New York: Being in its 14th year, The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) held from May 5 - 10, 2014, commenced with grandeur. It is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of and about Indian subcontinent in the independent, art-house, alternate and diaspora genres. The festival is presented by The Indo-American Arts Council, which is a registered not-for-profit, secular service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian and cross-cultural art forms in North America. May 10, 2014, was the festival's closing night, which was an extravaganza. It saw director Gurinder Chadha, Mr. Aseem Chhabra, Director, NYIFF, Rahul Bhatt, Dr. Mohan Agashe, Aparna Sen, Ambassador Dnyaneshwar Mulay, Ambassador Vijay Nambiar in attendance.