Upon hearing that her grandmother has passed, Kaashi, a young Indian woman who left town to study abroad, comes back to her home with the intention of performing the funeral rites herself, to honor the only family member who believed in her. However, Kaashi’s scornful uncle Vishnu, the patriarch of the family, Back to Festival Program Official Selection The Last Rights India I US I 17 mins I Drama I 2019 I Hindi w/ English subtitles Upon hearing that her grandmother has passed away, Kaashi, a young Indian woman who left town to study abroad, comes back to her home with the intention of performing the funeral rites herself, to honor the only family member who believed in her. However, Kaashi’s scornful uncle Vishnu, the patriarch of the family, refuses her this wish,. He insists that he will perform them, as is custom. Strengthened by her confidence in herself, Kaashi will defy the century- old traditions to honor her grandmother’s last wish, and perform the last rites. + Screens with the feature film, BULBUL GET YOUR FESTIVAL BADGE VIRTUAL SCREENING : SUN. APRIL 18 - 7:30PM CT About the Artist Aastha is an award-winning, freelance director and producer based in Los Angeles, and brought up in Dubai. She surrounds herself with stories that are built on grounded realities with female protagonists. Her vision aims to bring out hidden realities of any given society and to tell stories which are heartfelt, entertaining, and resonant. Her motto, when it comes to making movies is that: "as the new face of cinema, it is in our hands to bring impactful change through the powerful and evergreen medium of cinema - a language that is recognized and understood throughout the world and conjoins different cultures." Aastha is also Creative Director of Saadhvish Films. Trailer Thank you to our community partner(s) for this screening: the Austin Film Society, and the Austin Film Commission! Credits Crew Writer/Director: AASTHA VERMA Producer(s): DAVID BARBESCHI SACHIN GOEL AASTHA VERMA ANIL VERMA INDU VERMA PAVITRA VERMA Cinematography: DEEP SAWANT Editor: PRARTHANA JOSHI Production Design: GAUTAMI KHATAVKAR RASHMIN LAD Sound: PRIYABRATA PANIGRAHI Cast KANUPRIYA SHARMA as 'Kaashi' VED THAPPAR as 'Vishnul' AJITA KULKARNI as Jyoti' RAJESH DUBEY as 'Acharyaji' SULAKSHANA KHATRI as 'Shaanti' Casting By: SUNNY CHOUDHARY Make-up: MANOJ KUMAR DEEPAK MOHANTY Asst. Director(s): JEET NIMESH DESAI SUKRUT TENI Music : ANSH CHOMAL SHYAMSUNDAR JOSHI

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India, 19th century: on the outskirts of a decrepit village called Tumbbad lives Vinayak, the stubborn, conniving bastard son of the village lord, obsessed with a mythical ancestral treasure. What starts with a few gold coins, quickly spirals into a reckless, perpetual yearning, spanning decades. Tumbbad AUSTIN Dec 5th 2018 | DFW Dec 6th 2018 AUSTIN SCREENING Wednesday, November 14th 2018 | 7:30 PM AFS Cinema, 6406 N IH-35 Suite 3100, Austin, Texas 78752 INDIA | Drama | Horror | Fiction |109min | Hindi & English with English subtitles GET TICKETS SYNOPSIS India, 19th century: on the outskirts of a decrepit village called Tumbbad lives Vinayak, the stubborn, conniving and illegitimate son of the village lord, obsessed with mythical ancestral treasure. He suspects the secret of the treasure lies with his great-grandmother, a witch, who has been sleeping for centuries. Confronting her finally puts him face to face with the guardian of the treasure, an evil fallen god. What starts with a few gold coins, quickly spirals into a reckless, perpetual yearning, spanning decades. Vinayak's greed keeps escalating till he unearths the biggest secret of all, something more valuable than the treasure itself! Community Partners: DFW Community Partners: TRAILER AUSTIN SCREENING Wednesday, December 5th 2018 | 6:00 PM AFS Cinema, 6406 N IH-35 Suite 3100, Austin, Texas 78752 ****Pre-screening Member Mixer in the lobby 6-7pm**** ****Post screening Q&A 9-9:20pm**** DFW AREA SCREENING Thursday, December 5th 2018 | 7:15 PM Angelika Film Center - Plano, 7205 Bishop Rd., Plano, Texas 75024 ***Post-screening Skype Q&A*** ****Post-screening Member Mixer in the lobby**** DFW Mixer Sponsor: Tickets DIRECTOR'S BIO Director/Writer ——— 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 BluRay release of his Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire.Tumbbad is his debut feature film. Co-Director ——— ADESH PRASAD After editing Ship of Theseus (2012), 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. FILM CREDITS PRODUCERS PRODUCER/LEADING ACTOR SOHUM SHAH PRODUCER/LEADING ACTOR AANAND L. RAI PRODUCER/LEADING ACTOR AMITA SHAH CREW CINEMATOGRPAHER PANKAJ KUMAR EDITOR/CREATIVE PRODUCER SANYUKTA KAZA VFX/CO-PRODUCER SEAN WHEELAN, FILMGATE FILMS CO-PRODUCER FILM I VAST CO-PRODUCER/CO-WRITER MITESH SHAH MUSIC COMPOSER JESPER KYD STILLS 1/1

