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30+ internationally acclaimed, South Asian features, documentaries, and shorts screening theatrically and virtually in April 2022. 2022 FILMS The 2022 Indie Meme Film Festival is a hybrid event , bringing 35+ 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. With films spanning 10 countries and 19 languages, the 7th Indie Meme Film Festival is an unmissable event for all fans of world cinema. ALL FILMS IN-PERSON VIRTUAL ANY DAY NOW Texas Premiere Finland I 2020 I Finnish, Farsi, English I 82 mins I dir. Hamy Ramezan An Iranian family in Finland await the final decision on their asylum application. Meanwhile, their 13-year old son, Ramin, begins junior high and the everyday stuff of life, from days at the lake to quiet apartment dance parties - goes on. Read more... Jussi Award - 'Best Actor' for Shahab Hosseini Official Selection: Berlinale In Theaters + Online . 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... *Q&A w/ filmmaker Gaurav Madan and Cinematographer Sunny Lahiri Diorama Festival - Best Indian Feature Film In Theaters + Online BIRIYAANI India I 2020 I Malayalam I 95 mins I dir. Sajin Baabu A married Muslim woman is forced out of her village when her brother is accused of terrorist connections. She seeks a new home & fulfillment while surviving systems that marginalize her and prevent justice. Read more.. Kerala State Award - Best Actress for Kani Kusruti Online Only I AM BELMAYA Southwest Premiere Nepal I Nepali I 86 mins I Documentary I dir. Sue Carpenter & Belmaya Nepali A revolutionary tale of a Nepali woman’s determination to challenge social norms and build an alternate future. We follow Belmaya as she defies caste and class barriers to become a documentarian and raise a young daughter. Read more... British Independent Film Awards - Nominee 'Best Documentary' Online Only LAST FILM SHOW Texas Premiere India I Gujarati I 110 mins I dir. Pan Nalin A 9-year-old boy in a remote village begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends the summer watching & learning from the projection booth. Read more... Tribeca Film Festival - Audience Award' (2nd Place) Official Selection: Sydney, Reykjavik, Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival In Theaters Only LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM Texas Premiere Bhutan 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' In Theaters Only MIDWIVES Southwest Premiere Myanmar I Burmese, Rakhine I 91 mins I Documentary I dir. 'Snow' Hnin Ei Hlaing Hla is the Buddhist owner of a makeshift medical clinic in Myanmar, while Nyo Nyo, her young apprentice, belongs to the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community. Amidst the civil unrest, the two women support and challenge one another as they work to provide steady healthcare. Read more... Sundance Film Festival - 'Special Jury Award for Verite Filmmaking' In Theaters Only A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING Texas Premiere India 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' In Theaters + Online NOT TODAY Southwest Premiere India I Hindi I 92 mins I dir. Aditya Kripalani Aliah, a Bohri Muslim girl from a traditional family, secretly becomes a Suicide Prevention Counsellor. On her first day, an unusual call comes in, which challengers her to confront why she took on the job in the first place. Read more... Bengaluru Int'l Film Festival - FIPRESCI International Critics Award + 'Best Asian Film' Online Only PEBBLES (KOOZHANGAL) Texas Premiere India 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. Read more... Int'l FF Rotterdam - Tiger Award (Top Prize) Independent Spirit Awards '22 Nominee - 'Best International Feature' In Theaters + Online REHANA U.S Premiere Bangladesh 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 Read more... Bangladesh's Official Oscar Submission Asia Pacific Screen Awards - 'Best Actress' Award In Theaters Only RK/RKAY Austin Premiere India I Hindi I 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. Q&A w/ Rajat Kapoor in attendance Read more... Official Selection - Shanghai International Film Festival, Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival In Theaters + Online SHORTS PROGRAM An Early Spring India I Hindi I Pahari I 38 mins I dir. Pramati Anand In a Himalayan village, a local girl befriends a female backpacker. Tensions arise when the girl’s mother believes their friendship is stoking her daughter’s rebellious ideas. Read more... Screens in: Shorts Program 1 - End of the World (Theaters) + Family Shorts (Online) In Theaters + Online A Coup Pakistan I Urdu I 8 mins I dir. Areeba Naveed When a young girl comes out to her biased psychiatrist in 1983, he calls her parents for an intervention to cure her. N. American Premiere Read more... Screens in: Shorts Program 1 - End of the World (In Theaters + LGBTQ Stories Online) In Theaters + Online Baahar (Outside) USA I English I Hindi I 14 mins I dir. Prakshi Malik Disaster brews when Seher gets accepted to a boarding school--a dream come true--on the evening of a big family dinner. UT- Austin Local Project, AFS Grant Read more... Screens in: Shorts 1 - End of the World (In Theaters + Family Shorts Online) In Theaters + Online Bambirak Germany I USA 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. Sundance '21 - Best International Fiction Award Read more... Screens w/: REHANA (In Theaters), Family Shorts (Online) In Theaters + Online The Blind Date India I Hindi I17 mins I dir. Mihir Dhiraj Upadhyay Raghav and Najma are a blind couple with a deep connection. However, on their latest seaside date they must face an upcoming change. World Premiere Read more... Screens in: Shorts Program 2 (In Theaters) and A Matter of Survival (Online) In Theaters + Online Chai USA 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 w/: Any Day Now (In Theaters) , Family Shorts (Online) . In Theaters + Online India I Malayalam I 8 mins I dir. Balaram J Cycle India I Hindi, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali I 20 mins I dir. Devashish Makhija A wronged young tribal woman, in the absence of systemic justice, turns rebel, but struggles to fulfill the expectations that the path to