LOVE HACKING w/ GREAT INDIAN MARRIAGE BAZAAR: Friday, April 13th, 2012 6:00pm WORLD PREMIERE Who Should Watch: Lovers of love, quirky nerds, online dating, massive desi weddings, and understated internet romance (or lack thereof). The Breakdown: GREAT INDIAN MARRIAGE BAZAAR Director: Ruchika Muchhala Cast: Ruchika Muchhala Language: Hindi, English (English subs) LOVE HACKING Director: Jenni Nelson Language: English Quick...
Survey Spotlight is a month-long feature where we indulge in a little cinema rewind- revisiting past IFFLA award-winning films & exploring what made us fall in love with them the first time. From now till December 1st, you can vote for three of your favorites in our “Viewer’s Choice” survey. The films that receive the most...
Terrie Samundra is a 2010 IFFLA Audience Choice Award Winner for her short “Kunjo”: South Asians come in all shapes and sizes. We live in all sorts of places strewn across the globe. Some talk with a Southern drawl, some like California Valley girls (me). Queer,punk, black metal, potters, painters, plumbers. It’s true. we’re...
Our next Filmmaker diary comes from this year’s sole Pakistani filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal, director of the short film POSHAK and the upcoming feature JOSH. The first time I attended IFFLA in 2004, I had made an improbable escape from my dreary problem set at Caltech to watch Khamosh Pani. I was a dissatisfied engineering student...
As we set our sights on our 10th anniversary festival in 2012, we’ll be taking a look inside IFFLA and what it means to the creative community through first person entries penned by our wonderful crop of IFFLA Alumni. Our first entry is by the director of TROUBLEMAKER, Geeta Malik. Another year, another amazing...
AN UNFINISHED LETTER (ITI MRINALINI) Thursday, April 14th, 7:15pm USA PREMIERE Who Should Watch: Aparna Sen & Bengali cinema buffs, Fans of old Hollywood show business stories and anyone who wishes there was a South Asian equivalent. The Skinny Director: Aparna Sen Stars: Mother-daughter team Aparna Sen & Konkana Sen Sharma, Rajat Kapoor Plot: Charting the...
