17th Annual NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
April 30-May 7, 2017
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| (New York, NY - May 10, 2017) The 17th annual New York Indian Film Festival ended on a high note Sunday with an awards ceremony, following the closing night film THIS IS MY SUNDAY. The week-long festival generated a lot of buzz after premiering 85 shorts, documentaries and feature films from the Indian subcontinent in Hindi, English and seven regional languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali). The films, filmmakers and actors who took home top prizes are: |
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Best Film - MUKTI BHAWAN (HOTEL SALVATION) |
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Best Director - Konkona Sen Sharma (A DEATH IN THE GUNJ) |
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Best Screenplay - P. Balachandran (KAMMATTIPADAM) |
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Best Actor - K. Kaladharan (THE NARROW PATH) |
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Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma (LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA) |
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Best Documentary - AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN |
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Best Short - AABA |
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| In addition to film premieres, the festival featured sidebar programming such as Sibling Filmmakers (Deepa & Dilip Mehta), Priyanka Produces (VENTILATOR & SARVANN), Tribute to Om Puri, Mobile Bollywood, "Shoot a Short Film" workshop, industry panels (CAA's Short Film Initiative), nightly networking events, red carpets and a gala. More than 40 filmmakers attended the festival and particpated in Q&A sessions after their films. |
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Clockwise From Top:
From L to R: Salman Rushdie, Aroon Shivdasani, Deepa Mehta, Shruti Ganguly, Kiran Desai & Aseem Chhabra (Photo Credit: Suman Madhuri)
From L to R: Adil Hussain presents Best Actress Award to Konkona Sen Sharma (Photo Credit: Jay Mandal)
From L to R: Indian Consul General (NY) and Rahul Bose (Photo Credit: Jay Mandal)
From L to R: Deepa Mehta, Aroon Shivdasani & Salman Rushdie (Photo Credit: Jay Mandal)
From L to R: Alankrita Shrivastava & Aahana Kumra (Photo Credit: Jay Mandal) |
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the United States, screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of, and about the countries in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan) in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres. Eight days of screenings, post-screening discussions, industry panels, an award ceremony, special events, nightly networking parties, red carpet galas, media attention and packed audiences build an awareness of Indian cinema, entertain & educate North Americans about the realities of the lives and people in the Indian Sub-Continent, and add to the amazing cultural diversity of New York City. NYIFF is the flagship event of the Indo-American Arts Council.
The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC): Founded in 1998, the Indo-American Arts Council is a secular, registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian, subcontinental and cross-cultural art forms in North America. Our focus is to work with artists and arts organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists and arts organizations from India as well as other countries from the rest of the Indian sub-continent to exhibit, perform and produce their work here. The IAAC works passionately to become an integral part of the amazing cultural diversity of New York City and the United States. The IAAC supports all artistic disciplines int he classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of the Indian subcontinent. We work cooperatively with colleagues around the United States to broaden our collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding.
We do this through events in the performing, visual, literary and folk arts: an annual film festival (NYIFF), an annual traveling art exhibition (Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora), an annual dance festival (Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance), an annual literary festival (IAAC Literary Festival) and a myriad of dance, music, theatre, film and literary events throughout the year. For further information please visit .