retribution demands. Screens w/: A Matter of Survival (Online) Online Only Dal Bhat India I Gujarati I 29 mins I dir. Nemil Shah 10-year-old Mukti wishes to swim in the newly filled lake, after a long drought. A seemingly simple wish turns to an unexpected discovery about himself. Read more... Screens in: Shorts Program 1 - End of the World As We Know It (In-Person) . In Theaters Only Grasshoppers Sleep Here 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. U.S Premiere Read more... Screens w/: Lunana - A Yak in the Classroom (In Theaters) , Family Shorts (Online) . In Theaters + Online Kanya India I Tamil I 15 mins I dir. Apoorva Satish A coming-of-age, drama about an adolescent girl whose aspirations of becoming a competitive swimmer takes an unexpected turn when she gets her first period. Read more... Screens w/: A Matter of Survival (Online) . Online Only Local Middle Schooler USA I English I 11 mins I dir. Sanjna Bharadwaj Anagha Narayan is your average eighth grader and wants nothing more than to have clear skin. Her life changes when she wishes on a fallen eyelash and her wish is granted - causing the world to take notice. A SXSW '22 Official Selection Read more... Screens w/: Shorts Program 1 (In Theaters + Beyond The End of the World ( Online) In Theaters + Online Hot Chocolate A growing boy and his mother form an important bond through lovingly prepared cups of hot chocolate. Read more... Screens w/: Shorts Program 2 (In Theaters) , Family Shorts (Online) . In Theaters + Online USA I English I 3 mins I dir. Lila Mali Miniaturist of Junagadh India 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. Winner - Best Short Film - Imagine India Read more... Screens w/: RK/RKAY (In Theaters) In Theaters Only Mono No Aware India I Hindi I 20 mins I dir. Koushik Sarkar In Mumbai, 10-year-old Poorna wakes up to her morning routine and heads out on a school trip, visiting an ancient hill and an old-age home. She finds herself immersed in "mono no aware", a Buddhist term meaning ‘watching the passing', reflecting on changes in her family & the world Southwest Premiere. Read more... Screens w/: Shorts Program 2 (In Theaters) + Beyond The End of the World ( Online) In Theaters + Online Moshari Bangladesh I Bengali I 21 mins I dir. Nuhash Humayun When the world is overrun with bloodthirsty creatures, two sisters persevere by spending nights inside the moshari - the traditional South Asian mosquito net - the only known shelter from the threat. A SXSW '22 Official Selection Read more... Screens w/: Shorts Program 1 (In Theaters + Beyond The End of the World ( Online) In Theaters + Online My Mother's Girlfriend India I Hindi, Marathi I 15 mins I dir. Arun Fulara Renuka is in love with Sadiya, another woman, but her adult son, Mangesh, doesn't know. One day, he sees them out celebrating and Renuka's worlds collide. Read more... Screens w/: Reaching for Love - LGBTQ + Stories ( Online) Online Only Noor & Layla Canada I English I 15 mins I dir. Fawzia Mirza Noor and Layla are breaking up. It's the end of the road for these two Muslim women... or is it just the beginning? Five life-changing moments in their relationship are marked by the Muslim call to prayer. Read more... Screens w/ Beyond The End of the World Online) Online Only Navozande, Le Musicien France I No dialogue I 15 mins I dir. Reza Riahi At the time of the attack of the Mongols, a young musician and the love of his life are separated from each other. A story of love, war, and hardship in 13th-century Persia. Read more... Winner : 'Best Animated Short' Award at Tribeca Film Festival Screens w/: Beyond The End of the World ( Online) Online Only Receiver Canada I English I 15 mins I dir. Cavan Campbell Sriyani, an idealistic and overtaxed Sri Lankan-Canadian social worker, has built her life around helping others, but at the expense of those closest to her. Who is going to defend Sriyani when she is hypnotized by a caller tonight? Read more... Screens w/: A Matter of Survival ( Online) Online Only The Song We Sang India I Hindi I English 20 mins I dir. Aarti Neharsh Roaming the streets of Ahmedabad on a festive Navaratri night, two young women may have the chance to fall for each other. Read more... Screens w/: Reaching for Love - LGBTQ + Stories ( Online) Online Only Sheer Qorma India I Hindi I English 30 mins I dir.Faraz Arif Ansari A story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family told through courageous, queer women choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities. Read more... Screens w/: Reaching for Love - LGBTQ + Stories ( Online) Online Only Testimony of Ana India I Gujarati I 24 mins I dir. Sachin Dheeraj Anaben Pawar is an elderly tribal woman accused of witchcraft. Through Ana’s story, we delve into a deep-rooted culture of patriarchy and examine one of the most monstrous attacks on women’s bodies in modern India: the witch-hunt. Read more... Screens w/: Shorts Program 2 (In Theaters)A Matter of Survival (Online) In Theaters + Online Turning Point USA I English, Malayalam I 15 mins I dir. Rakhesh Raveendran When an immigrant father on a work visa in the US has too much to drink at a neighborhood party, he learns how dire the consequences could be for his family. Texas Local Filmmaker Read more... Screens w/: Shorts Program 2 (In Theaters) Only In Theaters U for Usha India I Marathi I 22 mins I dir. Rohan Kanawade Usha, a single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, finds herself drawn to a female teacher of local primary school, in ways she never knew possible. Read more... Screens w/: Reaching for Love - LGBTQ + Stories ( Online) Online Only Wade India I 11 mins I dir. Kalp Sanghvi, Upamanyu Bhattacharyya In a future version of Kolkata, India, rendered unlivable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets. Read more... Beyond The End of the World ( Online) Online Only Follow event on Facebook

