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Table of Contents

About The Festival (1-3)

Opening Night Gala (4)

Film Guide A - G (5-8)

Emerald Screening (9)

Film Guide G - P (10-13)

Centerpiece Screening (14)

Festival Schedule (15-16)

WELCOME TO TSAFF 2022

Tasveer South Asian Film Festival

The Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF) will take place for an 18-day extravaganza from Nov 3rd-20th, 2022.

The festival creates a lively, stimulating and focused environment for conversation, education and exploration of issues that face South Asia and it’s Diaspora. Through a series of film screenings, panel discussions, workshops, and cultural programming, our goal is to involve audiences not just with the film and video works presented, but to create a prolonged space where the social, political, personal, and international issues that form the core subjects of those works can be discussed and understood

Film Guide P - Z (18-22) Closing Night Gala (23-24)

All Access Pass Festival Schedule

Tasveer @tasveerorg

MANASI MISHRA Marketing Manager

NAMRITA JOSHI Technical Program Manager

UZMA KHAN Tasveer Film Fund Manager

JAMAL SIDDIQUI Event Manager

ARIEL BROWNSTEIN Development Manager

RITA MEHER Executive Director

LUCY MUKERJEE Programming Director

ISHITA SARAN Program Manager

JITENDRA JOSHI

Technical Consultant

ROHIT SINGH

Tasveer Coordinator

BOARD MEMBERS

FARAH NOUSHEEN

ALKA KURIAN, PRESIDENT

SUMATHI RAGHAVAN, SECRETARY

RIDDHI MUKERJEE, TREASURER

BIDISHA BISWAS

SMEETA HIRANI

SUNIL SHINDE

SAMIR JUNEJO

DIVYA KAKKAD

TAYYAB MAHMUD

SHAHINA PIYARALI

SHAILAJA RAO

RITA MEHER

VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

ARLENE PELVIN

CHRISTINA THOMAS

KOUSHIK GHOSH

MOHIT NAIR

PRACHI VORA

RAGHAV BANSAL

RAJEN BHATT

RASANGA WEERASINGHE

ROHIT MEHTA

SARITA JOSHI

SHAILAJA RAO

SUMATHI RAGHAVAN

TAYYAB MAHMUD

ZAINAB KHAN

KENTA DESPE

Graphic Designer

AISHA JAMAL

Guest Programmers

SAROJ SHARMA SAPKOTA Guest Programmers

OPENING NIGHT

FOUR SAMOSAS

Ravi Kapoor | Narrative Feature Comedy | 80 mins, USA, 2022 Nov 3 | 7:00 PM | SIFF Cinema Egyptian | + Red Carpet Samosa Reception!

Set entirely in LA County’s Little India, against a backdrop of South Asian snack shops, fancy-goods stores, sari palaces, and Indian pizza restaurants, this is the story of Vinny, an unmotivated Indian-American rapper, who learns that his ex-girlfriend, who he never really got over, is about to get married. So Vinny decides to launch an ill-advised heist on her father’s grocery store, to steal her dowry and disrupt her engagement. Plus Q&A with Special Guests: Ravi Kapoor, Venk Potula, Sonal Shah, Sharmita Bhattacharya & Nirvan Patnaik

VaishaliNaik|19mins|India|2022

Meet a pair of enterprising brothers who spin their passion for the Jurassic Park franchise into a brilliant business opportunity.

ALL THAT BREATHES

ShaunakSen|94mins|India|2022

Against the darkening backdrop of New Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protecting one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the black kite.

Americanistan

AliGodil|07mins|USA|2022

ArichgirlfromPakistanmustadjusttolowerclassAmericanlifeaftergettingan arrangedmarriage.

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LamesaNashrat|16mins|USA|2022

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Away,Together SanaA.Malik|15mins|USA|2020

7 STAR DINOSOR ENTERTAINMENT

VikasKhanna|15mins|India,USA|2022

joininga1stgradeclass.

