NYC South Asian Film Fest: Crime, Cartoons, & Cinema

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Published on Friday, 08 November 2019 16:12

Written by Brad Balfour

The inaugural New York City South Asian Film Festival (NYC SAFF), runs November 15th to the 17th at the Altman Building (135 W 18th Street). The fest has set out to showcase features, documentaries and short films curated to engage, educate and inspire with films from South Asia.

The fest opens with the world premiere of Rohit Karn Batra's mafia family drama, Line of Descent, starring Abhay Deol and Brendan Fraser (both in attendance). The festival's centerpiece film on Saturday, November 16th is the New York premiere of Gitanjali Rao's animated Bollywood film Bombay Rose. The festival will close out its programming with the North American premiere of Tannishtha Chatterjee's directorial debut, Roam Rome Mein, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui (both in attendance). 

To learn more, go to: https://www.nycsaff.com/2019

NYC South Asian Film Festival
November 15 - 17, 2019

Altman Building
135 W 18th St.
New York, NY 10011

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