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Lakshmi is the story of a beautiful 14 year old girl whose life takes a tragic turn. Top of Page Tickets Top of Page Tickets Lakshmi SYNOPSIS Lakshmi is the story of a beautiful 14 year old girl whose life takes a tragic turn. She is snatched from her family in the village and sold to a brothel in the city. Lakshmi is thrown into this horrific, inhuman, world run by the ruthless Reddy brothers. Quietly rebellious, Lakshmi’s efforts to escape result in her being brutally beaten. She manages to survive her hellacious predicament with the help of the other girls and her own will to never give in. Finally she is rescued in a sting operation by a government organization. Against all odds, the traumatized and broken child-woman shows courage where everybody else fails. Resisting all pressure - violent threats, coercion and bribes, she stands up in court and in a historic landmark case succeeds in putting the traffickers behind bars. Based on true events, Lakshmi is a story of heroism and untold courage. Film maker will be in attendance Thursday, May 14th @ 7pm Southwest Theaters 13729 Research Blvd, Suite 1500 Austin, TX 78750 Follow event on Facebook Interested in screening this in your hometown? Write to us EVENT SUPPORTED BY PARTIALLY FUNDED OR SUPPORTED BY TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE Tickets TRAILER Viewer discretion advised. Please don't watch in the presence of children. DIRECTOR'S PROFILE Nagesh Kukunoor Arriving on the Indian film scene 15 years ago, and blazing a new path and genre- the Indie film, Nagesh has written, produced, acted & directed immensely successful and acclaimed films. His very first film broke the traditional barrier of both commercial and art cinema. Nagesh has consistently crafted stories that depict realism & authenticity over sheen & gloss, delivering to audiences a brand of cinema that is entertaining with a difference. facebook ID : facebook /LakshmiTheFilm twitter ID : https://twitter.com/LakshmiTheFilm instagram ID : http://instagram.com/lakshmithefilm Follow our blog : http://lakshmithefilm.blogspot.in/ SPECIAL EVENT - MEET THE MAKER Meet the Maker... of "LAKSHMI" : Film Director, Writer, Actor & Producer NAGESH KUKUNOOR AN EXCLUSIVE COMPLIMENTARY WINE & CHEESE SOCIAL FOR INDIE MEME MEMBERS. Guests welcome for a small entry fee at the door. Wednesday, May 13th 2015 8-10 pm Thursday May 14th we screened our toughest film yet..."Lakshmi". The audience cried but not a single person walked out of the theater! Nagesh Kukunoor is a hero for bringing to light such an ugly reality of our lives so honestly. Lakshmi is brave & perhaps even lucky to have found redemption...not the case for the millions of other victims all over the world. The Q&A with Nagesh Kukunoor conducted by Lalitha Gopalan, Prof. RTF,UT, was enlightening to say the least and Todd Latiolais from 'Children At Risk' provided the Texas perspective in the big picture... Thank you Animon Jose for these wonderful photos.

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. Back to Festival Program Sat. April 15th @ 12:45PM AFS Cinemas Virtual: April 28- May 1 Texas Premiere Describe your image Describe your image 1/4 Limited copies of the book Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South A sian America will be for Sale at the screening. IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM US I Bangladesh I 85 mins I Documentary I 2022 English, Bengali w/ English subtitles BUY TICKETS WATCH ONLINE *LIVE, In-Person Q&A w/ directors Alaudin Ullah & Vivek Bald Official Selection of DOC NYC & CAAMFest 2022 As a teenager in 1980s Harlem, Alaudin Ullah was swept up in the revolutionary energy of hip-hop. He rejected his working-class Bangladeshi parents and turned his back on everything South Asian and Muslim. Now, as an actor and playwright contending with the Islamophobia of post-9/11 Hollywood, Ullah wants to tell his parents' stories - but he has no idea who they really were. In Search of Bengali Harlem follows Ullah from the streets of New York to the villages of Bangladesh to uncover the pasts of his father and mother. In doing so, he discovers a lost history - in which South Asian Muslims, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans forged an extraordinary multiracial community in the tenements of mid- 20th century Harlem. "It resonates because, in many ways, it is the story of all of us. " - T he Juggernaut " visually striking and emotionally affecting" - MIT, Comparative Media Studies Department About the Artist Alaudi n Ullah is a playwright, actor, and the son of one of the first Bengali Muslim men to settle in Harlem. Ullah is the author of the acclaimed one-man show, "DISHWASHER DREAMS," based on his father’s life in New York City in the 1930s-60s. Ullah premiered the show at the New Works Now! Festivalat New York’s Joseph Papp Public Theater, and was subsequently awarded one of the Theater’s prestigious Emerging Writers Group Fellowships. Ullah has since performed DISHWASHER DREAMS across the US, including most recently a 2021-22 run at Chicago's Writers Theater and at Connecticut’s Hartford Stage. Ullah’s three-act play "HALAL BROTHERS" centers on the interactions between African American and Bengali Muslims in a Harlem halal butcher’s shop on the day of Malcolm X’s murder in 1965. This emotionally charged ensemble drama is in development for stage production in 2022. Vivek Bald is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, digital media producer, and scholar. His work over the past twenty-five years has explored the stories and experiences of South Asians in the U.S. and Britain. Bald’s first documentary TAXI-VALA/AUTO-BIOGRAPHY (1994) which examined the lives and activism of New York City taxi drivers from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, was showcased by the Whitney Museum, the San Francisco Int'l Asian American Film Festival and PBS. His second documentary MUTINY: ASIANS STORM BRITISH MUSIC (2003) focused on South Asian youth, music, and anti-racist politics in 1970s-90s Britain. It premiered in New York as part of Lincoln Center’s Independents Night series and screened at two dozen film festivals in thirteen countries. In 2020, Bald consulted upon and appeared in the Peabody Award winning PBS documentary series, ASIAN AMERICANS. He is the author of Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America (Harvard University Press, 2013) and the faculty Director of MIT’s Open Documentary Lab, a unit devoted to the analysis and incubation of new forms of documentary: including VR & AR projects. Trailer This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Credits Crew Writer/Director: Alaudin Ullah, Vivek Bald Producer(s): Susannah Ludwig Cinematography: Joseph Alvarado Kitra Cahana Shaha dat Hossain Shamsul Islam Editor/Writer: Beyza Boyac ioglu Featuring Music By: Vijay Iyer Anik Khan Ganavya Doraiswamy Zakir Hussain Yosvany Terry Imani Uzuri

