Ladakh International Film Festival From June 15–17; Entry Free

Leh will play host to the highest altitude film festival of the world — Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) at 13,500 ft above the sea level in Jammu and Kashmir from June 15–17, 2012.

Distinguished personalities to attend the festival include Derek Malcolm - President of British Federation of Film Societies & The International Film Critics Circle and distinguished Film Critic & Historian, Jacob Neiiendam - Director Copenhagen film festival, Christian Jeune - Deputy Director General, Festival De Cannes, Shekhar Kapur - (Eminent Film maker), Mike H Pandey - Chairman (Steering Committee, IFFI) & Film maker, Govind Nihalani - Eminent Film maker, Vishal Bhardwaj - Eminent Film Director/Producer/Music Director, Ketan Mehta - Eminent Film maker, Shaji N Karun (Eminent Film maker), Nitin Desai - Eminent Art Director, Madhur Bhandarkar - Eminent Film maker, Deepti Naval - (Eminent actor/film maker/author).

Ladakh International Film Festival will be divided into following sections:

* Indian Section – Best of Indian Cinema Open to Indian films only

* International Section (Best of World Cinema) Open to non-Indian films only

* Competition Section - Short films, Animation films, Documentaries & Feature Films for a period of 2 calendar years

* Ladakh Section – Open only to citizens of Ladakh and films made on Ladakh (All formats from mobile phone to 35mm are accepted)

These include short films, animation films, documentaries (drama/fiction etc.) and Feature Films.

Submissions of entries for the Ladakh International Film Festival are now open from January 1, 2012 and the last date of submission is April 1, 2012. Entry is free for the film festival.