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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T143000
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SUMMARY:KATHAL (JACKFRUIT)
DESCRIPTION:Click above for FREE tickets! Preceded by short film DOS BROS FORCE. \nKATHAL (Jackfruit)\, directed by Amit Ashraf\, is a fun\, quirky\, and enjoyable comedy for the whole family. At its core\, KATHAL is a creative and exuberant story about the adventures of two mischievous kids\, but on its edges\, the film is an enlightening satire around class and gender discrimination. \nTwo kids from the wrong side of the tracks sneak into a posh gated community to try and steal the world’s largest jackfruit. The kids’ getaway is blocked when they learn the fruit is too big to be pulled through the escape hole\, and they are forced instead to try and sell the jackfruit to the eccentric residents. What started as a simple playful heist turns into an adventure that tests their friendship. \nDirector Amit Ashraf gave the recipe for making KATHAL: Mix “some childish mischief from THE LITTLE RASCALS\, add gems of truths revealed by each strange encounter from THE LITTLE PRINCE\, and spin it all together in RICK AND MORTY creator Dan Harmon’s famous story circle\, and voila! KATHAL takes shape.” Ashraf is a 3rd i Fest alum (UDHAO)\, and also runs a film company dedicated to making children’s content. \nWINNER – Ahmedabad International Children’s Film Festival\, Best Story \nWINNER – Cannes World Film Festival\, Best Comedy\n  \nDOS BROS FORCE\, Jyothi Kalyan Sura (USA\, 2022\, 15 min)\nAn adorable and loving tale set in Los Angeles\, 1996\, about the Sura family\, a financially struggling Indian immigrant household. For her 9th birthday\, peppy little Isha has only one wish – to get $12 dollars to play video games. Unable to convince her parents\, she devises an ingenious plan with her 11-year-old brother to raise money. The innocent act will change their lives forever. \nWINNER – FilmGood\, Best Short Film\nWINNER – Canadian Cinematography Awards\, Best Short Film\n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/kathal-jackfruit/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230918T064708Z
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SUMMARY:TIKTOK\, BOOM
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be a digital native? TIKTOK\, BOOM dissects one of the most influential platforms of the contemporary social media landscape. Directed by CODED BIAS filmmaker Shalini Kantayya\, the film keenly examines the algorithmic\, sociopolitical\, economic\, and cultural influences and impact of the history-making app. This rigorous exploration balances a genuine interest in the TikTok community and its innovative mechanics with a healthy skepticism around the security issues\, global political challenges\, and racial biases behind the platform. A cast of Gen Z subjects\, including influencer Feroza Aziz and beatboxer Spencer X – the son of an Ecuadorian immigrant father and a first-generation Asian-American mother – remains at its center\, making this one of the most needed and empathetic films exploring what it means to be a digital native. \nWith this new director’s cut\, Kantayya\, an Emmy-nominated Sundance Fellow\, continues her engagement in the space where technology meets\, amplifies\, and opposes our humanity. Her incisive\, current look at the power and complexity of tech continues to advance a conversation that is bettered by her careful stewardship. \nNominated – Sundance Film Festival\, Grand Jury Prize\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/tiktok-boom/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230830T060109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T215615Z
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SUMMARY:AGRA
DESCRIPTION:Fasten your seatbelts and proceed with caution\, the new arthouse film AGRA\, from 3rd i alum Kanu Behl (TITLI)\, which opened to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival\, is an audacious and riveting film that looks into Indian family dynamics\, patriarchy\, and sexual frustration within limited physical space in metropolitan homes in India. \nGuru\, a young man in his twenties\, works in a call center in Agra and falls in love with Mala\, a work colleague. However\, he still lives with his parents. And when Guru announces that he wants to marry Mala and have her move into the house\, nothing goes as planned. \nKanu Behl skillfully uses AGRA to explore sexual repression through vivid sexual imagery and to examine dysfunction and physical space. And how the lack of space\, in a country of over a billion\, affects the way people live their lives. The film is captivating and intense\, but not for the faint of heart. \nPREMIERED – Director’s Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival to a standing ovation \nWINNER – Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne\, Best Indie Film Award & Best Actor\, Mohit Agarwal
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/agra/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T171500
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230918T064559Z
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SUMMARY:THE GOLDEN THREAD
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nishtha Jain in person!\nBay Area Premiere\nA visually spectacular and symphonic ode to manual labor and the jute factories of West Bengal\, India. THE GOLDEN THREAD documentary\, directed by 3rd i alum and multi-award-winning filmmaker Nishtha Jain (GULABI GANG\, LAKSHMI AND ME)\, with its magical long takes and beautifully composed shots\, fully immerses the audience into the world of the golden fiber or jute. \nThe film shifts from the jute fields of West Bengal to weaving in gigantic mills where the fiber is processed\, and where not much has changed since the industrial revolution. As Jain mentions\, “powered by steam and sweat\, work is a dance to the rhythms of the century-old machines”. And in between scenes\, we meet the workers on their lunch breaks\, smoking ganja to keep going\, and singing at night while dreaming of becoming movie stars. \n“My stories are complex\,” Jain says of her films\, “They lie in the gray. (THE GOLDEN THREAD) is not just a one-line story. It’s about jute. It’s about this factory. It’s about the ecosystem. It’s about factories being made obsolete. It’s about how these factories work\, and the people (who work in them).” \nSpecial Mention – DOXA Documentary Film Festival\, Feature Documentary Award\nNominated – Munich International Documentary Film Festival\, Viktor Award
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-golden-thread/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230830T060050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T220537Z
UID:6579-1697900400-1697900400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:BANGLA SURF GIRLS
