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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:20231021T150000
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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:20231021T171500
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DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
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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:20231021T200000
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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:20231022T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T123000
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CREATED:20230918T064708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T013024Z
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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:20231022T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T143000
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CREATED:20230918T063209Z
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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:20231022T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20230918T063012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T214730Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i’s SHORTS: FROM MUMBAI TO THE MISSION
DESCRIPTION:Filmmakers Rucha Chitnis and Alka Raghuram in person! \n3rd i’s signature shorts program brings filmmakers into conversation together from South Asia to California and throughout the Diaspora. From short-form documentaries to dramatic narratives\, and genres ranging from Sci-Fi to comedy to horror\, this year’s edition tackles stories of relationships\, identity\, and social justice. \nGANGA\, Alka Raghuram\, (3rd i Fest alum) (USA\, 2023\, 2:23 min)\nAn experimental first-person account of the sacred significance of rivers in Indian mythology\, and their environmental degradation. \nVAN VERSUS VIKAS (Forest Versus Progress)\, Rucha Chitnis\, (3rd i Fest alum) (USA\,  2023\, 15 min)\nA film chronicling the resistance of an Adivasi (tribal/indigenous) family\, along with other activists\, to the destruction of forests and surrounding ecosystems from development projects in Mumbai. \nFLY\, Aditya Verma\, (India\, 2023\, 3 min) (Animation)\nMeet Sange\, Anicat\, and Fakeer\, intergalactic animated characters who adventurously travel through space and time on their surfboards and jet packs. \nTHE LIE GAME\, Kalyan Sura (USA\, 2018\,15 min)\nA delicate\, profound\, and seductive short film about a computer scientist and her lost love\, and about the fundamental choices defining us. \nI DON’T FEEL LIKE KNOWING YOU (Ancora Non so)\, Maaria Sayed\, (Italy\, 2023\, 15 min)\nSensual\, sun-drenched\, and breezy scenes pull us into Fatema’s experience of adolescence as an exploratory and sensual time. Fatema is an Indian Muslim teenager living in an Italian small town. She spends her summer blending in with her friends\, but when a burqa-clad teenager moves into her neighborhood\, their cultural similarities are brought to the surface. \nCRAZY FOR BOLLYWOOD\, Imran J. Khan (USA\, 2022\, 6 min)\nRaj introduces his family to his unique girlfriend\, Priyanka: a woman who believes life is a Bollywood movie and she is the heroine.  \nMOSHARI\, Nuhash Humayun (Bangladesh\, 2022\, 21 min)\nRich with allegory and pathos\, MOSHARI serves up a terrifying dystopian world where death comes at night. Set in Dhaka\, Bangladesh\, among the last surviving members of mankind\, two sisters must learn to protect themselves from mysterious blood-sucking nocturnal demons. Winner of the 2022 SXSW Midnight Shorts Grand Jury Prize.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-is-shorts-from-mumbai-to-the-mission/
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:20231022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20230918T180605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T214407Z
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SUMMARY:JOYLAND
DESCRIPTION:JOYLAND is a visually gorgeous and subversive family drama set in the bustling megacity of Lahore\, Pakistan. Pressured to earn his own salary\, soft-spoken house husband Haider is hired to perform in an erotic dance show. He’s attracted to the lead performer\, an irrepressible trans woman named Alina Khan\, and their relationship takes unpredictable turns. \nThis striking feature upends traditional gender roles and identities through a story of complex and imperfect expressions of love. JOYLAND is funny and deeply poignant\, and written with such sensitivity by director Saim Sadiq that it leaves you thinking about the invisibility of desire long after you’ve left the theater. Celebrate this startling and groundbreaking film at the Festival! \n“Funny\, forward\, and bracingly political…Pakistani director Saim Sadiq’s sensuous film mounts an indictment of misogyny and transphobia without ever lecturing us.”– Anthony Lane\, The New Yorker \n“Extraordinary…  a revolutionary film.”– Hannah Bae\, The San Francisco Chronicle \nWINNER –  Cannes Film Festival\, Jury Prize and the Queer Palm Prize\nWINNER – Independent Spirit Awards\, Best International Film\nSHORTLIST – 95th Academy Awards\, Best International Feature \n  \n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/joyland/
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:20231104T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20231102T225747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T235418Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i Co-presents "To Kill a Tiger"
