National Indian Film Festival of Geelong
Held March 2026, the NIFFA Regional – Geelong, was an exciting addition to the 2026 REEL Film Festival. The launch of the national tour was held in Geelong with a VIP Red Carpet evening and screening of ‘Boong” – a night to remember !
Travelling around Australia until July 2026, NIFFA celebrates Indian cinema from regional and Independent voices to mainstream icons through public screenings at Reading Cinemas.
Films were showcased at Reading Cinemas in Waurn Ponds, in languages including Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and more, supported by English subtitles. There’s also family friendly Indian-Australian films.
The National Indian Film Festival of Geelong was supported by the City of Greater Geelong Community Grant.
Funding permitting, NIFFA will be back in Geelong in 2027!
Opening Night Movie Premiere NIFFA 2026 – “Boong”
In the valley of Manipur, Boong (*a little boy) plans to surprise his mother with a gift.
In his innocence, he believes that bringing his absentee father back home would be the most special gift.
At the core, Boong’s world is a triangle. At the base is Mandakini, his fiery, protective mother. The short perpendicular line is his Marwari best friend Raju Agarwal, who is considered an ‘outsider’. The hypotenuse is his father, Joykumar, who unwittingly shapes his son’s world from faraway Moreh – a border town between India and Myanmar.
Boong’s search for his father disintegrates his world but culminates into an unexpected gift….
Supported by a City of Greater Geelong Community Grant
