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Monday, October 14, 2024
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
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Friday, October 18, 2024
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October 18, 2024The Queen of My Dreams
The Queen of My Dreams
Q&A with director Fawzia Mirza! Vibrant, fun, and romantic, with the colors and spirit that evoke Bollywood musicals, THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, directed and written by 3rd i alumna Fawzia Mirza (NOOR & LAYLA, SIGNATURE MOVES), is a luminous film about the complicated and intertwined bonds between mothers and daughters. Queer Pakistani grad student […]
Saturday, October 19, 2024
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October 19, 2024Drawing A Line
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October 19, 2024All We Imagine as Light
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October 19, 2024Now and Forever
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October 19, 2024Dear Jassi
Drawing A Line
Sharp, satirical, and highly popular sociopolitical Indian cartoonist Rachita Taneja is the subject of DRAWING A LINE, a documentary directed by Sama Pana, which premiered at the renowned Hot Docs Festival and won Best Documentary Series at Canneseries 2023. It wonderfully explores Rachita’s inner world and her creative expression as she confronts persecution and censorship […]
All We Imagine as Light
Hypnotic, meditative, and almost spiritually evocative of the human condition, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, directed by Payal Kapadia (A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING, 3rd i’s Film Fest 2023), is a glorious Cannes Film Festival award winner that should not be missed. The feature begins with a dreamlike ode to the thriving, cosmopolitan, and diverse […]
Now and Forever
Director Shalini Ushadevi in person! US Premiere NOW AND FOREVER (ENNENNUM), directed by Shalini Ushadevi, is a unique, nuanced, and thought-provoking sci-fi feature from South India. In an alternate dystopian present, a married couple in the state of Kerala discusses whether or not to become immortal by taking a new high-cost implant. The couple decides […]
Dear Jassi
Pavia Sidhu in person! San Francisco Premiere Director Tarsem Singh’s DEAR JASSI revolves around a 19-year-old woman from a wealthy family in Canada. Jassi (Pavia Sidhu) visits relatives in the Punjab and falls in love with Mithu (Yugam Sood), a handsome and enterprising young man from a working-class family. This Romeo-and-Juliet tale, based on a […]
Sunday, October 20, 2024
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October 20, 2024Two Paths, One Nation: Nationalism in LAGAAN and RRR
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October 20, 2024Land of Dreams
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October 20, 20243rd i Shorts: From Mumbai to the Mission
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October 20, 2024Girls Will Be Girls
Two Paths, One Nation: Nationalism in LAGAAN and RRR
Click above for FREE tickets! Join Robin Sukhadia for a special presentation! Robin Sukhadia will present an engaging exploration of two landmark films that have captured the hearts and minds of audiences around the world: LAGAAN and RRR. Set against the turbulent backdrop of colonial India, these Academy Award nominated/winning films offer strikingly different takes […]
Land of Dreams
Filmmakers Ambarien Alqadar and Shankey Srinivasan in person! Preceded by short film DOS MUJERES Filmed over nearly a decade, Ambarien Alqadar’s LAND OF DREAMS is an intimate portrait of Virender Rana, a taxi driver from India, who is chasing his dream in America. The documentary follows Virender’s journey of coming to America as he finds […]
3rd i Shorts: From Mumbai to the Mission
Musician/composer Robin Sukhadia in person! From light comedy to dark wit, this year’s kaleidoscope of cinematic offerings brings filmmakers into conversation together from South Asia to California and throughout the Diaspora. With genres that range from music videos to documentaries, and from comedy to dramatic narratives, this year’s edition tackles stories of immigration, relationships, identity, […]
Girls Will Be Girls
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS is a brilliant, richly layered romantic film that has won countless awards. Directed by Shuchi Talati, it masterfully explores the subtle complexities of a 16-year-old girl's coming-of-age desires and sexual awakening. Set in the 1990s, the film finds 16-year-old Mira at her strict private boarding school atop a Himalayan mountainscape in […]