A woman searches for her freedom as she starts her new, lonely, and heavily restricted life as a dependent immigrant in the US

BonaVacantia

ShezahSalam|18mins|UnitedKingdom|2022

Whilecataloguingtheemptyhomesofthosewhodiealone,awoman findsanunusualconnectioninthehomeofadeadsoundrecordist.

Cheepatakadumpa

Three young women explore pleasure and sexual freedom in this weird and wild ride.

KashifPasta|20mins|Canada|2022

Whenanewfathersuddenlyloseshisowndad,anopportunityto travelbackintimegiveshimachancetoendthingsonabetternote.

FirebrandSway

SaamGabbay|05mins|USA|2022

ClassicalIndianBharatanatyamandKathakarebroughttolifeinan other-worldlylandscape.

DevashishMakhija|24mins|India|2021 ThestoryofthetwoDanish-Tamilsisterswhoaredeterminedtoexperiencetheir firsttimeonthesamenight.

Agirl'sbirthdaywishandherbrother'swell-intentionedmistaketeachtheirworkaholic fatherthatbeingpresentforfamilyisasimportantasworkingfortheirfuture.

RaviKapoor|80mins|USA|2022

British-Indianwoman,Anamika(playedbyKalkiKoechlin),returnshometofind hermothersufferingfromtheonsetofdementia

Vinny, an unmotivated Indian-American rapper, learns that his ex-girlfriend, who he never really got over, is about to get married.

SHOWCASE

ALL THAT BREATHES

Shaunak Sen | Documentary | 94 mins, India, 2022

Nov 4 | 7:30 PM | AMC Pacific Place

In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers Nadeem and Saud devote their lives to protect the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘kite brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital. Director Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep) explores the connection between the kites and the Muslim brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence.

Post-Screening Q&A with Special Guest: Shaunak Sen

InSearchoftheStars

SriramMurali|12mins|India|2022

A

the Western Ghats of India, to explore the profound relationship between the night skies, wildlife and humans.

Jaagran

HardikSadhwani|19mins|India|2022

An auto rickshaw driver, decides to trade in a good night's sleep for a chance to earn a quick buck, while his family's future hangs in the balance.

KekeeManzil:HouseofArt

DileshKorya|90mins|USA|2022

Adaughter'sjourneytodiscoverhowherfathercatalysedthecontemporaryart movementinIndia,asitachievedindependencein1947.

KickingBalls

VijayetaKumar|37mins|India|2022

VarunGrover|15mins|India|2022

Kripamanch

PratayaVerma|19mins|India|2022

Sridas,apaidmemberofafringegroup,Kripamanch,stalks,harassesand torturestofightmoralimpuritiesandsafeguardculturalnorms.

Each year, 12 Million girls are married before the age of 18. In 3 small villages in Rajasthan, an NGO is trying to change this through soccer.

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A filmmaker waits in the hope of getting his sci-fi film certified with 'no cuts' by the conservative all-male jury of the Indian Censor Board.

LittleEnglish

PraveshKumar|103mins|UnitedKingdom|2022

Alaugh-out-loudarrangedmarriagecomedysetinthehomeofofa dysfunctionalPunjabifamilyinsuburbanEngland.

Lori

AbinashBikramShah|15mins|Nepal|2022

Amothersingslullabiestoher12-years-olddaughter.But,whenthe lullabiesend,thedaughter'srealityturnsouttobemuchgrimmer

Maashi

VrushabMaitri|30mins|India|2022

Acomingofagestoryofa10-yearoldboymourningthedeathofhisbeloved nannyMaashi.Ataleoflove,loss,griefandbelonging.

Mahalle'sSchool-FamilyGoingLive

AkshayPradipIngle|10mins|India|2022

JanuandVeduareattendingclassesonlineforthefirsttime.ThesetwoIndian childrenareinquisitive,butsometimesabitrebellioustoo.