When an idealistic young trade unionist investigates the sudden death of a favorite uncle, he comes face to face with the terrifying practice of Thalaikoothal, the killing of the infirm elderly by their own families in rural Tamil Nadu. The film is a drama based on true events. Sindhustan India | Documentary | 2019 | 63 MIN. |Sindhi, English; English Subtitles I was 36 when I realised I was a daughter of a refugee. I remember being at concert in Mumbai and watching some Sufi Fakirs from Sindh perform, I was so blown away, I ran home and googled Sindh for the first time. When I found out Sindhi migration was the largest migration of a culture in history and I being a Sindhi had no idea, I knew it was time to start. SYNOPSIS (From the Director) What is Sindh? In 1947 when India was partitioned, Punjab and Bengal were divided but Sindh was left intact in Pakistan. In the province, it was believed that nothing would change - the Hindus had been a minority for centuries, they were the ones with the wealth and power. However, when the time came, the best they could do was escape with their lives. Hordes of prosperous people became homeless and penniless overnight. A large majority had never left Sindh before. They crossed the new border to settle in unfamiliar lands with unfamiliar food, language and customs, stepping from a zone of sparse rain into monsoon country. There are lots of books written on Sindh and loads of information online but I did not want my film to be a history lesson. It took me 2 year figure out how I want to tell my story. This moment with my grandma came to mind. I had just started getting inked, and remember covering myself to meet my grandmother for lunch one day. She looked at me and called me old fashioned. I couldn't believe a 70 year old woman was calling me old fashioned. She told me when we first came on this planet we lived in tribes we didn't have borders and governments and countries. We had extended families and all had their own markings. "When I see you I see you are going back to your roots that makes me very happy." It was evident that ink was going to be the ink I would write their stories with. My documentary includes many stories - some from India and some from Sindh (which is now in Pakistan) along with mine illustrating their journey on my skin. I aim at inking my skin using an art form from Sindh (Ajrak) and one from Hindustan (Madhubani) to tell the story of a land carried on the shoulders of its people and not rooted in any soil. no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well - Warsan Shire TRAILER DIRECTOR'S NOTE My ancestors come from a land called Sindh, which was a part of India till 1947. Post which India became independent and split into Pakistan. Sindh remained in Pakistan and the "Hindu" Sindhis were forced either to convert to Islam or leave their homeland. The Sindhis were peace loving people who spent their time singing sufi songs and did not want violence. They left willingly in hordes leaving everything behind. This migration is the largest migration of a culture in history but very few, including Sindhis, are aware of it. In India and worldwide, they had to learn a new language, adapt to new cultures, learn new trades, just to sustain. The lack of a physical "land" has led to the slow death of their culture and language and the new generation has no idea or access to their heritage. It was important for me to document their journey so that the youth had some information. It took me 2 years to figure out how I wanted to tell this story. My father was born in Shikarpur Sindh in an area called Hajampara (barbers street). The fact that I am a barber in my adult life does not surprise me at all. After partition he travelled with his family by ship from Karachi to Bombay where they lived in refugee camps. My father did not carry the burden of the past with him. He didn't raise me Hindu or Muslim. Indian or Pakistani or Sindhi. He didn 't raise me boy or girl. I was free to be whatever I wanted. Free of all burdens. He ran a cabaret joint called Blue Nile and I grew up with the sounds of jazz and jiggling thighs instead of Sufi singers. Bombay was my Sindh and Sindhi Curry my culture. History books explained Partition just like a doctor explains 4th stage cancer. Clinical and cold. When the govt denied me a visa to visit Sindh the land of my ancestors, I became the land. My legs carry the stories of their journey and my feet the lack of our roots. no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark You only run to the border when you see the whole city running as well They say revolutions start from home. Home to me is where the legs are. I carry the stories as witness on my legs in a hope that they will never die. DIRECTORS' PROFILE Sapna has naturally assumed poster-child status as a powerful female figure. She traverses mainstream success with just as much ease as she skirts the youth art & culture movement. Ageless, formless and forever metamorphosing, Sapna has recently begin giving her celebrity-hood the voice of an activist. Just recently, she was awarded the "iBelieve" award by Savvy Magazine" and the "FemEmpowerment" Award by Zee TV for her work with ex sex workers by starting a free hair academy called Pathshala . Currently Sapna is writing a book "Chapter One;' and travelling the world festival circuit with her debut film Sindhustan which has won the Best Feature Documentary at NYIFF, AIFF, IFFStuttg art, MISAFF, Caleidoscope Boston, Los Angles Motion Picture Festival, MIFF and Official Selection at LAHFF, MAM I, VISAFF, CHALTA PHIRTA DOC FESTIVAL, 50th International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka, and Asia Peace Film Festival. She is currently in post production on her short "My Dog Is Sick;' and working on the screenplay of a feature "Hara Kiri'. Actor, spoken word artist, hairstylist, writer, director, producer - Sapna embodies it all as a visionary and change-maker. No matter how many times she evicts herself, the public always votes her back in! The rest, like they say, is herstory. STILLS SLIDE DECK 1/2