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Media Contact:
JINGO Media
Jitin Hingorani
Jitin@JingoMedia.Com
512.773.6679 (mobile) |
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To attend the opening night red carpet & screening,
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NYIFF Filmmakers/Actors Shine Bright
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| (New York, NY - April 25, 2017) The 17th annual New York Indian Film Festival kicks off on Sunday, April 30th with an opening night red carpet at the Village East Cinemas (189 2nd Avenue @ 12th Street). Filmmakers and actors, who are flying in from all over the world, will walk the red carpet and interact with the media. The festival's opening night film, LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA, will be screened at the same theater, followed by a fundraising gala at Blue Water Grill (31 Union Square W), which is open to the public (tickets can be purchased HERE). Here is the list of celebrities who will add glam and glitter to the opening night red carpet: |
- Alankrita Shrivastava, Aahana Kumra, Gazal Dhaliwal - LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA
- Aftab Asghar - AMBER
- Aasmaan Bhardwaj - THE THIEF
- Amit Agarwal, Shalini Jalan - FAREWELL GODDESS
- Dhananjay Bhawalekar, Sawani Arjun - GYPSY
- Lenin Bharathi - WESTERN GHATS
- Anshuman Sharma, Hemanshu Agnihotri - STATION
- Hesh Sarmalkar - BUBBLES, FLIGHT OF HOPE
- Ian McDonald - OM OLD MAN
- Indira Somani - LIFE ON THE GANGES
- Kaela Hill, Jesse Newman, Bala Skandan - URBAN NRITTA
- Kawa Hatef, Aditi Bhagwat - AARSA
- Khushboo Ranka - AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN
- Maahir Khan - ALMOST
- Manjari Makijany, Carina Chavda - I SEE YOU
- Maya Mirchandani - WEAPONS OF WAR: WOMEN OF BASTAR
- Mayank Bhatter - ARRANGED
- Meenu Gaur - JEEWAN HAATHI
- Mehreen Jabbar - LALA BEGUM
- Amit Desai - WRONG SIDE RAJU
- Onir, Ashish Bisht - SHAB
- Pia Shah - WATERBABY
- Rahul Bose - POORNA
- Rippin Sindher, Gurinder Sindher - THE HIDEOUT
- Siraj Huda - VEGAS
- Sandeep Mohan - SHREELANCER
- Sudhish Kamath - SIDE A SIDE B
- Sagar Sadhwani, Siddhi Pujara - ONE GOAT'S MERCY PETITION
- Varun Shah - YOU ARE MY SUNDAY
- Vinay Pujara - FLIGHT OF HOPE
- Vinay Shukla - AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN
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| Other celebrities include: |
- Ambassador & Mrs. Akbaruddin (Indian Ambassador to the UN)
- Consul General Riva Ganguly-Das (Indian Consul General - New York)
- Salman Rushdie (author & filmmaker)
- Madhur Jaffrey & Sanford Allen (celebrity chef/actress; musician)
- Rekha Bhardwaj (singer)
- Feroz Abbas Khan (director & playwright)
- Indra Nooyi (Pepsi Co, CEO)
- Tanushree Dutta (Miss India Universe & Bollywood Actress)
- Samrat Chakraborti (Actor)
- Gloria Steinem (Feminist)
- Aditya Basu Bhattacharya (Director/Actor)
- Killian Kerwin (President, Ivanhoe Media)
- Amit Masurkar (Director, Newton)
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**If you plan to cover the red carpet, you MUST RSVP to Jitin@JingoMedia.com
with the name of your media outlet and the number of people
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| During the week, films will ALSO be screened at the Village East Cinemas, including the centerpiece film AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN on Wednesday, May 3rd. The closing night film, YOU ARE MY SUNDAY, will be shown at Mason Hall on the Baruch College campus (17 Lexington Ave @ 23rd St.), followed by an awards ceremony and VIP party. |
| The festival boasts 85 shorts, documentaries and feature films from FOUR South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh) in Hindi, English and SEVEN regional languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali). All films have English subtitles. For the complete festival schedule, please click HERE. |
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| NYIFF 2017 NOMINATED FILMS: |
| Best Film |
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Colours of Innocence |
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A Death in the Gunj |
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Hotel Salvation |
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Turtle |
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The Narrow Path |
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| Best Director |
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Konkana Sen Sharma (A Death in the Gunj) |
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Shubhashish Bhutiani (Hotel Salvation) |
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Manas Mukul Pal (Colours of Innocence) |
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Rahul Bose (Poorna) |
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Alankrita Shrivastava (Lipstick Under My Burkha) |
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| Best Actor |
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Adil Hussain (Hotel Salvation) |
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Rajkummar Rao (Trapped) |
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Vikrant Massey (A Death in the Gunj) |
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K. Kaladharan ((The Narrow Path) |
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Joy Sengupta (Bilu - The Demon Within) |
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| Best Actress |
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Ratna Pathak Shah (Lipstick Under My Burkha) |
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Konkona Sen Sharma (Lipstick Under My Burkha) |
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Tannishtha Chatterjee (Doctor Rakhmabai) |
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Aditi Imandar (Poorna) |
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Iravati Harshe (Turtle) |
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| Best Screenplay |
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Lipstick Under My Burkha |
