Gandhara Independent Film Festival

20/09/2026

Catch the Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2026 - 7th Online Edition’s selected indie film emotional drama The Shadows Left Behind by Aun ul Haider AUN UL HAIDER streaming exclusively at our official website: www.gandharafilmfestival.com/pakistanshorts from October 1-4.

Presented by Cirque Films

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20/09/2026

Catch the Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2026 - 7th Online Edition’s selected indie film street drama Desi Fiction by Rayyan Shahid Ray streaming exclusively at our official website: www.gandharafilmfestival.com/pakistanshorts from October 1-4.

Presented by Cirque Films

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20/09/2026

Catch the Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2026 - 7th Online Edition’s selected indie film sci-fi drama Chand Pe Charkhan Kaat’ti Budhiya by Yaseen Khatri streaming exclusively at our official website: www.gandharafilmfestival.com/pakistanshorts from October 1-4

Presented by Cirque Films

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18/09/2026

GIFF 2026, Edition 7 Online is now streaming on ARY PLUS

Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2026 Online Edition 7is Live on ARY Plus OTT with Foreign Language Category (Feature & Shorts) Films https://aryplus.tv/view-all/Category/GANDHARA%20INDEPENDENT%20FILM%20FESTIVAL

GIFF’s Pakistani Films Online Category streaming will be announced soon.

Global cinema, streaming straight to your screen.

17/09/2026

Award Categories 2026 🇵🇰
Presented by Cirque Films

From a highly competitive pool of 492 film submissions from Pakistan, a total of 37 films have been meticulously selected to feature in our upcoming online and in-perosn programming 2026.

All 37 selected films will enter the official competition circuit, vying fo honors across the categories listed below.
Best Film
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Screenplay
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Female)
Best Showcase Award
Best Cinematic Award
Best Emerging Talent Award
GIFF Appreciation Award

There is precise category exclusivity, each chosen film is nominated for excatly one award.

Ceremony Details:
The festival will conclude with an official Award Ceremony on October 4, 2026 at National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), where the winners will be announced.

16/09/2026

GIFF 2026, Edition 7 - Step Inside Stories
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The Gandhara Independent Film Festival is returning for its seventh edition from October 2 to 4 at Karachi’s National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA).

From the expansive official selection of short and documentary films in the competition this year, nine Pakistani short films — including Permanent Guest by Sana Zahra Jafri, We Really Are Pakistan (WRAP) by Saba Karim Khan and Khazana by Basir Ahmed —- have been chosen to screen at the actual event as part of a “special recognition” line up.

Also screening at NAPA are 19 films from around the world that are also competing for the short film and documentary prize.

The online line-up includes seven indie feature films, 25 foreign language indie short films and 28 indie fiction and documentary short films from Pakistan.

Results of the festival’s competition will be announced at the event’s closing ceremony on Oct 4 at NAPA.

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09/09/2026

Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2026 Edition 7 - Online brings you 60 independent films from all over the world, which goes live on ARY Plus from 18th & continue till 30th September, 2026.

With 7 indie feature films, 25 foreign language indie short films & 28 indie short (fiction & documentary) films from Pakistan, GIFF gets unforgettably epic by taking the art of indie cinema to a whole new OTT level.

Make your GIFF’s exclusive watchlist on ARY PLUS

Festival Schedule, Dates & Time
https://www.gandharafilmfestival.com/digitalfestival2026
Screening starts 18 September 2026, 17:00 pm Pakistan time
Screening ends 30 September 2026, 23:45 pm Pakistan time

Presented by Cirque Films

08/09/2026

Celebrate the best of Pakistani indie cinema!
Official Trailer 'Pakistan Shorts & Docs'

The 7th digital edition of the Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2026 is proud to announce its official selection of 28 exceptional Pakistani shorts and docs.

An impactful showcase of films that will keep you hooked till the last frame. Stream the entire festival line-up online, exclusively on ARY PLUS from 18–30 September 2026.

Presented by Cirque Films

Pakistan's first digital film festival.

The 7th digital edition of the Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2...

07/09/2026

Every frame, an experience! GIFF online 2026!
Official Trailer - Foreign Language Short Films

Don't miss the incredible line-up of diverse voices and global stories, streaming online exclusively on ARY PLUS from September 18–30, 2026!

Presented by Cirque Films

Don't miss the incredible line-up of diverse voices and global stor...