DESCRIPTION:BANGLA SURF GIRLS\, directed by Elizabeth D. Costa\, is an inspiring and immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar\, a beach town in Bangladesh\, where we witness the transformation of young girls who join a local surf club and dream of freedom from traditional expectations. \nThe memorable\, educational and heartfelt storyline of the film intimately captures the raw emotions of the family\, and the complex pressures on poor\, working-class girls. Balancing the freedom of the waves with the restrictive realities of their circumstances\, the film allows us to experience the thrill and struggle of coming of age. SURF GIRLS will have you rooting for the young women each time they overcome a wave or hurdle. \nDirector Elizabeth D. Costa is a first-time Bangladeshi filmmaker who honed her career as a script supervisor for Tareque and Catherine Masud (THE CLAY BIRD\, 2002 Cannes Film Festival). The film is written and produced by Lalita Krishna. \nWINNER – Portuguese Film Festival\, Women in Surf Award\nWINNER – Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival\, Best Surf Documentary Award\n\nWINNER – Bushwick Film Festival New York\, Best Feature Documentary Award
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/bangla-surf-girls/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230918T065954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T215940Z
UID:6599-1697893200-1697893200@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING
DESCRIPTION:Payal Kapadia’s documentary film\, A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING\, is a brilliant\, dreamlike\, poetic exploration of the political and social changes occurring in India. \nThrough a series of letters read aloud to an absent lover\, we learn about the fears\, desires\, and philosophical identity of a young woman named L\, a student at the Film and Television Institute of India. Through these reflective words\, along with a variety of documentary images and an evocative music score\, writer-director Payal Kapadia has constructed an astonishing fragmentary work that witnesses India’s resurgent extreme nationalism. \nA NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING is a poetic testament to the inseparability of life\, film\, politics\, and dreams\, while functioning as an essential portrait of the ongoing struggle of resistance. \nThe film quotes Milan Kundera’s observation\, “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” Kapadia added\, “We wanted the film to have a feeling of timelessness. Almost like the viewer is in the future\, and looking back at this time. Maybe it is easier to gain perspective when one looks back at the past. \nWinner – Cannes Film Festival\, Golden Eye\, Best Documentary Award\nWinner – Toronto International Film Festival Amplify Voices Award \nWinner – Indian Film Festival of Melbourne\, Best Documentary Award\n  \n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/a-night-of-knowing-nothing/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230929T220442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T175017Z
UID:6731-1697837400-1697837400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:WHILE WE WATCHED
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Vinay Shukla in person!\nSan Francisco Premiere\nA riveting and essential film\, WHILE WE WATCHED\, directed by 3rd i alum Vinay Shukla (AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN)\, is an award-winning gem of a doc and not to be missed. It is an urgent reminder that we have much to lose if we can no longer tell fact from fiction. The film smartly captures the state of contemporary news media with a powerful character study of Ravish Kumar\, prime-time Indian TV news anchor and journalist\, and his unshakable quest to speak the truth and to hold power to account. \nShukla’s documentary poignantly chronicles the challenges Kumar faces as he strives to uphold standards of independence and accountability in the press. The emphasis of the film is on Kumar\, and his perseverance against the normalization of authoritarianism\, which forms the heartbeat of the story. \nWHILE WE WATCHED is fast-paced\, with sharp and unflinching commentary\, and is essential viewing for anyone interested in how journalism and democracy are under threat. Although the film is rooted in India\, its depiction of how misinformation is eroding fact-based news could apply to many countries. \nWINNER – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)\, Amplify Voices Award 2022\nWINNER – Busan International Film Festival\, Busan Cinephile Award 2022
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/while-we-watched-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T191500
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20230830T060059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T180155Z
UID:6584-1697829300-1697829300@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:WHILE WE WATCHED
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Vinay Shukla in person!\nSan Francisco Premiere\nA riveting and essential film\, WHILE WE WATCHED\, directed by 3rd i alum Vinay Shukla (AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN)\, is an award-winning gem of a doc and not to be missed. It is an urgent reminder that we have much to lose if we can no longer tell fact from fiction. The film smartly captures the state of contemporary news media with a powerful character study of Ravish Kumar\, prime-time Indian TV news anchor and journalist\, and his unshakable quest to speak the truth and to hold power to account. \nShukla’s documentary poignantly chronicles the challenges Kumar faces as he strives to uphold standards of independence and accountability in the press. The emphasis of the film is on Kumar\, and his perseverance against the normalization of authoritarianism\, which forms the heartbeat of the story. \nWHILE WE WATCHED is fast-paced\, with sharp and unflinching commentary\, and is essential viewing for anyone interested in how journalism and democracy are under threat. Although the film is rooted in India\, its depiction of how misinformation is eroding fact-based news could apply to many countries. \nWINNER – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)\, Amplify Voices Award 2022\nWINNER – Busan International Film Festival\, Busan Cinephile Award 2022
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/while-we-watched/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221007
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220917T005513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T053921Z
UID:6399-1665014400-1665100799@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Online Program: "Retro Short Films"