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Shreelancer |
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Gurgaon |
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You Are My Sunday |
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Western Ghats |
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| Best Short |
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Aaba |
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Do Cup Chai |
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Vaarasa |
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Waterbaby |
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Let Some Clouds Float In |
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| Best Documentary |
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An Insignificant Man |
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Mostly Sunny |
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Sakharam |
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Arunagiri Perumale |
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A Tongue Untied |
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Festival Jury Members: Parag Amladi, Muriel (Mike) Peters, Joseph Mathew, Mirra Bank, Madhur Jaffrey, Poorna Jagannathan, Udayan Gupta, Tejaswini Ganti, Claus Mueller, Mrinal Desai, Arshad Khan & Sri Rao |
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| Congratulations to our National Award Winners! |
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Best Films - "Kaasav (Turtle)” May 6th @ 3 pm
Best Director - Rajesh Mapuskar - “Ventilator” May 4th @ 6:15 pm
Best Editing - “Ventilator" May 4th @ 6:15 pm
Best Recordist For Final Mixed Track - “Ventilator" May 4th @ 6:15 pm
Best Gujarati Film - "Wrong Side Raju” May 4th @ 6 pm
Best Short Film - “Aaba” Friday, May 5, 9.15 pm. Theater 3
Best Child Actors - "Colours of Innocence" May 5th @ 6:15 pm
Special Mention - Adil Hussain - "Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation)” May 6th @ 6 pm |
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| **All the films above will be screened at the Village East Cinemas |
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The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the United States, screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of, and about the countries in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan) in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres. Eight days of screenings, post-screening discussions, industry panels, an award ceremony, special events, nightly networking parties, red carpet galas, media attention and packed audiences build an awareness of Indian cinema, entertain & educate North Americans about the realities of the lives and people in the Indian Sub-Continent, and add to the amazing cultural diversity of New York City. NYIFF is the flagship event of the Indo-American Arts Council.
The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC): Founded in 1998, the Indo-American Arts Council is a secular, registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian, subcontinental and cross-cultural art forms in North America. Our focus is to work with artists and arts organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists and arts organizations from India as well as other countries from the rest of the Indian sub-continent to exhibit, perform and produce their work here. The IAAC works passionately to become an integral part of the amazing cultural diversity of New York City and the United States. The IAAC supports all artistic disciplines int he classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of the Indian subcontinent. We work cooperatively with colleagues around the United States to broaden our collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding.
We do this through events in the performing, visual, literary and folk arts: an annual film festival (NYIFF), an annual traveling art exhibition (Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora), an annual dance festival (Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance), an annual literary festival (IAAC Literary Festival) and a myriad of dance, music, theatre, film and literary events throughout the year. For further information please visit . |
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Media Contact:
JINGO Media
Jitin Hingorani
Jitin@JingoMedia.Com
512.773.6679 (mobile)
*Trailers & high-resolution images are available HERE! Password: NYIFF2017
One-on-one interviews with attending filmmakers are available upon request |
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New York Indian Film Festival Kick-Off
Tuesday, April 18th
41 E 57th St. @ Madison Avenue, Suite 708
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
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Highlights Include:
* Final NYIFF 2017 schedule & trailer screenings
* National award-winning films @ NYIFF 2017
* Meet the NYIFF 2017 jury members
* Announce NYIFF 2017 award nominations
* Reveal NYIFF 2017 industry panels
***One-on-one interviews with attending filmmakers, NYIFF staff and
jury members will be made available after the presentation
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| 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (April 30 - May 7) |
44 Shorts, Docs & Features
7 Regional Language Films
4 South Asian Countries |
Opening: Alankrita Shrivastava's LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA
Centerpiece: Khushboo Ranka & Vinay Shukla's AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN
Closing: Milind Dhaimade's YOU ARE MY SUNDAY |
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(New York, NY - March 28, 2017) The New York Indian Festival Festival kicks off its critically-acclaimed, premiere-worthy programming ONE MONTH from now with 44 shorts, documentaries and feature films from FOUR South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) representing English, Hindi and SEVEN regional languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali). All films will have English subtitles.