DESCRIPTION:Q&A with director Nisha Pahuja\, moderated by Sara Dosa (Academy-Award Nominee\, FIRE OF LOVE).\nJoin us Saturday\, November 4\, at 3:30 PM for a special screening of the powerful award-winning documentary TO KILL A TIGER at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco! \nIn To Kill a Tiger\, Ranjit\, a farmer in Jharkhand\, India\, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter\, the survivor of sexual assault. In India\, where a rape is reported every 20 minutes and conviction rates are less than 30 percent\, Ranjit’s decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of\, and his journey unprecedented. \nNote: Content contains sexual violence that may be a trigger for sensitive viewers.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-co-presents-to-kill-a-tiger/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T153000
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SUMMARY:3rd i co-presents "Love\, Simeon"
DESCRIPTION:LOVE\, SIMEON \nA new motion-picture performance\nWritten and directed by Anuj Larvaidya \nMarch 10\, 3:30pm\nClosing weekend of CRIP’D ECOLOGIES exhibition\nROOT DIVISION\n1131 Mission St\nSan Francisco \nLove\, Simeon is a motion-picture performance that conjures a portal to Simeon – a rhesus macaque in a primate testing facility. As an ecosexual living with HIV\, my entry point into this dense knot centers the story of those simians who have been laboring to find a prevention/cure for this deadly virus. In cinematic dreams and séances\, Simeon tells the story of SHIV – a chimeric construct created in a laboratory\, so that a panacea might be found. \nEvent information and registration \nMore about Love\, Simeon
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-co-presents-love-simeon/
LOCATION:Root Division\, 1131 Mission St\, San Francisco\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T203000
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SUMMARY:3rd i Presents "The Seeds of Vandana Shiva"
DESCRIPTION:FREE FILM SCREENING – tickets for admission become available at The Roxie one hour before the 7pm screening.\nDoors open at 6:30pm. \nHow did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become Monsanto’s worst nightmare? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva\, how she stood up to the corporate Goliaths of industrial agriculture\, rose to prominence in the seed saving and organic food movements\, and is inspiring an international crusade for change. \nAmong those engaged with organic food and farming\, climate change\, biodiversity\, seed sovereignty\, globalization\, and social justice\, Vandana Shiva is an icon of a global movement. But even among those who pride themselves on being well-informed\, she’s relatively unknown. Few are aware of how this daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator rose from obscurity to become a world leader of Gandhian stature. Hers is the remarkable and unlikely story of a girl who trekked from highland cabin to cabin alongside her father\, tended a garden alongside her mother\, and passionately pursued an education that freed her from the caste and gender constraints of traditional Indian society that culminated in a degree in Nuclear Physics\, and then a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Quantum Theory. But those achievements were merely a prelude to her awakening as a fully-committed activist. Vandana Shiva brought her scientific expertise and Gandhian principles of nonviolent resistance to the struggles of Indian villagers whose livelihoods were being crushed by corporate capitalism. She has become a formidable opponent to those corporations whose drive for privatization and profit are destroying the environment and changing the climate. Their predations in the name of a ‘green revolution’ with its promises of wealth and freedom and ‘feeding the world’ through patented and chemically-dependent GMO seeds are reducing traditional farmers and entire communities to inescapable servitude. In India\, the fruits of the Green Revolution have been an epidemic of rural suicides. The Seeds of Vandana Shiva focuses on the people\, circumstances and seminal events in Vandana’s life—what shaped her thinking and defined her purpose. It also shows how the battle against multinational agribusiness has become an international struggle between two visions for feeding the world: The first\, a multinational corporate model of chemically dependent monoculture that rewards a capitalist imperative of extraction for profit. And the other\, Earth Democracy\, that honors ecology\, biodiversity\, sustainability and community—what Dr. Shiva demonstrates is the only way forward for the future of food.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-presents-the-seeds-of-vandana-shiva/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T193000
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CREATED:20240315T165106Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i presents: I for India
