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Sponsoring ISAFF 2011
ISAFF preparations are underway, sponsorship opportunities
are available. If you would like to sponsor ISAFF 2011,
please contact
Rita Meher.
We offer various levels of sponsorship and we can also
customize a sponsorship package that will cater to
the needs of your business or organization. For more
information on ISAFF, please visit our
website to view all the past ISAFFs’ sites or download our Sponsorship Kit here.
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Seeking Volunteer for ISAFF 2011!
We are looking for dedicated volunteers in various key roles for ISAFF. If you want to be involved in organizing one of the coolest festival of Seattle please write to Rita Meher at rita@tasveer.org.
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Call for Submissions
Seattle’s 7th Independent South Asian film
festival (ISAFF) is now accepting entries for films on
subjects related to South Asia and/or its Diaspora. Along
with the best selected South Asian films, the three-day film
festival will foster an atmosphere of lively discussions,
forums, and other collaborative interactive formats.
Genres: Short; Experimental; Documentary; Narrative
Format: 35mm; 16mm; mini DV; DVD
Deadline: July31st, 2011
Festival Dates: October 7-9th, 2011
Please download our submission form here.
Eligibility:
• All works must be related to South Asia and/or its
Diaspora. "South Asia" includes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and
Tibet
• Works must be released after January 2010
Please contact us if you
have any questions about eligibility at
info@tasveer.org
More Ticket GiveawayFrom SIFF for Tasveer Members
We are giving away FREE tickets to the films for the shows in bold**. For one or two free tickets please write to Rita Meher- info@tasveer.org
Good News - SIFF is offering special 50%discount to Tasveer mailing list members for film Flying Fish. If you are on our mailing list please use this code TASVEER2011. If you are not on our mailing list please go to our website www.tasveer.org and sign up.
The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical
United Kingdom, 2010, 64 min., d: Sarah McCarthy
Children from the slums of Mumbai perform a concert of The Sound of Music, experiencing the transformative power of music first hand. This crowd favorite effectively captures the passion of rehearsing a musical, as well as the challenges of life in another area of the world.
Saturday, June 4, 1:00PM, Kirkland PC
Sunday, June 12, 11:00AM, SIFF Cinema **
Gandu
India, 2010, 87 min., d: Q (Kaushik Mukherjee)
A poor young man in Kolkata befriends a Bruce Leeobsessed
rickshaw driver and begins a strange descent into a world of drugs and rap-fueled fantasy in this gritty, resolutely anti-Bollywood adventure.
Tuesday, June 7, 6:30pm, Kirkland PC
Friday, June 10, 7:00pm, Neptune**
Saturday, June 11, 1:00pm, Egyptian
Flying Fish
Sri Lanka, 2011, 125 min., d: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
The devastating effects of Sri Lanka’s civil war are told
through three interwoven stories of love, betrayal, and ethnic tension in a seemingly idyllic village. A harrowing account of how the psychology of war can infect the civilian population and warp all human interaction, told without a single battle scene.
Tuesday, June 7, 6:30pm, Pacific Place**
Thursday, June 9, 4:00pm, Pacific Place
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