deeply grateful to all the filmmakers who rallied to our call.

The DIFF Viewing Room, a specially curated selection of DIFF alumni films available for online streaming, all for free, and all available to our extended DIFF family around the world was updated every two weeks.

Here are the films that were available from 31 March to 7 July 2020:

5 Broken Cameras (Dir. Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi | 2011)

48 Years: Silent Dictator (Dir. Hiroshi Sunairi | 2017)

Abu (Dir. Arshad Khan | 2017)

Afternoon Clouds (Dir. Payal Kapadia | 2016)

Amma Meri (Dir. Tarun Jain | 2017)

Bebaak (Dir. Shazia Iqbal | 2019)

Chauthi Koot (Dir. Gurvinder Singh | 2015)

Court (Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane | 2014)

Days of Autumn (Dir. Mukul Haloi | 2016)

The Dossier (Dir. Zhu Rikun | 2014)

Ee Ma Yau (Dir. Lijo Jose Pellissery | 2017)

Eye Test (Dir. Sudha Padmaja Francis | 2017)

The Fish Curry (Dir. Abhishek Verma | 2017)

A Gesar Bard’s Tale (Dir. Lharigatso & Donagh Coleman | 2014)

Girni (Dir. Umesh Kulkarni | 2004)

Her Mother (Dir. Yoshinori Sato | 2017)

Jallikattu (Dir. Lijo Jose Pellissery | 2019)

Jamnapaar (Dir. Abhinava Bhattacharyya | 2017)

Journey to Nagaland  (Dir. Aditi Chitre | 2010)

A Korean in Paris (Dir. Jeon Soo-il | 2015)

The Last Adieu (Dir. Shabnam Sukhdev | 2013)

Lo Sum Choe Sum (Dir. Dechen Roder | 2015)

Miss Lovely (Dir. Ashim Ahluwalia | 2017)

Mukti Bhawan (Dir. Shubhashish Bhutiani | 2016)

Nabarun (Dir. Q | 2014)

Nirnay (Dir. Pushpa Rawat | 2012)

Nooreh (Dir. Ashish Pandey | 2018)

Placebo (Dir. Abhay Kumar | 2015)

Ralang Road (Dir. Karma Takapa | 2016)

The Shepherdess of the Glaciers (Dir. Stanzin Dorjai Gya & Christiane Mordelet | 2015)

A Syrian Love Story (Dir. Sean McAllister | 2015)

Tashi & the Monk (Dir. Andrew Hinton and Johnny Burke | 2014)

Tripoli Cancelled (Dir. Naeem Mohaimen | 2017)

Turup (Dir. Ektara Collective | 2017)

Vietnam The Movie (Dir. Nguyen Trinh Thi | 2016)

When Hari Got Married (Dir. Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam | 2012)

With You Without You (Dir. Prasanna Vithanage | 2012)