Amidst the daily din of the local trains in Calcutta, a lonely working woman in her late fifties finds herself falling in love with the voice of the railway announcer. Yours Truly India 2018 | DRAMA | 84 MIN. | HINDI with English Subtitles 4/27/2019 | 3:45 - 5:45 pm This feature will be preceded by short films - THE LAYOVER and THE LAST LETTER ATTEND SYNOPSIS Amidst the daily din of the local trains in Calcutta, a lonely working woman in her late fifties finds herself falling in love with the voice of the railway announcer. Yours Truly is a story about seeking connection and discovering how love can strike at any age- and in the most unexpected places. As 57 year old government employee Mithi Kumar finds herself on the brink of retirement from her mundane office job, she realizes there’s just one thing she’ll miss about work- or rather her daily commute. It’s the voice of a stranger that she has been irresistibly drawn to; one she has felt a deep connection with amidst the everyday din of the railway station. That voice belongs to the station announcer- her invisible but constant companion as she goes to work every day. Ever since the first time she heard his voice, she felt something stir in her- and over the last decade it began to feel as if he was speaking directly to her, as she began conjuring up her own images of him- even writing letters to him, sharing her deepest emotions with this stranger. As her days at work come to a close, Mithi searches anxiously for her imagined soulmate. Will she ever find him- and more importantly, is he for real? Yours Truly is a story about seeking connection and discovering how love can strike at any age- and in the most unexpected places. DIRECTOR'S PROFILE 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, was world premiered at the New Currents Section, Busan International Film Festival 2010 & 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. Parapaar, starring Rituparna Sengupta, Paoli Dam and based on a Moti Nandy novel was his sophomore feature, released in 2014. He has just completed his first Hindi feature Yours Truly starring Soni Razdan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aahana Kumra & Mahesh Bhatt. Yours Truly will have its World Premiere in the Windows on Asian Cinema section at the Busan International Film Festival 2018 before travelling to other Festivals and a release later in the year. Sanjoy is currently busy with the postproduction of his recent feature film Good Morning Sunshine starring Revathy, Shweta Tripathi, Rituparna Sengupta, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Shabana Azmi. Presently involved with the scripting of his feature film concept Starring Ranbir & Hrithik which was selected for the Asian Projects Market, Busan International Film Festival, 2016. A web series is also on the anvil. An obsessive foodie and traveller, he dons the grease paint for exciting roles in films which have had their share of critical acclaim and commercial success. DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Yours Truly is a poignant parable of unconventional love between two emotions, who constantly create new templates to remain connected in a world fashioned to obeying clichés and stereotypes as defined by society. How Mithi, no longer considered a suitable candidate to cultivate and express amorous feelings, shares her life with the idea of love – a potent which excites her. At times light-hearted and funny, it counter analyses the love story and family paradigm from the perspective of the non-confirmative marginalized yearning souls, in the process inspiring countless others. CREDITS CAST Soni Razdan Pankaj Tripathi Aahana Kumra Mahesh Bhatt Vinay Pathak Written & Directed by Sanjoy Nag Produced by Shiladitya Bora; Nikhil Chaudhary; Milapsinh Jadeja Executive Producer Aniruddha Dasgupta Director of Cinematography Stanley Mudda Editor Sankha Sound Design Sukan Majumdar Music Debojyoti Mishra BGM Madhubanti Bagchi Lyrics Amitabh Varma Film Mix Anindit Roy Costume Designer Shilpi Agarwal Colorist Sidharth Mirchandan COMMUNITY PARTNERS

The 9th Annual Indie Meme Film Festival comes to Austin in-person from April 17-21, 2024 and is held at the Austin Film Society Cinema. Festival Schedule The 9th Indie Meme Film Festival comes to Austin in-person from April 17 - 21, 2024 and is held at the Austin Film Society Cinema. The virtual fest ival , streaming May 3rd - May 5th , will bring second screenings of many of our in-person favorites, as well as fresh virtual-exclusive feature and short programs. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Wednesday April 17 Vivo Tex-Mex 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Member Mixer + Badge Pickup Vivo-Tex Mex is next to AFS Cinema, just inside The Linc. J oin us at Vivo Tex-Mex, just across from the AFS Cinema, to kick off IMFF 2024! 2024 membe rs and badge holders only. Become a member here to attend! AFS Cinema 6:15 PM - 9:00 PM Sultana's Dream Spain, Germany, India | Basque, Spanish, English, Italian, Hindi, Bengali | 83 mins Inés, a Spanish artist, lives in India and stumbles upon a story about a utopia in which women rule the country while men live in seclusion. Fascinated by the story Inés embarks on a journey to search for the one place where women can live in peace. Preceded by two short s, So, That Happened and The Road Not Taken , as the Texas Shorts Program. Filmmakers Neha Aziz and Sarthwik Bollu will be in attendance. Free for 2024 members! Log in to receive the discount. Recorded Q+ A with Filmmaker Isabel Herguera. Tickets Thursday April 18 AFS Cinema 11:30 AM - 1:45 PM Shivamma India | Kannada | 104 mins Shivamma, a mid-day meal cook in a village government school juggles entrepreneurial aspirations with family obligations, but are her dreams built on lies? Included with our Debut Filmmakers Showcase ticket , along with Amar Colony and In Flames . R ecorded Q+ A with