Mumbai's Yellowstone Festival Unveils Documentary and LGBTQIA+ Lineup
The Yellowstone International Film Festival has announced the documentary and LGBTQIA+ slate for its edition in Mumbai, India, which runs from November 30 to December 4. The festival's headline title is the Asian premiere of American Doctor, a documentary directed by Poh Si Teng, according to Deadline.
An Asian premiere is the first screening of a film anywhere in Asia. American Doctor follows three U.S. physicians who volunteered to treat Palestinian children injured in Gaza.
The documentary strand also includes Herland, directed by Kallol Mukherjee, which has its own Asian premiere at the festival. The documentary feature The Wolf, directed by Wancheng Gu and Prasad Shetty, is on the programme. Riley Fitchpatrick's short documentary Born Secret completes the non-fiction line-up.
The LGBTQIA+ slate, which uses the common shorthand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other identities, includes Elephants in the Fog. Directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, the film won the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, a section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival that runs alongside the main competition.
The festival is also starting something new. The inaugural KSF Queer Grant, run with the Keshav Suri Foundation and Lotus Visual Productions, will put $20,000 toward the production of independent films by emerging LGBTQIA+ filmmakers in India. Two filmmakers will each receive $10,000, and both will join a nine-month industry mentoring programme.
That last detail sets the grant apart from a prize handed out at the end of a festival. Money for production arrives before a film is shot, so it helps a project get made in the first place.
For audiences in Mumbai, the programme offers a mix of new Asian premieres, a Cannes-recognised title and a first-time funding scheme. Anyone planning to attend should check the festival's own channels for times and venues.
