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DESCRIPTION:3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 
 2016\nNovember 10-13, New People Cinema and Castro Theater, San 
 Francisco\nNovember 19, BlueLight Cinema, Cupertino\n\n3rd i's 14th annual 
 SF International South Asian Film Festival presents some of the best cinema 
 from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UK, Canada, and the USA. From nuanced 
 dramas to witty comedies, this year’s Focus on Diaspora presents an 
 expansive view on the immigrant experience. Indie Narratives take brave 
 risks and explore issues from madness to modernity, sex to social justice; 
 3rd i's commitment to the celluloid celebration of Women’s Stories and 
 Queer Voices continues as strong as ever; and Bay Area Filmmakers, shorts 
 and documentaries are on the docket as always. More information, including 
 expanded program and ticketing information, is available at: 
 www.thirdi.org\n\nThursday, November 10 @ New People 
 Cinema\n\n7:15pm	Masaan (Fly Away Solo)\n(Neeraj Ghaywan, India/France, 
 2015, 109mins)\nWith its premiere at the prestigious Cannes film festival, 
 Masaan (an Anurag Kashyap production), has become one of the most 
 celebrated independent Indian films in recent memory. Set along the 
 picturesque Ganges river in Benaras, Neeraj Ghaywan’s film weaves 
 together two separate stories joined by a common concern, the effect of 
 narrow-minded tradition on the budding desires of youth. \n\n\nFriday, 
 November 11 @ New People Cinema\n\n7:15pm	Original Copy\n(Florian 
 Heinzen-Ziob & Georg Heinzen, India/Germany, 2015, 52mins)\nA charming 
 portrait of one of the last hand-painters of colorful and dramatic 
 Bollywood posters, Original Copy is an exemplary and insightful doc about 
 the magic of cinema, and about the keepers of a disappearing artform in the 
 face of India's changing film industry. Preceded by Events in a Cloud 
 Chamber (Ashim Ahluwalia, India, 2016, 21mins)\n\n9:00pm	One Crazy 
 Thing\n(Amit Gupta, UK, 2016, 90mins)\nSet in London, Amit Gupta's witty 
 script produces a romantic comedy that echoes the best of Woody Allen. Jay 
 is a former daytime TV star whose life has hit rock bottom until he meets 
 his dream girl. Hannah is bright, beautiful and hates modern life. There's 
 just one problem. How does Jay tell Hannah about the leaked sex tape which 
 made him an internet sensation?\n\n\nSaturday, November 12 @ Castro 
 Theatre\n\n1:00pm	Kaul (A Calling)\n(Aadish Keluskar, India, 2015, 
 122mins)\nAadish Keluskar’s bold and innovative Kaul can only be 
 described as a truly transformative cinematic experience. Deeply inspired 
 by the films of Tarkovsky and Bela Tarr, and firmly rooted in a Marathi 
 milieu, Keluskar delivers a uniquely visceral film that brings equal 
 measure of the surreal and the sublime.\n\n3:30pm	The World of Goopi and 
 Bagha (Goopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya)\n(Shilpa Ranade, India, 2013, 
 79mins)\nShilpa Ranade in Person!! Set in a world full of vibrant music and 
 color, Shilpa Ranade’s magical film is an animated adaptation of one of 
 Indian master Satyajit Ray's most beloved works, and premiered to great 
 acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival. This timeless fable follows the 
 hilarious misadventures of Goopi and Bagha, two tuneless musicians banished 
 from their villages for their cacophonous music.\n\n5:45pm	Khoya 
 (Lost)\n(Sami Khan, India/Canada, 2015, 82mins)\nSami Khan in Person!! 
 Featuring stunning cinematography, Sami Khan's outstanding feature Khoya is 
 a nuanced thriller about the universal quest to find home and belonging. 