DESCRIPTION:3rd i’s Festival online program this year is “Retro Short Films.” \n Oct 6\, 12am – 11:59pm.\n3rd i’s Retro Short Films 2002-2019\nAn inspiring array from the UK\, Canada\, India\, Pakistan and the USA. \nCross My Heart\, Avie Luthra (UK\, 2002\, 22 min)\nA young man leads a double life when he tries to convince his family that he is “Indian”’ enough to inherit his uncle’s video store. A hilarious critique of racism within the South Asian British community. \nWaxed Poetic\, Keshni Kashyap (USA\, 2004\, 2 min)\nA little ode to the ancient Indian beauty practice of hair waxing. \n6FT IN 7MIN\, Rafael Del Toro (USA\, 2005\, 15 min)\nA wonderfully dark and entertaining comedy about Rafeev Reddi\, a South Asian British adolescent who has been surrounded by death all his life. On his 18th birthday he finally comes to understand why. \nPost Nup\, Sandeep Kumar Sood (2011\, 2 min & 4 min)\nA comedic animated series about a young couple. The two episodes here are: Episode 11: “Traveling Man” and Episode 12: “Being Salman Rushdie” \nShameless\, Geeta Malik (USA\, 2013\, 4 min)\nA woman on trial for prostitution whimsically turns the tables on her accusers \nThe First Session\, Ryan Logan & Fawzia Mirza (USA\, 2015\, 6 min)\nIn this therapy-couch comedy\, two women attempt to repair their relationship with the help of an unconventional therapist. \nWhat’s Your Brown Number?  Vinnie Ann Bose (India\, 2016\, 5 min)\nWIYBN is an animated short exploring the absurdity of colorism. \nI Know Her\, Fawzia Mirza\, (Canada/Pakistan\, 2019\, 3 min)\nA playful reflection on intimate relationships.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/online-program-retro-short-films/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220925T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220925T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220824T085035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180654Z
UID:6266-1664127000-1664127000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:COAST TO COAST: MUMBAI TO THE MISSION
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Roxie Theater\, not available online.\nFilmmakers Hena Ashraf\,  Naman Gupta and Faroukh Virani in person!\n3rd i’s signature shorts program brings filmmakers into conversation together from South Asia to California and throughout the Diaspora. With short-form documentaries to dramatic narratives and genres ranging from comedy to animation\, this year’s edition tackles stories of relationships\, identity\, LGBTQ+ and social justice.  Be warned\, there’s a fair amount of humor! \n \nTomorrow My Love\, Gitanjali Rao (India\, 2021\, 4 min)\nWith artful simplicity\, exquisite hand drawn animation and her signature warmth\, 3rd i Festival alum Gitanjali Rao (Bombay Rose)\, pays homage to love in this exquisite ballad about touching the heart without being able to touch. \nDimanche Matin\,  Vinnie Bose (India\, 2019\, 4 min)\nEvery Sunday morning\, Ann\, a 7- year-old Indian girl\, is forced to wake up early to go to church with her family. But this Sunday\, mass ends up being a lot more eventful than expected. \nThe Return\, Hena Ashraf (USA\, 2021\, 18 min)\nA writer-director struggles with her profound sense of loss after the sudden death of her father\, who dies while visiting his homeland of India. Hena wrestles with coming to terms with their strained relationship\, by the only way she knows how: making a film. \nBrown Elephant\, Fawzia Mirza (Pakistan/ Canada\, 2022\, 3 min)\nHilarity ensues when a young Muslim woman and her family discuss a peacekeeping solution for their overly aggressive “White Elephant” gift exchange. \nSubscribe/Follow\, Faroukh Virani (USA\, 2022\, 15 min)\nA social media influencer code-switches his platform\, but gets challenged by his peers when they find faults in his messaging. \nCoffee Shop Names\, Deepak Sethi (USA\, 2020\, 8 min)\nIn this smart and funny short feature about identity and cultural awareness\, three Indian friends on their regular coffee break discuss what their “coffee shop names” are and their made-up personas behind them. \nAuntie\, Fawzia Mirza (Pakistan/Canada\, 2022\, 7 min)\nA day after meeting a crew of 20-somethings at a South Asian happy hour\, 39-year-old Hena is thrown into their group text. \nComing Out With The Help Of A Time Machine\, Naman Gupta (USA\, 2021\, 15 min)\nWhen coming out to his traditional Indian parents\, Sid uses his time machine to reset the day in an attempt to make sure everything goes perfectly.  \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/coast-to-coast-mumbai-to-the-mission-7/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220925T151500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220925T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220824T085012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180658Z
UID:6264-1664118900-1664118900@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:ANIMAL
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Roxie Theater; not available online.\nCyril Dion’s insightful and transformative documentary takes a fresh look at the world’s ecological crises of climate change and the sixth mass extinction of wildlife\, through the eyes of two 16-year-old environmental activists\, Vipulan Puvaneswaran and Bella Lack. \nThrough the extraordinary investigative journey of teenagers Vipulan\, of Sri Lankan descent from France\, and of Bella\, from England\, we learn from scientists and activists what is being done around the world to attempt to reverse mass extinction\, revealing a quest for another way of living alongside other species\, as co-habitants rather than predators. \nThe young activists take us to the source of the problem\, which is hopefully the solution\, too: our relationship to the living world. Through their confrontation of this reality\, we become more deeply aware of how we are linked to all other species\, and that by saving them\, we also save ourselves\, providing the possibility of a brighter future. As Dion explains\, “The human being believed that he could separate himself from nature\, but he is nature. He too is an Animal.” \nGolden Eye nominee\, Cannes Film Festival 2021\nYouth Jury Prize winner\, International French Film Festival of Namur 2021
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/animal/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220925T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220925T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220824T085059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180700Z
UID:6269-1664110800-1664110800@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Roxie Theater\, not available online.\nFilmmakers Vivek Bald and Alaudin Ullah in person for Q&A!\nIn Search of Bengali Harlem is a transformative journey for Alaudin Ullah\, and for our understanding of the complex histories of South Asian Americans. \nAs a teenager in 1980s Harlem\, Alaudin Ullah was swept up in the revolutionary energy of early hip-hop. He rejected his working-class Bangladeshi parents and turned his back on everything South Asian and Muslim until he became an adult.  In Search of Bengali Harlem follows Ullah\, from the streets of New York City to the villages of Bangladesh to uncover the pasts of his father\, Habib\, and mother\, Mohima. He discovers that Habib was part of an extraordinary history of mid-20th century Harlem\, in which Bengali men\, dodging racist Asian Exclusion laws\, married into New York’s African American and Puerto Rican communities – and in which the likes of Malcolm X and Miles Davis shared space and broke bread with immigrants from the subcontinent.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/in-search-of-bengali-harlem/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220811T065421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180709Z
