IMFF 2024 Film Program
The 9th Indie Meme Film Festival comes to Austin in-person from April 17 - 21, 2024 and is held at the Austin Film Society Cinema.
The virtual festival, streaming May 3rd - May 5th, will bring second screenings of many of our in-person favorites, as well as fresh virtual-exclusive feature and short programs.
Sultana's Dream
Taking its inspiration from a feminist sci-fi short story written in Bengal in 1905, Inés sets out on a
voyage of discoveryaround India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.
2023
Narrative Feature
Spain, Germany, India
Fantasy, Animation, Drama
Basque, Spanish, English, Italian, Hindi, Bengali
Apr 17, 2024
In Flames
After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart by figures from their past. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.
2023
Narrative Feature
Pakistan, Canada
Drama, Horror
Urdu
Apr 18, 2024
Vakuppu (The Clause)
An irate policeman insists on adding more clauses to a young man's
case, alleging animal cruelty that resulted in the death of two stray
dogs. The policeman's aggression and the young man's resistance
reveal a tense history involving a common element of love,
belonging, and loss. Based on the short story 'Jamyam' by Abhishek
SS.
2023
Short
India
Drama
Malayalam
Apr 20, 2024
Phar Yar Sin (The Altar)
A buddhist fable-like story about the guilt of a childhood incident of killing an ant while washing hands in the sink. Animated through photographic sequences painted with golds and grays, the Zen-like visuals sweep into one another with whispering monologues and glitching noises reflecting the realms of cosmos, power, guilt, prayers, and existence.
2023
Short, Documentary
Myanmar
Animation, Experimental, Documentary
Burmese
Apr 20, 2024
Places I've Called My Own
After several years in the US, Tara, in the midst of her IVF process, returns to India for the funeral of her father. There, she finds a mother in denial about her sexual orientation, an ex-girlfriend who has rebuilt her life with a man, and the shadow of the paterfamilias that continues to hang over the home.
2023
Short
France, India
Drama, LGBT, Family
Hindi
Apr 20, 2024
Something Like an Autobiography
Filmmaker-actor couple, Tithi and Farhan are subjects of criticism and troll for not taking baby in a patriarchal society. Tithi doesn’t succumb to the pressure of social validation and decides to have a baby when the time is right for her but the question never ends for her.
2023
Narrative Feature
Bangladesh, Germany, India
Drama
Bengali
Apr 20, 2024
Bahadur: The Brave
A nationwide lockdown is imposed in India during the coronavirus pandemic. While all Nepalese migrant labourers are boarding vans to leave for their country, Hansi sees an opportunity to earn more money for his ailing son in the emerging labour crisis when his brother-in-law, Dil Bahadur, offers him illegal work in a godown.
2023
Narrative Feature
India
Drama
Nepali, Kumaoni, Hindi
Apr 21, 2024
Apr 21, 2024
Shera
MONU’s (11) obsession with sighting SHERA, the elusive leopard living in the forest around his remote Himalayan village, is tested when his parents decide to migrate to the city. As the day of departure nears, MONU grows despondent but his friend RAJU is determined to help fulfill his wish.
2023
Short
India
Drama, Kids
Kumaoni
Apr 21, 2024
Pushtaini (Ancestral)
A struggling Bollywood actor finds himself caught in an embarrassing scandal and is desperate to secure his last chance at stardom. Forced to return to his home and face his past, he travels through the mountains and shares adventures with strangers, unaware of what the journey has in store for him.