- 13 feature films, 6 docu-features, 14 short films dealing with a broad range of themes like identity, sexuality, politics and religion - films that will entertain and make you think at the same time
- 13 exclusive US premieres, 11 East Coast premieres, and 10 more for the first time in NJ, films from Cannes, Slamdance, renowned film institutes and regional films
- Intellectually stimulating discussions and a gathering of most talked-about and promising faces of South Asian cinema and eminent personalities
Kissing Cousins
Narrative Feature/ USA/2007/98min/ English
Director/Screenwriter: Amyn Kaderali
Cast: Samrat Chakrabarti, Rebecca Hazelwood, Gerry Bednob, Jaleel White
NJ Premiere
AAIFF08 Narrative Feature Audience Award
Breathes new life into the tired romantic comedy genre
Amir is a “relationship termination specialist,” providing “dumping services” for disgruntled daters. In other 
words, he is a heartbreaker. Though Amir claims he is “just the messenger,” the job has made him hard-hearted and as a result, he is the last bachelor in his group of friends. So much so that his best friend no longer wants him to be the Best Man at his wedding because he wants someone with “better relationship karma.” Let down, Amir teams up with his attractive cousin Zara to fool his friends into believing he is capable of a relationship. Over time, Amir starts to soften from Zara’s influence and perhaps even begins to develop…feelings? An undercurrent of sexual tension develops between them as the charade comes dangerously close to going too far.
A veteran of short-form storytelling, director Kaderali infuses Kissing cousins with equal parts candor and comedy to craft a funny, touching portrait of a heart redeemed by love. – DesiClub.com
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To learn more about the film, visit www.kissingcousinsmovie.com
Kaal (Our Time)
Narrative Feature/India// 2007/ 118min/ Bangla
Director: Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay
US Premiere
Cairo Film Fest 08 Selection
Explores the plight of the contemporary prostitute as a worldly “employer” recruits the rural women into the world’s oldest profession
Our Time (Kaal) tackles the very relevant problem of human trafficking. The film documents the lives of four women - a music student, an illegal immigrant, a sister of a prostitute and a young widow - trapped in this insidious world. Betrayed in love and by their family members, they are forced into new lives in the city where their dreams must change. Things take a dramatic turn when a European woman, herself a victim of trafficking, begins sharing their apartment. Our Time is a fascinating, impassioned, multilayered look at lives torn asunder by the forces of globalization.
The infrastructure of the world’s oldest profession is dramatized and critiqued to compelling effect in the expansive Indian drama “Our Time…. Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s viewpoint is clear, script avoids moralizing in favor of solid drama – Russell Edwards, variety.com
Read an exclusive interview of Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay here.
To learn more about the film, visit http://kaalthefilm.tripod.com
My Daughter the Terrorist
Docu Feature/Norway-Sri Lanka/ 2007/ 58 mins/ Tamil
Director: Beate Arnestad
East Coast Premiere
Best Feature Length Documentary Film Award at the Message to Man International Film Festival
Deeply explores the single-mindedness, desperation, and mindset of cyanide capsule- carrying fighters
An exceedingly rare, inside look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group, the film offers important insights into the recently re-ignited conflict in Sri Lanka.
Twenty-four-year-olds Dharsika and Puhalchudar have been living and fighting side-by-side for seven years as part of LTTE’s elite force, the Black Tigers, as suicide bombers. Their story is told through cinema verité footage, newsreel footage, and interviews with the women and Dharsika’s mother.
Takes political documentary filmmaking a step further. - Susan Gerhard, SF360
Provides a rich insight into the women’s ideology, reasoning, and sometimes plain, even charming, naiveté. The strength of the film’s aesthetic is in its adherence to the mental and psychological point of view of these young women. - Dorit Naaman, Film Studies, Queens University
Watch the film’s trailer here:
To learn more about the film, visit http://www.snitt.no/mdtt
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13 exclusive US premieres, 11 East Coast premieres, and 10 more for the first time in NJ, films from Cannes, Slamdance, […….
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13 exclusive US premieres, 11 East Coast premieres, and 10 more for the first time in NJ, films from Cannes, Slamdance, […….
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13 exclusive US premieres, 11 East Coast premieres, and 10 more for the first time in NJ, films from Cannes, Slamdance, […….