Filmmaker Jaishankar Aryar. Tickets AFS Cinema 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Amar Colony India | Hindi | 75 mins The residents of a dilapidated building in the hills encounter each other and the surreal in this experimental film about loneliness and finding connection. Included with our Debut Filmmakers Showcase ticket, along with Shivamma and In Flames . Free for 2024 members! Log in to receive the discount. Rec orded Q+ A with Filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan. Tickets AFS Cinema 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM In Flames Pakistan, Canada | Urdu | 98 mins In the aftermath of a patriarch's death, a mother and daughter must find the courage to face malevolent forces of both the past and the present. Included with our Debut Filmmakers Showcase ticket , along with Shivamma and Amar Colony . Free for 2024 members! Log in to receive the discount. Recorded Q+ A with Filmmaker Zarrar Khan. Tickets AFS Cinema 6:15 PM - 8:45 PM Mithya India | Kannada, Marathi | 98 mins A stunningly shot, poignant story of a newly orphaned boy who is coming of age whilst figuring out how to to live with both grief and a new family. Preceded by the short film Ullarivu . Live, Virtual Q + A with Filmmaker Sumanth Bhat. Tickets Friday A pril 19 AFS Cinema 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Opening Night Red Carpet . Attend our opening night red carpet with attending filmmakers, cast, and fellow members! B adge and ticket holders only! Purchase a badge here. AFS Cinema 6:15 PM - 8:45 PM Footprints on Water India, UK | English, Malayalam | 107 mins The untold story of "illegal" immigrants in the UK - a father's search for his missing daughter unearths the seedy underbelly and unfulfilled promises of immigration. In-Person Q+ A w ith Filmmaker Nathalia Syam and Lead Actor Adil Hussain. Tickets Expansive Austin - Highland 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Opening Night Celebration Celebrate the ninth year of Austin's premier South Asian film festival with us! Platinum Badge holders only ! Purchase a badge here. Saturday A pril 20 AFS Cinema 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM Shorts Program India, Myanmar, USA | Malayalam, Burmese, Hindi | 70 min Five independent short films: This is TMI , Phar Yar Sin , Vakuppu , Kamathipura , and Places I've Called My Own . A carefully curated selection of incredible shorts that feature (1) a taboo-busting discussion of a group of young women (2) a surreal confession (3) the humour and horror of police bureaucracy (4) an unearthing of a mythical prostitute in Mumbai and (5) a heart-rending reunion between the prodigal daughter and her ex- girlfriend. Free for 2024 members! Log in to receive the discount. In-Person Q+A with Filmmakers Sushma Khadepaun & Vidushi Gupta. Tickets AFS Cinema 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM Something Like An Autobiography Bangladesh, USA | Bengali | 84 mins A filmmaker couple in Bangladesh butts up against corruption and a patriarchal society as they strive to live a life of independence, autonomy and honesty. Preceded by the short film Helena . Recorded Q+A with Filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki . Tickets AFS Cinema 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The World is Family) India | Marathi, English, Hindi | 96 mins An extremely personal documentary that unearths archival footage and home videos that reflect the change in Indian society from the independence movement to today. In-Person Q+A with Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. Tickets AFS Cinema 6:15 PM - 8:45 PM Sthal (A Match) India | Marathi, English, Hindi | 104 mins A young, ambitious girl in Maharashtra faces the abyss of arranged marriage and does her best to resist it. Preceded by th e short film Next, Please . In-Person Q+A with Filmmaker Jayant Somalkar and Producer Shefali Bhushan. Tickets AFS Cinema 9:00 PM - 10:45 PM Terrestrial Verses Iran | Farsi | 77 mins A series of vignettes about everyday people encountering the never-ending mazes of bureaucracy and finding hope and resilience through it all. LIVE, Post-Screening Zoom Q+A with Filmmaker Alireza Khatami. Tickets Sunday A pril 21 AFS Cinema 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Bahadur: The Brave India | Hindi, Nepali | 90 mins At the height of the pandemic, a Nepali migrant worker decides to take on a new opportunity to earn cash to take home. Recorded Q+ A with Filmmaker Diwa Shah. Tickets AFS Cinema 12:45 PM - 3:15 PM Against The Tide India, France | English, Marathi, Hindi | 97 mins This stunningly shot documentary about Koli fishermen asks tough questions about sustainability, livelihood and the future for traditional communities. Recorded Q+A with Filmmaker Sarvnik Kaur . Tickets AFS Cinema 3:30 PM - 5:45 PM Pushtaini (Ancestral) India | Hindi | 84 mins A young actor on the cusp of a big break must return home to reconcile with family and the demons of his past. P receded by the short film Shera . In-Person Q+A with Filmmaker Vinod Rawat. Tickets AFS Cinema 6:15 PM - 9:00 PM Girls Will Be Girls India | English, Hindi | 112 mins A story about gendered power, a young teenager is thwarted in her romantic aspirations by her mother. In-Person Q+A with Filmmaker Shuchi Talati. Tickets Origin Hotel - Austin 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Closing Night Party Help us close out this year's Indie Meme Film Festival at Origins Hotel! Food and drink will be provided. This event is for Platinum Badge holders only ! Purchase a badge here. Festival Schedule Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Indie Meme presents Film Showcase. Don't miss this fun event! Film Showcase - February 2015 VENUE : Jones Auditorium, St. Edwards University 3001 South Congress Avenue Austin TX 78704 DATES : Saturday Feb 7th & Sunday Feb 8th 2015 Follow event on FaceBook PRICING : Indie Meme MEMBER FILM PASS - ONLY For Indie Meme Members (members to get their cards at venue) Access to ALL films for the 2 days ......................................................$15.00 ($16.52 w/service fee) Non-Member FILM PASS - Access to ALL films for the 2 days.............................................................................