On being made to go through his own IMDB page, Sudheer, a washed up side actor from the hey days of Bollywood, realizes that he ‘retired’ on the verge of a rare milestone – he had featured in 499 Hindi films! Kaamyaab 4/28/2019 | 7:15 - 9:30 pm INDIA | Comedy-Drama | 107 min | HINDI ATTEND SYNOPSIS On being made to go through his own IMDB page, Sudheer, a washed up side actor from the hey days of Bollywood, realizes that he ‘retired’ on the verge of a rare milestone – he had featured in 499 Hindi films! Now at 63, against the wishes of his daughter, he decides to come out of retirement to complete the round figure of 500 and get that one substantial role for which he will be remembered forever. Kaamyaab (Round Figure) features veteran actor Sanjay Mishra who himself has played typical side roles in many Hindi movies and with this film he gets a titular role like never before. DIRECTOR'S PROFILE Hardik Mehta is an Indian screenwriter and director. His short documentary, ‘Famous in Ahmedabad’ (2015), won the Golden Lotus at the 63rd National Film Awards for Best Non-Feature Film and was In Competition at 2016 HotDocs Toronto. He has also co-written the screenplay of Director Vikramaditya Motwane’s most recent survival-thriller, ‘Trapped’ (2017). ‘Round Figure’ is his first feature film. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT India is the land of numbers. Third in the number of billionaires we have, second in the number of people we have and first in the number of films we make. Over the decades, there have been some actors who have been noticed by generations of enthusiastic movie goers, almost always as the noble servant, the wicked dacoit, the humble doctor and several such side roles. These character actors have helped take the hero’s journey forward. When I first came to Mumbai, the land of movie making, I was fascinated to meet some of these faces who have survived the transition from black and white era of Hindi films, to the action-drama films of 80s and 90s till today. I realized that there was a film waiting to be made on them and when I met producer Manish Mundra, he ensured that I cast an actual such actor who has been a face in several Hindi films since last three decades – actor Sanjay Mishra. CREDITS Director Hardik Mehta Producers Manish Mundra Ridhima Lulla Story and Screenplay Hardik Mehta Dialogues Radhika Anand Hardik Mehta Hindi Cinema Executive Producer Raghav Gupta Cinematographer Piyush Puty Editor Prashanth Ramachandran Jayalakshmi Music & Background Score Rachita Arora Lyrics Neeraj Pandey Sound Designers P. M. Satheesh Manoj M. Goswami PRINCIPAL CREW Casting Romil Modi Tejas Thakkar Production Designer Ravi Srivastava Costume Designers Darshan Jalan Manish Tiwari DI Colorist Siddharth Meer, The Bridge Art Director Vilas Kolap Line Producers Supriya Guru, Vishal Singh Sumit Kumar First Assistant Director Pankaj Dayani Marketing & Communication Shraddha Chauhan, Ritika Bhatia Anisha Yanger, Sagar Shah Post Production Kapil Madnani VFX Drishyam VFX PRINCIPAL CREW Manish Mundra is a producer and the founder of Drishyam Films. After a chance interaction with Rajat Kapoor on Twitter in 2013, Manish decided to finance the beloved indie Ankhon Dekhi. The film went on to win three Filmfare Awards and three Screen Awards, and there has no looking back for the corporate leader-turned-film producer. Since then, Manish has pursued his passion for content-driven cinema by setting up Drishyam Films, a global motion-picture studio that has produced international award-winning films such as Masaan, Umrika, Waiting, Dhanak, Newton, Rukh and Kadvi Hawa. Newton won the National Award for Best Hindi Film, and was also selected as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards in 2018. Manish is also known for establishing the Drishyam–Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab for aspiring Indian screenwriters. He was named as one of Variety Magazine’s Top 10 Producers to Watch Out For in 2017. Ridhima Lulla is Chief Content Officer at Eros Group, with a core focus on the creative expression for Eros Now, the digital arm of Eros International Plc, the NYSE-listed global company in the Indian film and entertainment sector. After completing post-graduation in Film Production from University of California, LA she went on to peruse Bachelors in Business Management, Liberal Arts and Sciences from Regent’s University London. Her passion and creative bend along with a bright vision comes as no surprise because of inherited entrepreneurial skills from her visionary father, Kishore Lulla, Chairman of Eros International. Ridhima has been strengthening the original content strategy for Eros Now, the leading cutting edge rapidly growing OTT (Over-the-top) platform of Eros Digital. She plays a key role in the leadership team driving the company’s content strategy and is actively involved in Eros’s movie business with projects at all stages. Round Figure is the first of a long collaboration between Eros International and Drishyam Films. COMMUNITY PARTNERS

The 2018 Indie Meme Film Festival is right around the corner! Check out dates, schedules - and get your tickets today! SCHEDULE FILMS ATTEND YOUTH SPONSORS ABOUT PRESS Presented by IndieMeme.org IMFF@Austin 2018 Schedule **Please note: schedule subject to change** All screenings are at REGAL ARBOR, Great Hills, Austin TX All Films have ENGLISH SUBTITLES THURSDAY April 19th Meme-er Night Exclusive event not open to general public. (Open to Indie Meme Members, IMFF Badge & Band Holders & friends of participating youth) MORE DETAILS ABOUT MEEM-ER NIGHT 6:00 - 7:00 pm Member Mixer at theater 7:00 - 8:00 pm Youth initiative - a platform encouraging young, local Texas filmmakers to show their talent in movie making and storytelling through short films. 8:00 - 9:45 pm HAKLA (US/Short/ English/Fiction) Filmmaker Tania Romero in Attendance BHASMASUR (India/Feature /Rajasthani & Hindi/Fiction) This is a story of a 10 year old boy in rural India and the journey he undertakes with his debt ridden father. It is a story of love and hardship, and the painful choices powerless people make under duress. A compelling story of the loss of innocence and childhood. Skype QA with filmmaker Bhasmasur- Nishil Sheth FRIDAY April 20th Opening Night screening and Badge-holder Party 5:45 - 6:45 pm Red Carpet @ the theater 7:00 - 9:00 pm TURUP (INDIA/Feature/Hindi/Fiction) US Premiere Turup is a story of life in a chess mad town where class, caste, gender, religious identity (and patriarchal attitudes) all come up against each other due to political expediency. The filmmakers of Turup are ‘Ektara Collective’, also a very interesting concept underlying the collective efforts of filmmaking. Ektara Collective filmmaker & editors Maheen Mirza and Puloma Pal in ATTENDANCE 9:15 - 11:30 pm Opening night party for Badge Holders @ Brio (10000 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759) Complimentary dinner and cash bar SATURDAY April 21st 10:30 am - 12:30 pm JAALGEDI (The Curious Girl) (NEPAL/Short/ Nepalese/Fiction) BARLEY FIELDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (TIBET/Feature/Tibetan/Fiction) US Premiere In the remote mountains of Tibet, a teenage girl must choose between supporting her family after her father's political imprisonment or joining a group of oppressed nuns on their journey to freedom. SKYPE Q&A with Barley Fields filmmaker Tian Tsering 1:15 - 3:15 pm COUNTERFIET KUNKOO (INDIA/Short/Hindi/Fiction) ASK THE SEXPERT (INDIA/ Feature/ English & Hindi/Documentary) Dr. Mahinder Watsa is a highly popular 93-year-old sex advice columnist for a daily newspaper in Mumbai. Despite sex being a taboo topic in India, the column’s brand of non-moralistic advice and humor has emboldened many to write in with their questions. Filmmaker Vaishali Sinha in attendance 4:15 - 6:30 pm ANGAMALY DIARIES (INDIA/ Feature/Malayalam/Fiction) Youths tussle violently over control of the pork trade in Angamaly, Kerala, and plot follows the lives of one gang whose members are predominantly from the Christian community there. Lots of violence and coarse language 8:15 - 10:15 pm FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW (US/Short/ English/Fiction) Filmmaker Sangeeta Agrawal in Attendance KHUJLI (INDIA/Short/Hindi/Fiction) RIBBON (INDIA/Feature/Hindi & English /Fiction) Texas Premiere A young working urban couple is overwhelmed with the birth of a baby girl and find that parenthood comes with its own challenges. It’s a contemporary tale of how convoluted our new normal is! Filmmaker Skype QA with Rakhee Sandilya SUNDAY