Masterji

SameerSharma|10mins|India|2022

ThisisastoryofTyagiSir-abiologyteacherjust2yearsawayfromretirement.In March2020,asschoolsgoonline,TyagiSir'sworldchangesovernight.

Matekulli

MashalBaloch|10mins|Pakistan|2022

SeemabGul|20mins|Pakistan,Italy|2021

Zara,ateenagerinKarachi,Pakistan,sharesasensualdancevideowithher virtualboyfriend,whothenblackmailsher.

This short documentary explores the lives of children working for a living in the coal mines of Mach, Balochistan.

MuslimGirls:DiscussTheirFaith

AizzahFatima|18mins|USA|2022

AprovocativecomedyserieswrittenandperformedbyanallMuslimfemalecast abouttopicsthataffectMuslimwomentoday.

Two working-class women enjoy their day out celebrating a birthday and head home to spend the night together.

hermotherThelma(EllenMcLain)thatshewillcommitsuicidewithinthehour.

CENTERPIECE GOLDFISH

Pushan Kripalani, 101min, India, United Kingdom, 2022

NOV10|6:00PM|KirklandPerformanceCentre

In this heartfelt mother-daughter story, a British-Indian woman, Anamika (played by Kalki Koechlin), returns home to reconnect with her estranged mother Sadhana (Deepti Naval), only to find her suffering from the onset of dementia Anamika is forced to become several things, all at once: she is daughter and mother, care-giver and detective, shield and scalpel. Around her, in the London neighborhood she escaped, Anamika begins to discover a woman she never knew at home, alive in memory and in anecdote. And in time, mother and daughter begin to heal their relationship.

Post-Screening Q&A with Pushan Kripalini, Kalki Koechlin, Deepti Naval and producers.

TSAFF 17TH EDITION

THURS, NOV 3RD | SIFF CINEMA EGYPTIAN

FRI, NOV 4, 2022 | AMC PACIFIC PLACE

6:00 PM | Reception | 60 mins

7:00 PM | Red Carpet Dhol Walk | 60 mins

8:30 PM | Four Samosas (80 mins) + Q&A (20 mins)

2:00 PM | South Asian Identity in a Changing World | 90 mins

3:30 PM | Chai with Filmmakers | 60 mins

5:30 PM | 7 Star Dinosor Entertainment (20 mins)

5:50 PM | Paraashakti (The Goddess) (42 mins)

7:30 PM | All that Breathes (94 mins) + Q&A(40 mins)

MON, NOV 7, 2022 | AMC PACIFIC PLACE

TUE, NOV 8, 2022

12:00 PM | Virtual Industry Panel: Tasveer Industry Talks with the Programmers Of Colour Collective (60 mins)

9:00 AM | Tasveer Film Fund Documentary and

6:00 PM | Kicking Balls

5:50 PM | Women Beyond

THU, NOV 10, 2022 | KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

9:00 AM | Filmmaker Talk: Decolonizing Sexuality (60 mins)

6:00 PM | TSAFF Centerpiece (101 mins) + Q&A + Book Talk (60 mins)

FRI, NOV 11, 2022 | FLEMING ART CENTER | SIFF FILM CENTER

9:00 AM | Virtual Filmmaker Q&As: Speaking Truth To Power (60 mins)

3:00 PM | South Asian Identity In A Changing World (60 mins) - UW South Asia Centre

5:00 PM | TASVEER YOUTH SHOWCASE + Q&A (120 mins)

6:00 PM | Female Gaze Shorts Showcase + Q&A (120 mins)

8:00 PM | Seththumaan+ Q&A (120 mins)

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

SAT, NOV 5, 2022 | AMC PACIFIC PLACE

SUN, NOV 6, 2022 | AMC PACIFIC PLACE

12:30 PM | Bangla Surf Girls (85 mins) + Q&A (30 mins)

3:00 PM | In Search of Bengali Harlem (85 mins) + Q&A (30 mins)

