TFFM 2026
SPECIAL EVENTS
From Opening Night on the red carpet to our Closing Night celebration,
experience the screenings, conversations, premieres, receptions and
gatherings that make the Tasveer Film Festival & Market unforgettable.
October 13–18, 2026
Tasveer Film Center
Opening Night
Oct. 15
Opening Night & Red Carpet Gala
Lali
Dir. Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
|
Pakistan
|
West Coast Premiere
A wedding in rural Punjab goes sideways when the groom's mother
is accidentally shot during the celebrations, and whispers about
the bride, whose three previous fiancés all died, begin to spread.
Darkly funny and genuinely eerie, and the first all-Pakistani
production ever to premiere at the Berlinale.
After the screening, a Q&A with the filmmakers, then dinner
and a party to start the week properly.
Opening Night Film & Red Carpet Gala
6:00 PM · H1
Tasveer Film Center
Post-Film Q&A
Following Screening
Dinner Reception
Black & Tan
Centerpiece
Oct. 16
Centerpiece Night
Mayilaa
Dir. Semmalar Annam
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India
|
North American Premiere
To keep a costly vow to her village goddess, Mayilaa takes to the
road with her young daughter selling straw mats, though she has
never sold anything in her life. Funny, warm and quietly fierce.
Presented by Pa. Ranjith won the Audience Award at the Toulouse
Indian Film Festival.
Mayilaa Screening
8:10 PM · H1
Tasveer Film Center
Reception at Fremont Brewing
Following Screening
Closing Night
Oct. 18
Closing Night & Awards Ceremony
Elephants in the Fog
Dir. Abinash Bikram Shah
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Nepal
|
Washington State Premiere
At the edge of a forest where wild elephants roam, Pirati leads a
Kinnar community and plans to leave with the man she loves, until
one of her daughters goes missing. The first Nepali feature ever
selected at Cannes, where it won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize.
Closing Night Screening
4:00 PM · H1
Tasveer Film Center
Q&A Session
Following Screening
Awards Ceremony
6:00 PM
Dinner Reception
Art Love Salon
Animation Spotlight
Oct. 16
The Chair
Dir. Triparna Maiti · India · Washington State Premiere
A young girl, her grandfather's wooden armchair, and everything that
chair says about who holds power in a family. Stop-motion,
handcrafted in Kolkata over seven months.
Screening
3:15 PM · H1 · Tasveer Film Center
Following
Q&A Session
Documentary Spotlight
Oct. 17
Breaking the Code
Dir. Ben Rekhi and Swetlana · USA · Washington State Premiere
A son turns the camera on his father, Kanwal Rekhi, who went from a
modest childhood in newly independent India to become the first
Indian American founder to take a venture-backed company public on
NASDAQ. Winner of the Audience Award at the Indian Film Festival
of Los Angeles.
Screening
3:40 PM · H2 · Tasveer Film Center
Following
Q&A Session
October 13–18, 2026
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Discover screenings, filmmaker conversations, special events and more
throughout the Tasveer Film Festival & Market.
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