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 r Meal India | 11 MIN. |Bengali Virtual IMFF 2020 Screening Details: Saturday, May 9 2020 | Screening : 7.00pm - 8.15pm Amidst communal tension outside, a dysfunctional family sits together for their customary morning meal. SYNOPSIS Set in the backdrop of ongoing communal tension instigated by rival political factions, MEAL is an 11- minute DIALOGUE-LESS story about one particular household. The atmosphere in the house is clearly that of unease. A woman in the kitchen carrying a bruise underneath an eye stares into the distance until a pressure cooker whistle breaks her dead gaze. A man in another room restlessly stuffs arbitrary things into a suitcase, seemingly preparing to leave the house in a state of fury. A child in school uniform picks up broken remnants from a wall clock. Today happens to be the first day of Madhyamik (the board exams) and he is already late. Also present in the house is an ailing grandfather restricted to a wheelchair who bears witness to it all. The house is in a state of disarray, reflecting the chaos and lovelessness of outside – where everyone is a victim and everyone a perpetrator in equal measure. Amidst all this, the family sits down for one last meal together. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT Abhiroop Basu ‘Meal' was a very personal experience, something that I have seen very closely growing up. Not exactly what happens in the film eventually, but the chaos inside that apartment and also outside is something very familiar to me. If you see all around us today, people have become very non-chalant and unemotional. The news of a rape doesn't alarm us anymore. We simply turn the page. People are murdered because of their choice of meat. We again, simply turn the page. That tells a lot about where we are headed- a state of lovelessness. And that's what Meal is about. It's not a story of a specific household but it's a story of all of us living in the present time where even faith cannot bring relief anymore and that is why there is a direct attack on the "belief-system" (a recurring theme used throughout the film) at the end of the film. Meal is a result of a seeping frustration in all of us, threatening to unleash. All the characters in the film are neither victims nor perpetrators. They are just end products of a degrading socio- political system where there is no escape nor any respite. STILLS SLIDE DECK 1/6

Starring Kalyanee Mulay, Chhaya Kadam and Naseeruddin Shah, the movie is centered around a mother who poses as a nude model for students of an art college, in order to fund her son's education. Nude 2018 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 52m / Marathi with English subtitles GET TICKETS Austin - Sunday, July 1st 2018 4:30-6:30pm GET TICKETS SYNOPSIS After her husband abandons her and their 12 year old son for another woman; Yamuna is left with no choice but to move to Mumbai for survival. The job she finds is to be a nude model at an art school. She will do everything to fulfill her dream to help her son lead a successful life in future. But fearing society, she keeps her profession a secret. Nude is a powerful story of a woman who begins posing for art students to earn a living. What are the experiences of these models? Do their families accept them when they find out? What is the relationship of these models with the art students? And lastly, do they ever get used to it? These are some of the questions Ravi Jadhav has answered with Nude; a movie that has won critical acclaims and is now winning hearts. CO-PRESENTED WITH TRAILER Tickets AUSTIN SCREENING Sunday, July 1st 2018 4:30 - 6:30 PM Southwest Theaters, Lake Creek 7 GET TICKETS Release Date: April 2018 Language: Marathi Director: Ravi Jadhav Genre: Drama Cast & Crew: Chhaya Kadam, Kalyanee Mulay, Madan Deodhar, Om Bhutkar, Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Jadhav, Meghna Jadhav, Sayali Khare STILLS nude-4 nude-2 nude-3 nude-1