DESCRIPTION:Special introduction in person by Falu Bakrania!\nBakrania is a Professor of Race and Resistance Studies (RRS) in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University and author of Bhangra and Asian Underground: South Asian Music and the Politics of Belonging in Britain. \n  \nI for India is a chronicle of immigration in Britain\, from the Sixties to the present day\, as seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera. \nIn 1965 Yash Pal Suri\, a young doctor\, left India for the U.K. with hopes of improving his family’s life. The first thing he did upon arriving in England was to buy two Super 8mm cameras\, two projectors and two reel-to-reel tape recorders. He sent one of each to his family in India\, and kept the others for himself. \nOver the next forty years\, through regular mailings of his filmed and taped thoughts and observations\, he shared his new life abroad with family members back home\, providing a unique record of the eccentricities-and occasional racism-of his new English hosts. Back in India\, his relatives\, in turn\, responded with their own “cine-letters\,” sending tales of weddings\, festivals and village life\, along with impassioned pleas for his return. \nIn addition to home movies\, I for India\, directed by one of Suri’s three daughters\, uses archival and contemporary footage and excerpts from BBC TV programs (including The Dark Million\, The Immigrant Doctors\, and The End of the Line)\, which chart the changing national mood about immigration over the decades\, from bemusement at the strange customs of the South Asian newcomers\, to fears of British culture being “swamped\,” to right-wing protests demanding the expulsion of “colored” immigrants. \nBy the end of the film\, as Suri and his wife communicate today via webcam with a daughter who has relocated to Australia\, I for India becomes not only a bittersweet time capsule of cultural alienation\, discovery\, racism and belonging\, but also a contemporary exploration of universal\, emotionally compelling themes of family separation and the quest for personal happiness\, wherever it may take you. \n“Sandhya Suri strikes humanist gold in her feature-filmmaking debut. The film manages to lyrically explore the meaning of filial responsibility with a lasting but unsentimental tenderness… one of the richest documentaries of the year.” —Aaron Hillis\, The Village Voice \n“Both deeply personal and surprisingly universal.” —Jeanette Catsoulis\, The New York Times \n“Intimate and rewarding…almost unbearably moving.” —Justin Chang\, Variety \n“A profound and profoundly moving film that any director could be proud of; as a debut\, it’s formidably accomplished.” —Sight & Sound \n“A miraculous mini-epic… terrifically warm\, watchable filmmaking.” —The Guardian
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-presents-i-for-india-2/
LOCATION:4 Star Theater\, 2200 Clement St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20240501T075618Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i Presents "Creature"
DESCRIPTION:FREE if you register in Eventbrite by June 4.\n\n$10 at The Roxie box office on June 5. \nTicket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creature-tickets-891231235617\n\nCo-presented by Chitresh Das Institute and San Francisco Dance Film Festival \n\nIn a dilapidated former Arctic research station\, “Creature” is unknowingly enlisted by a fascistic military brigade into a program that subjects him to experimentation\, harsh conditions\, and isolation. He finds himself enamored with Marie\, a cleaner\, the only person to show him kindness and compassion; together they dream of escape from their dystopian environment. \nAcademy Award-winner Asif Kapadia (Senna\, Amy\, The Warrior) directs Creature\, a genre-busting collaboration that fuses film and contemporary dance by acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan\, produced by Uzma Hasan\, and performed by the English National Ballet with music by Vincenzo Lamagna. \nAsif Kapadia: “The creature (Jeffrey Cirio) and Marie (Erina Takahashi) want to be part of something\, a society\, but they’ll never be a part of it. They’ll be used\, abused\, screwed up and left by the people with power…Environment\, global warming\, religion\, colonialism\, xenophobia\, Brexit\, Trump. Outsiders searching for belonging. The enduring hope of human connection. It’s all those things\, everything.” \n\n“Intense…makes dance feel accessible and intimate” – Anna Smith\, Deadline \nKapadia’s documentary sensibilities work astutely in this beautifully performed ensemble piece. A soulful and engaging feat in collaborative filmmaking. – Beth Web\, Empire Online \nThe film feels so prescient\, as though addressing the state of the world today: the abuse of power\, the rise of the dictator and dictatorship\, corruption\, chaos\, otherness. – Hynam Kendall\, AnOther Magazine \n  \nContent consideration for sensitive viewers: Contemporary dance depiction of sexual harassment and assault. Flashing lights/images. \n  \n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-presents-creature/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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SUMMARY:Drawing A Line
DESCRIPTION: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 with humor and honesty. \nTaneja\, using the pseudonym “Sanitary Panels\,” creates stick-figure cartoons that challenge India’s deep-rooted myths and social and political taboos surrounding topics such as menstruation\, mental health\, freedom of speech\, climate change\, and LGBTQIA+ rights. \nTaneja’s webcomics have garnered a large following among young liberals\, but they also attract government scrutiny and suppression. The film reveals that\, despite facing criminal prosecution\, Taneja is dedicated to advocating for diverse communities in India and combating the erosion of free speech in the world’s largest democracy. This timely\, inspiring and thought-provoking film provides an empowering example of resisting censorship and defending freedom of expression with bravery and creativity. \nWINNER – Canneséries 2023\, Best International Documentary Series “Draw for Change!”\nPREMIERED – Hot Docs 2024\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/drawing-a-line/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20240916T182008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T182008Z
