12th Darbhanga International Film Festival

• 15 Feb 2025

Why in News? 

The 12th Darbhanga International Film Festival 2025 ( DIFF) was organised in Darbhanga district of Bihar from 7^th to 9^th February, 2025.   

Key Points 

• About the Film Festival: 
  • The festival was organised in the premises of Delhi World Public School, Darbhanga.  
  • 45 films from India and abroad were screened in this festival , providing a global platform to cinema lovers and filmmakers. 
  • Youth cultural presentations and cinema quiz competitions were also organized in which students from various schools of Darbhanga participated. 
  • 65 awards were presented in various categories at the closing ceremony of the festival . 
  • The closing film of this three-day prestigious film festival was the film " Dada Lakhmi" directed by Bollywood actor Yashpal Sharma. 

Darbhanga district 

• It is located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the Mithila region of Bihar. 
• Madhubani is to the north of Darbhanga, Samastipur to the south, Saharsa to the east and Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi district to the west.  
• The word Darbhanga is the result of the localization of the Sanskrit word 'Dwar-Bang' or the Persian word 'Dar-e-Bang' meaning the gate of Bengal into the Maithili language over many years.  
• It is said that the city was founded by Darbhangi Khan during the Mughal period. 
• The total area of Darbhanga district is 2,279 square km.