5:30 PM | Diaspora Stories (80) + Q&A (30 mins)

8:00 PM | Pakistani Adda (86 mins) + Q&A (40mins)

SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Virtual Filmmaker Pitch Sessions

LGBTQIA+ Categories(240 mins) ( 36 mins)

Bollywood (52 mins) + Q&A (40 mins)

12:30 PM | Little English | 103 mins + Q&A (30 mins)

3:30 PM | LGBTQIA+ Shorts Showcase| (96 mins) + Q&A (30 mins)

6:30 PM | Melancholy Moods Shorts Showcase (74 mins) + Q&A (30 mins)

WED, NOV 9, 2022 | REGAL THE LANDING

9:00 AM | Tasveer Film Fund Virtual Filmmaker Pitch Sessions; Narrative Feature & Narrative Short Categories(40 mins)

6:00 PM | Shankar's Fairies (93 mins)

8:00 PM | Shoebox (98 mins)

SAT, NOV 12, 2022 | SIFF FILM CENTER

12:00 PM | Gandhi & Co + Q&A (101 mins)

3:30 PM | Frames of Mind (94 mins) + Q&A ( 30 mins)

5:30 PM | And Still I Sing (90mins) + Q&A (30 mins)

5:50 PM | Song of the Soul (109 mins)

SUN, NOV 13, 2022 | SIFF FILM CENTER

1:00 PM | In Person Industry Talk: Aneesh Chaganty In Conversation With Shiwani Srivastava (60 mins)

2:30 PM | Closing Night Gala: World Premiere Screening of Tasveer Film Fund Films followed by Award Ceremony and Closing Reception.

EVENT TYPES

In-Person Virtual

King County, WA

We are thrilled that TSAFF will return with a full in-person experience Nov 3 - 13, 2022 - a chance to reunite our community in a joyous and impactful celebration of South Asian cinema.

AMC Pacific Place 11 | 600 Pine St #400, Seattle

SIFF Cinema Egyptian | 805 E Pine St, Seattle

Fleming Art Center | 425 East Sunset Way Issaquah

Kirkland Performance Center | 350 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland

Regal The Landing (Renton) | 900 N 10th Place, Renton

Seattle Public Library | 1000 4th Ave, Seattle

SIFF Film Center | 305 Harrison Street, Seattle

University of Washington HUB# 251 | 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle

Tagney Jones Hall, Seattle Opera Center | 363 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

Worldwide, online #

We are thrilled to offer 94 films to view on our online streaming platform, TasveerTV! Access to the virtual film catalogue will run from November 7 – 20, 2022.

To view films online you will need to purchase either the ALL ACCESS PASS (grants you access to all virtual and in-person events), or the VIRTUAL PASS (access to watch films virtually only). Online films will not be ticketed individually.

With most films available to watch worldwide, and a plethora of narrative, documentary, feature, and short films, you can't go wrong tuning in for the virtual fest!

For info on watching the virtual festival please see: tasveerfestival.org/faqs-for-virtual-festival

For parking & venue information please see : https://tasveerfestival.org/faq-in-person/

Pariah

NishantRoyBombarde|26mins|India|2022

Anewtenantinhishome,theenigmaticPankajintriguesRahul.ButwhenPankaj's castebecomesknowntothefamily,Rahulmustdecidewhattrulymatterstohim.

PartyPoster

RishiChandna|20mins|India|2022

InsuburbanMumbai,science,religionandpoliticscomicallycollide amidstaragingpandemic,.

Powai

KuldipPatel|127mins|India|2022

aboutherdaystackingsupermarketshelves.

QueerParivaar

ShivaRaichandani|27mins|UnitedKindom|2022

Whenamysteriousgate-crasherappearsattheirwedding,MadhavandSufiare forcedtofacepastsecretsandreflectonwhatmakesafamily.

