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While 45 year old @Kalatmakabita is enjoying her newly found fame on tiktok, her teen daughter, @Princessxorimoh, also a micro- influencer is embarrassed by her mother’s social media persona. Back to Festival Program Sat. April 15th @ 10:30AM AFS Cinemas Online April 28 - May 1 FELT CUTE MIGHT DELETE LATER Nepal I 12 mins I Short I 2023 I Nepali w/ English subtitles BUY TICKETS WATCH ONLINE From 'Stories We Tell, a Gauthali Campaign that enables women sharing personal stories through the medium of cinema. While 45 year old @Kalatmakabita is enjoying her newly found fame on tiktok, her teen daughter, @Princessxorimoh, also a micro- influencer is embarrassed by her mother’s social media persona. About the Artist The film was conceptualized by Swati Regmi, participant of the ‘stories we tell workshop” conducted in Nepalgunj. Swati’s story was selected out of 6 workshop participants.

Back to Festival Schedule 1/4 MURDER TONGUE Pakistan I 18 mins I Drama I Historical I 2022 Urdu w/ English subtitles BUY TICKETS 'Excellence in Short Filmmaking' - Asian American International Film Festival 'Programmer's Choice - Narrative Short' - Bushwick Film Festival (2022) In May of 1992, a state-sanctioned “Operation” has put the city of Karachi in a state of unrest. Abdul Aziz Ansari wakes up at night and is informed by his daughter-in-law Naseema that his son hasn’t returned home. As a knock on their door later that night summons them to the hospital, what they witness along the way is one of the most brutal chapters of the city’s history, a sentiment of hatred towards their race, deeply rooted in the state system. About the Artist Ali Sohail Jaura is an independent filmmaker from Karachi, Pakistan who has been highly awarded for both his narrative and non-fiction shorts. In 2017, he made a travel short ARZ E PAKISTAN (Land of Pakistan) based on the Northern Regions of Pakistan which won many accolades in international tourism film festivals. It was ranked in the Top 10 Tourism films of 2018 by Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique. His recent short, DRY LEAVES screened at prestigious events including the Newport Beach Film Festival, Indie Memphis, and the Sedona International Film Festival. MURDER TONGUE is his latest film. Trailer Credits Crew Director: Ali Sohail Jaura Story/Screenplay: Ammar Zafar Producer(s): Zafeer Khan Anas Lania DOP: Mo Azmi Film Editor: M. Yusuf Ramza n 1st ADs: Samad Baluch Monis Navaid Cast: Munawwar Saeed Amtul Baweja Muhammad Zamaan Ibad Alam Sher Raja Shahid Ali Composer: Farhan Zameer Prod. Design: Eru j Hadi Script Consultant: Rachel Matthews

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

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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

From sisters surviving a post-apocalyptic Bangladesh to a middle schooler altering reality with her magic eyelashes, these bold, visionary shorts follow characters to the ends of their regular world and beyond, into the new ones their shaping.From sisters surviving a post-apocalyptic Bangladesh to a middle schooler altering reality with her magic eyelashes, these bold, visionary shorts follow characters to the ends of their regular world and beyond, into the new ones their shaping. $10 TICKETS ($8 for members) WATCH ONLINE April 22-25th, 2022 Back to Film Program Shorts Program A - Beyond The End of the World India, Bangladesh, Canada, US, France I 92 mins I Coming of Age, Horror, Romance, Comedy I Multiple Languages BUY & WATCH ONLINE NOTE: This is an alternate, online version of the IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD, AND I FEEL FINE program showing in theaters April 14th. From sisters surviving a post-apocalyptic Bangladesh to a middle schooler altering reality with her magic eyelashes, these bold, visionary shorts follow characters to the ends of their regular world and beyond, into the new ones their shaping. FEATURING: Moshari (dir. Nuhash Humayan) In future Bangladesh, sisters face a vampiric threat. Wade (dir. Kalp Sanghvi, Upamanyu Bhattacharyya) In a flooded Kolkata, climate refugees face off