India, Nov. 8 -- Beginning in Shillong on November 12, the festival will arrive in New Delhi from November 25 to December 4, before travelling to Pune in December. The Delhi edition will unfold across six cultural venues.

From Sandra Huller's Rose and Oliver Laxe's Sirat to a compelling selection of contemporary European dramas, documentaries and animation, the 31st European Union Film Festival promises Indian audiences a celebration of cinematic diversity, discovery and cross-cultural storytelling.

There is something particularly exhilarating about discovering a cinema that speaks in an unfamiliar language yet evokes emotions that feel instinctively familiar. It is perhaps this peculiar alchemy that makes film festivals such indispensa...