A young man gets a job scaring hordes of monkeys away from New Delhi’s government buildings in Prateek Vats’ notable first feature. (src: Hollywood Reporter) Eeb Allay Ooo! India | Fiction | Drama, Comedy |2019 |98 min| Hindi; English subtitles Virtual IMFF 2020 Screening: Sunday, May 10 2020 | Screening : 6.45pm - 9.15pm Texas Premiere Zoom Q&A with filmmaker Prateek Vats A young man gets a job scaring hordes of monkeys away from New Delhi’s government buildings in Prateek Vats’ notable first feature. (Hollywood Reporter) SYNOPSIS Anjani a young migrant battles hordes of monkeys as a contractual monkey repeller, a newly created government job to tackle the monkey menace in the heart of Delhi. His job profile entails mimicking aggressive langurs. The original and extremely effective employees for the task were recently let off on account of animal rights. The sacred pests shred Anjani's dignity and courage in quick succession and make such a mockery of his professional ineptitude that an early dis charge seems imminent. But when admonished by his pregnant sister, Anjani grits his teeth and decides to counter the monkey business with monkey business of his own. DIRECTOR’S NOTE The biggest democracy in the world is employing exploitative contractual labor to secure the highest offices of her democracy from the nuisance created by a holy animal. The inherent absurdity of this situation is what drew me into this film. For me it sums up the prevalent situation in my country - a nation state propped up on the dehumanized, quite literally in this case the labor of its citizens. Eeb Allay Ooo! is a response to the immediate world around us - a world which is hard to make sense of - a world where being a monkey is far more liberating than being human. While outwardly a satire, I hope my film is true to these internal complexities. The narrative of the film is shaped by extensive use of non fiction elements. incorporating non-professional actors alongside trained actors. Verite footage is mixed with crafted mis-en-scene to weave a revealing account seeped in reality, which is as stark as it is absurd. With Special Thanks to our Community Partner: DIRECTOR'S PROFILE Prateek Vats Prateek is an independent filmmaker based in Mumbai. A graduate of the film direction course from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) he has directed both fiction as well as non-fiction films which have been showcased at various film festivals and non-formal spaces. His debut feature documentary A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, was awarded the Special Jury Award at the 65th National Film Awards. Eeb Allay Ooo! is his debut fiction feature length film. STILLS SLIDE DECK 1/4 CREDITS Cast ANJANI Shardul Bhardwaj MAHINDER Mahinder Nath SHASHI Nutan Sinha SHASHI (BROTHER IN LAW) KUMUDH Naina Sareen NARAYAN Nitin Goel MIDDLEMAN Krishnan suREAucAr Sanjeev Johri MANAGER Kapil Madan Crew Director Prateek Vats Script Shubham Cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi Editor Tanushree Das Sound Recording & Design Bigyna Bhushan Dahal Line Producer Neel Manikant Excecutive Producer Shwetaabh Singh First AD Abhishek Bhardwaj Costume & DIT Niharika Agarwal Produced by Shwetabh Singh Prateek Vats

Adapted from Assamese folk tales, Kothanodi is a film about four shades of motherhood. Top of Page Tickets Top of Page Tickets Kothanodi India/ 118 min /Assamese with English subtitles Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own. SYNOPSIS NATIONAL AWARD for the best ASSAMESE FILM in India. Once upon a time, Senehi (Zerifa Wahid), a woman who loathes her stepdaughter Tejimola (Kasvi Sharma), plots her murder when her husband is called away on a distant trip on business. Her husband – Devinath (Adil Hussain) - encounters a woman called Keteki (Urmila Mahanta) who has given birth to an outenga (elephant apple), which rolls around after her. Devinath resolves to unearth the mystery of the outenga. Meanwhile, in another village - a rich woman named Dhoneshwari (Seema Biswas) is getting her daughter Bonlotika (Monisha Bhuyan) married to a python - a wedding that has dire consequences for the girl. As these three stories unfold, another mother - Malati (Asha Bordoloi) - resolves to save her newest born from the clutches of her husband Poonai (Kopil Bora) and his uncle, who have sacrificed all three of her previous babies. In doing so, she unearths a shocking truth. Co-presented by: Interested in screening this in your hometown? Write to us TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE Tickets TRAILER "ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING, BEGUILING AND DISTURBING FEMINIST STATEMENTS THAT ONE HAS SEEN ON INDIAN SCREEN IN RECENT TIMES." "HAUNTING SUPERNATURAL FOLK TALES THAT MAKE THE SKIN CRAWL." "ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING RE-TELLINGS OF POPULAR FOLK TALES ON INDIAN CELLULOID." “A MUST WATCH FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO OPEN UP A NEW CONVERSATION ON INDIAN CINEMA AND MAGIC REALITY.” “CRAWLS