against wild tigers. Mono No Aware ( dir. Koushik Sarkar) On a field trip, a girl reflects on life's changes. Noor & Layla ( dir. Fawzia Mirza) Noor and Layla are breaking up. It’s the end of the road for these two Muslim women…or is it? Navozande, Le Musicien ( dir. Reza Riahi) In 13th century Persia, a young musician and his love are separated by the Mongol invasion. Local Middle Schooler ( dir. Sanjna Bharadwaj) A middle schooler's magic eyelashes are coveted by her friends and the US government. About the Artist(s) Nuhash Humayun is a Bangladesh-based writer/director with an undying love for blending genres with South-Asian identity. Nuhash is a 2022 Sundance Institute Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and an Asian Film Academy alumni. He's received support from Film Independent, Cannes Marche du Film, Locarno Open Doors & NFDC Film Bazaar. Kalp Sangvia & Upamanyu Bhattacharyya are animators and illustrators from Kolkata. Both are graduates of the National Institute of Design, India. They are founders of Ghost Animation Collective , Kolkata, and are each currently developing feature projects. They co-directed the highly acclaimed short, WADE, which has been selected by 100+ world festivals. 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’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. Born in Tehran, Iran in 1988, Reza Riahi studied Fine Arts in Iran & France. Reza is the writer/director of several award-winning animated shorts and was the artistic director on Nora Twomey's, The Breadwinner , nominated for major awards including The Oscars®, Golden Globes and Annies. His latest short, The Musician has played 70+ festivals, winning Best Film at Tribeca & Nashville. Reza is also an illustrator and fine artist. Koushik Sarkar is a filmmaker and photographer who grew up in Krishnanagar and studied at the National Institute of Design. In 2007, he started APOPSTROPHE, one of India's premier commercial companies, producing ads for Dell, Samsung, Amazon, & more. His latest venture, KALI Collective, focuses on narrative projects. His recent film, MONO NO AWARE, was an official selection of Dharamshala and Chicago Int'l Children's Film Festival. 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. Trailer

When Ashok makes a surprise trip to LA to visit his estranged son, the two begin a journey to mend their relationship. Top of Page Tickets Top of Page Tickets Brahmin Bulls Drama/Comedy - English USA — 2013 – 96 mins SYNOPSIS For Sid Sharma, life has not quite worked out the way he planned. A thirty-something disillusioned architect struggling to save his failing marriage, Sid stumbles through his days on a self-destructive path while holding his wife’s beloved cat hostage. Meanwhile Ashok, Sid’s estranged and widowed father living in Boston, decides to make a last-minute trip to LA for an academic conference. When Ashok arrives at Sid’s doorstep unannounced, the two men begin a journey to mend their strained relationship until Sid discovers the true purpose behind his father’s visit – a woman with whom he had an affair years ago. !Starring Sendhil Ramamurthy, Roshan Seth, Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen, Justin Bartha, and Academy Award nominated Michael Lerner, BRAHMIN BULLS is a heartfelt and humorous look at the ever-evolving relationship between a father and son, the women in their lives, and the powerful secrets they keep. Friday Sept 11, 2015 | 7pm Southwest Theaters - Lake Creek 13729 Research Blvd #1500 Austin, Texas 78750 FRIDAY Sept. 11th 5:30 to 6:30pm | Pre-screening happy hour COVER2, 13701 Research Blvd, Austin TX Happy Hour details - http://cover-2.com/events/happy-hour Follow event on Facebook Interested in screening this in your hometown? Write to us TICKETS ARE UNAVAILABLE Tickets INTERVIEW WITH THE MAKERS PICTURES FROM THE SCREENING PICTURES FROM THE MIXER CAST & CREW Directed by Mahesh Pailoor Written by Anu Pradhan & Mahesh Pailoor Produced by Yoshinobu Tsuji Executive Produced by Shannon Akegarasu Cary Lin Sendhil Ramamurthy Co-Produced by Anu Pradhan Cinematography by Ben Kutchins Production Design by Maya Sigel Edited by Cary Lin Music by