The festival's opening night film, LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA, will be screened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (Financial District) on Sunday, April 30th, followed by a fundraising gala open to the public (tickets can be purchased HERE). During the week, films will be screened at the Village East Cinemas (189 2nd Avenue @ 12th St.), including the centerpiece film AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN on Wednesday, May 3rd. The closing night film, YOU ARE MY SUNDAY, will be shown at Mason Hall on the Baruch College campus (17 Lexington Ave @ 23rd St.), followed by an awards ceremony and VIP party. |
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- Sibling Filmmakers: Deepa Mehta & Dilip Mehta present their respective New York Premieres of ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE and MOSTLY SUNNY on Saturday, May 6th. Both films' world premieres took place at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016.
- Om Puri Tribute: A DEATH IN THE GUNJ, directed by Konkona Sen Sharma, pays tribute to the late Om Puri, one of India's most versatile character actors who starred in more than 147 films during his illustrious career; he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India in 1990. NYIFF Screening on Monday, May 1st.
- Priyanka Produces: VENTILATOR and SARVANN, produced by actor Priyanka Chopra - NYIFF Screenings on Thursday, May 4th.
- Mobile Bollywood: One Minute Cell Phone Films (NYU Tisch Cinema Studies students)
- Industry Panels with industry experts on financing a film, casting, shooting in New York, distribution & more - May 4th.
- SHOOT A SHORT FILM: Workshop by National Award-Winning Filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni - May 5th & 6th
- Films from Pakistan (LALA BEGUM and JEEWAN HATHI, part of Zee TV's "Zeal for Unity" initiative), Sri Lanka (RED BUTTERFLY DREAM) and Bangladesh (KINGDOM OF CLAY SUBJECTS)
- Docudramas/Biopics: POORNA by Rahul Bose and DOCTOR RAKHMABAI (Marathi) by Ananth Mahadevan
- Documentaries: WITH THIS RING (about the women on the Indian National Boxing Team) and Celebrating Satyajit Ray (FELUDA: 50 YEARS OF RAY'S DETECTIVE) on his birthday - May 2nd
- Feature Films:
- GURGAON
- TRAPPED
- KAMATIPADDAM - Malayalam
- THE NARROW PATH - Malayalam
- WHEN THE WOODS BLOOM - Malayalam
- BLOSSOM - Tamil
- WRONG SIDE RAJU - Gujarati
- COLOURS OF INNOCENCE - Bengali
- SHAB
- SIDE A / SIDE B
- A BILLION COLOUR STORY
- HOTEL SALVATION
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New Media Accreditation Process:
- If you have already covered NYIFF in the past, please send us a link to your coverage (broadcast, print, online), so that we can secure your media pass.
- If this is your first time covering NYIFF, please send us a letter from your editor (on company letterhead) requesting a media pass, link to your web site and examples of the outlet's previous film-related coverage.
- Broadcast Media will receive TWO media passes per outlet; print and online media will receive ONE media pass per outlet, unless a photographer is approved, in addition, for pictures on the red carpet.
- Media passes will allow representatives into every screening, party and networking event, EXCEPT for the OPENING NIGHT FUNDRAISING GALA.
- All requests MUST be made via email to Jitin@JingoMedia.com
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The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the United States, screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of, and about the countries in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan) in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres. Eight days of screenings, post-screening discussions, industry panels, an award ceremony, special events, nightly networking parties, red carpet galas, media attention and packed audiences build an awareness of Indian cinema, entertain & educate North Americans about the realities of the lives and people in the Indian Sub-Continent, and add to the amazing cultural diversity of New York City. NYIFF is the flagship event of the Indo-American Arts Council.
The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC): Founded in 1998, the Indo-American Arts Council is a secular, registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian, subcontinental and cross-cultural art forms in North America. Our focus is to work with artists and arts organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists and arts organizations from India as well as other countries from the rest of the Indian sub-continent to exhibit, perform and produce their work here. The IAAC works passionately to become an integral part of the amazing cultural diversity of New York City and the United States. The IAAC supports all artistic disciplines int he classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of the Indian subcontinent. We work cooperatively with colleagues around the United States to broaden our collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding.