A triptych of stories about three women from diverse socio-economic backgrounds living in the titular developing suburb of Mumbai.

GurinderJSingh|20mins|USA|2022

APunjabiimmigrantwomanstuckinanabusivearrangedmarriage finallymustersthestrengthtoescape.

IrfanaMajumdar|93mins|India|2021

InanewlyindependentIndia,stillboundbytheclasssystem,Shankaristhe indispensableservantontheestateoftheparentsoflittleAnjanaandherbrother.

Shilpi

SamudranilChatterjee|05mins|USA|2021

AnIndian-Americanwomangrappleswithhertiestohercultural identitywhilstfeelinglikeanoutsider,inalaundromat.

FarazAli|98mins|India|2021

Mampu watches her father struggling to keep his single-screen theatre alive - as her hometown Allahabad acquires a new name.

AnmolBajpai|15mins|USA|2022

Whenherestrangedmotherdeterioratestodementia,Aishamust reluctantlycareforherwhilesearchingforclosurewiththeirpast.

SheheryarSarda|14mins|USA|2022

FarhanandAadhyahavebeentogetherforyears,butamentalhealth crisisbringstheirrelationshiptothebrink.

StringofStories

IndraniNayarGall|72mins|USA|2022

AportraitofthreewomenwhohavebeenvictimsoftheDevadasitradition (religiousservitude).

Swipe

ArafatMazhar|14mins|Pakistan|2022

A young boy addicted to iFatwa, an app that crowdsources religious death sentences, spends his days swiping on the lives of strangers.

TheBrittleThread

RiteshSharma|97mins|India|2021

ResilientstreetdancerRaniworkshardtocareforherdaughter,whilereclusive weaverShahdabdiscoversanewworldinhisfriendshipwithanIsraelitourist.

Astrugglingactorlosesthepersonwhobelievedinhimthemost-his mother.

TheOrchid&TheTree

GaneshThava|11mins|Canada|2021

TheechoesofgrieflingerdecadesafterinaSouthAsianfamilythatdidn’t— couldn’t—getaroundtotalkingaboutit.

TheProtector(Muhafiz)

PradiptaRay|18mins|India|2022

During the 2002 Godhra riots in Gujarat, India, 30-year-old Hindu Samir, helps Rafiq, a twenty-something bearded Muslim boy, he finds hiding

TheRein

MadanKale|20mins|India|2022

Ahusbandcomestovisithiswifewhoisworkinginthefield,tocelebateher birthday.Theirencounterslowlyrevealsthetensionbetweenthem.

HenaAshraf|18mins|USA,India|2021

A writer-director struggles with her profound sense of loss after the sudden death of her father, who dies while visiting his homeland.

TheRoundLake

ZayanAgha|12mins|Pakistan|2022

In2030Pakistan,twosisters,HafsaandNoreen,liveinacommunitywithout runningtapwateranddesperatelytrytolocateenoughwatertostayalive.

A loving but overprotective mother is not ready to let go. This is her journey of understanding that if you love someone, let them grow.

TheSkyisFar,TheEarthisTough

HayaFatimaIqbal|33mins|Pakistan,France|2022

Shahbano,ZarbAliandNusratareallresidentsofPakistan'sGhizerdistrictwhich isveryexposedtoclimatedisastersandhasasimmeringmentalhealthcrisis.

NihitBrave|19mins|India|2022

A closeted husband rehearses things he wants to say to his wife. An unfulfilled wife recounts the things she’s never told her husband.

MragendraSingh|06mins|India|2022

Stuckinatoxicmarriage,aSouthAsianwomaninherearlythirtiestriestoendher relationshipoverseveralvoicemails.

Tigress

MayaBastian|13mins|Canada,India|2022

Anexplorationofthedisparitybetweendiasporayouthwhorebelwithdrugsand partying,andtheyouthwhorebelbyarmingthemselvesandgoingtowar.

Pakistan'sradicalreligiousright.

