Ladakh International Film Festival
ladakh international film festival liff international film festival held annually ladakh india inaugurated first international film festival held ladakh held himalayan town leh largest town ladakh altitude foot metre making highestaltitude film festival world major theme festival wildlife conservation partnership snow leopard conservancy india trust festival offer snow leopard trophy educational inspiring film endangered specie festival organized keralabased filmmaker melwyn williams chirayath business associate meghna dubey partner monasse film first annual liff held – june attended omar abdullah chief minister thenstate jammu kashmir festival chair film director shyam benegal head jury assamese film director jahnu barua film competition category winner receive snow leopard trophy one million rupee competition winner included alexandra david neel best feature film partner crime best documentary film aaliya best short film bouli lanners best director bahram radan best actor dominique blanc best actress second annual liff initially planned – july postponed due flooding neighboring state uttarakhand delay second festival held – september category film liff included feature documentary short film international film ladakh film student film childrens film also retrospective film film director poet lyricist gulzar sampooran singh kalra curated vishal bhardwaj public figure attending festival included shaida mohammad abdali afghan ambassador india gulzar filmmaker aparna sen vishal bhardwaj rakeysh omprakash mehra madhur bhandarkar jury chaired filmmaker aparna sen also included canadian filmmaker teri c mcluhan sri lankan filmmaker vimukthi jayasundara festival hosted green carpet indian premiere mcluhan frontier gandhi film nonviolent muslim freedom fighter abdul ghaffar khan introduced abdali film received standing ovation also receiving green carpet premiere rakeysh omprakash mehras film bhaag milkha bhaag indian sprinter milkha singh competition winner included oas best film gurkha best documentary dwand best short film manju patra borah best director sewan sing yein best actor divya chhetri best actress official website