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Dear Tasveer Fans,
The 5th ISAFF is little over two weeks away! We hope you and everyone you know are seeing those beautiful flyers and posters (printed on recycled paper) everywhere. Support our festival and buy those tickets in advance online from www.ticketwindowonline.com!
Do share the joy of independent cinema with your friends, family and coworkers. The best way to help us with the festival, sitting right there at your computer, is to take a look at our schedule, pick your favorite programs and use the  button to email as many people as you can think of. ISAFF is a non-profit community festival, by supporting it you are supporting your community! We are thrilled to present a rare and rich lineup at our festival this year, which is more comprehensive than ever, with more programming, guests, workshops and panels. Below is a succinct schedule for the festival, which you can keep at hand to plan in advance your ISAFF adventures!
Lastly, we are still accepting Cinema Screen Ads that will be run between the shows for all 5 days of the festival. Please contact rita@tasveer.org for further details.
See you at the festival!
Rita Meher and Farah Nousheen
Festival Directors
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Wednesday September 24th, 2008, 7:00 PM
Opening Night Film and Wine Reception: The World Unseen (Shamim Sarif, UK/South Africa, 2007, 94min) In the pressure cooker of apartheid South Africa, two women meet and their worlds are turned upside down. In a system that divides white from black, black from Asian and the women from men, what chance is there for an unexpected love to survive? Preceded by the short films 24 Frames Per Day (Sonali Gulati, USA, 2008) and Milind Soman Made me Gay (Harjant Gill, India/USA, 2007).
Festival will be inaugurated by Tasveer's favourite Archana Kumar's Kathak performance, wine reception with actress Sheetal Sheth and festival guests. There will be live Afro-Cuban ensemble by Anjuman, the local Indian/Afro-Cuban band.
Thursday September 25th, 2008
7:00 PM My Daughter the Terrorist (Beate Amestad, Norway/Sri Lanka, 2007, 52 min): My Daughter the Terrorist (Beate Amestad, Norway/Sri Lanka, 2007, 52 min): Feature documentary following the lives of two female Black Tigers. Followed by extended discussion with local panelists.
9:00 PM Mobile of Exceptional Stories: International short films package followed by q/a with directors Sonali Gulati and Harjant Gill.
Friday September 26th, 2008
7:00 PM Before the Rains (Santosh Sivan, India, 2008, 98min): In 1930s India, an affair between a British baron and a village woman causes upheaval. Preceded by short film Released (Soham Mehta, USA, 2008, 8min)
9:00 PM Kissing Cousins (Amyn Kaderali, USA, 2008, 98min): Feature film comedy about a professional relationship terminator. Followed by q/a with director Amyn Kaderali. Preceded by short film Rewind (Atul Taishete, India, 2007, 9min)
Saturday September 27th, 2008
12:00 PM Panel "Gender & Sexuality in Independent Films": Visiting directors and guests will discuss representations of LGBT South Asians in independent films with a comparative analysis to such representations in more popular forums such as Bollywood cinema. Panelists: Gayatri Gopinath, Sonali Gulati, Pratibha Parmar, Veena Sood. Moderator: Sandip Roy.
2:30 PM 68 Pages (Sridhar Rangayan, India, 2007, 92min): Spotlight on the impact of HIV/AIDS in urban India told through five poignant stories of a gay couple, a prostitute, a drag queen, a bisexual man, and a counselor. Preceded by short film Petals (Suresh Natarajan, 2001, India, 16min)
4:30 PM A Jihad for Love (Parvez Sharma, USA/multiple countries, 2008, 81min): Lesbian and gay Muslims from 12 countries tell their stories. Followed by extended discussion with director Parvez Sharma and local activists.
8:00 PM Queering Bollywood: Alternative Sexualities in Popular Indian Cinema: A clip show and presentation by academic Gayatri Gopinath and journalist Sandip Roy on queer images in Bollywood cinema.
Sunday September 28th, 2008
12:00 PM AIDS JaaGO: HIV+/AIDS discussion with short films and panelists. Films produced by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mira Nair.
