• Humans in the Loop

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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 […]

  • 3rd i Shorts 2025

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Q&A with filmmakers! From 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 […]

  • Your Touch Makes Others Invisible

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Q&A with director Rajee Samarasinghe! YOUR 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 […]

  • INTRO TO NONFICTION STORYTELLING WITH ALKA RAGHURAM

    Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    FREE – seating is limited. Register here Have a Story You Can’t Wait to Tell? The "Intro to Nonfiction Storytelling" class is a free, 2-hour introduction to shaping real life […]

  • A Celebration of the Extraordinary Work of Avie Luthra

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Q&A with director Avie Luthra! For Opening Night, 3rd i Festival is thrilled to honor the creative genius of award-winning British-Indian director and screenwriter Avie Luthra with a showcase of […]

  • Sand City

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SAND CITY is a lyrical and atmospheric exploration of isolation, the human need for connection, and the small acts of survival that bind us to the world. In this arthouse […]

  • TechnoCats

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    At India’s elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), a “Cat” is someone who aces everything. These engineering schools have produced the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, IBM, and other tech giants. […]

  • THE GREAT SHAMSUDDIN FAMILY

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A witty, razor-sharp, heartwarming social satire, acclaimed filmmaker Anusha Rizvi directs her latest tour de force (her first film, PEEPLI LIVE, was India’s offering to the Academy Awards and the […]

  • Lali

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    LALI is a darkly comic, colorful, and layered thriller in which ghosts walk among the living and prophecies weigh heavily on a young Punjabi married couple and their families. The bride, Zeba, is a “cursed” woman, her three previous fiancés all dying mysteriously before marriage. She marries Sajawal in a vibrant wedding full of quirky

  • Eternal Trees, Eternal Mountains

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Q&A with directors Harsha Reddy and Chris Chekuri! In 1998, young American student Harsha ventures into the forests of South India to study tigers. What he finds instead changes the […]

  • Ghost School

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Magical, sweet, visually evocative, and gently paced, GHOST SCHOOL, directed by British-Pakistani filmmaker Seemab Gul, captures a child’s pursuit of answers in a community weighed down by fear of ghosts […]

  • The Loyal Man

    Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Specially recorded Q&A with director Lawrence Valin! THE LOYAL MAN, a riveting and romantic gangster thriller directed by audience favorite, French-Sri Lankan Lawrence Valin, is essential viewing for “Valin” fans. […]