UID:6252-1664047800-1664047800@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:DIL BOLE HADIPPA
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Castro Theatre\, not available online.\nGet your Bollywood groove on with 3rd i’s Bollywood at the Castro! Enjoy a blockbuster classic with exuberance and camp on the BIG SCREEN – one of the most fun and popular events at the festival!  \nFans know Rani Mukherjee as one of the most beautiful\, dynamic women ever to grace a movie screen\, and a celebrated actor in Indian cinema. Featuring sparkling comic performances from both Mukherjee and her co-star Shahid Kapoor\, as well as dazzling song sequences\, this is a rousing\, fun-filled musical romance – with cricket\, too. \nMukherjee plays a feisty Punjabi woman who just happens to be a brilliant batsman. When the cocky Rohan (Kapoor) returns from overseas to take up coaching a national men’s cricket team\, she seeks a position in the lineup. There’s no place on his team for a girl. So\, in a conceit right out of Shakespeare\, she dons a beard and a turban to fulfill her dream of playing. \nFilled with the booty-shaking\, percussive joy of Punjabi music\, this is a full-on Bollywood masala movie\, never shy about deploying Mukherjee’s smoky hotness and the hunky cuteness of Kapoor. Right up to its fantastic closing number\, this movie bursts with vibrant\, firecracker charm.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/dil-bole-hadippa/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220824T085121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180712Z
UID:6258-1664038800-1664038800@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Castro Theatre\, not available online.\nFilmmaker Vivek Bald in person for Q&A!\nIn a thrilling mix of live music performances\, candid interviews and rare archival footage\,  director Vivek Bald charts the meteoric rise of South Asian music in 1990’s Britain and the decades of cultural cross-pollination and political struggle that led up to that historic moment. The documentary features some of the greatest innovators and legendary artists in the South Asian British music scene of the 90s:  Asian Dub Foundation\, Talvin Singh\, State of Bengal\, Fun-Da-Mental\, Anjali\, DJ Ritu\, Joi\, Black Star Liner and many others. \nMutiny presents the story of a generation that grew up defining itself in an environment of racial violence\, while drawing strength from both British street culture and South Asian roots. Nearly every musician interviewed talks about experiencing anti-Asian racism while growing up. Bald shows how identification with England’s black population led them to embrace reggae and hip-hop in addition to Indian sounds like Bollywood soundtrack music\, bhangra\, and Indian classical music. This led to the Asian Underground movement of English rock in the 90s\, with artists mixing the influences of their parents’ cultures with electronica\, hip-hop\, reggae\, and punk that produced unique and powerful new sounds that have become some of the greatest contributions to British music. \n  \nAFTER PARTY\n9:30pm – 11:30pm\nCome to a special “After Party” of Asian Underground beats reminiscent of Mutiny & Dhamaal (Azaad) club events\, Global Hip Hop\, plus the latest flavors of the diaspora. \nPerformances by:\nNavdeep Music (Mutiny\, Anamika)\nSETI X\nManeesh the Twister (Surya Dub\, Dhamaal) soundcloud.com/surya-dub \nBissap Baobab Village\n243 Mission St\, SF (btwn 18th & 19th)\n9:30pm-11:30pm\nCall (415) 826-9287 for more details \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/mutiny/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220824T085143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180710Z
UID:6248-1664031600-1664031600@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:SHANKAR’S FAIRIES
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Castro Theatre\, not available online.\nFilled with wonder and imagination\, Irfana Majumdar’s nostalgic and insightful period piece portrays a privileged family in Lucknow\, India in the 1960s. \nMajumdar’s feature debut delicately weaves together the personal and social lives of a wealthy family\, while simultaneously delving into the postcolonial era in which India is newly independent but still remains exploitative and bound by caste and class. \nShankar\, a village man with many skills\, is an indispensable servant in the house of a senior police officer. His master’s young daughter loves his magical stories about fairy tales\, and they share a close bond. Meanwhile\, Shankar’s own daughter falls seriously ill in his village while he is away. \nThese complexities in the narrative explore the structures of class\, caste\, inequality\, and social obligations. Loosely based on a story written by Majumdar’s mother\, Nita Kumar\, the narrative was filmed in the maternal family home. \nDirector Irfana has commented:\n“The countless moments of daily life shape our future. In our childhood\, we both witness injustice and experience wonder. The film asks: how do we reconcile with this? Who do we become? What do we remember?’’ \nGolden Leopard nominee\, Locarno International Film Festival\nGold Hugo nominee\, Chicago International Film Festival
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/shankars-fairies/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220811T063755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180726Z
UID:6238-1664024400-1664024400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Adieu Godard
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Castro Theatre\, not available online.\nIn this wry\, arthouse dark comedy\,  director Amartya Bhattacharyya pays homage to and draws inspiration from his favorite filmmaker\, the legendary auteur Jean-Luc Godard and his early 1960s French New wave films. \nThe elderly Ananda lives in a small village in the rural backdrop of Odisha in northeastern India. He has the reputation of being the village pervert for his obsession with porn\, buying DVDs from a local seller and organizing frequent viewing parties with his friends\, while ignoring the visible disdain of his wife and daughter. Things go awry for Ananda when his supplier\, in a comical mistake\, gives him a DVD of Godard’s Breathless\, branding it as a “French pornographic film.” \nIgnoring his friends’ derision for the lack of nudity and sex\, with Breathless\, Ananda grows enamored with Godard films\, so much so that he decides to hold a film festival of Godard’s films in the village. \nAdieu Godard provides a critical commentary on the conventions of commercial cinema. \nBhattacharyya’s narrative technique of Godard vs. porn sets up the debate of cinema as an artistic medium vs. cinema as a distraction from daily menial drudgery. It also ponders the idea of where appreciation of art originates\, and how it may not be constrained by the boundaries of socioeconomic class. \nWinner – Best Director\, Actor and  Screenplay – Sipontum Arthouse Intl Film Festival 2022\nWinner – Best Film Bengaluru International Film Festival 2022\nWinner – Best Film Golden Royal Bengal Tiger\, Kolkata INternational Film Festival 2022\nWinner – The “Dare to Dream” award at the UK Film Festival (UKAFF) 2022
