Overview

• The festival held its opening ceremony at the MosKino Kosmos cinema on October 5, featuring the film Pushkara as the gala screening.
• Events run through October 15 with screenings in St. Petersburg and Moscow, then Kazan on October 8, Yakutsk on October 13, and Vladivostok on October 15.
• A 16-member delegation of Indian actors, directors and producers is taking part in screenings and creative meetings with audiences.
• The Embassy of India in Moscow is organizing the program with support from Russia’s Ministry of Culture.
• Roskino director Elsa Antonova announced a Russian film festival in India in December 2025, continuing the exchange that included Russian screenings in Mumbai and New Delhi in December 2024.