Gingger Shankar Music Supervisor Peymon Maskan Sound by Andy Hay Cast Sendhil Ramamurthy Roshan Seth Cassidy Freeman Justin Bartha Monica Raymund with Michael Lernerand Mary Steenburgen Film Festivals San Diego Film Festival (WINNER Audience Award)Mumbai Film Festival (World Cinema) Bahamas International Film Festival Sonoma Film Festival (WINNER - Best Feature) Omaha Film Festival CAAMfest Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Newport Beach Film Festival Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival New York Indian Film Festival Stuttgart Indian Film Festival Chicago South Asian Film Festival Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Tortonto Reel Asian Film Festival DIRECTOR'S PROFILE MAHESH PAILOOR DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER Mahesh Pailoor is an award winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Mahesh went on to continue his studies as a directing fellow at the American Film Institute. While at the AFI, Mahesh was awarded the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award for the direction of his thesis film, Still Life, which went on to screen at over 20 international film festivals, winning awards at the Heartland, Angelus, and Worldfest Houston film festivals to name a few. Mahesh is an alumnus of the Berlin Talent Campus, Film Independent’s Project Involve and Screenwriting Lab, and the ABC/DGA Directing Fellowship. Along with directing narrative projects, Mahesh has also produced and directed award winning commercials and branded content under his production company Nuclear Tribe. Brahmin Bulls is his first feature film. ANU PRADHAN CO-WRITER/CO-PRODUCER !Anu Pradhan is an MFA graduate in Directing from the American Film Institute. A Fulbright Scholar in Kathak dance, she began her career with a love for storytelling through live performance that quickly expanded to include film. Prior to her time at AFI, Anu lived in Bombay, India, where she trained in classical dance, acted in films and on stage, and spearheaded a commercial production company’s television division by producing non-fiction programs for national networks. She wrote and directed the Sloan Award winning short film Dharini, which was selected by AFI to represent its Conservatory at the Cannes Film Festival, among other festival screenings around the world. Anu was the writers’ assistant on the NBC Universal/USA Networks show, The Starter Wife starring Debra Messing. She is an alumnus of Film Independent’s Project:Involve. Brahmin Bulls is her first produced feature length screenplay. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT As children we grow up under the notion that our parents are infallible; that they are the perfect models for us to aspire to. But as we get older and have families of our own, the realization sets in that they are only human; that they were once just like us, young, hopeful, naïve, and completely capable of messing up. BRAHMIN BULLS is a story about that reconciliation. It is a story about a father and son learning the truth about each other for the first time as adults. It is a story about family bonds and what it takes to both break them and mend them. With this film, we hope to depict an honest relationship between a father and son that is intimate in nature yet universal in scope. Mahesh Pailoor Director/Co-writer

20+ internationally acclaimed, South Asian features, documentaries, and shorts screening theatrically in Austin, TX from April 14-17th, 2022. 2022 IN-PERSON FILMS The in-person festival comes to Austin from April 14th - 17th with screenings held at Austin Film Society. Bringing 22+ South Asian selections, including the U.S Premiere of Cannes debut and Asia Pacific Screen Awards Prize Winner, Rehana, and the first Southwest and Texas screenings of many of the past year's greatest international hits, the 7th Indie Meme Film Festival is an unmissable film event. With selections spanning from horror to social drama, coming of age tales to incisive documentaries, Indie Meme offers acclaimed but hard to find world cinema for all ages and tastes. ALL FILMS IN-PERSON VIRTUAL Texas Premiere Texas Premiere ANY DAY NOW