$25.00 ($26.87 w/service fee) Indie Meme MEMBERSHIP - Membership for 1 yr. For Member benefits ........................................................$20.00 DETAILED SCHEDULE AND TICKETS Online ticketing is now closed Saturday, February 7, 2015 ... 11:00am - 1:20pm LIFE 14mins / Short Narrative/ India (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker) Filmmaker – Srinjay Thakur Chhattisgarhi & Hindi with English Subtitles The film deals with the complex idea of how technology takes over life. A layered idea executed with disarming simplicity. TRAILER - http://vimeo.com/117203875 WITH YOU WITHOUT YOU 90mins / Narrative Feature/ Sri Lanka Filmmaker – Prasanna Vithanage The film set, in post war Sri Lanka, brings us close to two characters who collide quite accidentally, and through them we experience the deep and seemingly unbridgeable chasm that conflict almost always creates. Will love help them cross the bridge? Or will the past continue to color the present? A man and a woman from the two ends of the thirty-year-old bloody civil war in Sri Lanka discover that the color of love is blue, and life, shades of grey. TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZV1tJgv9KE Sinhala with English Subtitles Saturday, February 7, 2015 ... 2:00pm - 4:30pm HAMARE GHAR 30mins / Short Narrative/ India (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker) Filmmaker – Kislay Kamla works as a full time maid in upwardly mobile modern India family’s home. Where the lady of the house is affectionate and regularly showers her with gifts and old clothes. In this ‘modern’ home, there is no obvious violence and hierarchies but, as Kamla slowly realizes, it is hidden behind caring words and gestures of love. The film attempts to understand a class relationship in an atmosphere of love and affection. Hindi with English Subtitles BIDESIA IN BAMBAI 87mins/ Documentary Feature/ India (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker) Filmmaker – Surabhi Sharma Bidesia is Bhojpuri for ‘the one who leaves home’. Bambai is their name for Mumbai/Bombay. Like most migrants in a global city, the migrant in the film too inhabits the precarious edges of Mumbai. Along with his meager belongings though, the migrant brings with him a vibrant musical culture. Frequently sexually charged, at times religious, often lyrical and occasionally political, the migrant is both the subject of, and the audience for this music. Bidesia in Bambai charts the travails of two ambitious singers – Ramanuj Pathak, a one-time taxi-driver chasing his first record deal; and Kalpana Patowary, one of the stars of the Bhojpuri music industry. The lives of these singers are punctuated by the changing landscape of the city, where, much like their lives, structures are built and torn down regularly. TRAILER - https://vimeo.com/70196507 Hindi/ Bhojpuri with English Subtitles Saturday, February 7, 2015 ... 4:45pm - 7:45pm TIMBAKTU 30min short Documentary/ India (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker) Filmmaker – Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh When a small farming community in South India decided to switch from their decades-old practice of chemical agriculture to organic farming, little did they know that they were planting the seeds of a silent revolution. By showcasing the exemplary efforts of farmers of a tiny village in Andhra Pradesh, Timbaktu explores critical issues of food security and sovereignty. At its heart, Timbaktu looks at the relationship that a farmer shares with her land, her seeds and raises critical questions about food, the very essence of human life. TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjPQ6KM2FIY Telegu with English Subtitles AASHPORDHA 13mins / Short Narrative /India - (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker) Filmmaker – Anirban Roy It starts out over a song and ends up where no one could have expected. A thirteen-year-old Indian girl has her first real confrontation with authority when her father forbids her to play the American dance music she loves. When she decides to take revenge, the situation escalates to become a neighborhood scandal. A dark comedy about parental authority, teenage rebellion, curry, whiskey, and house music. TRAILER- https://vimeo.com/53911754 Bengali with English Subtitles I AM 110mins/ Narrative feature / India Filmmaker – Onir I AM is about issues and dilemmas that bruise the modern Indian society. Unraveling and exploring these tribulations, the film unfolds many a tale of individuals struggling to find their identity, and uphold their dignity in a world that is callous, cold and unsympathetic. Shot in four different cities across India, I AM is a fusion of stories where the protagonists share a common dream – a desire to regain their lives, to regain an identity which has been taken away from them. TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUNXJiynpUw English/Hindi/Marathi with English Subtitles Saturday, February 7, 2015 .... 8:00pm - 9:30pm INDIE MEME HAPPY HOUR!!! for Indie Meme Members and film pass holders @ Marigold Gateway to India 2200 South Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78704 Sunday, February 8, 2015 ... 10:30am - noon NEWBORNS – 9min / doc short / India (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker) Filmmaker – Megha Ramaswami Newborns attempts to provide a lens to the survivors of acid violence, to look forward and gaze back. They take us through the ennui of their domestic and public spaces in a nameless dystopian city, its factories, houses and motels, and its promises, never honored. TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fw28XOR5Xk Hindi with English Subtitles THE RAT RACE 56min / Documentary / India (screening followed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker)Filmmaker – Miriam Chandy The Rat Race winds its way through the grimy underbelly of Mumbai, through dimly lit alleys and crowded markets to tell the story of the city’s rat killers. Using the vehicle of the rat the documentary explores issues of livelihood to paint a moving account of India at the crossroads. TRALER https://vimeo.com/72389205 Hindi with English Subtitles Sunday 12:20pm - 3:00pm, February 8, 2015 SHIP OF THESEUS 143mins / Narrative Feature /India Filmmaker – Anand Gandhi A blind photographer grapples with the loss of her intuitive brilliance as an aftermath of a clinical procedure; an erudite monk confronting an ethical dilemma with a long held ideology, has to choose between principle and death; and a young stockbroker, following the trail of a stolen kidney, learns how intricate morality could be. Following the separate strands of their philosophical journeys, and their eventual convergence, Ship of Theseus explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death. TRAILER http://vimeo.com/84744058 Hindi/English/Arabic/Swedish with English Subtitles PICTURES FROM THE EVENT

