South Asian Film Festival: Diaspora & Discovery

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Published on Monday, 04 November 2019 16:18

Written by Brad Balfour

I Am Alone, So Are You…

Featuring South Asian/Indian film makers, the South Asian Film Festival returns with a new slate of films November 20 to the 24th. Held at the Village East Cinema (189 2nd Ave, NY, NY) the Festival is committed to exhibiting films from South Asia (i.e India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal) and within the Indian Diaspora.

One of the highlights of the fest is Jallikatu, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery. Set in a remote village in the hill ranges of Kerala, Jallikatu unfolds during the course of a day and night as what starts with a butcher’s buffalo running away turns into ferocity, greed, lust, distrust and vengeance lurching below the surface erupting into the open. In the opening night film The Illegal, directed by Danish Renzu, in which an educated middle class kid from Daryganj, India comes to Los Angeles after getting accepted into a prestigious film school, but due to an unfortunate turn of events, he is forced into working illegally on his student visa in a restaurant in order to survive. In I Am Alone, So Are You…, from director Harish Vyas, a girl from Meerut and a boy from Chandigarh run away from their respective homes on their wedding day and bump into each other at a club in Delhi, setting them on a journey of self discovery. 

To learn more, go to: https://saiff.org/2019/

South Asian Film Festival
November 20 - 24, 2019

Village East Cinema
189 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003

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