Finland I 2020 I Finnish, Farsi, English I 82 mins I dir. Hamy Ramezan In Finland, a tight-knit Iranian family await the decision on their asylum application. Meanwhile, their 13-year-old son begins junior year and everyday life goes on - from days at the lake to apartment feuds & silent dance parties. Program includes short film: CHAI Read More... Jussi Award - 'Best Actor' BARAH x BARAH (12 x 12) India I 2021 I Hindi I 118 mins I dir. Gaurav Madan Following a photographer of the dead in Varanasi, Barah x Barah is poignant look at the life in one of the oldest Indian cities as it undergoes seemingly imperceptible but steady changes. Read More... *Director Gaurav Madan + Sunny Lahiri (Cinematographer) in attendance LAST FILM SHOW Texas Premiere India I 2021 I Gujarati I 110 mins I dir. Pan Nalin A 9-year-old boy in a remote village in India begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends the summer learning in the projection booth. Read More... *Director Pan Nalin in attendance ' Audience Award' (2nd Place) - Tribeca Film Festival Texas Premiere A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING India I 2021 I Hindi, Bengali/Bangla I 97 mins I dir. Payal Kapadia In this docu-drama hybrid, the love letters of a young film student, L, to her estranged lover are juxtaposed with the drastic changes to campus life and the political landscape in India, which result in student protests and uprising. Read More... Cannes Film Festival - 'Best Documentary' Southwest Premiere MIDWIVES Myanmar I 2022 I Burmese, Rakhine I 91 mins I Documentary I dir. Hnin Ei Hlaing Hla is the Buddhist owner of a medical clinic in Myanmar, while Nyo Nyo, her young apprentice, belongs to the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community. Amidst civil unrest, the women support and challenge one another as they work to provide steady healthcare. Read More... Sundance Film Festival - 'Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking' LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM Texas Premiere Bhutan I 2019 I Dzhongka I 107 mins I dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji Ugyen, a reluctant young teacher, just wants to finish his final year of service and move to Australia to pursue music. But when he's assigned to the world's most remote village school, he must reconsider his path and ties to his homeland. Read More... Academy Award Nominee '22 - 'Best International Feature' REHANA U.S Premiere Bangladesh I 2021 I Bengali, Bangla I 107 mins I dir. Abdullah Mohammad Saad In this powerfully-acted thriller, an assistant professor at a medical college finds her life thrown into chaos when she witnesses an unexpected incident involving a female student and becomes involved in the case. Program. Read More... *Lead Actress, Azmeri Haque Badhon, in attendance Bangladesh's Official Oscar Submission Winner - 'Best Actress' - Asia Pacific Screen Awards PEBBLES (KOOZHANGAL) Texas Premiere India I 2021 I Tamil I 75 mins I dir. P.S Vinothraj A young boy follows his alcoholic father on a quest to find his mother, who has run away from his domestic abuse. The two cross the arid landscape by foot and bus, unsure of what they will do when they arrive. India's Official Oscar Submission Read More... *Director P.S Vinothraj in attendance RK/RKAY Austin Premiere India I 2021 I Hindi 95 mins I dir. Rajat Kapoor A frustrated filmmaker can't get his latest feature to click. Things take a turn for the worse when the lead character he also plays runs out of the edit and into real life. Read More... * Director and lead actor, Rajat Kapoor, in attendance SHORTS PROGRAMS Shorts Program 1 - It's The End of the World, And I Feel Fine From sisters surviving a post-apocalyptic Bangladesh to a middle schooler altering reality with her magic eyelashes, these bold, visionary shorts follow characters to the ends of their regular world and beyond, into the new ones their shaping. Read More... FEATURING: An Early Spring (dir. Pramati Anand I 38 mins) A village girl befriends a solo female backpacker. Moshari (dir. Nuhash Humayan I 22 mins) In future Bangladesh, sisters face a vampiric threat. A Coup ( dir. Areeba