April 22nd 10:00 am - 12:15 pm DHH (INDIA/Feature/Gujarati /Fiction) - CHILDRENS' PROGRAMMING Dhh is a heartwarming story of 3 best friends who think they are a failure until The Magician comes in. All 3 believe only the Magician can help them out. 1:15 - 3:10 pm TAALA TE KUNJEE (LOCK & KEY) (INDIA/Feature/Punjabi & Hindi /Documentary) US Premiere Four recovering addicts at a rehabilitation center in Punjab, India are helping families recover from the rampant drug problem in the state. While they struggle to establish new relationships with their pasts, their wives strive to redefine the meaning of love. An intimate portrayal of recovery, 'Taala Te Kunjee' is about relationships and the labor of everyday. Filmmaker Shilpi Gulati in Attendance 4:00 - 6:15 pm THE STREETS ARE OURS (PAKISTAN/US/Short/ English/Documentary) ABU (CANADA/PAKISTAN /Feature /English/Documentary) ABU is the story of Khan's life and the challenges of growing up a gay man in a close-knit Muslim family in Pakistan, where homosexuals are regarded as sexual deviants and a shame to a family. Filmmaker Arshad Khan in Attendance 7:15 - 9:45 pm CHUMBAK (The Lottery) (INDIA/ Feature/Marathi/Fiction) A movie about a Mumbai based teenage scammer (and a friend) who could not shake off one of his victims, and ends up on a journey across Maharashtra with the victim, who is mentally challenged. Assistant Director Romie D'Costa in Attendance 10:00 - 11:45 pm AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT & Closing Night Badge Holder Party At the lounge 77degrees Rooftop Bar@Domain 11500 E Rock Rose Ave, Austin, TX 78758 Follow event on Facebook

Narrative Feature Documentaries Shorts Meet the Makers Our Films Browse our collection of internationally acclaimed narrative & documentary films from South Asia. Search Narrative Features Narrative Feature Documentaries A Night of Knowing Nothing Midwives I Am Belmaya Bangla Surf Girls Shut Up Sona Ritutals of Resistance Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha A charming documentary about the Filmmaker, Tanuja Chandra's aunts, in the spring of their lives (86yo and 93yo). Coral Woman Neeli Raag Neeli Raag is an attempt to tell the story of indigo as it is practised in India today. Interwoven with the narratives of the indigo craftsmen is the colour itself in its many moods textures and forms. Indus Blues Filmmaker Jawad Sharif not only showcases the unique performances of these rarely seen musical instruments from perhaps their last remaining maestros but also takes the audience on a journey throughout the landscape of Pakistan from the northern Karakoram mountains to the southern coastline. The Sound Man My Child is Gay Tolet lyari Ask the Sexpert Abu Lock and Key Song Of Lahore Cecilia Gulabi Gang Goonga Pehelwan Girl Rising Unbroken Glass Rat Race Placebo Katiyabaaz Walking The Walk Bidesia Documentaries Shorts Shorts Pari of Pokhara Sab Rab De Bande Dry Leaves Laali Sunday Kalam The Last Rights Furniture Tiffin Mauj Be-Harkat Si Nooreh Anita Trivedi Ji Suttabaazi Mangsho (The Meat) Kaala Hangout Saving Chintu Miss Man Little Goddess Cobalt Blue Yangon, 1998. The film takes place in one evening at the government housing apartment by the railroad where a boy and his mother waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. At the last evening the boy tries to understand the complexities of adult relationships. Forbidden Tikka Masala Forbidden Tikka Masala is a coming-of-old-age story that follows a devoutly religious vegetarian who finds a new lease on life after mistakenly eating chicken at her retirement party. Meal Amidst communal tension outside, a dysfunctional family sits together for their customary morning meal. The Timekeeper A man desperately seeks to preserve his life long passion of creating analog clocks in an era of digital totality. The Booth A female frisking booth inside a crowded shopping mall stands as a silent ally to a forbidden romance. Glitch 12-year-old Karan returns home to finds his shower has run dry. As Karan turns the shower tap full to either side, he discovers that with each full turn, time turns back. Kathakaar Exploring Kathak dance; its past and present in Pakistan. Bouma An adpatation of Roald Dahl's short story "William and Mary", Bouma is the story of a middle-aged couple in the 1960s, living their mundane lives in Kolkata, until one day the husband dies. Maya The story of a mother-daughter relationship - Maya is ready to commit to marriage under one non-negotiable condition: that her mother joins the household. Tokri LastLetter YasminaPoster Fade gubbare resistance khujli Hakla Movie Poster 5oclock Show More Meet the Makers MEET THE MAKERS We are proud to say that we have screened films from the following filmmakers. If you are a filmmaker and would like for us to screen your film, let's talk ... GAURI ADELKAR Born and raised in India, Adelkar is a former electrical engineer who earned her MFA in screenwriting & directing at Columbia where she was the recipient of the Breaking Barriers Award. She was selected as a Project Involve fellow by FILM INDEPENDENT & was a finalist for Tribeca's THROUGH HER LENS program. RAHI ANIL BARVE Anil won the Best Film Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival in 2008 with his first short film MANJHA, later chosen by acclaimed director Danny Boyle as a special feature for the Blu-Ray release of his Academy Award- winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. TUMBBAD is his debut feature. DANNY BEN-MOSHE Danny Ben-Moshe is one of Australia’s leading documentary filmmakers. He won the country’s top documentary prize, the Walkley Award, for his film CODE OF SILENCE. Danny’s latest film, MY MOTHER’S LOST CHILDREN, is an epic family saga told across five continents and six decades, made for for BBC Storyville. As a vegetarian, Danny nominates India as his favourite never go hungry film shoot location. SANJNA BHARADWAJ Sanjna Bharadwaj prides herself on being able to eat cereal with milk in a moving car. She enjoys finding humor in most things as well as telling stories about growing up in the Silicon Valley. Currently, you can find her hunched over her desk storyboarding for Pixar Animation Studios. She recently graduated from CalArts with a BFA in Character Animation. Sanjna's satirical sci-fi comedy, LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLER, premiered at SXSW. TANUJA CHANDRA Tanuja Chandra is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She is known for co-writing the screenplay for Yash Chopra's hit, DIL TO PAGAL HAI, as well as for frequently directing women-centric films, where heroines are the main protagonists, including DUSHMAN and SANGHARSH. Her recent story collection, BIIJNIS WOMAN, was published by Penguin Random House. RIMA DAS Rima Das is a self-taught writer, producer, and director born and raised in a small village in Assam in northeast India. In addition to her narrative & documentary features, she also manages a production company, Flying River Films, in Mumbai, which supports local, independent filmmaking. Her second feature, VILLAGE ROCKSTARS, will have its World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival and screen in San Sebastian's New Directors Competition. SACHIN DHEERAJ Sachin Dheeraj is an engineer turned filmmaker from India. He is currently studying and practicing film at The University of Texas- Austin as part of the MFA program in Film & Media Production. He is a recipient of the prestigious President's Award for Global Learning for his upcoming thesis film and an Austin Film Society Grant for his pre-thesis documentary, TESTIMONY OF ANA. PAWO CHOYNING DORJI Pawo Choyning Dorji is a writer, photographer and filmmaker from the Kingdom of Bhutan. As a photographer, Dorji has contributed to publications such as VICE, Esquire, and Life. LUNANA - A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM, his feature directorial debut, became Bhutan's first Oscar Nominee in 2022, with its selection in the prestigious "Best International Feature' category. DAR GAI Daria was first cast as lead actress in a play at age 10. Since then, she has acted in and directed theatre productions in Kiev, working with Ukraine's best producers and directors. After obtaining a BA & MA in Philosophy with a minor in Film & Theatre, Daria moved to India to teach at Whistling Woods International Film School. While exploring India, she came across many underlying societal idiosyncrasies which were fascinating to examine through cinema. TATHAGATHA GHOSH Hailing from a small Indian town, Tathagata has always believed in telling stories