AkritiSingh|97mins|India|2021

AchampionwrestlertrainedinKushti,managesthepressureof competing,withtheculturalpressuresofbeinganIndianinCanada.

Itwas1974;awomanlandedattheNewDelhiRailwaystation,sheclaimedshe wastheQueenofAwadh,andaskedtomeetPrimeMinister,IndiraGandhi.

An Indian American woman returns to “the old country” to scatter her mother’s ashes, where she encounters a series of mishaps.

WheelsOnTheBus

SuryaShahi|16mins|Nepal|2022

After being bullied into making iron wheels for his upper caste peers, a lower caste blacksmith is compelled to steal iron from the village to make the wheels.

WomenBeyondBollywood

RahilaBootwala|52mins|Canada|2022

India’s cinema industry is the largest in the world, and Bollywood is its flagship: However, rampant sexism is one of its defining features.

YahaWaha

SarahLi|31mins|UnitedKingdom|2022

Two artists from different sides of London use their platforms to celebrate their South Asian heritage whilst challenging cultural stereotypes.

YetAnotherWinter

KiranShrestha|23mins|Nepal|2021

Amovingportrait;ofapersistentmotherwhowantsherdeafdaughter tohaveavoice,.

Zafar

AqsaAltaf|15mins|USA|2022

APakistaniimmigrantjugglesdemandingridesharecustomerswhiletalkingon thephonetohismotherinPakistan.

ZindagiDobara

AmritKaur|15mins|USA|2022

WhenaSouthAsianteenisforcedtolivewithanauntshe'snever metbefore,thetwomustembarkonajourneytocoexistwhile dealingwiththeirdifferences.

Tasveer Film Fund World Premiere

Tasveer Film Fund 2021

Sun. Nov 13th, 2:30PM at Tagney Jones Hall

Watch the World Premieres of three new short films supported by the Tasveer Film Fund. Then join us for our Awards Ceremony where we present the Audience Awards and Grand Jury prizes to the best films at this year's TSAFF. After the ceremony, help us toast this year's filmmakers at our Closing Reception.

Bep

Mukesh Kumar, 19min, United States, 2022

A young Indian-American woman has it all; a good jo loving husband, and a nice house But the unexpres pressure of being in an inter-faith marriage and living in alien society takes its toll.

Dos Bros Force

Kalyan Sura, 19min, United States, 2022

A young girl's birthday wish and her brother's well-intentioned mistake teach their workaholic father that being present for his family is as important as working for their future.

Zindagi Dobara

Amrit Kaur, 14min, United States, 2022

South Asian teen is forced to live with her distant relative who she's never met or heard of

Meet the winning Filmmakers

Meet the Winners

Tasveer Film Fund 2021

Tasveer Film Fund 2021

The Tasveer Film Fund gives $50k in funding to South Asian filmmakers. TFF is in it's third year and is supported in part by Netflix. Find out more at https://tasveerfestival.org/film-fund/

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Kalyan Sura

Dos Bros Force | Tied for Best Narrative Short #

Kalyan Sura is a virtuoso storyteller from India who built his reputation rendering creative and technical services to numerous productions ranging from low-budget indie projects to multi-million-dollar Hollywood blockbusters. His films have received widespread praise from critics and audiences alike and have screened across the globe.

Amritpal Kaur

Zindagi Dobara | Best LGBTQIA+ Short #

Amritpal Kaur (Amrit) is an undocumented, disabled, queer South Asian storyteller and human rights advocate. She immigrated from Punjab, India to Los Angeles in 2000, just shy of the 9/11 attacks and xenophobia that would follow many Middle Eastern & South Asian communities. Amrit is enthusiastic about overthrowing the patriarchy, smashing white supremacy, and building bridges with BIPOC through her theater and filmmaking work.