Naveed I 7 mins) A girl comes out to her biased psychiatrist. Dal Bhat ( dir. Nemil Shah I 29 mins) A boy learns a secret about his identity. Baahar (Outside) ( dir. Prakshi Malik I 13 mins) A school admission causes family conflict. Local Middle Schooler (dir. Sanjna Bharadwaj I 11 mins ) A middle schooler's magic eyelashes are coveted by her friends and the US government. Shorts Program 2 - Locals and Long Distance A selection of locally made and international shorts that touch on the distances between people - in time, space, and circumstances - and how they are bridged. Includes 3 projects by Texas local filmmakers as well as the world premiere of Hindi language drama, The Blind Date, and the Southwest Premiere of the gorgeous Mono No Aware. Read More... FEATURING: Mono No Aware (dir. Koushik Sarkar I 20 mins) On a field trip, a girl reflects on life's changes. The Blind Date (dir. Mihir Dhiraj Upadhyay I 17 mins) A blind couple go on a significant beach date. Hot Chocolate ( dir. Lila Mali I 3 mins) A son reflects on a family tradition after moving out. Testimony of Ana ( dir. Sachin Dheeraj I 24 mins) A woman recounts the abuse of a modern witch hunt. Turning Point ( dir. Rakhesh Raveendran I 15 mins) An immigrant father drinks too much and faces a frightening consequence. SHORTS + FEATURE PAIRINGS Bambirak Germany I 2021 IUSA I German, Dari (Afghan) I 14 mins I dir. Zamarin Wahdat When 8-year-old Kati stows away in her father's delivery van, Faruk must juggle his responsibilities as a single dad while holding down his first job in a new country. Read More... Sundance '21 - Best International Fiction Award Screens with: REHANA Chai USA I 2021 I English, Persian I 8 mins I dir. Arshum Rouhanian With the grand opening of their chai stand, Iranian siblings, Sanam and Reza are faced with the unexpected competition from their neighbors' hot chocolate stand. Read More... Screens with: A NY DAY NOW Grasshoppers Sleep Here India I 2021 I Malayalam I 8 mins I dir. Balaram J When a mowing man comes to cut down the grass in a field, he finds a girl is sleeping there - determined to protect the insects who call it home. Read More... U.S Premiere Screens with: LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM Miniaturist of Junagadh India I 2021 I Hindi, Urdu I 29 mins I dir. Kaushal Oza 1947. The ravages of Partition compel an artist to sell his ancestral home and move to Pakistan. When the man buying the house learns of the artist's invaluable miniature collection he schemes to get ahold of it, but all is not what it seems. Read More... Winner - Best Short Film - NYIFF Screens with: RK/RKAY Follow event on Facebook

The 2018 Indie Meme Film Festival is right around the corner! Get your tickets today! April 19-22nd. Quick links: Non-Member Tickets Senior/Student Tickets Member Badges/Tickets What does the All Inclusive MEMBER Festival Badge include? All film Screenings over the 4 days Family & Friends Night on April 19th Opening & Closing night parties Red Carpet event Exclusive, invite-only "Meet the Maker" Mixer I bought the badge/band/ticket. What next? Badges and bands will be available for pick up at the IMFF Registration desk at the theater starting at 5:00 pm on April 19, 2018 If you purchase tickets to individual screenings, we will have your name on the list of attendees All-inclusive Badges are sold out!! LIMITED FESTIVAL WRIST BANDS STILL AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS ONLY (Parties not included with BAND purchase) I ndividual film tickets available (except for TURUP) / DHH - tickets for the free family film will be now given away at the theater against no shows. Please be there by 9:30am for a possible spot. PLEASE CHECK FINAL SCHEDULE FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL SCREENINGS HERE Problems loading the Ticket widget? Click here SCHEDULE FILMS ATTEND YOUTH SPONSORS ABOUT PRESS Presented by IndieMeme.org Follow event on Facebook