of people from different social backgrounds. His last short THE DEMON (DOITTO) has screened at more than 25 major international film festivals and has won 4 awards. DEEPTI GUPTA Deepti Gupta is a filmmaker & cinematographer based in Mumbai. She graduated from Film and TV Institute of India, where she discovered her love for art house and documentary cinema. She has shot over a dozen documentaries & features including LAXMI & ME, HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD, RANU, & THE FAKIR OF VENICE. She has also shot commercials for major brands in India and abroad. She is among the founding members of IWCC, Indian Women Cinematographers Collective. SHUT UP SONA, her first feature documentary as director, premiered at MAMI, Mumbai and received a Film Critics Guild Jury Special Mention for gender sensitivity. RUBAIYAT HOSSAIN Rubaiyat Hossain is a Bangladeshi film director, writer and producer. She is notable for the films MEHERJAAN (2011), UNDER CONSTRUCTION (2015) and MADE IN BANGLADESH (2019), for which she is currently developing a sequel. FAHIM IRSHAD Fahim Irshad is Mumbai based screenwriter and director who has graduated from AJK MCRC Jamia. He has written for several shows, including the hit show MIRZAPUR. AANI MAANI is his first feature film for which he won 'Best Debut Director' award at 24th International Film Festival of Kerala, 2019. TARUN JAIN Tarun Jain is an Indian writer, actor, and filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the Digital Sitcom LIFE SAHI HAI, which he created, wrote and acted in, as well as for writing PYAAR KA PUNCHNAMA 2. While in Los Angeles, Jain took courses in writing, acting, and improv comedy. He quit his PhD in Electrical Engineering from USC to briefly work in the banking sector, before moving back to India to pursue his interest in films. DEEPTI KAKKAR Born in Delhi, Deepti has been engaged in issues of social development sustainable livelihood for 10+ years. Her docu-drama KATIYABAAZ, co-directed with Fahad Mustafa, premiered at Berlinale. The film has a successful run at Tribeca and other renowned festivals, and won 'Best Investigative' Film at the National Film Awards. ARUN KARTHICK Self-taught independent southern Indian filmmaker Arun Karthick started out directing short films at age seventeen. His debut THE STRANGE CASE OF SHIVA premiered at IFFR, and he was seen as a major new voice in Tamil cinema.His second feature NASIR premiered at Rotterdam, winning the 2020 NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film. NASIR earned widespread acclaim, screening at New Directors/New Films, AFI Fest, Mumbai Film Festival, and the Tarkovsky Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. At Indie Meme, NASIR won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature. . NICHOLAS KHARKONGOR Nicholas Kharkongor has worked extensively in theatre and film for 20 years. His plays have been performed in India and abroad, including in London and New York. In film, he assisted one of India's foremost indie filmmakers, Rajat Kapoor. His debut feature, MANTRA, starring Kalki Koechlin, RajatKapoor and Adil Hussain, won Best Film as the 2016 South Asian International Film Festival, presented by HBO, in New York. KABEER KHURANA Kabeer Khurana is a 9-time international award-winning filmmaker and the co-founder of India's youngest publishing venture, Bombaykala Books. His film DALI won the Audience Choice Award at the Flatlands Dance Film Festival and HANGOUT (2020) was released on Disney+ Hotstar. He's also the founder of several youth-based social organizations, including Navrang (Ashoka University's film society) and The Mumbai Art Collective, for which he was featured on the cover story of India Today. ABHAY KUMAR Abhay Kumar was born in Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab. He graduated from Xavier’s Institute of Communications with a diploma in film direction. From 2009-2011, his short films won at the Mumbai Film Festival. His hybrid animation short became the first Indian film to compete in the animation category at Tribeca and went on to win top awards at Busan, New York, Regensburg, as well as a National Award in India. His feature documentary PLACEBO won the jury nomination for best debut at IDFA and competed at Hotdocs 2015. Besides making films, Abhay teaches independent film-making and recently gave a TedX talk titled ‘Andrei Tarkovsky and the art of 3D printing’. NAGRAJ MANJULE Born in 1978, Nagraj Manjule is a National Award-winning Indian filmmaker and screenwriter known for his first short film PISTULYA. He hails from a small village in Maharashtra. Manjule's second film, SAIRAT, premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and is currently the highest grossing Marathi film of all time. He is a writer and poet and has published a book of poetry in Marathi, Unhachya Katavirudhha, which won several awards. HARDIK MEHTA Hardik Mehta is an Indian screenwriter and director. His short documentary, FAMOUS IN AHMEDABAD (2015), won the Golden Lotus at the 63rd National Film Awards for Best Non-Feature Film and was In Competition at 2016 HotDocs Toronto. He has also co-written the screenplay of Director Vikramaditya Motwane’s most recent survival-thriller, TRAPPED(2017). ROUND FIGURE (KAAMYAAB) is his first feature film. SANDEEP MODI Sandeep Modi is a filmmaker from Mumbai, India. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, Sandeep writes from his growing experiences in the ever-churning belly of Mumbai and its class divide. Sandeep prefers observing to reading or watching, making his own impression of life around him. His educational short film BEST FRIENDS FOREVER won him the prestigious National Film Award, 2015 while his debut short BILORI had IDPA give him the nod for Best Student Film of the year. An avid advertising film-maker, CHUMBAK is his feature-length debut. SOPAN MULLER In his twenty years of filmmaking, Sopan Muller has handled practically every format & genre of the craft - from advertising & corporate films to documentary, features, & television. Sopan was involved in the direction and production departments of Dev Benegal’s ENGLISH, AUGUST and SPLIT WIDE OPEN, as well as Sunhil Sippy’s SNIP. He co-produced Dev Benegal’s ROAD, MOVIE, which traveled to many major international film festivals – Berlin, Toronto, Tokyo and Tribeca. SANJOY NAG Sanjoy Nag, born and raised in Kolkata, started out with documentaries before branching out to feature films. His debut feature MEMORIES IN MARCH, premiered in the New Currents Section of Busan International Film Festival & won the Indian National Award in 2010 apart from featuring in the Indian Panorama, IFFI, Goa ‘2011; MAMI, Mumbai; Kerala IFF, Durban IFF, South Africa and numerous others across the globe. JAFAR PANAHI Jafar Panahi is an award winning director, writer and producer from Iran. After several short films and documentaries, he directed his first feature THE WHITE BALLOON, which premiered in 1977 at Cannes' Directors Fortnight and won the Camera d'Or. Panahi's films are known for portraying realistic images of the Iranian society, causing them to be banned from the screen in Iran. Panahi has won a number of human right prices, such as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and The Medal of Art for Freedom. LIJO JOSE PELLISERY Lijo Jose Pellissery is an Indian film director, popular for his Malayalam films. Pellissery made his debut with the crime film NAYAKAN, following it up with the crime-drama CITY OF GOD, the black comedy AMEN & the experimental DOUBLE BARREL. ANGAMALY DIARIES (2017)is his fifth film. He won Best Director at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for his sixth film EE. MA. YAU ADESH PRASAD After editing SHIP OF THESEUS, Adesh joined the team of TUMBBAD as a co-producer, co-writer and co-director. He is currently writing his next feature, BAATUNI (Chatterbox). He runs Sohum Shah Films along with Producer-Actor Sohum Shah, and serves as a producer and creative head of the company. HAMY RAMEZAN Hamy Ramezan is a Finnish-Iranian film director and screenwriter. Having fled persecution in Iran, and survived Yugoslav refugee camps as a young boy, Ramezan and his family arrived in Finland in 1990. Hamy's short film, LISTEN, premiered at Cannes and was nominated for best short at the European Fim Awards. His feature directorial debut, ANY DAY NOW, screened at Berlinale and went on to win the Jussi Award for 'Best Actor' in Finland. GITANJALI RAO Gitanjali Rao is an Indian theatre actress, animator and filmmaker. She is devoted to spearheading independent animated