UID:6923-1729359000-1729359000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Now and Forever
DESCRIPTION:Director Shalini Ushadevi in person!\nUS Premiere\nNOW AND FOREVER (ENNENNUM)\, directed by Shalini Ushadevi\, is a unique\, nuanced\, and thought-provoking sci-fi feature from South India. \nIn 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 to give immortality a three-day experimental trial period\, but things don’t turn out the way they expect. \nA relationship drama with a sci-fi twist\, the film deftly explores the couple’s complex thoughts and shades of emotions around the idea of identity and love\, in a world where “until death do us part” may not be an option. \nIn addition to writing and producing NOW AND FOREVER\, Ushadevi has written and developed narrative and documentary films in English\, Malayalam\, Tamil\, Hindi and Telugu for several production houses across India. \n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/now-and-forever/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20240916T181250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241207T073242Z
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SUMMARY:Two Paths\, One Nation: Nationalism in LAGAAN and RRR
DESCRIPTION:Click above for FREE tickets! \nJoin Robin Sukhadia for a special presentation!\n[Photo: ©Najib Joe Hakim]\nRobin 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 on the fight for independence—one rooted in peaceful defiance\, the other in fierce rebellion. \nThrough captivating storytelling\, gorgeous film scores\, unforgettable characters\, and powerful cinematic moments\, LAGAAN and RRR present two distinct visions of resistance and nationalism. Featuring video clips from key moments in both films (prepare to dance to Naatu)\, this lecture dives deep into the symbolism\, themes\, music\, and emotional resonance of these films\, revealing how they reflect the broader cultural and political forces that continue to shape modern India. \nWhether you’re a fan of historical epics\, passionate about cinema’s role in shaping national identity\, or simply intrigued by the contrasting approaches to storytelling\, this discussion will leave you with fresh perspectives on two of Indian cinema’s most iconic works. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the power of film to inspire\, challenge\, and ignite conversations about history\, identity\, and the future. \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. He completed a Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship in India in 2011\, where he developed programs empowering street children through Indian classical music. He performs and teaches extensively\, in both classical and contemporary contexts\, and has developed innovative music education programs at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles\, 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\, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. He presently works as a strategic consultant for non-profit leadership and fundraising and is based in Los Angeles. Robin has served as a Board Member of the Ali Akbar College of Music since 2015. More information at www.tablapusher.com and on Instagram @tablapusher. \n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/two-paths-one-nation-nationalism-in-lagaan-and-rrr/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20240916T181820Z
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UID:6933-1729434600-1729434600@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Land of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Filmmakers Ambarien Alqadar and Shankey Srinivasan in person!\nPreceded by short film DOS MUJERES\nFilmed 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. \nThe documentary follows Virender’s journey of coming to America as he finds joy being part of a large Sikh community\, a community of taxi drivers\, and filming a Bollywood-style movie. When he joins the elite Uber Black Fleet hoping for his dreams to come true\, he faces the challenges of being a brown immigrant trying to lay his roots. \nLAND OF DREAMS is a message of solidarity and hope to anyone who has searched for a land for their dreams and a home in a place where they were not born. \n  \nDOS MUJERES\, Shankey Srinivasan \n(USA\, 2024\, 17 min\, Hindi and Spanish with English subtitles) \nThe short documentary examines the broken immigration system in the US through the eyes of two immigrant women – one Indian and one Mexican. All the cast and crew are local artists from the SF Bay Area.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/land-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20240916T181512Z
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SUMMARY:Girls Will Be Girls