UNDER THE SKIN, WEDGES ITSELF THERE AND REFUSES TO LEAVE LONG AFTER THE FEATURE HAS FINISHED” “A STRANGE AND MACABRE VOYAGE INTO THE FEARS AND DESIRES OF FOUR INDIAN WOMEN WHO ARE EACH BEARING A HEAVY BURDEN.” "WEAVES ELEMENTS OF FOUR ASSAMESE FOLK TALES INTO A WEIRD, UNSET- TLING TAPESTRY" “CHILLING - THAT’S A ONE WORD DESCRIPTION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FILM.” “THE MAGIC REALISM, THE SURREAL LANDSCAPE, AND THE TAUT SCREENPLAY MAKE IT A CAPTIVATING VISUAL TREAT.” DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT Kothanodi adapts its story from events and characters in four stories in the Assamese folktales compendium Buri Ai’r Xadhu (Grandma’s Tales). Compiled by Assam’s foremost literary luminary Laxminath Bezbarua in 1911, these folktales are well known and much loved by generations of Assamese children. While the stories in Grandma’s Tales have traditionally been presented as tales for children, Kothanoditries to push them towards darker, unor- thodox directions: here the magic is real, illusions starker, emotions rawer, and horror more visceral. Why make a film based on obscure folklore from a little-known place tucked away in the northeastern corner of India? The world is getting smaller, and with it, more homogenized. Contemporary stories are increasingly irrelevant to their settings. An urban love story set in Bombay is likely to have the same themes as one set in Guwa- hati. This is, perhaps, the perfect time for cinema audiences to enjoy the rich diversity of culture and folklore in the world. In Kothanodi , audiences will be introduced to stories that have universal themes (fear, loathing, envy, love), but are expressed in local style, influenced by storytelling traditions of the numerous communities inhabiting Assam for centuries. Kothanodi can also be looked upon as another example of the dark undertones that lie under the surface of almost every bedtime story in the world, as part of the global trend of alternative adaptations of classic folktales. PRINCIPAL CAST SEEMA BISWAS as Dhoneshwari Seema, a multiple award-winning actress, has worked on several Hindi, Malayalam, and Marathi films in a career spanning 25 years, including Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen (for which she received a National Award in India), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Khamoshi, and Deepa Mehta’s Water and Midnight's Children. ADIL HUSSAIN as Devinath Starting out from his native Goalpara, Adil earned his chops as an actor in the popular travel- ling satirical troupe – Bhaya Mama. He has since had a successful career on stage and screen, going on to work on major international projects such as Ang Lee’s Life of Pi and Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Bollywood hits like Inglish Vinglish. ZERIFA WAHID as SenehiZerifa is a popular actor in Assam, and starred in the Jahnu Barua film Bandhon (2012), among others. She also runs a theatre company that has produced adaptations of works by Girish Karnad, Arun Sarma, and Peter Shaffer. In between films and theatre, she also practises law at the Guwahati High Court. URMILA MAHANTA as Keteki Urmila formally studied acting at the FTII, Pune, and has since gone on to work on many feature in Bombay, Chennai, and Assam. Her filmography includes the National Award- winning Tamil film Case No. 18/9, and Ketan Mehta’s Manjhi – The Mountain Man. KOPIL BORA as Poonai Kopil is a popular Assamese actor who has performed on stage, film, television, and radio for over 12 years. His 2014 film, Jahnu Barua's Ajeyo (Invincible), was screened at the 15th Mumbai International Film Festival, among others. ASHA BORDOLOI as Malati Born and brought up in Nagaon, Asha is a popular actress in Assamese television, film, and theatre. Kothanodi is her fourth Assamese film. Asha is at present working in primetime television and in mobile theatre – Assam’s unique travelling theatre circuit. MONISHA BHUYAN as Bonlotika Monisha is an actor, dancer and teacher from Majuli, Assam. She has an MA degree in Sattriya ¬– Assam’s classical dance form – from the University of Dibrugarh. She teaches dance at the Vivekananda School in Nalbari. Kothanodi is her debut film. KASVI SHARMA as Tejimola Kasvi is a student of Guwahati’s Maharshi Vidya Mandir, and aspires to be a doctor. She is also training as a Kathak dancer and theatre actor. Kothanodi is her debut film. PRINCIPAL CREW BHASKAR HAZARIKA Writer and Director Bhaskar is a New Delhi-based writer and filmmaker. After completing his MA in Film & Drama from the University of Reading, he has worked extensively in Indian