film-making in India. At the Cannes Film Festival her animated short, TRUE LOVE STORY, was one of 10 selected short films at Critic's Week. Her latest feature, the animated romance BOMBAY ROSE, was selected as an International Critics Choice screening at POFF in Tallinna and additionally screened at Venice International Film Critics Week. SHAHRBANOO SADAT Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan female writer and director based in Kabul. She is currently working on the WOLF AND SHEEP pentalogy inspired by the life of her best friend, actor Anwar Hashimi. Her first feature, WOLF AND SHEEP tells the story of a village much like the one where she and Anwar grew up. It won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight in 2016. MANISH SAINI Manish Saini graduated from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad specializing in Film and Video Communication. His children's feature, DHH, was selected by the Toronto International Film Festival to screen in the kid's category. DHH went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature in Gujarati. Saini is inspired by daily life and has an eye for seeing whimsy in the seemingly mundane. He aspires to tell thought-provoking stories that are rooted in Indian life and have a mass appeal. RAKHEE SANDILYA Rakhee studied filmmaking in London and became drawn to documentary filmmaking. Her first documentary, MY BABY NOT MINE, centered on surrogate mothers in India and won awards internationally. She also directed shows for EPIC Channel, such as HERITAGE INDIA. RIBBON is Rakhee's first narrative feature as director and co-writer. KONKONA SENSHARMA Konkona Sensharma is an award-winning actor from India. A DEATH IN THE GUNJ is her first feature as writer and director. She is the daughter of Aparna Sen, an award winning filmmaker herself, and granddaughter of Chidananda Dasgupta, a film historian and critic and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society along with Satyajit Ray. Beginning her acting career at the age of 4, Konkona has acted in over 40 films in Hindi, Bengali and English. She has been felicitated with two National Awards and several industry awards. AJ SIMMONS Known for her fierce determination and brazenly unapologetic heart, AJ Simmons is a Mestiza Canadian actor, writer, and filmmaker. With a diverse foundation in classical theatre and dance, AJ’s passion for storytelling is infused with a layered complexity. As an emerging filmmaker AJ has produced several short films. CHAITANYA TAMHANE Born in Mumbai in 1987, Chaitanya Tamhane is an English literature graduate. SIX STRANDS, his first short film, was screened at various international film festivals including Rotterdam, Edinburgh, and Slamdance. In 2012, he was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus at the Berlin Film Festival. COURT is his first feature film. After premiering at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Best Film in the Horizons category and the Luigi De Laurentiis award, the film went on to win the National Film Award For Best Feature. TIAN TSERING Born and raised in China, Tian Tsering enrolled in the MA Filmmaking at the London Film School in 2012 where he specialised in Cinematography. He has since shot a numbers of short films that have circulated in film festivals worldwide. BARLEY FIELDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN is Tian’s directorial debut feature film, which has taken him 7 years to complete. TUSHAR TYAGI Tushar Tyagi is an Indian born and raised filmmaker. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering and a degree in Directing and Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. From a very early age, he realized he wanted to tell stories, and show life as art and art as life. PRASANNA VITHANAGE Born in 1962, Prasanna Vithanage (Sinhalese: ප්රසන්න විතානගේ) is a filmmaker in Sri Lanka. His films have won many awards, both local and international, and have also been commercially successful. In his early theatre work, he translated and produced plays by international writers, and has adapted works of world literature to film. PRAMATI ANAND Pramati Anand pursued her Masters in Film & Video from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. Her creative journey revolves around exploring stories, people and places through travel and audio-visual media. Her graduation film, JHAT AAYI BASANT (An Early Spring) was an official selection of IFF - Goa and is currently doing the festival rounds. FARAZ ARIF ANSARI Faraz Arif Ansari is a Muslim, gay, non-binary Indian filmmaker known for writing and directing the multi-award winning LGBTQ+ shorts, SISAK and SHEER QORMA. Ansari also wrote the screenplay for SILVAT, directed by Tanuja Chandra. Faraz aims to mainstream stories about queer people of color. PRAKASH BHARADWAJ Prakash Bharadwaj is a skilled actor with a background in theatre, TV, and Film. In 2017, Bharadwaj forayed into screenwriting and direction with his short, RISHTA, and debut feature COLOURS OF LIFE. He has also collaborated for 10+ years with actor Aamir Khan as a personal dialogue coach and proudly claims to be behind Amir’s impeccable Haryanvi accent in the blockbuster DANGAL. UPAMANYU BHATTACHARYYA Upamanyu Bhattacharyya is an animator, comic artist, filmmaker, & illustrator. He co-directed the highly acclaimed short ,WADE, with Kalp Sanghvi. As a founding partner of Ghost Animation, Kolkata, he has worked on a wide range of projects for clients including Google, Amazon, Doctors Without Borders, & Penguin. He is currently developing his first animated feature, CITY OF THREADS, set in Ahmedabad in the 1960’s. BIJUKUMAR DAMODARAN Bijukumar Damodaran, commonly known as Dr. Biju, is a three time Indian national-award winning filmmaker. Born in Keralaa nd originally trained in Homeopathic Medicine, he is considered a leading voice in contemporary Indian cinema. Dr. Biju's work has screened & received honors at festivals including Cannes, Shanghai, Telluride, Cairo, Goa, Dhaka, & more. SEEMAA DESAI Seemaa Desai studied advertising and ad film making and is a trained semi-classical dancer. She started her career as an assistant director at B.R films (B.R.Chopra), a leading production houses behind feature films, celebrity ad films, and pioneering television soaps. She assisted Mr. Ravi Chopra and went on to direct the daily soap AURAT and several prestigious ad films under B.R ADS BANNER. JOY DIETRICH Joy Dietrich is a self-taught filmmaker who was born in Korea, grew up in America's heartland, and matured under the European social democratic system. A former staff editor at The New York Times, her films explore themes of adoption, identity, and cultural displacement. RITUALS OF RESISTANCE, a collaboration with filmmaker Tenzin Phuntsog, is her first documentary feature. SURESH ERIYAT Born in November 1973, Suresh Eriyat is a 1997 graduate from the National Institute of Design. Suresh set up Famous House of Animation in 1999. He created numerous animated ads, shorts, music video with many firsts that brought not only national and international recognition but also changed the way people perceived animation in India. ANAND GANDHI Anand Gandhi is a filmmaker and a media producer based in Mumbai most known for his debut feature ,SHIP OF THESEUS, which won the National Film Award for Best Picture, considered India's equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar. He has also written and directed several critically acclaimed plays and popular TV shows. BENJAMIN GILMOUR Benjamin Gilmour is a filmmaker, author and paramedic. His credits include the feature SON OF A LION (2008) and documentary PARAMEDICO (2012). It was Gilmour’s paramedic work that first led him to film, as he originally served as an on-set nurse. As an author, his titles include Paramedico – Around the World by Ambulance (Harper Collins) and the children’s book The Travel Bug (Penguin Random House). BHASKAR HAZARIKA Bhaskar Hazarika received his MA in Film & Drama. His debut film KOTHANODI (2015) was a recipient of Asian Cinema Fund’s Post Production Fund, and premiered at Busan International Film Festival 2015, in addition to screening at BFI London Film Festival, Goteborg Film Festival, and Jio MAMI Film Festival, among others. AAMIS (RAVENING) is Bhaskar’s second feature film. AKSHAY INDIKAR Akshay Indikar is a young filmmaker from a nomadic tribe. He is an ex-student of The Film and Television Institute of India and the writer & director of TRIJYA, which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival, earning nominations for the Asian New Talent