Two events took place in McLeod Ganj over the weekend: the first ever “Mr Tibet” competition which took place at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and was won by Nyima, a law student from Bengaluru, and the five-day annual Free Spirit Film Festival 2017 which is showing 25 films at the Hotel Tibet. The Free Spirit festival was the first film festival to be held in McLeod Ganj.