1:00 PM Mini Theater, Free ACLF CLP 2008 Presents: Documentary on mixed-orientation relationships
In partnership with Tasveer, ACLF Community Leadership Program Batch 2008 is showcasing a documentary on mixed-orientation relationships. Mixed-orientation relationships are defined as relationships in which the partners are of a differing sexual orientation.
2:30 PM Youth Program on Arranged Marriage: Includes screenings of documentary Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears (Simon Chambers, UK/Bangladesh, 2007, 62min), music video Sari (W)Rap, and video produced by local youth on arranged marriage.
4:30 PM Donkey in Lahore(Faramarz K-Rahber, Australia,Pakistan, 2007, 117min): Follows the courtship an ex-goth puppeteer from Australia and traditional Muslim girl from Pakistan.
7:00 PM Closing Night Program: Kagbeni (Bhusan Dahal, 2007, Nepal, 120min): A journey of betrayal, revenge, and magic in the backdrop of Himalayan ranges. A Silent Monsoon (Pravesh Gurung, 2006, Nepal, 34min): A mother tries to save her 12-year old daughter from family profession of prostitution.
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Thank you to all our dedicated volunteers without whose help the festival would not be possible -- Andrew, Anil, Uma, Angie, Prashant, Shahana, Gita, Nitika, Sahar R, Sahar Z, Afrose, Sabina, Rupesh, Sandeep, Kruti, Prachi, Ankur, Sukhi, Syed, Ann, Ali, Abhishek, Shemon, Semonti, Anusha, Anusuya, Amina, Sophia, Trisha, Mala, Vega. (If we missed anyone, our sincere apologies! Let us know and we will include you in the next one!)
Thank you to those who distributed at Bumbershoot and in the neighborhoods Capitol Hill, U-dist, West Seattle, Pioneer Square, Kent and Bellevue. We still need to distribute flyers. Please contact us at info@tasveer.org!
Many thanks to Neelu for the design and concept of promo materials and the website. We can't thank her enough for the countless hours she spent on creating the amazing iconic ISAFF 2008 identity through the logo and graphic design. They will be ever memorable.
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Made Possible By
Community Partners
Trikone NW is a non-profit organization that provides a supportive and safe space for differently oriented South Asians. Our website is under construction, please visit our information booth at the festival.
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Fiscal Sponsor
Our special thanks to 3DBC for their generous and strong support throughout the year.
Media Sponsor
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Chaya Seattle
Bo M Karlsson
Sonnia J. Karlsson (our beloved Sonnia Masi) founded the organization in 2004; the goal of the fund was to procure funds for underprivileged young women around the world so that they could attend higher education or trade schools.
Annapurna Cafe
We are pleased to announce that our dear friends from Annapurna Cafe has agreed to be our our official food stand at our ISAFF 2008. We really appreciate their generosity and help with our promotion. Roshita has helped us put our fliers in their menus.
Law Offices of White & Watson, PLLC
United States Immigration and Naturalization lawyers
Seattle AID India
James Clowes Center
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Friends of ISAFF: Business/Organization
Girlie Press
All our flyers and posters are printed at Girlie press, an environment conscious women owned printing press. Our posters and flyers are printed on FSC-certified paper, minimum of 20% post-consumer fiber, manufactured with electricity in the form of renewable energy.
Juice
Thank you Darek Mazzone for getting us a major donation for this festival.
Kali Productions
Scarecrow Video
Seattle Indian
Friends of ISAFF: Individual
Neelu Bhuman
Andrew Nicholson
Prashant Nagaraddi
Sahar Zaheer
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Sargam 2008: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia In Concert
 Association for India's Development (AID), Seattle is proud to host Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - the legendary icon of Indian classical music and flute maestro, as part of AID Sargam 2008, at 7pm on September 13, 2008 at the Seattle Town Hall. All net proceeds from the concert will go directly to help AID-Seattle's development projects in India. Visit www.aid-sargam.com for more information. Tickets are $50, $35, $25.
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