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSet in the 1990s\, the film finds 16-year-old Mira at her strict private boarding school atop a Himalayan mountainscape in India. Mira is straitlaced and must navigate good grades\, her budding romance with a handsome 17-year-old boy\, and an unwelcome emotional love triangle involving her mother. \nTalati’s command in directing such a nuanced narrative is elevated by her empathetic gaze\, which flawlessly captures the fascinating triangular relationship between Mira\, the mother\, and Sri the boyfriend. The impeccable script\, sensitive storytelling\, and warm cinematography reinforce the strong focus on female empowerment at the film’s core. \nGiving her characters shading and the story space to breathe\, Talati has created a quietly captivating\, sharply observed and insightful film. A loss of innocence may propel the story\, but what ultimately emerges is a hopeful transformation of the main characters. \n“Bursting with creative energy and distinctive aesthetic sensibilities.”  – Lovia Gyarkye\, The Hollywood Reporter \n“A Stylish Medley of Generations and Dreams” – Valerie Complex\, Deadline \nWINNER – Sundance Film Festival\, World Cinema Dramatic: Audience Award and Special Jury Award for Acting\nWINNER – SXSW Film Festival\, Festival Favorites Award 2024\nWINNER – Sofia International Film Festival\, Best Director 2024\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/girls-will-be-girls/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Festival Screenings and Events,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250211T030451Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i Shorts: Women Behind the Lens
DESCRIPTION:Filmmakers in person!\nFREE – seating is limited. Tickets are available only at the Roxie box office\, 30 minutes before the screening. \n3rd i presents two films from local storytellers\, filmmakers Kirthi Nath and Priyanka Suryaneni. Both of the films illuminate and explore the theme of “belonging” as they each chronicle the life of a visionary individual in their Buddhist spirituality\, mindfulness and personal transformation. \nTotal running time: 85 min \nPARAMITA\, directed by Kirthi Nath (USA\, 2024\, 24 min) \nKirthi Nath’s short documentary blends poetry\, memoir\, and prayer to explore the transformative power of mindfulness\, acceptance\, and belonging. The film bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year journey of coming out to her traditional Bangladeshi mother. Told with intimacy\, tenderness\, and quiet power\, PARAMITA invites viewers into a meditative spiritual experience\, as Prajna connects with Buddhist practices and nature as pathways to intergenerational healing and reconciliation. \nSARANAM GACCHAMI (I Take Refuge)\, directed by Priyanka Suryaneni (USA\, 2023\, 19 min) \nPriyanka Suryaneni’s short documentary is a story of cultural preservation that unfolds through the life of visionary Tibetan monk Thupten Dony—a refugee driven by a dream. Born in the foothills of Mt. Everest in Nepal\, he traveled to California with only his ideas. He established the Bay Area’s largest Tibetan Monastery to safeguard their endangered heritage\, an invaluable sanctuary for Tibetan culture and community in diaspora. He wears many hats at the monastery—prayer leader\, spiritual guide\, gardener\, and party planner! Now\, nearing retirement\, he hopes to find a worthy successor to carry forward the Monastery’s legacy. \nAbout the filmmakers\nKirthi Nath\, a South Asian lesbian filmmaker\, creates work spanning cultural poetics\, social justice\, and spirituality. Her films have been featured at CAAMfest\, Frameline\, Wicked Queer\, Mill Valley Film Festival\, 3rd i and more\, with solo shows at YBCA and ATA. Awarded grants from CAAM\, CCI and V-Day\, she’s also participated in RePresent Media’s Fellowship\, A-Doc Allies\, BGDM Mastermind and Bitchitra Collective curated programs. https://www.paramitafilm.com/ \nPriyanka Suryaneni\, a Bay Area-based media entrepreneur\, documentarian\, and visual storyteller from India\, passionately brings attention to significant stories and amplifies underrepresented voices. Her recent inclusion in the BAVC Connect Mentee program\, as well as the For Us By Us Film Incubator program (supported by Filmmakers Collaborative and Re-present Media)\, underscores her unwavering commitment to her craft and pursuit of powerful storytelling. https://prisuryaneni.com/
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-shorts-women-behind-the-lens/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T154500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T171944Z
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SUMMARY:7 Days
DESCRIPTION:Total running time: 90 min\n\nTickets: $10.38 online advance tickets; $10 at the Roxie box office\, 30 minutes before the show.\n\n\nBuy advance tickets\n\nWitty\, charming and delightful\, 7 Days\, directed by Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy\, 2024)\, is a feel-good romantic comedy. Set up on a pre-arranged date by their parents\, Indian-Americans Ravi (Karan Soni) and Rita (Geraldine Viswanathan) seemingly have nothing in common. Pleasant as they are in person\, they don’t exactly connect. It turns out that neither one is what their parents made them out to be. The situation turns both awkward and enlightening when they find themselves trapped inside together for a week after their first date. \nThe natural chemistry of the captivating leads and the culturally specific spin on romantic comedy’s familiar tropes provide a fresh and winning take on the rom-com genre. \n“Optimistic and full of heart\, director/co-writer Roshan Sethi’s debut…will leave you on a feel-good high.” — The Tribeca Film Festival \n\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/7-days-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250605T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250605T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250513T024546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T031111Z
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SUMMARY:Open Screening