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/adieu-godard/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220923T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220923T191500
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220824T085233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180725Z
UID:6272-1663960500-1663960500@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:FOUR SAMOSAS
DESCRIPTION:See only at the Roxie Theater\, not available online.\nFilmmaker/actor Ravi Kapoor and actor Venk Potula in person for Q&A!!\nCalifornia Premiere\nWritten and directed by Ravi Kapoor (Miss India America)\, this fun romantic comedy affectionately incorporates Indian cultural ideals into an American heist movie genre\, creating a mixture or “masala” reviewed as the most unique film to come out of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.  \nShot in vibrant\, saturated color reminiscent of Wes Anderson\, the narrative brims with scrappy\, indie-spirit in which underachieving wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals plan to disrupt his ex-girlfriend’s wedding by stealing her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe. \nCentered in “Little India” in Artesia\, California\, the comedy taps into the various aspects of the customs and the food in the area. Through the film’s nuanced and whimsical plot\, the characters celebrate various aspects of South Asian American culture with their infectious spirit.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/four-samosas/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220602T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220602T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220506T071655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180731Z
UID:6178-1654196400-1654200000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:An Encore Special Talk by Robin Sukhadia
DESCRIPTION:3rd i Presents\nA special talk by Robin Sukhadia on the healing power of tabla\, with a live sound meditation\nFree live workshop via Zoom\nLimited seats available\nRegister at: 3rditickets@gmail.com\n\nSupported in part by the California Arts Council \nIn this special and unique workshop focused on the tabla\, Fulbright scholar\, musician/composer and 3rd i alum\, Robin Sukhadia\, will share the history of raga (melody) and tala (rhythm) on the subcontinent of India. He will also present a live tabla sound meditation to give context to the effect tabla can have on bringing peace to the body and mind. \nThe convergence of Persian/Islamic and Hindu cultures over centuries of time has produced a musical tradition that is full of healing power. While these cultures are in some ways diametrically opposed\, they align on the importance of sound and vibration and their connection to the body and to cosmology. Listeners and practitioners today are drawn to this healing power\, as Hindustani Classical continues to mesmerize listeners the world over. The primary rhythmic instrument of Hindustani classical music\, the tabla\, holds a special role in grounding and propelling the energy of ragas (melodic scale explorations)\, which are designed to provoke introspection and uplift the spirits of the listener. \nA Spotify playlist has been curated by Robin to accompany the workshop. \nA Master in Fine Arts graduate from the World Music program at the California Institute of the Arts\, Robin Sukhadia studies tabla (classical north Indian drums) under Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri at the California Institute of the Arts and the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael\, California. His special focus on the musical traditions and rhythms of south Asia informs his approach to musical arrangement and composition on a wide range of concert\, film\, and album productions. (tablapusher.com) Robin has traveled internationally on behalf of Project Ahimsa\, an organization committed to empowering impoverished youth through music education. He performs and teaches extensively\, in both classical and contemporary contexts\, and has developed innovative music education programs at the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad\, the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles\, the de Young Museum in San Francisco\, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco\, the Machine Project in Los Angeles and the Sangati Center in San Francisco. \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/an-encore-special-talk-by-robin-sukhadia/
LOCATION:Zoom from your own device
CATEGORIES:Past Festival Screenings and Events,Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220529T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220529T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220506T010004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T180732Z
UID:6153-1653832800-1653836400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Alka Raghuram\, a Filmmaker's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:3rd i presents an in-person workshop\nFREE admission at the door. Proof of vaccination and masks are required. \nIn this interactive presentation\, Alka Raghuram — filmmaker and artist — will share her works and works-in-progress\, her creative process during Covid\, and how she creates unique points of view that reflect the characters’ and the filmmaker’s worldview. She’ll offer a sneak peek of her new documentary on mental health\, Blueprint of Love. \nSupported in part by the California Arts Council \nAlka Raghuram is an award-winning filmmaker and a multidisciplinary artist. She has made several fiction\, experimental\, and documentary films. She was awarded the L’Oreal Woman of Worth Filmmaker Award for her script The Conqueror at Tribeca All Access\, and Director of The Year at the IDF Forum\, Westlake International Documentary Festival for her feature documentary Burqa Boxers about Muslim women boxers in Kolkata\, which won the top prize\, Grant Open Doors\, at the Locarno Film Festival co-production market. Her script Ayna was a finalist at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Alka frequently collaborates with other artists to create narrative performances and installations. Some of her collaborations include “Yatra” with Kathak and Flamenco dancers Pandit Chitresh Das and Antonio Hidalgo Paz; “Agni” with choreographer Charlotte Moraga and musician Alam Khan\, and a photo\, video and art installation Inspired by Burqa Boxers at the Locarno Film Festival. She recently received Creative Work Fund for a multimedia project called “Invoking The River” about the river Yamuna’s mythological significance and its environmental degradation in collaboration with Chitresh Das Institute of dance. Alka is currently developing a sci-fi fantasy series\, Krishna 0110. 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/alka-raghuram-a-filmmakers-workshop/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Festival Screenings and Events,Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220407T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220407T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220304T020057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T053926Z