We do this thru events in the performing, visual, literary and folk arts: an annual film festival (NYIFF), an annual traveling art exhibition (Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora), an annual dance festival (Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance), an annual literary festival (IAAC Literary Festival) and a myriad of dance, music, theatre, film and literary events throughout the year. For further information please visit . |
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| 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (April 30 - May 7) |
Opening, Centerpiece &
Closing Night Films Announced |
Opening: Alankrita Shrivastava's LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA
Centerpiece: Khushboo Ranka & Vinay Shukla's AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN
Closing: Milind Dhaimade's YOU ARE MY SUNDAY |
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(New York, NY - March 15, 2017) America's premier film festival representing the Indian subcontinent, New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), kicks off its 17th anniversary season on Sunday, April 30th, with Alankita Shrivastava's women's empowerment film LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA (watch trailer HERE), at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004) in the Financial District. The film premiered at the Tokyo and Mumbai Film Festivals, where it won the Spirit of Asia Prize and the Oxfam Award for Best Film on Gender Equality. In January, India's Central Board of Film Certification refused to certify the film because it claimed the story was too "lady-oriented," so the film is currently banned in India. The red carpet reception for the New York premiere of the film will be followed by a gala benefit dinner, open to the general public. Tickets & tables are available HERE.
The festival's centerpiece film is the New York premiere of Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla's critically-acclaimed documentary about India's Aam Aadmi Party activist Arvind Kejriwal called AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN (watch trailer HERE). After its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of 2016, the film has traveled to multiple festivals around the world, including London, Busan and Mumbai, and makes a stop at NYIFF in May.
The festival will close its programming on Sunday, May 7th, with the North American premiere of Milind Dhaimade's YOU ARE MY SUNDAY (watch trailer HERE), an uplifting, slice-of-life comedy about five close friends who struggle to find a place to play soccer in Mumbai every Sunday. The closing night screening will take place at Mason Hall on the Baruch College campus (17 Lexington Avenue at 23rd Street), and it will also be preceded by a red carpet reception for media interviews and followed by the NYIFF 2017 Award Ceremony and gala closing night party. |
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NYIFF's Sidebar Programming:
In addition to the New York, North American and World Premieres of 44 shorts, documentaries and feature films over a week-long period, NYIFF is proud to present the following sidebar festival programming:
- Sibling Filmmakers: Deepa Mehta & Dilip Mehta present their respective New York Premieres of ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE and MOSTLY SUNNY on Saturday, May 6th. Both films' world premieres took place at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016.
- Om Puri Tribute: A DEATH IN THE GUNJ, directed by Konkona Sen Sharma, pays tribute to the late Om Puri, one of India's most versatile character actors who starred in more than 147 films during his illustrious career; he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India in 1990. NYIFF Screening on Monday, May 1st.
- Priyanka Produces: VENTILATOR and SARVAAN, produced by actor Priyanka Chopra - NYIFF Screenings on Thursday, May 4th.
- Mobile Bollywood: One Minute Cell Phone Films (NYU Tisch Cinema Studies students)
- SHOOT A SHORT FILM: Workshop by National Award-Winning Filmmaker Umesh Kulkarni - May 5th & 6th
- Industry Panels (May 4th) & Networking After-Parties all week long
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the United States, screening premieres of feature, documentary and short films made from, of, and about the countries in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan) in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres. Eight days of screenings, post-screening discussions, industry panels, an award ceremony, special events, nightly networking parties, red carpet galas, media attention and packed audiences build an awareness of Indian cinema, entertain & educate North Americans about the realities of the lives and people in the Indian Sub-Continent, and add to the amazing cultural diversity of New York City. NYIFF is the flagship event of the Indo-American Arts Council.
The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC): Founded in 1998, the Indo-American Arts Council is a secular, registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian, subcontinental and cross-cultural art forms in North America. Our focus is to work with artists and arts organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists and arts organizations from India as well as other countries from the rest of the Indian sub-continent to exhibit, perform and produce their work here. The IAAC works passionately to become an integral part of the amazing cultural diversity of New York City and the United States. The IAAC supports all artistic disciplines int he classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of the Indian subcontinent. We work cooperatively with colleagues around the United States to broaden our collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding.
We do this thru events in the performing, visual, literary and folk arts: an annual film festival (NYIFF), an annual traveling art exhibition (Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora), an annual dance festival (Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance), an annual literary festival (IAAC Literary Festival) and a myriad of dance, music, theatre, film and literary events throughout the year. For further information please visit .
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