DESCRIPTION:FREE!\nNo advance ticketing required. \nDoors open at 7:30 pm. \nOpen Screening is a forum for independent filmmakers to show their work. ATA’s free community film/video show welcomes short format work (15 min or less) from all genres. \nEntries must be received by 7:00 pm on show night\, cued and labeled\, to be considered. Space is limited! \nSubmissions: To submit a digital file\, email openscreening@atasite.org with the title “Open screening”. For physical media\, label all tapes with name\, contact info\, title\, and length\, and mail to: Open Screening\, 992 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, CA 94110. 1–2 weeks advance submissions recommended. If not\, just walk in before the show. \nMaximum length: 15 min. \nFormats: Digital file (PC or Mac)\, DVD\, miniDV/DV-cam\, VHS\, beta\, 8 mm\, and 16 mm. \nFor 8 mm and 16 mm films\, please give ATA advance notice:  openscreening@atasite.org.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/open-screening/
LOCATION:Artists’ Television Access\, 992 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250605T192927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T212020Z
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SUMMARY:Burqa Boxers
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker in person! \nFREE – seating is limited.\nRegister for free tickets \nIn this documentary in Kolkata\, India\, where marriage is considered the ultimate feminine career fulfillment\, four young Muslim women challenge stereotypes by learning to box with one of India’s first female boxing coaches. As they train\, the women negotiate poverty\, battle tradition and learn to confront fear. \nThe screening is free\, but please support New Light\, a nonprofit in Kolkata\, India\, featured in the documentary\, dedicated to providing a safe haven for the children of sex workers. Your donations will help them continue their comprehensive community services. https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/2817738 \nAlka Raghuram\, director of Burqa Boxers\, 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. 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. \nWINNER – Locarno Film Festival\, co-production market top prize: Grant Open Doors\nWINNER – Westlake International Documentary Festival\, IDF Forum: Director of the Year\n 
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-presents-burqa-boxers/
LOCATION:Artists’ Television Access\, 992 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T130000
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CREATED:20250905T210115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T074348Z
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SUMMARY:Boong
DESCRIPTION:A vibrant\, endearing and upbeat coming-of-age film\, BOONG\, written and directed by Lakshmipriya Devi\, is about a young schoolboy who\, along with the help of a friend\, aims to reunite his divided family. \nAdventurous and mischievous schoolboy Boong and his friend Raju don’t see long distances and state borders as significant obstacles. At least not when it comes to giving Boong’s mother the best surprise gift ever: bringing back Boong’s father. \nIn her debut feature\, Devi expertly centers themes of enduring friendship within a narrative in which ethnoracial discord and political unrest are ever present in Manipur\, India. To find answers\, Devi designs moments within the fabric of this intimate tale that lay clear many prejudices and divisions\, giving the viewer insight into Manipur’s complex sociopolitical structure. \nWith memorable performances and a heartfelt narrative\, this film about a child’s sincere quest is filled with excitement and tempered by the complex realities of political and social divisions. Since the film’s production\, the ethnic tensions referenced have erupted into violence\, making Devi’s portrayal of childhood resilience a poignant and necessary reminder of our taken-for-granted ability to find hope even in the darkest times. \nPREMIERED – Toronto International Film Festival\, 2024\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/boong/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250905T210109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T074303Z
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SUMMARY:Cactus Pears
DESCRIPTION:CACTUS PEARS (Sabar Bonda)\, written and directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade\, is gorgeously shot in picturesque vignettes in open landscapes and small villages\, with a poetic and open-hearted narrative that skews predictable tropes. \nKanawade’s debut feature follows two men navigating societal pressures in a rural community in Western India (Maharashtra). The story centers on Anand\, a 30-something gay city dweller forced to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in his ancestral home in India’s countryside\, where he bonds with Balya\, a local farmer struggling to remain unmarried. As the mourning period ends and Anand must return to the city\, he faces a crucial decision about their relationship. \nA sensitive study of bereavement\, along with a powerful exploration of a mother-son bond\, CACTUS PEARS is a tender\, intimate\, and sensual portrait of being queer in a rural\, lower-class Indian community. The emotionally resonant drama has connected with audiences across borders. It premiered and triumphed at the Sundance Film Festival as the first Indian and Marathi language film to win in the world cinema competition. \n“…exhilarating moments\, sudden and inevitable.” – Siddhant Adlakha\, Variety \n“…shot decisively with unapologetic realism or transportive reverie.” – Ritesh Mehta\, IndieWire \nWINNER – Sundance Film Festival\, 2025: World Cinema Grand Jury Prize\, Dramatic\nWINNER – SXSW London\, 2025: Best Feature Film Award\nWINNER – Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival 2025:  Best Narrative Feature\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/cactus-pears/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250905T210102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T173013Z