UID:6082-1649354400-1649358000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:A special talk by Robin Sukhadia
DESCRIPTION:3rd i Presents\nA special talk by Robin Sukhadia on the healing power of tabla\, with a live sound meditation\nFree live workshop via Zoom\nLimited seats available\nRegister at: 3rditickets@gmail.com\n\nSupported in part by the California Arts Council \nIn this special and unique workshop focused on the tabla\, Fulbright scholar\, musician/composer and 3rd i alum\, Robin Sukhadia\, will share the history of raga (melody) and tala (rhythm) on the subcontinent of India. He will also present a live tabla sound meditation to give context to the effect tabla can have on bringing peace to the body and mind. \nThe convergence of Persian/Islamic and Hindu cultures over centuries of time has produced a musical tradition that is full of healing power. While these cultures are in some ways diametrically opposed\, they align on the importance of sound and vibration and their connection to the body and to cosmology. Listeners and practitioners today are drawn to this healing power\, as Hindustani Classical continues to mesmerize listeners the world over. The primary rhythmic instrument of Hindustani classical music\, the tabla\, holds a special role in grounding and propelling the energy of ragas (melodic scale explorations)\, which are designed to provoke introspection and uplift the spirits of the listener. \nA Spotify playlist has been curated by Robin to accompany the workshop. \nA Master in Fine Arts graduate from the World Music program at the California Institute of the Arts\, Robin Sukhadia studies tabla (classical north Indian drums) under Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri at the California Institute of the Arts and the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael\, California. His special focus on the musical traditions and rhythms of south Asia informs his approach to musical arrangement and composition on a wide range of concert\, film\, and album productions. (tablapusher.com) Robin has traveled internationally on behalf of Project Ahimsa\, an organization committed to empowering impoverished youth through music education. He performs and teaches extensively\, in both classical and contemporary contexts\, and has developed innovative music education programs at the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad\, the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles\, the de Young Museum in San Francisco\, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco\, the Machine Project in Los Angeles and the Sangati Center in San Francisco. \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/workshop-with-robin-sukhadia/
LOCATION:Zoom from your own device
CATEGORIES:Past Festival Screenings and Events,Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220616T225237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T053926Z
UID:6204-1636920000-1636920000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:In Process With Nishtha Jain
DESCRIPTION:THIS VIRTUAL EVENT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LIVE AUDIENCE Q&A (for viewers in California only)\nDirector Nishtha Jain is an award-winning Indian filmmaker best known for her documentaries Gulabi Gang and Lakshmi and Me. Most notably\, she has been awarded the prestigious Chicken & Egg Award which recognises international women documentary filmmakers. She has won numerous awards including Amnesty International Awards for Human Rights\, Best Documentary\, International Association of Women in Radio and Television and best documentary awards at international film festivals. She is a 3rd i alum\, having screened City of Photos\, Lakshmi and Me\, At My Doorstep\, Family Album\, Gulabi Gang\, and her first short fiction (Proof)\, at the festival in previous years. \nThis year\, we are thrilled to offer a process-peek into her current research on the farmers’ struggle to retain their sovereignty as food growers. Her research brings a close-up view of the large-scale protests against corporatization of Indian agriculture. As the food growers painstakingly cultivate resistance\, they begin to reap an early harvest in the form of camaraderie and re-connection\, remembering that theirs is a long history as keepers of this nation’s humanity and independence. \nIn this program\, the filmmaker will share her experiences and reflect on the nuances of storytelling in the documentary form. She will offer her insights as an outsider looking in at one of the most significant protests in recent Indian history that transpired in surprising ways. \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/in-process-with-nishtha-jain/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,events,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,Past Festival Screenings and Events,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220616T232322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T053927Z
UID:6223-1636790400-1637186400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Writing With Fire
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Rintu Thomas\, Sushmit Ghosh\nIndia/Hindi with subtitles\n2021\n93 min \n  \nIn a cluttered news landscape dominated by men emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. With smartphones\, they break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their homes\, redefining what it is to be powerful. \nInvestigative reporter Meera emerges as a central character in this triumphant documentary — one of the fearless founders of the online newspaper\, Khabar Lahariya. The newspaper and its online YouTube channel are dedicated to uncovering abuses of government malfeasance\, patriarchy\, and the rampant gender and caste violence that victimizes the voiceless and the powerless in India. \nDirector-producers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh produce films that have the power to create transformative social impact. They are invested in the power of nonfiction storytelling\, with a strong eye on social justice stories. Rintu and Sushmit were recognized for their filmmaking work with a President’s Medal in 2012\, the highest honor given to filmmakers in India. Five years in the making\, Writing With Fire is their first feature documentary. \nIncludes a post-screening discussion with director Rintu Thomas\, and a panel discussion with Christina Thomas Dhanaraj and Yashica Dutt and Preeti Gamzeh. \nWinner Audience Award\, World Cinema Documentary\, Sundance Film Festival 2021 \nWinner Special Jury Award: Impact for Change\, Sundance Film Festival 2021 \n“Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s debut feature follows the brave journalists of India’s only women-run newspaper\, blending the personal and professional with a deft touch.” – Indiewire \n“Rousing\, inspirational tribute to the pride of grassroots Indian journalism.” – Variety \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/writing-with-fire/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Past Festival Screenings and Events,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220616T232011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220617T011535Z