films, television, and documentaries. Kothanodi is his maiden film as director. ARUPA PATANGIA-KALITA Dialogues Arupa is one of Assam’s most accomplished novelists, and is a Sahitya Akademi Award winner. Her short stories and novels have been translated into several languages, and she is widely recognized as a beacon of feminist literature from northeastern India. Kothanodi is her first time writing for the screen. VIJAY KUTTY Director of Photography Vijay is a photographer and filmmaker from New Delhi. Starting out as a television journalist, he has worked on over 50 documentary projects around the world. Kothanodi is his first foray in filming for fiction. SURESH PAI Editor A national award-winning editor and FTII alumnus, Suresh has edited several acclaimed feature films such as Madhur Bhandarkar’s Page 3, Rajat Kapur’s Ankhon Dekhi, and Sagar Bellary’s Bheja Fry. AMARNATH HAZARIKA MusicAmarnath is a composer and guitarist who has studied at the Berklee College of Music, USA. His compositional style is influenced by elements of Jazz, as well as Latin and African folk music. Kothanodi is his first feature film as Music Director. GULOK SAHA Art Director Gulok is a veteran art director and an amateur magician. He has earlier worked with some of Assam’s best-known film directors, including Jahnu Barua in Ajeyo(Invincible). He also creates sets for mobile theatre productions. JATIN SARMA Sound Design Jatin is a veteran sound designer who has worked on over 100 feature films, ranging from Assamese films to big Hollywood projects such as A Passage to India and The Jungle Book. His sound studio in Guwahati is an institution in itself, with virtually every Assamese film going through it. RANI DUTTA BARUAH Costume Design Rani Dutta Baruah is a prolific costume designer based in Guwahati. She has created costumes for several films and theatre productions in Assam.

Kennedy is an insomniac ex-cop, long though to be dead... still operating for the corrupt system, while looking for redemption. April 11, 2025 at 5:00:00 PM AFS Cinema Special Screening Kennedy India | Narrative Feature 2023 | 144 mins | Hindi Live Q&A with writer-director Anurag Kashyap TICKETS DONATE TO NEPAL 1. Festival de Cannes - France 2. Sydney Film Festival - Australia 3. Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - South Korea (Republic of Korea) Kennedy is an insomniac ex-cop, long though to be dead... still operating for the corrupt system, while looking for redemption. Restoration Process About the Artist The most influential Indian filmmaker of recent times with a superlative career including more than 50 films as a Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor and Actor. He was awarded the Knight of the order of Arts and Letter by the French government, in 2013, when India was the guest country at Cannes Film Festival, to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema. He is also one of the Directors of Netflix's first India show called Sacred Games, and also various films like Choked, and short films for the anthologies - Lust Stories & Ghost Stories, for them. He was voted as one of the top 50 influential Indians by India Today, a leading Indian current affairs magazine, and continues to bring change to the Indian Film Industry. Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Anurag Kashyap Writer: Anurag Kashyap Producer(s): Ranjan Singh Kabir Ahuja Film Editor: Tanya Chhabria Deepak Kattar Featured Cast: Rahul Bhat Sunny Leone Mohit Takalkar Abhilash Thapliyal Megha Burman Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Chandra and her husband, Dharam, run the Swizerland Homestay, an inn perched above the only road in a small Himalayan village. The terrain poses a problem, as they must transport their son Prakash down the mountain in his wheelchair for doctor's visits and school. Though Chandra believes Prakash needs more medical atte Back to Home Page RSVP and invite friends on Facebook Sun. Dec 12th, 2021 @6PM $15 tickets - SOLD OUT Private After-Party for Members Venue: AFS Cinema IN-PERSON SHOWING SUNDAY, DEC 12th at 6PM CST Texas Premiere Hit the Road Iran I 93 mins I Comedy, Drama I 2021 I Persian w/ English subtitles In this enthralling feature debut from director Panah Panahi, a family clumsily makes their way across the rugged landscapes of Northern Iran, heading to a mysterious destination. Half ordinary road-trip (complete with car karaoke, sick dogs, and one very loose-limbed kid) and half- surreal mystery (complete with fog shrouded mountains and strange encounters), HIT THE ROAD is a bold and frequently hilarious exploration of home, family, and the modern