Award for Best Film, Director, & Cinematography. Currently, he's developing his second feature, CONSTRUCTION. NISHTA JAIN Nishtha Jain is an internationally-recognized filmmaker based in Mumbai. She is best known for GULABI GANG (2012), LAKSHMI AND ME (2007) and CITY OF PHOTOS (2004). Her films interrogate lived experience at the intersection of gender, caste and class. Jain is an Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences (AMPAS) Member and Film Independent Global Media Maker Fellow. Her films have been widely distributed a festivals, in cinemas, and on TV, winning 25 international awards. VIJAY JAYAPAL A self-taught filmmaker, Vijay Jayapal quit his corporate job to pursue film. Vijay's debut feature, the Tamil language marital drama, REVELATIONS, premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. After the festival rounds, the film was released worldwide on NETFLIX to critical acclaim. Vijay’s second feature NIRVANA INN, a Hindi language psychological horror film, was completed with post production support from Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF). SAHRAA KARIMI Sahraa Karimi comes from the second generation of Afghan refugees in Iran. She earned her PHD in directing in Slovakia, and has made 30+ narrative and documentary shorts. After 10 years of film-making, she returned to Kabul, where she completed two successful documentaries, broadcast internationally through ARTE France and BBC. HAVA, MARYAM, AYESHA, her first feature, premiered at the Venice Int'l Film Festival and went on to screen widely at world festivals, including Busan, Cairo, Kolkata, and the Asian World Film Festival. . VIKAS KHANNA International award-winning chef and TV personality Vikas Khanna not only owns a Michelin star restaurant in New York, he’s also a known author, philanthropist, and filmmaker. Khann's narrative feature debut, THE LAST COLOR, premiered at the 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival and won "Best Feature" at the Dallas International Film Festival. SARMAD SULTAN KHOOSAT Sarmad Sultan Khoosat is a Pakistani director, actor, producer and screenwriter best known for his feature films: MANTO and ZINDAGI TAMASHA (which won the top prize at Busan and became Pakistan's official submission for the 93rd Academy Awards.) With a career spanning 20+ years, Sarmad has directed some of South Asia's most celebrated TV series amd was awarded the prestigious Pride of Performance Medal (the highest civilian award conferred by the President of Pakistan) for his outstanding contribution to Pakistan's Film & TV industry. NAGESH KUKUNOOR Arriving on the Indian film scene 15 years ago, and blazing a new path in independent genre film, Nagesh has written, produced, acted in & directed successful and acclaimed films. His first film, HYDERABAD BLUES, broke traditional barriers of commercial and art cinema. Nagesh has consistently crafted stories that depict realism & authenticity over sheen & gloss, delivering a brand of cinema that is entertaining with a difference. NAVID MAHMOUDI Navid Mahmoudi was born in Afghanistan and moved to Iran when he was 6 years old. From an early age, cinema captivated him. So, after beginning his career as an assistant director, he went on to direct his own shorts while producing other works. His credits as producer include A FEW CUBIC METERS OF LOVE and RONA, AZIM'S MOTHER. In 2016, he directed his debut feature, PARTING. All three films were selected as Afghanistan's official Oscar entries. AMIT MASURKAR Amit Masurkar is born and brought up in Mumbai and studied in IES School, Dadar. Amit dropped out of an engineering course at Manipal Institute of Technology at the age of 20 to pursue filmmaking. He later acquired a BA degree in History from Mumbai University. FAWZIA MIRZA Fawzia Mirza is an actor, comedian, and writer, named a “Top 10 Creative” by Indiewire magazine and a 2016 White House ‘Champion of Change’ in Asian American Art & Storytelling. Mirza believes in dispelling the myth of the “model minority” in mainstream media and in the power of comedy to tackle divisive topics. Mirza has appeared in a number of films, web series and shorts, including the Emmy-nominated Her Story. Mirza’s first feature SIGNATURE MOVE, which she co-wrote, co-produced and stars in was selected as part of the Tribeca Film Institute All Access Program. BATUL MUKHTIYAR Batul Mukhtiar is a filmmaker & alumni of the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune. She lives in Mumbai abd writes her own scripts. Apart from several documentary shorts, she directed a documentary feature 150 SECONDS AGO which travelled to prestigious festivals across the globe. In 2007, she directed a children's feature film, LILKEE for the Children's Film Society, India. She also works as an associate producer and a line producer for international documentary crews. FAHAD MUSTAFA Born in Kanpur, Fahad has since lived in Dammam, New Delhi, Vienna and Edmonton. He was an Erasmus Mundus Global Studies scholar. His 2013 docu-drama KATIYABAAZ, co-directed with Deepti Kakar, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film has a successful run screening at Tribeca and other world-renowned festivals, and later won 'Best Film' in the India Gold Section at the Mumbai Film Festival and 'Best Investigative Film' at the National Film Awards. MAHESH PAILOOR Mahesh Pailoor is an award winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the American Film Institute, Mahesh was awarded the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award for his AFI thesis film, STILL LIFE, which went on to screen at over 20 international film festivals. Mahesh is an alumnus of the Berlin Talent Campus, Film Independent’s Project Involve and Screenwriting Lab, and the ABC/DGA Directing Fellowship. . BRAHMIN BULLS is his first feature. Indie Talk with Mahesh and Anu BINOD PAUDEL Binod Paudel is a Nepal-based filmmaker and one of the pioneers of the academic study of film-making in Nepal. He wrote the critically acclaimed SAANGHURO, which received the National Award (Nepal) and the SAARC Film Festival Best Fiction - Jury Award. Combining documentary aesthetics with narrative acumen, Binod focuses on developing new, accessible stories that connect South Asia to the world. He was recently honored with the National Award for Best Director. BULBUL is his feature debut. TENZIN PHUNTSOG Tenzin Phuntsog is filmmaker living and working in Montana. He is the founder of the Tibet Film Archive and currently, Assistant Professor of Film at Montana State University. He received his MFA in Visual Arts at Columbia University in 2006. Before finishing his first feature documentary, RITUALS OF RESISTANCE, he dedicated over ten years to the preservation of rare archival films of Tibet’s bygone era and early exile years. PRIYA RAMASUBBAN Priya Ramasubban is a reputed filmmaker who has traveled the world for over fifteen years making films for National Geographic, Discovery, History Channel, and other major international broadcasters. She is a storyteller at heart and has the ability to deal with complex subjects in a nuanced way allowing for textured interpretation. SHILPA RANADE Shilpa Ranade is an Indian animator, filmmaker, illustrator, and academic. Her award-winning animated feature GOOPI GAWAIYA BAGHA BAJAIYA premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and her animated projects have screened at prestigious festivals world-wide. She is as an associate professor at the Industrial Design Center at IIT Mumbai and a lecturer in the Audio Visual Unit at the Tata Institute of Social Science. There, she creates educational videos on social issues and communication through graphic design. DANISH RENZU A native of Kashmir and alumnus of UCLA, film director Danish Renzu hopes to inspire a new generation of Kashmiri filmmakers to practice their art as a force for unity in the conflicted region. He has directed several short films including award winning IN SEARCH OF AMERICA, INSHALLAH. His feature-length debut, HALF WIDOW showcases the plight of a Kashmiri half widow. SUBASH SAHOO Subash Sahoo is a National Award-winning sounder designer who has worked in such films as TUMHARI SULU, NEERJA, NH10, among others. An electronics engineer and a graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, he has worked in the Mumbai film industry over the last 24 years. THE SOUND MAN MANGESH DESAI is his first film as a director. PRAKASH SAINI Prakash Saini made his debut as a director with the comedy MERI PASODAN (MY NEIGHBOR)‘Meri in 2009. He is from a small village and did not have a traditional