 When Rog Moreau’s mother dies, the adoptive ties to his Canadian identity 
 begin to feel tenuous, setting him off on a journey to India to unravel the 
 mystery surrounding his adoption.\n\n8:00pm	Castro Reception with the 
 Filmmakers\n\n9:00pm	Parched\n(Leena Yadav, India/US/UK, 2015, 
 116mins)\n3rd i's Saturday Night at the Castro!! Parched takes the riot of 
 Bollywood and infuses it with an indie vision in this warm and incisive 
 film that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. Leena Yadav 
 examines the complex lived experiences of women in India through the 
 strident lens of ‘sex in the village’ and produces a film that is 
 raucously full of girl power.\n\n\nSunday, November 13 @ New People 
 Cinema\n\n12noon	Aligarh\n(Hansal Mehta, 2015, India, 114mins)\nPremiering 
 to a standing ovation at the Busan Film Festival, Aligarh is one of the 
 most vital films to come out of India in recent years. Based on the true 
 story of Dr. Siras, a linguistics professor who faced suspension due to his 
 sexual orientation, the film is a heartfelt demand for the right to love, 
 and a poetic call to transcend identity. \n\n2:30pm	United Red Army (The 
 Young Man Was, Part 1)\n(Naeem Mohaiemen, Bangladesh/USA/Japan, 2012, 
 70mins)\nSkype Q&A with Naeem Mohaiemen!! This striking and hypnotic 
 documentary offers a fascinating interrogation of the legacy of radical 
 left-wing movements. Using archival sound and surveillance video, Mohaiemen 
 reconstructs the hijacking of an airplane at the hands of the Japanese Red 
 Army in 1977, when it was forced to land in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
 \n\n4:45pm	Gardaab (Whirlpool)\n(Harune Massey, Pakistan/USA, 2016, 
 93mins)\nHarune Massey in Person!! With echoes of Romeo and Juliet, Gardaab 
 is a taut and stylized thriller about two lovers caught in a web of family 
 and gang warfare in the underbelly of Karachi. Harune Massey's restrained 
 direction offers a compelling meditation on love, and on the fragility of 
 human life, and points to an exciting new wave of Pakistani filmmakers on 
 the horizon.\n\n7:15pm	Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission\n(Various, 
 India/UK/USA, 2015-16, 82mins)\nBay Area Filmmakers in Person!! From power 
 to pleasure, courage to comedy, this year's kaleidoscope of cinematic 
 offerings engage the sexual and the sensual: a young man gathers strength 
 to approach his crush, while a young woman plots a shocking escape from 
 marriage; Audrey Lorde's poetry and Justin Bieber's music become fodder for 
 queer interventions; and SF's Sexy Circus ponders its 
 future.\n\n\nSaturday, November 19 @ BlueLight Cinema\n\n12noon	Gaalibeeja 
 (Wind Seed)\n(Babu Eshwar Prasad, India, 2016, 96mins)\nA unique cinematic 
 experience, Gaalibeeja is a meditation on cinema and modernity from an 
 exciting new voice in Kannada cinema. While paying homage to the likes of 
 Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, and Abbas Kiarostami, artist-turned-filmmaker 
 Prasad blends social critique with exquisite cinematic form in his take on 
 the “road movie”.\n\n2:00pm	Korla\n(John Turner and Eric Christensen, 
 USA, 2015, 78mins)\nFollowed by panel discssion!! Korla Pandit was a 
 spiritual seeker and a godfather of exotica music who charmed American 
 housewives on television in the 1950s. What lay behind Korla’s 
 metaphysical musings and his enigmatic Indian facade? And what of the 
 ‘dark secret’ that he took with him to his grave in 1998? Find out in 
 this fascinating and exotic tour through Pandit’s dizzying life. 
 \n\n4:15pm	Lala Begum\n(Mehreen Jabbar, Pakistan/India, 2016, 
 58mins)\nStarring legendary Pakistani actress Marina Khan (Tanhaiyan), 
 Mehreen Jabbar’s evocative and endearing Lala Begum is a complex and 
 impressive drama that delves into the ghosts of Pakistan’s past. Two 
 estranged sisters come to terms with their haunting past: of the loves they 
 shared, of the sacrifices they made, and of their struggles with the 
 colonial heritage that defines their lives.\n\n5:45pm	Original 
 Copy\n(Florian Heinzen-Ziob & Georg Heinzen, India/Germany, 2015, 
 52mins)\nA charming portrait of one of the last hand-painters of colorful 
 and dramatic Bollywood posters, Original Copy is an exemplary and 
 insightful doc about the magic of cinema, and about the keepers of a 
 disappearing artform in the face of India's changing film industry. 
 \n\n7:15pm	Between The Lines\n(Ritesh Menon, India, 2015, 79mins)\nSkype 
 Q&A with Nandita Das and Subodh Maskara!! Nandita Das, one of India’s 
 finest actresses, writes and stars in this stellar feature which examines 
 how gender inequality cuts across class lines. A high-profile lawyer couple 
 end up arguing on opposite sides of a criminal trial, resulting in the 
 blurring of their personal and professional lives. Features superlative 
 performances by Das and real-life husband Subodh Maskara.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/23/18792612.php
SUMMARY:3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2016
LOCATION:The Castro Theater, New People Cinema, BlueLight Cinemas
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/23/18792612.php
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