Ranakala is sustaining her life as a tempo driver in Kathmandu. She lives in limbo, waiting for news of her husband who ventured abroad years ago and has neither visited nor sent funds, leaving Ranakala to care for her paralyzed father-in-law and their daughter. Yet increasingly, she cannot ignore her own unfulfilled Back to Festival Program Official Selection Bulbul Nepal I 116 mins I Drama I 2019 I Nepali w/ English subtitles Ranakala is sustaining her life as a tempo driver in Kathmandu. She lives in limbo, waiting for news of her husband who ventured abroad six years ago and has neither visited nor sent funds, leaving Ranakala to care for her paralyzed father-in-law and their daughter. Yet increasingly, she cannot ignore her own unfulfilled desires for companionship. In the midst of these disappointments, Chopendra, 29, makes an entrance. He helps her get passengers and makes her laugh with his easy wit. The two grow close and, despite her reservations, love blooms. And yet, a strange ambiguity hangs over their new life. Can Ranakala and Chopendra's dreams flourish in these conditions? BULBUL is a unique and engaging modern love story, made with humor, style, and a welcome focus on women's working and private lives. These qualities and more earned it a place as Nepal's official submission for the 92nd Academy Awards. + This program includes short film, THE LAST RIGHTS VIRTUAL SCREENING + Q&A SUN. APRIL 18 - 7:30PM CT $7 TICKETS GET YOUR FESTIVAL BADGE About the Artist Binod Paudel was born in 1978 in Kapilbastu, Nepal. He is Nepal-based filmmaker and one of the pioneers of the academic study of film-making in Nepal. He wrote the critically acclaimed SAANGHURO, a social drama focusing on the struggles of a newly married couple, which received numerous awards including the National Award (Nepal) and the SAARC Film Festival Best Fiction - Jury Award. Combining documentary aesthetics with narrative acumen and an understanding of international distribution, Binod focuses on developing new, accessible stories that connect South Asia to the world. He was recently honored with the 2019 National Award for Best Director. BULBUL is his feature debut. Trailer Thank you to our community partners for this screening, The South Asia Institute at UT- Austin and the Austin Film Commission and the Austin Film Society ! Credits Cast WASTIMA KHADKA MUKUN BHUSAL JOES PANDEY LAXMI BARDEWA DIPAK CHHETRI UJWAL ADHIKARI ALINA KARKI Additional Vocals & Music Vocal: RAJINA RIMAL NISCHAL BASNET Music: KOSHISH CHHETRI UDGAM PARIYAR Arrangement: UDGAM PARIYAR UDAY RAJ PAUDEL Lyrics: KOSHISH CHHETRI MANIKALA PAUDEL Publicity Team Publicity Design: UJJWAL SHRESTHA Logo Design: SUSHIL SAURABH Crew Writer/Director: BINOD PAUDEL Producer(s): PRALHAD THAPA (ABEERAL) BHIM THAPA RAJU PAUDEL JOES PANDAY PURUSHOTTAM PANDAY Cinematographer: SUSHAN PRAJAPATI Sound Design/Mix: UTTAM NEUPANE Executive Producer: RAMRAJA DAHAL Chief Asst. Director: BIBEK LAMA Asst. Directors: BISHAL DOTEL PRABIN PURKOTI SUJATA GURUNG Prod. Manager: GAGAN SHRESTHA Make-up: BIKRAM THAPA Colourist: RAJENDRA MOKTAN

A ten year old boy is caught between caring for his paralyzed sister and making her experience the world as he does Back to Festival Program Official Selection Mauj Be-harkat Si Pakistan I 18 mins I Drama I 2019 I Urdu w/ English subtitles A ten year old boy is caught between caring for his paralyzed sister and making her experience the world as he does. + S creens with SHORTS PROGRAM 2: YOUTH SPECIAL GET YOUR FESTIVAL BADGE VIRTUAL PREMIERE : SUN. APRIL 18 - 3:00PM CT About the Artist Sibtain Shabbir is a writer-director based in Karachi, Pakistan. He has extensive experience as an animator, graphic designer, & associate director on various projects. Mauj Be-Harkat Si was his thesis project as a media sciences graduate from SZABIST. Thank you to our community partner(s) for this screening: the Austin Film Society, the Austin Film Commission! and Loving Hearts for All! Credits Crew Writer/Director: SIBTAIN SHABBIR Producer(s): SHAZEB BUTT Cinematography: NABIL HASAN Editor: VIBHAV NIGAM Prod. Manager: HUSSAIN MEHDI Asst. Director(s): ARMAN TEJANI MUNEEB BAIG

'Counterfeit Kunkoo', a project of Catnip Productions, talks about housing discrimination, marital rape and reclaiming one's sexuality. The 15-minute film is an intimate perspective on the idiosyncrasies that come with the misogyny that seeps into our everyday lives. Counterfeit Kunkoo India | 15min | Hindi with English subtitles 4/21/18, 1:15 pm GET TICKETS SYNOPSIS 'Counterfeit Kunkoo', a project of Catnip Productions, talks about housing discrimination, marital rape and reclaiming one's sexuality. The 15-minute film is an intimate perspective on the idiosyncrasies that come with the misogyny that seeps into our everyday lives. DIRECTOR'S PROFILE Reema Sengupta a young writer/director/editor who has directed over 200 narrative films, music videos, commercials, interactive video installations, and after-movies across India, the United Kingdom, South Korea, and the U.S. Sengupta was awarded the prestigious Asian Film Academy Fellowship, where she represented India at the Busan International Film Festival. Reema’s first short film won over 10 awards. She graduated from the University of Westminster, London, with the highest percentage in the media art and design school. STILLS 23754751_160327381132739_6419090333822615518_n 22780464_154818488350295_3849075510542955426_n download hOM5MUof_400x400