filmmaking background, but was fortunate enough to land work initially to hard work and the reception of his debut. ADITYA VIKRAM SENGUPTA Aditya Vikram Sengupta was born in Calcutta, India. At a young age his interests meandered towards the arts. He began training in western classical music and was an active dramatist throughout his childhood. Later, he trained in animation and film. His student shorts have screened at various international festivals including Animafest Zagreb and Sao Paulo International. His paintings have been showcased in galleries across India and one of his posters is exhibited at the Religious Art Museum, Tehran. JAWAD SHARIF Jawad Sharif is an award-winning filmmaker who came to prominence exploring social subjects that are often ignored. Known for his sleek visual storytelling, he gained acclaim for his project K2 & THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN which used breath-taking filming to depict the lives of sherpas at the hardest mountain in the world. He became the first Pakistani high-altitude filmmaker who filmed at K-2. An alumnus of the, Swedish Institute and Institut Fur Auslandsbeziehunge, Germany, Jawad is also the founder of Bipolar Films. VAISHALI SINHA Vaishali Sinha co-directed and produced MADE IN INDIA, a documentary detailing the personal stories behind the phenomenon of outsourcing surrogate motherhood to India. The film premiered at Hot Docs and aired on PBS, receiving several jury awards along the way. ASK THE SEXPERT is Vaishali’s second feature doc. She has received support from the MacArthur Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Center for Asian American Media, Catapult Fund, Nextpix and more. She is originally from Mumbai, and now resides in Brooklyn, NY. PRIYA THUVASSERY Priya Thuvassery is an independent filmmaker and television producer from Kerala, based in New Delhi, India. She has been directing, producing and editing documentary films & television programmes for New Delhi Television, Fox Traveller, National Human Rights Commission of India, Public Service Broadcasting Trust & more. Currently, she is working on a series of climate change films. MOSES TULASI Born and raised in the small town, Warangal, in the state of Telangana, India, and inspired by the Hindi parallel cinema of the 80’s, Moses Tulasi always wanted to get involved in socially relevant films. After spending over a decade in tech, Moses pursued his passion for film at Chicago Filmmakers. He served on the board of Trikone-Chicago for 6 years, a support group for LGBT individuals of South Asian heritage & allies. In 2014, Moses took a sabbatical to India, tracing his roots, in search of a subject for his first film. There, Moses was inspired to capture the queer rights movement in Hyderabad. This became his debut documentary, WALKING THE WALK. PRATEEK VATS Prateek is an independent filmmaker based in Mumbai. His debut feature documentary A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS was awarded the Special Jury Award at the 65th National Film Awards. His narrative feature debut, EEB ALLAY OOO! revolved around a young migrant in New Dehli who lands the unusual job of keeping monkeys away from public buildings. The film was selection to screen at the Berlin Film Festival and went on to critical acclaim.

When Fawzia Mirza, an American actress meets Sabeen Mahmud, a worldrenowned Pakistani activist and founder of a progressive cafe (T2F) in Karachi, Mirza’s life changes forever. Hakla Short Film 4/19/18, Meem-er Night MEEM-ER NIGHT INFO & TICKETS SYNOPSIS This is a short film presented during our Meem-er night. DIRECTOR'S PROFILE Born in Nicaragua, Tania Romero is a media production instructor and award-winning filmmaker. She is passionate about empowering young people through the practice of filmmaking. With over 10 years of teaching experience, she loves it when students rise to the challenge of writing, producing, and editing short films.

ABU is a journey to the center of a fragmented family while they grapple with religion, sexuality, colonialism and migration. Abu ABU (Father) | 80 min | Canada | English/Urdu/Punjabi 4/22/18, 4:00-6:15 pm GET TICKETS SYNOPSIS ABU is a journey to the center of a fragmented family while they grapple with religion, sexuality, colonialism and migration. Through a tapestry of narratives composed of family footage, observation and classic Bollywood films, gay-identifying Pakistani-Muslim filmmaker Arshad Khan takes viewers through the tense relationships between family and fate, conservatism and liberalism and modernity and familiarity. FILM SPONSORS COMMUNITY PARTNERS TRAILER DIRECTOR'S PROFILE ARSHAD KHAN Khan is a multiple-award-winning filmmaker, film festival director, festival strategist and film educator from Canada. Born in Pakistan, Khan believes in cinema as a catalyst for change. He hopes to make films that shed light on subjects that are ignored by the mainstream media. He is interested in realism in cinema and the new wave in South Asian cinema, yet not restricted to any one cinematic genre. ABU is his first feature documentary and has already won awards and critical praise around the world. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT My family happens to be obscenely well documented. My father loved photography and he loved technology and documentation. We have photos from as far back as the 1930s. I wanted to use as much archival video and photography in my film as possible because I wanted there to be as clear a testament of our history and culture as possible in my film so that future generations will know - yes, the Wasi Khan family was a family worthy of our respect. The need to keep the film as archive heavy as possible with the least amount of new footage meant the challenge to edit it was a gargantuan task for my editor Editor Gagnon, but he worked his magic because this film is nothing short of a miracle. FILM CREDITS Writer/ Director/ Producer : Arshad Khan (gray matter productions) Producer: Sergeo Kirby (Loaded Pictures) Editor: Étienne Gagnon Sound Design: Sylvain Bellemare Music Composer: Michael Robert Snow Animation: Davide Di Saro Characters: Arshad Khan, Asma Mahmood, Arjumand Bano AWARDS Winner Jury Prize - Seattle Twist 2017 Winner Jury Prize - Austin aGLIFF 2017 Honourable Mention - New York Newfest 2017 STILLS Abu-Sajjad-Naseem Arshad-Abu-boat

The 7th Annual Indie Meme Film Festival brings 30+ acclaimed South Asian films to audiences in Austin, TX and nationwide in April 2022. SCHEDULE FILMS ATTEND SPONSORS ABOUT Get All Access BUY FESTIVAL BADGE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL The 2022 Indie Meme Film Festival is a hybrid event , bringing 30+ acclaimed South Asian films to audiences through a combination of theatrical & virtual screenings, Q&A's, mixers, and filmmaker events. The in-person festival comes to Austin from April 14th - 17th with screenings held at Austin Film Society. The virtual festival, streaming April 22nd - 24th, will bring second screenings of many of our in-person favorites, as well as fresh, virtual-exclusive feature and short programs. 80%+ of the line-up is screening in Texas theaters for the first time, with U.S and Southwest Premieres of long-awaited, festival favorites from across the globe. With films spanning 10 countries and 19 languages, the 7th Indie Meme Film Festival is an unmissable event for all fans of world cinema. JOIN US In Theaters or Online All-Access Badge ON SALE NOW! Individual Tickets COMING SOON Virtual Library COMING SOON Follow event on Facebook

