3rd I

About 3rd I

3rd I is a non-profit, national organization committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film. We represent filmmakers and audiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, The Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and the South Asian Diaspora. We support our mission by providing film screenings, filmmaking courses, networking resources, and a distribution channel for the South Asian-American film community and our audiences.

To learn more about 3rd I San Francisco, visit www.thirdi.org or email info@thirdi.org

To become a 3rd I volunteer email us at volunteer@thirdi.org.

To learn more about 3rd I, visit www.thirdi.org

For festival special events and future monthly screenings, join: 3rd I SF mailing list.

(3rd I crew at SFISAFF 2010)
3rd i San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival staff(3rd I crew at SFISAFF 2011)

 

Festival Staff

FESTIVAL DIRECTORS
Ivan Jaigirdar
Anuj Vaidya

OPERATIONS
John Slattery, Theater Operations
Jim Landman, Operations Support

VOLUNTEERS
Kulwinder Dol, Volunteer Manager

TICKETING
J Moses Ceasar, Ticketing Manager
Smruti Shah, Ticketing Support
Guri Singh, Ticketing Support
Sareena Singh, Ticketing Support

SPECIAL EVENTS
Renu Madan, Reception/Special Events Manager
Jocelyn Jaigirdar, Party Coordinator/Composer (Trailer)
Rafael Jaigirdar, Special Events Support

PRINT/DESIGN/WEB
Christine U'Ren, Designer (Web/Print)
David Driver, Media Producer
Ramesh Goonetilleke, IT/Web Communications
Lucy Laird, Editor

PUBLICITY/OUTREACH
Seema Arora, Web Outreach
Vivek Asija, Facebook/Community Outreach
Barnali Ghosh, Community Outreach
Sue Jean Halvorsen, Program Associate/Community Outreach
Larsen and Associates, Publicity
Renu Madan. Facebook
Preeti Mangala-Shekar, Community Outreach
Irene Nexica, University Outreach
Ulash Thakore-Dunlap, Community Outreach

GUEST SERVICES
Seth St. Martin, Transportation Support
Tom Kendrick, Photographer

DOCUMENTING THE FESTIVAL
Gokul Krishna, Photographer/Videographer
Shane Gill, Photographer/Videographer

SPONSORSHIP
Alka Raghuram, Sponsorship Support

ADMINISTRATION
Barbara Gersh, Managing Director

ADVISORY BOARD, PROGRAMMING
Fara Akrami
Lalitha Gopalan
Lisa Tsering

Special Thanks to

All our volunteers, all staff at the Roxie Theater and Castro Theatre, ATA, Iranthi Abeysinghe, Fara Akrami, Abitha Anand, Gagan Arneja, Veenu Aulakh, Rajni Banthia, Abbas Barzgar, Kamla Bhatt, Melina Botton, everyone at CAAM, Angana Chatterji, Rishi Chopra, Kathleen Dargis, Monisha Gandhi, May German, Gitanjali, Nancy Goldman, Lalitha Gopalan, Tim Hammer, Steven Hill, Susan Hinchman, Obaid Jaigirdar, Shenaaz Janmohammed, Puneeta Kala, Tripthi Kamath, Frako Loden, Anand Mandapati, Henriette Marie, Saqib Mausoof, Laila Mehta, Manju Menon, Gary Meyer, Venkateswaran Narayanan, Dennis O’Brien, Susan Oxtoby, Pacific Film Archive, Hiral Parekh, Stephanie Parsons, Andrea Pezzano, Praba Pilar, Anita Ramanathan, Camille Ramani, Behnaz Raufi, Replica Copy (Berkeley), Diana Rohini-Lavigne, Rivka Sadarangani, Jason Sanders, Abhijit Shah, Ajay Shah, Tejal Shah, Meenakshi Shedde, Manoj Shailendra, Preeti Shekar, Sareena Singh, Patrick Smith, Nina Spensely, Jaya and K.V. Subramaniam, Lisa Tsering, Christine U’Ren, Karen Uyenco, Zhivka Valiavicharska, Venkatraman (Thendral), Susie Willemsz-Geeroms, Ken Wilson, Frances Wocicki, Scot Wocicki and Leo Wong.

Outreach Partners

3rd I SF strives to form mutually beneficial partnerships with othercommunity organizations and companies to promote South Asian independent film.

We welcome community organizations who wish to partner with us on our festival. Please contact outreach@thirdi.org.