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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.

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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
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So, That Happened

Sheila and Imran haven’t seen each other since college, but when Imran moves back to
Austin, an opportunity arises for the pair to get acquainted once more.

2024
Short
USA
Drama
English, Urdu
Apr 17, 2024
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The Road Not Taken

‘The Road Not Taken’ revolves around a woman who decided to quit her day job to pursue her acting career, only to encounter a challenge that compels her to reconsider her decision.

2024
Short
India
Drama
Telugu
Apr 17, 2024
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Shivamma

Shivamma (46) is a mid-day meal cook in a village government school and the sole breadwinner. Her family is in the process of finding a groom for her daughter. Shivamma has her own affair running alongside.

2022
Narrative Feature
India
Drama, Family
Kannada
Apr 18, 2024
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Amar Colony

A crippled widow demands respect for her beloved pigeon. Caught in the maze of loneliness, a pregnant woman finds her escape in a tomato. When paranoia strikes, a religious devotee of Lord Hanuman battles it with a mace.

2022
Narrative Feature
India
Drama
Hindi
Apr 18, 2024
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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
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Mithya

It is a poignant journey of eleven-year-old Mithun, as he navigates a challenging path of self-discovery and resilience after a devastating loss shatters his world.

2023
Narrative Feature
India
Drama, Coming of Age
Kannada, Marathi
Apr 18, 2024
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Footprints on Water

An illegal immigrant father in the UK looks for his missing daughter while trying to avoid the police radar.

2023
Narrative Feature
United Kingdom
Drama, Thriller
English, Malyalam
Apr 19, 2024
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Ullarivu

A young girl unwittingly learns the rules of existence in a patriarchal world.

2023
Short
India
Kids, Drama
Malayalam
Apr 19, 2024
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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
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This is TMI

The continuous surprising and endless playful visual animation accompaniment to the lively and taboo-busting discussion of a group of young women.

2023
Short
India
Animation, Comedy, Coming of Age
Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali
Apr 20, 2024
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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
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Kamathipura

After a night of heavy drinking, a twenty year-old virgin stumbles into Mumbai's oldest brothel, where he encounters a mythical creature who turns his first sexual encounter on its head.

2022
Short
India
Horror
Hindi
Apr 20, 2024
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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
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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
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Helena

The life of an expat Nepali woman in the United Arab Emirates turns upside down when she loses a small amount of money while trying to buy a laptop for her son in Nepal.

2023
Short
Nepal, United Arab Emirates
Drama
English, Hindi, Nepali
Apr 20, 2024
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Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The World is Family)

Personal memories of a secular freedom struggle at a time when India’s history is being rewritten by ruling fundamentalists.

2023
Documentary
India
Documentary
Marathi, English, Hindi
Apr 20, 2024
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Next, Please

A woman goes on a virtual reality date and is transported to a speakeasy bar from the prohibition era of Mumbai.

2023
Short
India
Drama, Science Fiction
Hindi, English
Apr 20, 2024
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Sthal (A Match)

It explores the tradition of arranged marriage in rural India, where a girl's marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Narrated from the perspective of a young girl, Savita, it highlights the patriarchy rooted in society.

2023
Narrative Feature
India
Drama
Marathi
Apr 20, 2024
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Terrestrial Verses

Ordinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.

2023
Narrative Feature
Iran
Drama
Farsi
Apr 21, 2024
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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
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Against the Tide

Bombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the Koli knowledge system of harvesting the sea following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods; Ganesh has instead embraced technology.

2023
Documentary
India
Documentary
Koli, Marathi, Hindi
Apr 21, 2024
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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
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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.

2023
Narrative Feature
India
Drama
Hindi, Kumaoni, English
Apr 21, 2024
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Girls Will Be Girls

Follows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexual awakening & coming of age rebellion are disrupted by her young mother who never had the opportunity to be young & reckless herself.

2024
Narrative Feature
India
Drama, Coming of Age
Hindi, English
Apr 21, 2024
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Battisi (Dentures)

Ajju's father is turning 90, but his memory is fading and he's lost his dentures. We follow his quest to find them.

2022
Short
India
Drama
Hindi
May 3, 2024
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Chhaya

A girl is trying to hide certain things from society, but an incident forces her to become stronger to keep her family intact.

2023
Short
India
Drama
Marathi, Konkani
May 3, 2024
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Kala

A mother and son communicate through Jugalbandi (a conversation through art), and come to accept each other through dance and music.

2023
Short
Canada
LGBT, Drama
English
May 3, 2024
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Last Days of Summer

Two shepherds begin to hear a mysterious sound in the Himalayas, but their town is skeptical of their concern.

2023
Short
India
Drama
Boti
May 3, 2024
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Remember Its Flight

A lonely cat in an apartment, watching a pair of doves, learns that there is more in life, called love

2023
Short
India
Drama
May 3, 2024
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See-zar Tain (Evening Clouds)

During a politically unstable time, a young girl tries to escape Yangon by relying on her friend. However, things may not work out as planned.

2022
Short
Myanmar
Drama
Burmese
May 3, 2024
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Bandar

Neil eagerly reunites with his girlfriend, Hiya, after a year of long distance. When she accidentally ruins a surprise he has planned,the comical mishap reignites the spark they once had.

2023
Short
India
Romance, Drama
Hindi, English
May 3, 2024
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