A documentary that follows India's most successful deaf athlete on his unlikely quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016. Goonga Pehelwan PLANO: Thursday, September 15th 2015 @ 7:15pm 46 min/ India/Documentary / Hindi with English subtitles SYNOPSIS Goonga Pehelwan is a documentary that follows India’s most successful deaf athlete on his quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 and become only the second deaf wrestler in the history of the Olympics to do so. This film, a biopic documentary on Virender Singh is an attempt to make possible the dream of India’s most successful deaf athlete- his dream of making it to the Rio Olympics 2016. The film, made over a period of 13 months, is important because it asks tough questions to the sporting bureaucracy in India, brings to light all that he has achieved and hopes that even if the bureaucracy doesn't wake up to his genius at least the people of the country know about this smiling champion. The struggle that Virender faces outside the wrestling arena are the tougher ones because inside the ring he is in total control and there aren’t too many fights that he loses. It’s the battles outside the ring that this film endeavors to make him win. India - Virender wants to hear from you. Interested in screening this in your hometown? Write to us COMMUNITY PARTNERS Tickets TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE TRAILER Purpose of the film The film is a biopic documentary of Virender’s life and through the film the filmmakers have tried to raise two major issues plaguing the Indian sporting bureaucracy in the realm of the differently abled sports and the democratizing of the sporting system in India. These issues are: - Lack of access to equal opportunities for the differently abled - The differently abled athletes are not considered a part of the larger sporting fraternity that should be granted equal access to sporting facilities and competitions thereby making it impossible for them to compete with able bodied athletes. In Virender’s case, this issue presents itself whenever he tries to compete with able bodied wrestlers and because of his inability to hear the whistle he is ejected from national competitions thereby rendering his Olympic dream impossible even though the International wrestling body FILA and the International Olympic Committee allow deaf wrestlers to participate in able bodied competitions and also the Olympics with the help of visual and tactile cues. Unequal, ad-hoc and meager cash rewards, incentives and govt. awards – The Central Sports policy has no specific policy for rewarding the disabled athletes. Incidentally the only place that they find mention is in the negative list of the ‘ Scheme of Special Awards to Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches’ that essentially renders them ineligible to receive anything from the government for bringing laurels for the country. Even government awards are difficult to come by and athletes languish in anonymity and because of no real avenues for cash rewards sustenance becomes difficult in most cases as is true in Virender’s case. Film Festivals in which Goonga Pehelwan has participated 62nd National Film Awards, 2015. The 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2014. VIBGYOR International Film Festival, 2014. Delhi International Film Festival,2014. WeCare Film Festival, 2015. International Film Festival Competitions: 10th Input Film Festival, Netherlands, 2014. 4th All Sports Los Angles Film Festival, 2014. River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, 2014. 9th Seattle South Asian Film Festival, 2014. 5th Mongolia International Film Festival, 2014. International Documentary and Short Film Awards Jakarta, 2014. International Film Festival of Prayag, 2014. Prizes and awards won: Best Debut Film of a Director at the 62nd National Film Awards, 2015. Special Jury Mention at The 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2014. Opening Film at Indian Panorama 2015, 46th International Film Festival Directors This film is directed by three young directors from Ahmedabad, who took up the issue for this feature length documentary film, which subsequently led to almost a dozen national stories and brought Virender’s story to a wide audience. Incidentally, there was only a solitary national news piece on him before they started working on the film. Working on the film for over a period of 13 months, the filmmakers researched the issue in depth and aim to persist with the issue by trying to bring about a policy level change that brings equitable treatment to athletes with disabilities. The three directors are Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta and Vivek Chaudhary. Producer Drishti uses media and the arts to build empowered communities that value self-expression and uphold human rights. We believe that community media has the power to revolutionize grassroots struggles and to promote sustainable change. Therefore, we are actively working to build a media of the people, for the people and by the people in partnership with NGOs around India. We stand in solidarity with local communities by bringing their voices together over the airwaves, featuring their stories and struggles in film, and advocating for their rights. STILLS goonga1 goonga2 goonga3 goonga4

Usha, an illiterate single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, feels drawn to a female teacher of local primary school, in ways she'd never imagined. Back to Film Program Virtual Exclusive WATCH ONLINE: April 22-25th, 2022 U For Usha India I 22 mins I Drama, Romance I 2019 I Marathi w/ English subtitles BUY & WATCH ONLINE Usha, an illiterate single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, feels drawn to a female teacher of local primary school, in ways she'd never imagined. This attraction fires her passion to read and write, as she hopes to be as good as the teacher, one day. ‘U Ushacha’ is a subtle portrayal of sexual awakening, as well as how these new feelings can empower a woman to take control of her life, making each day something to look forward to. This film plays with the LGBTQ+ Stories shorts program online. About the Artist After completing a diploma in Interior Designing, Rohan Kanawade spent as much time as possible honing his storytelling craft, despite having no formal training in filmmaking. In 2010, he left his full-time job and invested his time in writing and direction. Film after film the quality and technique of his storytelling improved, and in 2017 his short, KHIDKEE, was selected in Indian Panorama of IFFI, Goa. Impressed by his work, mythology writer Devdutt Pattanaik extended his financial support to Rohan’s next short U USHACHA, which he completed in mid-January 2019. Trailer

On being made to go through his own IMDB page, Sudheer, a washed up side actor from the hey days of Bollywood, realizes that he ‘retired’ on the verge of a rare milestone – he had featured in 499 Hindi films! Kaamyaab INDIA | Comedy-Drama | 107 min | HINDI 5/9/2019 | 7:15 - 9:15 pm Angelika Film Center - Plano DFW Area TICKETS SYNOPSIS On being made to go through his own IMDB page, Sudheer, a washed up side actor from the hey days of Bollywood, realizes that he ‘retired’ on the verge of a rare milestone – he had featured in 499 Hindi films! Now at 63, against the wishes of his daughter, he decides to come out of retirement to complete the round figure of 500 and get that one substantial role for which he will be remembered forever. Kaamyaab (Round Figure) features veteran actor Sanjay Mishra who himself has played typical side roles in many Hindi movies and with this film he gets a titular role like never before. DIRECTOR'S PROFILE Hardik Mehta is an Indian screenwriter and director. His short documentary, ‘Famous in Ahmedabad’ (2015), won the Golden Lotus at the 63rd National Film Awards for Best Non-Feature Film and was In Competition at 2016 HotDocs Toronto. He has also co-written the screenplay of Director Vikramaditya Motwane’s most recent survival-thriller, ‘Trapped’ (2017). ‘Round Figure’ is his first feature film. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT India is the land of numbers. Third in the number of billionaires we have, second in the number of people we have and first in the number of films we make. Over the decades, there have been some actors who have been noticed by generations of enthusiastic movie goers, almost always as the noble servant, the wicked dacoit, the humble doctor and several such side roles. These character actors have helped take the hero’s journey forward. When I first came to Mumbai, the land of movie making, I was fascinated to meet some of these faces who have survived the transition from black and white era of Hindi films, to the action-drama films of 80s and 90s till today. I realized that there was a film waiting to be made on them and when I met producer Manish Mundra, he ensured that I cast an actual such actor who has been a face in several Hindi films since last three decades – actor Sanjay Mishra. TICKETS On a mobile device? GET TICKETS TICKETS CREDITS Director Hardik Mehta Producers Manish Mundra Ridhima Lulla Story and Screenplay Hardik Mehta Dialogues Radhika Anand Hardik Mehta Hindi Cinema Executive Producer Raghav Gupta Cinematographer Piyush Puty Editor Prashanth Ramachandran Jayalakshmi Music & Background Score Rachita Arora Lyrics Neeraj Pandey Sound Designers P. M. Satheesh Manoj M. Goswami PRINCIPAL CREW Casting Romil Modi Tejas Thakkar Production Designer Ravi Srivastava Costume Designers Darshan Jalan Manish Tiwari DI Colorist Siddharth Meer, The Bridge Art Director