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SUMMARY:Farming The Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Q&A with director Nistha Jain and Priya Satia!\nNishtha Jain’s (3rd i Fest alumna GULABI GANG\, THE GOLDEN THREAD) immersive and stirring documentary captures the unwavering resolve of ordinary people with extraordinary courage\, chronicling the revolutionary standoff between Indian Sikh and Punjabi farmers and the Modi government. \nIn November 2020\, Gurbaz Sangha\, a young farmer from Punjab\, embarked on a remarkable journey. Riding his tractor 400 kilometers to Delhi\, he joined forces with thousands\, and later more than half a million\, men and women from many parts of the country. Their united mission: to stand against the newly enacted farm laws. These farmers believed that if implemented\, these laws would negatively impact the government-protected farmers’ markets\, leaving the farmers to the vagaries of the free market. \nAmid a COVID lockdown\, the farmers—representing over half of India’s workforce—vowed to remain at the borders until the laws were repealed. The protest cities that mushroomed outside Delhi created a parallel world where they redefined coexistence\, with women emerging as equal political partners. Day after day\, the protesters showcased India’s pluralistic\, defiant\, and resilient spirit. As the movement gained momentum\, farmers from across the country\, along with trade unions of industrial workers\, rallied in solidarity. The scale of these protests echoed the spirit of India’s independence movement\, culminating in an unexpected\, triumphant outcome. \nWINNER – Hot Docs Festival\, 2024: Best International Feature Documentary\nWINNER – International Documentary Short Film Festival of Kerala\, 2024: Special Jury Award\nWINNER – Toulouse Indian Film Festival\, 2025: Mention Spéciale\nPREMIERED – Hot Docs Festival\, 2024\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/farming-the-revolution/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250905T210056Z
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SUMMARY:Pinch
DESCRIPTION:Q&A with director Uttera Singh!\nA vibrant dark comedy with nuanced and deeply engaging social commentary\, PINCH\, directed and written by Uttera Singh\, is a confident debut feature that shouldn’t be missed. \nWith saturated color\, swinging rhythm\, and sharp emotional edges\, the film dives into the generational fault lines of truth\, trauma\, and tradition—all through the eyes of a young travel vlogger named Maitri\, played by Uttera Singh. \nThinking it will make good content for her travel-centric YouTube channel\, Maitri tags along with her mother\, neighbors\, trusted landlord Rajesh\, and his wife to a temple during the Navratri festival. When Matri is groped by Rajesh on the way to the festival\, she feels shocked and furious\, and impulsively decides to take retributive steps\, setting off a chain of events that rocks her tight-knit community. \nThe film’s lens alternates between wry observation and emotional intensity\, all carried by Singh’s clear narrative trajectory and her performance. PINCH is a beautifully plotted exploration of voice\, guilt\, trauma\, collective action and the strength it takes to stand up to power. \nPREMIERED – Tribeca Film Festival\, 2025: International Narrative Competition\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/pinch/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T121500
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250905T210048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T013726Z
UID:7191-1760271300-1760271300@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Humans in the Loop
DESCRIPTION:Aranya Sahay’s engaging and poignant debut feature\, HUMANS IN THE LOOP\, offers a nuanced exploration of Artificial Intelligence technology in India through the perspective of a tribal woman’s experience and her beliefs in the natural order. \nThe film portrays Nehma\, an Adivasi woman who returns to her Jharkhand village with her children\, post-divorce. To sustain her family\, she becomes a data annotator\, a role reflecting the real-life involvement of many indigenous tribal women in India’s burgeoning AI industry. \nThis uniquely whimsical film weaves a story about the significant yet often unrecognized contributions of women from rural backgrounds in India who undertake meticulous data-labeling tasks foundational to the development of AI. \nSahay explores identity\, technology\, and empowerment through Nehma and her children’s journey by empathetically exploring how the lived experiences of data annotators can influence AI biases. \nThe film is a tale that is both cautionary and endearing\, prompting viewers to reconsider AI’s ethical dimensions and its impact on social conditioning and on formalizing societal biases\, as well as its effects on marginalized communities. \nPREMIERED – Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI)\, 2024\nWINNER – 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award and “Best Film”\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/humans-in-the-loop/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T134500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T134500
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250905T210041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T095110Z
UID:7207-1760276700-1760276700@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:3rd i Shorts 2025