PAKISTANI ADDA (86 mins)

Six films, six points of view on the Pakistani experience. Running the gamut of genres, from comedy and drama, to political satire and science fiction, this rich collection has something for everyone. Watch these entertaining and thought provoking stories among family, and stay for the post-screening conversation with new friends.

Americanistan (6), Stay With Me A Little While (14), Swipe (14), Mulaqat (20), The Round Lake (12), Desi Standard Time Travel (20)

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LGBTQIA+ Shorts Showcase (96 mins)

Sunday November 6, 3:30pm | AMC Pacific Place

Family dynamics are at the heart of this impressive collection of multi-generational queer and trans films, spanning gender, sexuality, age, class, and religion. Witness intense attraction, high drama, and emotional goodbyes, as these characters experience transformative joy, grief, and growth. These five sensitively told South Asian and diaspora stories spotlight contemporary LGBTQIA+ filmmaking at its finest. Dear Dad (10 mins), The Return (18 mins), My Mother's Girlfriend (15 mins), Pariah (26 mins), Queer Parivaar (27 mins)

MELANCHOLY MOODS (74 mins)

Sunday November 6, 6:30pm | AMC Pacific Place

Take the time to admire the exceptional cinema coming from Nepal this year, and we promise you won’t be disappointed. These four beautifully crafted pieces of work feature impressive cinematography and impeccable performances, heralding filmmakers you’ll be hearing about for a long time to come. Wheels On The Bus (16), Yet Another Winter (23), Bagthan (20), Lori (15)

TASVEER YOUTH SHORTS & MUSIC (60 mins)

Friday November 11, 5:00pm | Fleming Arts Center

Tasveer Youth Collective (TYC) presents a youth shorts package on the subject of identity. Youth will moderate a conversation with the filmmakers present at the event. The event will follow with a celebration of music by a local youth jazz band The Upbeats.

Mulaqat (20 mins), Hide and Seek (10 mins)

FEMALE GAZE SHORTS SHOWCASE (83 mins)

Friday November 11, 6pm | SIFF Center

This collection of bold, feminist films is an exploration of burgeoning womanhood that spans milestone moments and pivotal life lessons, from sexual awakening, to motherhood, to independence. These five short stories explore desire, consent, and autonomy, as each of the female protagonists take ownership of their lives. Featuring relatable and thoughtful storytelling that builds to deliver a cathartic sense of empowerment.

How To Be A Person: How To Get An Abortion (6 mins), First Night (21 mins), Nana Ki Dum (12 mins), Gray (30 mins), Outside (Baahar) (14 mins)

Filmmaker Q&A | South Asian Identity In A Changing World: Chai and Conversation with the Directors of All That Breathes and In Search of Bengali Harlem (In Person)

Friday, November 4th, 2022, 2pm at UW HUB#250

Identities are in flux today. How do individuals and groups make sense of their lives and beliefs in an ever changing world increasingly in the throes of socioeconomic and religious conflict and environmental crises. Come join us in a conversation with the award-winning directors of the films “All the Breathes” and “In Search

of

Bengali Harlem” that highlight the choices people make to keep hopes alive.

Guest Speakers: Shaunak Sen, Vivek Bald, Alaudin Ullah

Moderated by Anand Yang, Alka Kurian

In partnership with the University Of Washington, South Asia Center

Industry Talks | A Conversation With Festival Programmers From The Programmers of Colour Collective (Online)

Monday, November 7th, 2022, 12 noon PT

South Asian film programmers at festivals around the world sh craft of curation, exploring the responsibility and ethics of p shedding light on how filmmakers can successfully navigate the fe

Guest Speakers:

Aashna Thakkar, Aisha Jamal, Ritesh Mehta, & Saroj Sharma Sap

Moderated by Lucy Jane Mukerjee

Tasveer Film Fund | Live Filmmaker Pitches (On

Watch the shortlisted filmmakers pitch their projects to indu compete for the third annual Tasveer Film Fund Categories: Documentary Features: Tuesday November 8, 9am

LGBTQIA+ Shorts: Tuesday November 8, 11am

Filmmaker Q&A | Decolonizing Sexuality (Online)

Thursday, November 10th, 2022, 9am PT

LGBTQIA+ filmmakers from Tasveer's 2022 lineup explore the perception and depiction of queer identity across global South Asian populations and diasporas.