Vilas Kolap Line Producers Supriya Guru, Vishal Singh Sumit Kumar First Assistant Director Pankaj Dayani Marketing & Communication Shraddha Chauhan, Ritika Bhatia Anisha Yanger, Sagar Shah Post Production Kapil Madnani VFX Drishyam VFX PRINCIPAL CREW Manish Mundra is a producer and the founder of Drishyam Films. After a chance interaction with Rajat Kapoor on Twitter in 2013, Manish decided to finance the beloved indie Ankhon Dekhi. The film went on to win three Filmfare Awards and three Screen Awards, and there has no looking back for the corporate leader-turned-film producer. Since then, Manish has pursued his passion for content-driven cinema by setting up Drishyam Films, a global motion-picture studio that has produced international award-winning films such as Masaan, Umrika, Waiting, Dhanak, Newton, Rukh and Kadvi Hawa. Newton won the National Award for Best Hindi Film, and was also selected as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards in 2018. Manish is also known for establishing the Drishyam–Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab for aspiring Indian screenwriters. He was named as one of Variety Magazine’s Top 10 Producers to Watch Out For in 2017. Ridhima Lulla is Chief Content Officer at Eros Group, with a core focus on the creative expression for Eros Now, the digital arm of Eros International Plc, the NYSE-listed global company in the Indian film and entertainment sector. After completing post-graduation in Film Production from University of California, LA she went on to peruse Bachelors in Business Management, Liberal Arts and Sciences from Regent’s University London. Her passion and creative bend along with a bright vision comes as no surprise because of inherited entrepreneurial skills from her visionary father, Kishore Lulla, Chairman of Eros International. Ridhima has been strengthening the original content strategy for Eros Now, the leading cutting edge rapidly growing OTT (Over-the-top) platform of Eros Digital. She plays a key role in the leadership team driving the company’s content strategy and is actively involved in Eros’s movie business with projects at all stages. Round Figure is the first of a long collaboration between Eros International and Drishyam Films. CO-PRESENTERS

From the experienced documentarian & filmmaker, Sahraa Karimi, the first woman in Afghanistan with a PhD in cinema & directing, comes the resonant story of three women from different social backgrounds; each living in Kabul and facing a pivotal challenge in her life.  Back to Festival Program Texas Premiere Hava, Maryam, Ayesha Afghanistan I 83 mins I Drama I 2019 I Dari w/ English subtitles From experienced documentarian & filmmaker, Sahraa Karimi, the first woman in Afghanistan with a PhD in cinema directing, comes the resonant story of three women from different backgrounds; each living in Kabul and facing a pivotal challenge in her life. Hava, a traditional pregnant woman is living with in-laws. Her only joy is speaking with the baby in her belly. Maryam, an educated news reporter, is on the verge of divorce with her unfaithful husband when she learns she is pregnant. Ayesha, an 18-year old, agrees to marry a cousin because she carries a hidden pregnancy from a vanished boyfriend. Each of them has to solve her problem herself for the first time. Karimi's tale, woven with care, narrates the lives of women who haven’t had a voice in years and are now ready to change their destiny. + This program includes short film, ANITA GET YOUR FESTIVAL BADGE VIRTUAL SCREENING SAT. APRIL 17 - 3:30PM CDT $7 TICKETS About the Artist Born in 1985, Sahraa Karimi comes from the second generation of Afghan refugees in Iran. At the age of fifteen, she was hired to act in two Iranian films, which led her to study cinema in Slovakia and graduate with a PHD in directing. Over the years, she has made 30+ narrative and documentary shorts, which have been awarded in numerous international festivals. After 10 years of film-making, she returned to Kabul, where she completed two internationally successful documentaries, which were broadcast through ARTE France and BBC. HAVA, MARYAM, AYESHA, her first feature, premiered at the Venice Int'l Film Festival and went on to screen widely at world festivals, including Busan, Cairo, Kolkata, and the Asian World Film Festival. As a female filmmaker from Afghanistan, she strives to be a storyteller for her countrywomen who seek to change their lives in a traditional society. Trailer Thank you to our community partner(s): the Austin Film Society, and the Austin Film Commission ! Credits Crew Writer/Director: SAHRAA KARIMI Producer(s): SAHRAA KARIMI KATAYOON SHAHABI Screenplay: SAHRAA KARIMI SAMI HASIB NABIZADA Cinematographer: BEHROUZ BADROUJ Sound Department: ASQAR ABGOON MOHAMMAD REZA DELPAK Editor: MASTANEH MOHAJER Music: SABA NEDAEI ALI TAVAKOLI Cast AREZOO ARIAPOOR as 'Hava' FERESHTA AFSHARAS as "Maryam' HASIBA EBRAHIMI as 'Ayesha' Additional Crew Prod. Managers: AHMAD SHAH SULTANI SAMI HASIB NABIZADA Asst. Director: MOHAMMAD (KAVEH) AYREEK Set Designer: SAKINEH GHOLAMALI Make-up Design: MARYAM FAQIRZADA Still Photography: MOHAMAD AQEEL PAYEEZ Investor: AHMAD SHAH SULTANI

Past meets present when Vik and Meera decide to recreate an early date during a layover at LAX. The Layover US / Short Film / 9min / English 4/27/2019 | 3:45 pm This short film will be screened prior to YOURS TRULY ATTEND SYNOPSIS: While on a business trip to London, Meera has a layover at LAX and agrees to meet with Vik. During the few precious hours that they have together, they decide to recreate an early date, reminding them of what drew them together in the first place and what ultimately broke them a part. DIRECTOR’S BIO MAHESH PAILOOR Mahesh Pailoor grew up in Saco, Maine and studied film as an undergraduate at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He furthered his training as a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute,where he was awarded the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffer Award for the direction of his thesis film,STILL LIFE. Mahesh directed and co-wrote BRAHMIN BULLS, an independent feature film starringSendhil Ramamurthy, Roshan Seth, and Academy Award Winner Mary Steenburgen. It enjoyed a limited theatrical release in the US and UK, with The New York Times calling it “a warm debut” and the Village Voice praising it as “an accom plished first feature.” Mahesh is an alumnus of the Berlin Talent Campus, Film Independent’s Project Involve and Screenwriting Labs, and the ABC/DGA Directing Program. ANU PRADHAN Anu Pradhan began her career with a love of live performance that quickly expanded to include film. A Fulbright Scholar in Kathak dance, Anu lived in Bombay, India, where she trained in classical dance and acted in films and on stage before moving back to the US to pursue an MFA in Directing at the American Film Institute. At the AFI, Anu wrote and directed the Sloan Award winning short film DHARINI. Anu also co-wrote and co-produced the independent feature film BRAHMIN BULLS, starring Sendhil Ramamurthy, Roshan Seth, and Mary Steenburgen. Anu also enjoyed working in Talent Development at NBC Universal and in Production at HBO. She is an alumnus of Film Independent’s Project Involve. CAST Rupak Ginn (Vik) Pia Shah (Meera) STILLS

A millennial, multicultural, Cinderella searches for her own magical 'happily ever after'. Yasmina (US/Short film /6min 41sec /English & Farsi) 4/27/2019 | 4:45 pm This short film will be screened prior to HALF WIDOW ATTEND SYNOPSIS A surprise encounter leads a daydreaming, young, line cook to discover that perhaps her heart’s desire may be found in the unlikeliest of places. DIRECTOR’S BIO Known for her fierce determination and brazenly unapologetic heart, AJ SIMMONS is a Mestiza Canadian actor, writer, and filmmaker. With a diverse foundation in classical theatre and dance, AJ’s passion for storytelling is infused with a layered complexity. As an emerging filmmaker AJ has produced several short films which went on to screen at festivals including the ReelAsian Film Festival, Toronto Urban Film Festival and the Toronto Silent Film Festival; as an actress she has appeared onstage with The Factory Theatre, Young People's Theatre, Aluna and Playwrights Theatre Centre; and on the small screen you can catch AJ on The 100, Fast Layne, and the award winning webseries All For One, and Someone Not There. As an emerging director, AJ believes change begins with action, which is why she endeavours to create films which champion and empower diverse voices both in front of and behind the camera. STILLS