DESCRIPTION:Q&A with filmmakers!\nFrom comic relief to social insights\, the 2025 edition of 3rd i’s signature short films spans vast differences—both literally and metaphorically—with films and filmmakers from South Asia to California and throughout the Diaspora. This year’s selection of narratives and docs lifts up stories of immigration\, relationships\, identity\, gender and sexuality\, and social justice. \nHARIJ WEDS SAJILI\, Prataya Saha (USA\, 2025\, 19 min)\nA whimsical tale about a young bride in India who fakes her suicide to reclaim her freedom\, with the help of a sex worker. \nZARI\, Shruti Parekh (USA\, 2025\, 19 min)\nAmerican teen Neelu feels like a fish out of water amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in Delhi—until she forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb\, a quiet sari-store clerk who moonlights as an internet drag queen. \nTHE TEST\,  Benjamin Sutton (UK 2025\, 4 min)\nA hilarious short film about a man who gets more than he bargained for from a routine eye test.  \nESPERANZA\, Shruti Parekh (USA\, 2023\, 18 min)\nWhen an immigrant taxi driver in upstate New York takes a hopeful young couple to an unmarked Canadian border crossing\, he must confront how far he will go for his American Dream. \nTHE PATEL MOTEL STORY\,  Amar Shah and Rahul Rohatgi (USA\, 2025\, 13 min)\nThe Patel Motel Story reveals how South Asian immigrants\, led by one undocumented man’s journey from Gujarat\, built a hotel empire—transforming American hospitality through resilience\, identity\, and belonging. \nPORELESS\, Harris Doran (Co-produced by Fawzia Mirza)\, (USA 2025\, 13 min)\nFun and farcical—a fabulous queer Muslim beauty entrepreneur must figure out how to compete in a Shark Tank-like product pitch contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction. \n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-shorts-2025/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251012T154500
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20250905T210030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T013600Z
UID:7183-1760283900-1760283900@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
DESCRIPTION:Q&A with director Rajee Samarasinghe!\nYOUR TOUCH MAKES OTHERS INVISIBLE\, directed by Rajee Samarasinghe\, is a surreal and lyrical exploration of disappearances in a small post-war community in northern Sri Lanka\, where memories of interactions between the Tamils and the Sinhalese linger. \nFusing allegorical magic realism and investigative documentary\, and made collaboratively with impacted locals\, the film is an examination of thousands of missing persons through 26 years of civil war in Sri Lanka. The nonfiction elements in this film are structured by a fictional narrative thread\, which tells the tale of a mother who loses her son to a supernatural entity plaguing her community—a nod to the actual disappearances in the region. \nSinhalese filmmaker Samarasinghe’s feature debut is both a documentary about forced disappearances during the government’s war against the Tamil Tiger separatists\, and a hushed\, often nonverbal tone poem on the themes of mourning\, trauma\, and absence. The hybrid near-impressionistic film creates a shifting monument to memories\, and is a stirring\, staunch defiance of the inevitability of disavowed justice. \n“25 New Faces of Independent Film\, 2020” – Filmmaker Magazine \nPREMIERE – International Film Festival Rotterdam\, 2025\nWINNER – Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival\, 2025: collective New Cinema Award\nSPECIAL JURY MENTION – Austin Asian American Film Festival\, 2025: “Creative Vision”\n
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/your-touch-makes-others-invisible/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Festival Screenings and Events,festivals,films,Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T063858
CREATED:20260226T072030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T064411Z
UID:7362-1774792800-1774792800@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:INTRO TO NONFICTION STORYTELLING WITH ALKA RAGHURAM
DESCRIPTION:FREE – seating is limited.\nRegister here \nHave a Story You Can’t Wait to Tell?\nThe “Intro to Nonfiction Storytelling” class is a free\, 2-hour introduction to shaping real life into a cinematic narrative. This workshop will help storytellers develop tools to transform personal experience or a topic they are passionate about into a story with structure. Participants will gain a sharpened story concept. \nReady for the next steps beyond “Intro To Nonfiction Storytelling”?\nCheck out Alka’s 4-Week Documentary Writing Intensive\, an in-person development lab designed to help you transform raw material into narrative clarity. Over four focused weeks\, you will move from idea to articulation — shaping a documentary concept with structure\, voice\, stakes\, and ethical intention. \nSundays\, April 12 – May 3\, 2026\n2-4pm\nArtists’ Television Access\, San Francisco\nMore info and class registration: https://www.junoon.pictures/junoonlabs \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. 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. \nWINNER – Locarno Film Festival\, co-production market top prize: Grant Open Doors\nWINNER – Westlake International Documentary Festival\, IDF Forum: Director of the Year
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/intro-to-nonfiction-storytelling-with-alka-raghuram/
LOCATION:Artists’ Television Access\, 992 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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