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SUMMARY:White Riot
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Rubika Shah\nUK/English\n2019\n80 min \n\n\n\n\n\nRubika Shah’s incendiary\, inspiring and award winning documentary commemorates a vital national music protest movement from the 1970s\, Rock Against Racism (RAR)\, which is as relevant today in our Trumpian era as it was back then. \nThe doc takes us to a time when right-wing populist demigods like Enoch Powell preached hate in the British parliament and skinheads attacked West Indian and South Asian communities. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation’s youth\, RAR’s multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. As co-founder Red Saunders explains: “We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika.” \nThe campaign grew from fanzine roots to 1978’s huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park\, featuring X-Ray Spex\, Tom Robinson\, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash\, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR’s message to the masses. Blending fresh interviews with archival footage\, Shah’s documentary delves into exploring the power of grassroots activism\, while doubling as a contemporary call to arms against racism. \nIncludes a post-screening discussion with director Rubika Shah. \n“The past is present. White Riot illuminates how the Rock Against Racism movement rose up against violent extremism in recent British history and how that need for resistance persists in the twenty-first century.” – Audrey J. Golden\, Film Review\, Louder Than War Online Magazine
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/white-riot/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220616T231505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220616T232648Z
UID:6217-1636790400-1637186400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:The Tenant
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Sushrut Jain\nUSA/English\, Hindi with subtitles\n2020\n111 min \nSushrut Jain returns to 3rd i this year (Beyond All Boundaries\, 2013) with his “dramedy” The Tenant\, starring Shamita Shetty in a story of an unlikely friendship. \nWhen Meera (Shetty) moves into a housing complex in the suburbs of Mumbai\, she is immediately the target of gossip\, desire and disdain from the other tenants. The film introduces viewers to how teenagers negotiate India’s conservative gender codes\, and exposes how women\, when living on their own terms\, are the target of patriarchal criticism. With sensitive perception\, director Sushrut Jain drives home these cultural realities through the story of a boy learning how to treat a woman with dignity. Is Meera a woman of bad character like everyone says\, or the smart\, sensitive person he knows? How he reacts will determine the man he will grow up to be.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-tenant/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220616T231031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220616T233035Z
UID:6213-1636790400-1637186400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:The Loyal Man
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Lawrence Valin\nFrance/Tamil with subtitles\n2020\n37 min \n\n\n\n\n\nFrench-Sri Lankan director Lawrence Valin offers up a gripping coming-of-age crime romance by immersing us in the gritty Tamil underworld of iconic Paris\, France. Valin skillfully performs  double-duty in this film\, acting and directing with aplomb. In the role of the character Aathi — an enforcer for the mob — he must confront his allegiance to his mob boss when he falls in love with a trafficked woman\, Minale\, who is under the boss’s control. \nThe film contrasts the vulnerability of Minnale against the indifference of the enforcer Aathi\, offering a complex portrait of displacement and its violence. While their shared loss of culture and homeland has the capacity to bring them together\, their vastly different positions of power creates a chasm between them. Does loyalty matter more to Aathi than the cost of human life? Will Minnale gain her freedom from her enforced obligations\, and will Aathi gain his humanity and give up his life as a callous trafficker? Experience this cinematic tour-de-force from a fresh new voice from the South Asian diaspora. \nIncludes a post-screening discussion with director Lawrence Valin
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-loyal-man/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T061406
CREATED:20220616T230457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220616T230620Z
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SUMMARY:The Ants and The Grasshopper
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Raj Patel\, Zak Piper\nMalawi/English with subtitles\n2021\n74 min \nReferred to as the “rock star of social justice writing’’\, Raj Patel co-directs this intimate and empowering exploration of a major issue of our time — global climate chaos. The film takes us from a small rural village farm in Malawi\, Africa\, to our own urban village in Oakland\, California. \nPatel follows Anita Chitaya and her mentor Esther Lupafya. These women have a gift; they can help bring abundant food from dead soil\, make men fight for gender equality\, and end child hunger in their village. Now they decide to embark on a journey through the U.S. in an effort to convince Americans that climate change is real. Along the way\, they visit Midwest farms and urban food cooperatives\, witnessing national divisions — from the rural-urban divide\, to schisms of race\, class and gender — in their quest to save their home from drought. \nThe Ants and The Grasshopper holds up a mirror on our society with a straightforward honest lens.  The only way we’re going to deal with the trauma that is now beginning to afflict us\, Bill McKibben (founder of 350.org) says\, is by building the ethic of solidarity around the world. This film suggests a starting point for these conversations. \nRaj Patel’s  award-winning books include Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. The Value of Nothing was a New York Times and international best-seller. He is the co-author with Jason W. Moore of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. His acclaimed latest book\, co-authored with Rupa Marya\,  is entitled Inflamed: Deep Medicine and The Anatomy of Injustice. \nWinner\, Moving Mountains Award\, Mountainfilm Telluride 2021 \n“Ultimately\, the message of the film is a call to care… and to acknowledge the interconnectivity that links us all\, for better or worse\, across an imperiled world.” – The Guardian \n“I am blown away. You have found a hero of such grace and intelligence and power\, and you had the good sense to get out of the way\, center the narrative on her.” – Michael Pollan