experience of displacement. HIT THE ROAD premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It went on to critical acclaim and a flourishing festival run, including screenings in Singapore, Vancouver, Athens, Tokyo, and the London Film Festival, where it won Best Film. Become A Member Health & Safety Note: This is a socially distanced, capacity limited screening. At AFS Cinema, seating is capped at 60% and MASKS are required when not eating or drinking. About the Artist Panah Panahi was born in Tehran in 1984 and studied cinema at the Tehran University of Art. While attending university, he directed his first short, which went on to participate in and win awards at many domestic and international film festivals. At that time, Panahi also served as a member of the jury at Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. Later, Panahi became a set photographer, working professionally on several films, then moving onto assistant cinematographer and assistant director roles. Eventually Panahi acted as a consultant, editor, and assistant director on Jafar Panahi’s most recent films. Hit the Road is Panah Panahi’s first feature length movie. Official Trailer Community Partners Credits Crew Writer/Director: PANAH PANAHI Producer(s): PANAH PANAHI MASTANEH MOHAJER Director of Photography: AMIN JAFARI Editor(s): ASHKAN MEHRI AMIR ETMINAN Sound: ABDOLREZA HEYDARI Music: PEYMAN YAZDANIAN Cast HASSAN MADJOONI - Dad PANTEA PANAHIHA - Mom RAYAN SARLAK- Little Brother AMIN SIMIAR - Big Brother

At one of India’s most prestigious and competitive medical colleges, a disturbing pattern of violence and aggression amongst the elite student body appears. Placebo SUNDAY Nov 15, 5:00PM The Marchesa Hall & Theatre, Austin, TX 2014/ India/ Documentary / 96 minutes / Hindi & English with English subtitles Interested in screening this in your hometown? Write to us Indie Meme is tying up with the Austin Asian American Film Festival to present the documentary PLACEBO, an observation of the lives of medical students for an entire year. SYNOPSIS At one of India’s most prestigious and competitive medical colleges, a disturbing pattern of violence and aggression amongst the elite student body prompts filmmaker Abhay Kumar to examine its root cause. Armed with a handycam, he situates himself amidst the wearied walls and hallways of the dormitory and observes the lives of 4 students over the course of a year. Watching PLACEBO will remind many viewers of their own student days–acquiring knowledge, grasping for connection, disillusionment, seeking a role in life. There are philosophical discussions and profound discoveries reached in late-night sleep-deprived delirium, intercut with moments of intimate confession that slowly reveal a haunting window into these gifted young minds. Deeply affecting and brutally honest, PLACEBO dramatically confronts difficult issues such as hazing, discrimination, and depression that too often plagues the pursuit of prestige. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER/EDITOR: Abhay Kumar PRODUCER/EDITOR/ANIMATOR: Archana Phadke (In Attendance) More about the film http://www.placebothefilm.com/ Tickets TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE TRAILER

In a remote Kashmiri village, Karun, a reserved security guard, forms a forbidden bond with Faheem, a man torn between tradition and desire. Through stolen glances, online flirtation, and secret visits, their connection forces them to confront their beliefs and loyalties. Faheem’s angry brother and a society drowning in conflict clash with their tenderness, embodying the tension of a conservative culture and challenging their love in ways they never expected. But Karun’s hope shines in his eyes, just as his love does. October 5, 2025 at 1:00:00 PM AFS Cinema We Are Faheem & Karun India | Narrative Feature 2024 | 75 mins | Kashmiri Q&A with filmmaker Onir The film will be proceeded by a live musical performance by Ramesh Srivastava (of Voxtrot). TICKETS DONATE TO NEPAL Best Director, UK Asian Film Festival 2025 Onir and co-writer Fawzia Mirza venture into the complex terrain of Kashmir with this quiet love story that finds poetry in the most unlikely circumstances. Set in Gurez, a remote border region of Kashmir, We Are Faheem & Karun follows an unexpected connection between Karun, a young security officer from Kerala on his first posting, and Faheem, a local student. Their romance develops through lingering glances and shared moments against the backdrop of one of the world's most militarized regions. Rather than sensationalizing its setting, Onir captures Kashmir as a place where people