2023 Sultana's Dream Narrative Feature Basque, Spanish, English, Italian, Hindi, Bengali mins 83 US Premiere In-Person, Virtual 2023 Spain, Germany, India Fantasy, Animation, Drama Inés, a Spanish artist, lives in India and stumbles upon Sultana's Dream a science fiction story written by Rokeya Hossain in 1905. It describes Ladyland, a utopia in which women rule the country while men live in seclusion and are responsible for household chores. Fascinated by the story Inés embarks on a journey across the country to search for the one place where women can live in peace. World Premiere - San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain Screens with So, That Happened & A Road Not Taken Tickets 4/17/24, 11:15 PM All Badges, Individual Tickets AFS Cinema Director, Producer Isabel Herguera Isabel Herguera is a Spanish animation film director with an international background. She studied fine arts at the Universidad del País Vasco and continued her studies at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. She later earned a master's degree from Calarts in Los Angeles, where she directed Los Muertitos (1993), an animated short about the wall separating Mexico and the United States. In 1997 she founded her own studio Loko Pictures (1996-2004), with which she produced numerous commercials and her animated short The Balloon (2003). In 2003, Isabel returned to Europe, where she became director of Animac, the Catalonia International Animated Film Festival (2003-12) and coordinator of the Laboratorio de imágen en movimiento at Arteleku in San Sebastian (2003-14). She directed various animated short films that won awards and were nominated for the Goya Prize. Isabel has been a professor at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, since 2005, at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing since 2012 and has been a professor in the animation department at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne since 2017. She has held workshops on animation in many places around the world such as Ethiopia, China, Cuba, Australia, Korea, Colombia, Mexico and Italy, although this is the place where she has most recently developed her work, in India, which gave rise to the Sultana's Dream project, is her first feature film. Director: Isabel Herguera Producer: Isabel Herguera, Chelo Loureiro, Mariano Baratech, Fabian Driehorst, Iván Miñambres Writer: Isabel Herguera, Gianmarco Serra Cast: Miren Arrieta, Dedjani Mukherjee, Miren Gabilondo, Nausheen Javeed, Ranjitha Rajeevan, Mary Beard, Paul Preciado, Roberto Bessi, Manu Khurana Editor: Gianmacro Serra Crew: Eduardo Elosegi, Gianmacro Serra, Simon Bastian This Event is supported in part by a Mini Grant from Humanities Texas. Community Partners for the Film More Films

2023 Sona Short Farsi, English mins 15 Virtual 2023 Iran Drama Tickets 4/28/23, 5:00 PM Free with IMFF Badge Director Zahra Torkamanlou Zahra Torkamanlou is a filmmaker from Iran whose work has screened at numerous international film festivals. Director: Zahra Torkamanlou Producer: Writer: Zahra Torkamanlou Cast: Zahra Torkamanlou Editor: Crew: This Event is supported in part by a Mini Grant from Humanities Texas. Community Partners for the Film More Films

2021 Junko Short Nepali, English mins 15 Virtual 2021 Nepal Drama 'Best Cinematography' - Linz Int'l Short Film Festival Tickets 4/28/23, 5:00 PM Free with IMFF Badge Director Minsho Limbu Minsho Limbu is an Independent filmmaker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He holds graduation in screenplay writing and direction from Everest Film Academy. JUNKO is his directorial debut short film. It has been screened at film festivals including; Fribourg, Torino, POFF Shorts Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Washington DC Film Fest, Anchorage Int'l Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Ajyal Film festival, Tel-Aviv Int'l Student Film Festival, VGIK Int'l Student Film Festival and Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. It won best film, best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography Award at VGIK, Early Bird, Inter-University and Linz International Short Film Festival,2022; Director: Minsho Limbu Producer: Writer: Minsho Limbu Cast: Garima Singh, Sarita Giri Editor: Crew: This Event is supported in part by a Mini Grant from Humanities Texas. Community Partners for the Film More Films