Guest Speakers:

Hena Ashraf (The Return), Arun Fulara (My Mother’s Girlfriend), Ibrahim Rana (Dear Dad), Sarah Li (Yaha Waha), Nihit Brave (The Way We Are).

Moderated by Lucy Jane Mukerjee

Filmmaker Q&A | Speaking Truth to Power (Online)

Friday, November 11th, 2022, 9am PT

Filmmakers from Tasveer’s 2022 lineup discuss the realities of creating content in an age of political oppression, censorship and surveillance

Guest Speakers:

Prashant Verma (Kripamanch), Shristipal Singh (Geru Patra), Varun Grover (Kiss), Arafat Mazhar (Swipe).

Moderated by Aisha Jamal

Industry Talk | Aneesh Chaganty In Conversation With Shiwani

Srivastava (In Person)

Sunday November 13, 2022, 1pm PT at SIFF Film Center

Aneesh Chaganty, the Writer-Director of 2018 smash hit feature thriller SEARCHING starring John Cho, shares his career story, breaks down some essential directing tips and talks about telling diaspora stories for the US studio system

Moderated by Shiwani Srivastava (Wedding Season).

FILM INDEX

7 Star Dinosor Entertainment

A day at the beach

All That BreathesFilm

Alpha Beta Gamma

Americanistan

And Still I Sing

Any Given Night Away, Together

Bagthan

Bangla Surf Girls

Barefoot Empress

Bepar

Bike

Birani

Birth of Fire

Bless This Home

Bona Vacanti

Buried & Forgotten

Cheepatakadumpa

Dear Dad

Desi Standard Time Travel

Dos Bros Force

Firebrand Sway

First Night

Four Samosas

Gaine

Game Over Gandhi & Co

Geru Patra

Giving Away the Bride (Kanyadaan)

God's Buffalo

Goldfish

Gopi

Gray

Hide & Seek

Holy Cowboys

How to be a Person

How to be a Super driver

I am, Mehmood (Mein, Mehmood)

In search of Bengali Harlem

75.

76.

79. String of Stories

80. Swipe

81.The Brittle Thread

82. The Goddess (Paraasakthi)

83. The Orchid & The Tree

84. The Protector (Muhafiz

85. The Rein (Lagaam)

86. The Return

87. The Round Lake

88.The Sapling (Ropte)

89. The Sky is Far, The Earth is Tough

90.The Way We Are (Phir Kabhi)

91. There Is No Other Way To Do This

92. This Stained Dawn

93. Tigress

94. Title Fight: Between Two Worlds

95. Toofaan Mail

96. Unmothered

97. Wheels On The Bus

99. Women Beyond Bollywood

99. Yaha Waha

100. Yet Another Winter

101. Zafar

102. Zindagi Dobara

FILM INDEX BY COUNTRY

Bangladesh

1. 2

Song of the Soul

Birani

In Search of Bengali Harlem

Bangla Surf Girls

Desi Standard Time Travel

One Small Visit

The Orchid & The Tree

This Stained Dawn Women Beyond Bollywood And Still I Sing

Tigress

Title Fight: Between Two Worlds

How to Get

Firebrand Sway

Four Samosas

Hide & Seek

How to be a Super Driver

Listen With Your Heart

Local Middle Schooler

Muslim Girls DTF: Discuss Their Faith

Nana Ki Dum

Night, Mother

Rising Lotus

Shilpi

Speak to Me

Stay With Me A Little While

String of Stories

There Is No Other Way To Do This Unmothered Zafar

Zindagi Dobara

In Search of Bengali Harlem The Return