live, love, and dream despite ever-present tensions. Anchored by emotionally rich performances from Akash Menon and Mir Tawseef, this groundbreaking film treats its characters as people first, not symbols. Produced by Deepa Mehta, We Are Faheem & Karun offers a work both intimate and political, proving that the most personal stories often carry the deepest universal truths. Restoration Process About the Artist Onir is an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, and editor born in Bhutan. He is best known for his film "My Brother... Nikhil" (2005) , based on the life of Dominic D'Souza, starring Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, and Purab Kohli. It was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships. He won the Indian National Film Award for Best Film (Hindi) in 2011 for the anthology "I AM". This film is considered one of the first and largest crowd-funded and crowd-sourced films through social media in India. The film dealt with single motherhood, child sexual abuse, displacement, and LGBTQI+ rights. In March 2024, Onir’s "Pine Cone" screened at BFI Flare, a queer love story written by Ashwini Malik and Onir. It is loosely based on Onir’s memoir "I Am Onir and I Am Gay", which he co-wrote with his sister Irene Dhar Malik and was published by Penguin Viking. Onir’s directed one of the 4 stories of the anthology “My Melbourne” which was shot in Melbourne by 4 Indian film makers with an Australian cast and Crew telling stories of diversity and inclusion. Onir’s "We Are Faheem & Karun” had its international premiere at BFI Flare (March 2025) Trailer For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions. Credits Crew: Director: Onir Writer: Onir Fawzia Mirza Producer(s): Onir Deepa Mehta Film Editor: Irene Dhar Malik Onir Featured Cast: Akash Unimenon Mir Tawseef Bashir Lone Mir Salman Sana Javeid Thank you to our community partners for this screening! This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Pakistani jazz band Sachal Studios ventures to New York to perform their sitar-and-tabla reinterpretations of jazz with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center. Song of Lahore Plano: Saturday, Oct 14th 2017 2:30 - 4:30 pm 2015 / 1 hr 22 minutes / Documentary Interested in screening this in your hometown? Write to us COMMUNITY PARTNERS A film for the whole family, Gauru is a story set in the hinterland of Rajasthan. It’s a story of a shepherd community during the time of drought. SYNOPSIS : The grandmother (Ila Arun) is on death bed and she has never been to her native place (myka) since marriage. She desires to go to her native place before death but her son Ratnu refuses her by saying that death is the only option at her age, not pilgrimage. 13 yr old grandson Gauru objects to this and questions his father but in times of draught Ratnu can just feed their belly, not their wishes. To solve the financial crisis of the family Ratnu and his wife migrate to the city and Gauru is given the responsibility to take care of the sheep. In times of draught the shepherds migrate to faraway places looking for better pasture. Gauru comes to know that this time the shepherds are migrating very near to grandmother’s village. He comes and shares this with his grandmother, who says that she can’t move an inch and her native place is million miles away! As grandmother can hardly move on her legs, Gauru manages for a donkey for her to ride on. Grandmother agrees to Gauru’s offer by saying, Grandfather came on a horse to take me and grandson is taking me back on a donkey! The rest of the film is a herculean task how Gauru along with his animals and little sister set out on a long journey, the difficulties which they face, their moments of hope and despair. Tickets Saturday, Oct 14th 2017 | 2:30 - 4:30 pm Courtyard Theater 1509 H Ave, Plano, Texas 75074 TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE TRAILER FUNDRAISER EVENT presented in association with The Plano International Festival & Plano Symphony Orchestra. DONATIONS will BENEFIT the Plano Symphony Orchestra’s Alice Hobbs Music Scholarship Fund http://www.planointernationalfestival.org/2017-movie-screening/ 2:00pm to 2:30pm – Live musical performance 2:30pm to 4:00pm – Movie screening 4:00pm to 4:30pm – Panel discussion with local musicians RESERVE YOUR SEAT: https://secure.planosymphony.org/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent1147.html Directors Andy Schocken, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Production year 2015 Rating PG Studio Broad Green Pictures Cast Nijat Ali, Baqar Abbas, Saleem Khan, Asad Ali, Rafiq Ahmed