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-ants-and-the-grasshopper/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,festivals,films
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SUMMARY:Pebbles
DESCRIPTION:Directed by P.S. Vinothraj\nIndia/Tamil with subtitles\n2021\n75 min \nSAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe arid\, mountainous landscape of southeast India\, Tamil Nadu\, makes for a rewarding and sublime visual experience in the gorgeously shot Pebbles. Smart\, nuanced\, and disturbing\, the narrative delves deep into the life of a young boy\, Velu\, who is dragged between villages by his abusive alcoholic father. Writer-director P.S. Vinothraj’s exquisite and deeply sympathetic lens moves beyond a reductive father-son drama with brief yet significant episodes about the people they casually encounter and the simmering landscape around them. \nThe film seamlessly and simply digs into a larger\, unforced statement about toxic patriarchy\, limited resources\, and the silent\, enduring place of women as enablers of life. Velu is the story’s moral core\, powerless in the face of his father’s rage yet aware of right and wrong and the destructive nature of wounded patriarchal impotence. The boy’s eyes\, silently registering his father’s abuse\, convey everything needed — from bewilderment and hurt to determination and resistance. \nPebbles\, P.S. Vinothraj’s debut film\, is a sublime stretch of pure cinema and a must-see for cinephiles. \nIndia’s official entry for the Oscars 2022! \nWinner of the Tiger Award\, 2021 Rotterdam Film Festival
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/pebbles/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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SUMMARY:Coast to Coast: From Mumbai to the Mission
DESCRIPTION:3rd i’s signature shorts program brings California filmmakers into conversation with filmmakers from South Asia and the Diaspora. With genres ranging from comedy to contemporary music\, and short-form documentaries to dramatic narratives\, this year’s edition tackles stories of relationships\, identity\, environment\, LGBTQ and social justice with compassion. \nTheetu (Untouchability)\, Haresh Narayanan (India\, Canada\, 2021\, 6:40 mins)\nAn ironic and humorous critique of how one does not forget their caste\, even when buying carrots. \nSunday\, Arun Fulara (India\, 2020\, 10 mins)\nWhen the middle-aged Kamble makes his weekly visit to the neighbourhood barber shop\, it’s not just for a shave. He can’t wait to be touched by Jaan\, the new young barber he has a crush on. \nTurbulence\, Mahesh Pailoor (USA\, 2021\, 3 mins)\nA short doc on photojournalist Luis Sinco’s awe inspiring images\, documenting a very turbulent year in Los Angeles. \n7pm\, Vick Krishna & Piyali Syam (USA\, 2020\, 3:34 mins)\nA young couple cling to any form of connection amid a global pandemic that prohibits human interaction. \nAGNI (Fire)\, Alka Raghuram (USA\, 2021\, 5:45 mins)\nA dance meditation on our world burning\, featuring music by Alam Khan and\nchoreography by Charlotte Moraga of the Chitresh Das Institute. \nNow That We’ve Met\, Nitya Turaga\, (USA\, 2019\, 4:54 mins)\nNina\, set up on a blind date\, immediately decides the only thing in common she has with her date\, Jay\, is that they’re both Indian. Jay\, a hopeless romantic\, begs to differ. \nThe Shower\, Mahesh Pailoor (USA\, 2019\, 14 mins)\nTwo worlds collide when Maya’s oldest friend shows up at her baby shower\, single and child-free. \nThe Plunge\, Simon Ryninks and written by Omar Khan (UK\, 2019\, 10 mins)\nA hilarious and sexy romp ensues when a couple in love find themselves ready to take the next step. \nCONTRACTOR 014352\, Simon Ryninks (UK\, 2018\, 13 mins)\nComedy-Drama Sci-Fi — With Omar Khan . Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen\, in search of a genuine connection. \nFeet Don’t Fail Me Now\, Joy Crookes\, (UK\, 2021\, 3:18 mins)\nBangladeshi-Irish-British Singer songwriter Joy Crookes incorporates in this new music video details about relationships\, self-reliance\, culture\, and her South London roots through her music.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/coast-to-coast-from-mumbai-to-the-mission/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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SUMMARY:Americanish
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Iman Zawahry\nUSA/English\n2021\n90 min \nAmericanish\, directed by Iman Zawahry\, is a romantic comedy that highlights the stories of three young Pakistani-American women looking for love in Jackson Heights\, Queens\, New York. \nA coming of age narrative\, the film follows the joys and tribulations of career-driven sisters (Sam and Maryam Khan) and their newly-immigrated cousin (Ameera)\, who must navigate the consistent — and sometimes conflicting — demands of romance\, culture\, work\, and family. \nAmericanish offers a heartwarming and fresh perspective on classic romantic-comedy tropes\, delving into the tension that arises between competing societal and cultural norms\, and the complexity of trying to both honor and break from cultural traditions.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/americanish/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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SUMMARY:7 Days
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Roshan Sethi\nUSA/English\n2021\n86 min \nTHIS IS A LIVE VIRTUAL SCREENING AND INCLUDES Q&A.\nWitty\, charming and delightful\, 7 Days perfectly captures the absurdity of this contemporary moment. Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival\, this feel-good romantic-comedy is about an Indian American couple forced to shelter in place\, after their first date. \nVery soon\, we find that Ravi (Karan Soni) and Rita (Geraldine Viswanathan) — pleasant as they are in person — don’t exactly connect. Then the comedy flows effortlessly as they find themselves trapped by COVID’s shelter in place orders (the film was shot during the pandemic as well)\, and it turns out that neither one is what their parents made them out to be. \nThe captivating leads\, the natural chemistry between them\, and the culturally specific spin on romantic-comedy’s familiar tropes provide a fresh and winning take on this old genre. \n“Optimistic and full of heart\, director/co-writer Roshan Sethi’s debut captures love in the time of COVID and will leave you on a feel-good high.” — The Tribeca Film Festival
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/7-days/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2021,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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