SSAFF (2015) – 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival
The 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF) is an 12-day festival produced by Tasveer for people to discover, experience, and enjoy a range of thought-provoking meaningful South Asian films, workshops, and forums, to engage its viewers to dialogue openly on the issues of human right and social/political/economic injustice. SSAFF creates a lively, stimulating, and focused environment for conversation, education, and exploration of issues that face South Asia and its Diaspora.
10TH SSAFF is now the largest South Asian Film Festival in the country. It will take place in 5 cities, Seattle, Redmond, Bothell, Bellevue and Renton with over 3000 festival-goers from all over Greater Seattle Area. The Opening Night Gala is going to be at AMC Pacific Place Downtown Seattle on October 15th, 2015. This includes 2 day symposium in University of Washington (Seattle/Bothell) called Human Rights and the Politics of Filmmaking in South Asia, sponsored by South Asia Center.
Schedule
Thursday, Sept 24th, 2015
6:30 pm SSAFF Preview Night: Queen Of Material | Blouse | Kahani | Yari Road
Thursday, Oct 15th, 2015
7:00 pm Opening Night: For Here Or To Go? | Sugarless Tea | Fox Hunt
Friday, Oct 16th, 2015
7:00 pm Killa | Flying Kiss
9:00 pm Anti-War Trilogy Part – I & Death on a Full Moon Day | News From Jaffna
Saturday, Oct 17th, 2015
12:00 pm Drawing the Tiger
2:00 pm Qissa Panjab | Vishal
4:00 pm Anti-War Trilogy II – August Sun
6:00 pm #DalitWomenFight
6:30 pm Under Construction | Pistachio Milk
9:00 pm Let’s Dance to the Rhythm
Sunday, Oct 18th, 2015
12:00 pm Among the Believers | Reclaiming Pakistan
1:00 pm The Refugees of Shangri La | Sunakali | Hokse
2:00 pm Dukhtar | What Have I Become
3:00 pm What the Fields Remember
4:00 pm Anti-War Trilogy III – With You Without You
Monday, Oct 19th, 2015
9:15 am Red Ant Dream
1:30 pm #DalitWomenFight
6:30 pm Panel Discussion: The Art of Storytelling
9:00 pm Mardistan | Shorts
Tuesday, Oct 20th, 2015
9:00 am Nightingales of Pakistan
1:00 pm Rakesh Sharma: Work in Progress
3:15 pm Silence in the Courts
6:30 pm Walking the Walk | Our Story
8:00 pm Ini Avan | Have a Nice Day
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2015
6:30 pm Threads | She Creates to Conquer
8:00 pm Centerpiece & After Party: Tete -A -Tete | The First Session
Friday, Oct 23rd, 2015
7:00 pm The Journey Within
9:00 pm Magizhvan | Big Time
Saturday, Oct 24th, 2015
3:00 pm Khwada & Shorts
7:00 pm The Decision & Songs of the Bards of Bengal
9:00 pm The Strange Familiar
Sunday, Oct 25th, 2015
12:00 pm Fading Red & Shorts
2:00 pm Peace, Daal & Partition and A Thin Wall
4:00 pm Closing Night: The spectacular Jihad Of Taz Rahim | Mister Come Tomorrow
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